, 1881-05-08
ARTESIAN WELLS.

Why They Are Coming into U%e in
New York City-Ei1cIr- Advantages
for Ercsvcrs-Eallx with Je>nc Button.
Se,u York Tribune. Mdu'.
About forty nrtesan wells hive been dug In
this city, tho creator number being used by
brewers. I5nur s. Bctz have well 500 feet deep,
yielding .,v0o barrels daily. Peter Dodgers well
is 5E feet deep, and yields about 1,.0V barrels.
The we'll ut David Jones brewery Is GGo feet
decN, aud gives 1,3O0 bnrrcs, and tho wells Of
George lsingier s. Co. are $50 and 800 feet deep
respectively, yielding about l,5oo barrels each.
Conrad Stein has Il well 800 feet deep. produ-
cling 1,5O0 barrels, and John +. Hott-
1nAnn's well is SOU feet deep. yielding SUI
barrels, The wells OF Ciuuscn 4 Price arc $50
aud gu feet deep, one well producing :0o bar
rels, tho other not being III use. 4. Finclz &
Sou also have two wells ;;60 and 425 feet deep
spcc;ivcly, producing about 5000 barrels. The
well of Elius s. I;.tz Is 600 feet deep, and yields
1,ao barrels, and the well OF I. c. Lyman & Co.
Is Gt0 feet Deep but is not flowing ut present.
Symonds l. knufnnnn have an artcsnn we'll ut
tho foot Of West Forty-seyenth street that
yields itD bHrrels I'LL hour, ami bus yielded 1,-UU
barrels i'll eleven hours at the brewery Of
Flunntgslra Wallace is we'll sunk :s.0 feet,
producing 1000 barrels duly. Eoe br1thers. r!,tt
seventh stu.et, 5UO feet deep yielding ], ,1uj bar
rcls daily. Nc:iilngcr, Schmidt s Co.: havc IN
nresian vel! ut tho fo1L Of Enst ~ StyfIntrd
George Ehrct, tho brewer. h.ss Il well ut Nine.
ty-second street. between Second anu Ih1rd
avenues, in which scycn holes were drilled 1n
different directions, t1Ilu 1t different angles, only
one tri1ig vertical. The boring was currled to
IL tcpth Of about 1Gu feet On the average the
longest ut nn f1ltsie beng f5s feet deep. Water
was struck i'll nll the borings. and an abundant
supply h,ls been obtained continuously. AT tho
Fifth Avenue Hotel Il boring was made to u
depth OF =, lUU feet, where tho work wits stopped.
SUule streams Of water were Reached, but no
large supply.
4 Tribune reporter recently asked Jesse But
ton, an engineer and contractor tor tho boring
Of nrtcsinn wells, nbol1t the advantages OF such
ton has hnd all extensive experience In this kind
Of engineering work, and spoke ut length in re-
gard to its merits. -
~ have been engaged tn boring artcsian wells
since 1850" he snid- "SnmeOf those That SANK
in Massachusetts between lS5o and tstt' have not
IAilet to yield IL good supply. gnd some OF thon1
have Increased their yield. Thcrcwls one welt
that bored in 1851 that yielded GOO gallons /,
minute for seven years, unit suddenly: broke
into 80 gallons. In this city there IS hardly any
place below. .Twcnty-th street IN which ar-
tcsian wells cannot be bored that Will yield IL
iurgc quantity or water 4 well might be dug
in every block In New York without lntcrter-
ing with its neighbor: The average depth OF
street there is no watershed, tho covering over
tho rock being slight. The wells ure supplied
from tho snrfncu collections OF water, anu Il
great part of it pertoatcs through the ruck, gets
into tic ledge, ,sud runs of. On the north sitic
of Manhattan Island there is not suthtent
uvcrlaytpE uf earth to r'etAn the water. II runs
into the sewer and has l0 chance - Ect into the