New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-23
SHALL 4 NEW AQCBDUCT BE BUILTP
ANOTHER HEARING BY TIE COMMISSION

ANOTHER HEARING BY TIE COMMISSION.
TIE PRESENT AQUEpUCT DECLARED TO BE OF
AMPLE SIZE If USED TO IT'S FULL CAPACITY.
The commission appointed by the Mayor to
confer with him and hear evidence relative 10 tue III
crease of the water supply for this city held another ses
sion s,erday James T. Serre civil engineer IN NC
half OF the Taxpayers Association produced various
documents bearing the present ana proposed wafer
supply He could prove, he said, that the volume OF
water delivered through the present aquedct was much
less than could be discharged II the proper steps were
taken 70 increase the supply lie asked for the stalls
tics Of the cost Of water systems other cities Mr. Eno
one of the commission promised that these should be
sent to him.
Thomas L. Feitner lawyer said that the time allotted
TO the commission too short To accomplish anything
practical At least year necessary TO obtain all
the information needed bearing on the subject He was
in favor of extending the time OF the commission ana OF
providing for expert testimony He criticised al consu
cradle length the proposed DAM saving that the hegh
23O feet above the bedrock Of the stream was greater
than in any other work OF the kind The plan was
really untrcd and was therefore experiment There
guarantee that the estimated cost would NOT DC
largely increased as the work went on IN
deed, this was almost certain TO he the case as the
additional water supply from the Bronx and Byram
rivers had already cost nearly double the estimated
cost and not yet finished.
John Lockwood o civl engineer. submitted plan
feet and 30 feet in DEPTH to he connected
with hydrans ell over the city Water he said could be
furnished private persons 1t ten cents per lOOO ga
Ions, being pumped from the North and East rivers
Engineer Newton of the Department of Public Works,
was then questioned He said that the largest capacity
of the present aqueduct 100000000 gallons In
twentyour hours The velocity OF the Croton through
the a0ueduct was two and quartermics hour Draw
ings showing the condition OF the aqueduct at various
places where IT had been repaired and the volume OF
water passing through it were shown, ana
general discussion ensued between the COM
mission aud the engineers BOtf Engineers New
ton and Church of the opinion that the pressure on
the aqueduct was too great. They declared that the
aqueduct sh ould not be called on to carry more tban
70 600 600 allOns daily, instead OF S5OOO0Oo gaOns
Mr.. Newton said that in 1851 for l3l days heaIB
S0O0oOOO gallons oaly were uIawn rom to hoH,
reservoirs. Tho present storage capacity was ABOUT
9,OOO,000,0OO gallons .,,,. .,or,,,o oo,.o.
ity would practically allow doubling the water supply
Mr. Newton said that eventually the city
OF %o1 ibs cote1 This was something that
should be borne steadily IN view Tho proposed agne
duct, with twelve feet dameter' would denver
25OOOO,OO0 gallons daily
Mi Potter questioned the estimated cost OF the pro
posed dam and asked MT. Newton TO give the relative
cost OF the present dam and storage reservoirs ne com
pared with that Of the proposed dam Mr N Layton
like have the opinion OF Engineer Francis OF Lowell
necessity or advisabitv OF building dam near the
Quaker bridge at an estimated cost OF S4OOO'OOO or
whether cnarging and raising he present dan on me
at a very much less cost.
Mr serrc said aat ho would he prepared al the next
meeting prove that the squeduct cOuid deliver ana
bad delivered much greater quantity than 95OOoooo
gallons daily.
j. L. Douglas sad that he appeared for himself and
not in behalf Of the Underwriters Association. VINO
would send committee. II was necessary he declared
that New York should have full supply OF water.
Otherwise there danger that coDhagratiOh uhght
prove very destructive lie believed that the present
conduit large enough II allowed To carry as nuch
water as II could. II outrage that the Forty
second street Reservoir not filled win
water and held ready for an emergency. ENpei
politics and patronage from the proposed
scheme" said Mr.. Douglas. " and you VIII
get AT the bottom facts The present conduit ~ ample
To bnR sufficient here for all the needs OF The city,
provided IT placed I'm proper repair There IS plenty
OF water he had from Greenwood LAKE. or the Hack
cnsack River, in New jersey, or from points on Long
Island The Fire Department on several occasions has
felt the need OF water at fires" Turning 10 Mr..
Potter, he said that the fire IN The World building
could have been extnuished with proper supply OF
water al start and the destruction OF The Fourth
Avenue Railroad COmpany's stables was due 70 the
cause.
This last assertion was denied by Mr.. Newton. who
said that there only sTincb Croton
Waterman IN the vicinity. The wafer was not held
back at the Central PARK reservoir.
The commission will meet today at 2:3O p. m