The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-01
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,,r,cste sy.t-ss Of Piprs and SEWERS
1hs n.,,iyr. ,ss psveW,est 81 Rect.

nat O.p'iSes ths '"ss"ess ~ Soss'
,,,ropc resident of New York who has /
'.on,,y visited lower Broadway Of lato
wv ,op,, Ia regard tho pavement OF that
,hfa,c a. u sort Of vencering. bo-
I'll which il n bewiIderng ngGroga-
Nv. NJ pipes devoted to various uses
vi osupyiu. tho CREATOR part oil the
"a. t,twcsn tho sand IN whmh tho paving
.s o.. ,rc laid and the sea level. When gang
;, i,h,rcrs come along with handcnrt full OF |
s ,eor ur tho pavement and mako an ex- |
',,ion they usually come upon. not single |
w." but A skcin Of pipes. and rs tho business !
p' .lnckens his pace To glance into the hole |
=. ,oodcrs whether II would be possible to |
49,, an iron rod through the pavement at any |
IN, in tho street without striking IN iron |
..s .,,au, or water pipe or q brick or cement !
.s..r and how far beneath the surface the |
.o,ni Of the rod would have to 60 before It |
.o,Id reach n level where there are no moro !
,,s,rnctions OF similar nature. An occasional |
n,heaya,. attended with an outburst OF stoam. !
an cruption oi black mud, and the throwing up
~ having stones and fragments Of iron. hos
ss,ere,i the belief that Broadway. beneath the
,o,dbe,i is fcarfuly and wonderfully made.
The work that has been done In connection
with the schemes for rapid transit under
Broadway has resulted In the making of very
t,cc one Of these mans ia In the offices of the
broadway Underground Railway Company in
tho Borccl building. 1t il u noteworthy product
oi,he draughtsman's art showing the exact To-
,o.ion Of every pipe or sewer beneath the
.,r.,t its distance from tho curbstons and be-
Law the surface OF the street. its size the mate-
vial Of which II is made. and the use to which
lis nut The measurements were obtained
M many ways many Of them having been pro-
eured from tho Office Of the City Engineer. The
npuer section Of this man shows the grade Of
the street from Morris street to tho Grand Cir
ee al Central Park. The lower section shows
tho location OF the pipes, the scale being re-
duced longitudinaly to one-tenth. thus giving
selear idea Of all that is beneath the pave
nent. and at the same time economizing space:
n il done in colcrcd inks. and IL the work OF
frederic Blanc. engineer and draughtsman.,
this 81 ssr' are ee
those OF two gas companies. two stenm com:
Sanics the water pipes and short sections Of
running for u block or so here and there. The
pipes nearest THO surface are the street and
to s Tas ss
aoors Of whici, are some thirteen feet beneath
tam about twelve feet in thickness. the upper
surface Of which is on an Average some three
feet below the ravnG stones ncs a ~ THY two Sn
Each has main ripe from 20 TO "a inches in
diameter situated about feet from the curb
Between the mains and the curhstones run the
two smaller ripes-the street and service ri pcs.
From Madison snnare TO Inc Bastery, SIX fest
thirty:six inches in diameter. and IL situated
scar the middle of the street. A distributing
along tho cast side of the street betwcen the
gas pipes and the water main. The steam
sGSH s New New York ssa Ga
Inches in Ma running
aboat ten feet. Besides these there is a smaller
ssF s pipe eo GGss TO hs
Heating and Power Company has five pipes
from six TO twelve INCHES in diameter running
feet from the eastern curlsone. and FROM six
to eight feet below the surface. The pipes will
come up ON tho west sidn near the curhs.onc
One Of the most interesting features Of Broad.
way beneath the pavement is the system ~
sewers Perhaps II cannot properly he called q
Of in lower Broadway, The sewers are of
and an Interior Width Of two feet eigh, inches.
They are all Of the same size whether they
furnish drainage for three or four buildings or
longer row, and all drain into side streets.
Between Exchange place and Wall street is a
section 81 sewer only quarter Of block long.
isthrough Wal, street to the East River. An
other saver extends from Pine TO Cedar street
Rivers e tRromeh Cedar p street Bctw.en Dcy and
Cortlandt streets the dip is toward the south
and ,hc water runs through Cortl;;ndt street ts
between Fulton and Dey streets that is situatet
On u local summit and drains both wnys-to tht
North River through Dey street. ,Betw"er
Fulton and Vesey streets il sewer that run.
into the North River through vesey street. A
Of Chatham street. When the new Fedora
building was, constructed il required drainage
snd NEW NEW pip pipe " Sewer was laid bcsinnns
ct the northwest corner OF the building
e esd INV TACT TT that a small drain whicl
has q well AT The southwest corner Of CITY Hal
building sewer, hut emptics into an old draiI
thai crosses Broadway diaSonnlly;, and runs
SrGsh Park place. Into thu Sor,h Ksr E
matte Tunnei"so Ss' 200 feet long about J.
Iii a SsST b fss fs ana aTs c
Hall Park near the corner Of Warren street
admits light to the ex;ayation A s s.rs
md nor'hwari for about two blocks below
4Sxs canal .st Int the MSsn Of ss
Bl,scRor street into the North River, TheI,
e, short sections Of scwer at Intervals mn =
hnd Thlhy fourth street there are no lonGi
tudinal savers In broadway, the drainage he
lng into the side street sewers In Broadway
between .Thirty-fonrth street and tho Crane
Circle, the drainage In through small pip
sewers running close tn the sidewalk on eacf
side and turning down the side streets afte
cunning one block each.
Th, highest lint in Broadway at Fifty
4inth street. wler. tho roadbed is 7G feet aboy
the mean high water line The lowest point
Canal street. Tho pavement there ~ onl
" y etahove he water line. From ExchanC
place 10 Leonard street the grade Is up An
down varying from 30 to 81 feet. The grade
then down TO Canal street and up to Housto
street., whcr. the altitude is Az feet. FrOT
Houston 10 Thirty-sseond street it varias be
twoan l9and 43 feet The altitude is 53 fact 4
Gor'lsth street. the summit OF Murray Hin
Broadway. Thence the ascent Is gradual I
the Grand Circle