New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-06
THE ClTY,s WATER SUPPLY.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
MANY NILES OF MAINS LAID TO ASSIST IN PUTTING
OFT FIRES

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE LAST TEN YEARS.
MANY MILgs OF MAINS LAID TO ASSIST IN PUTTING
OUT FIRES
TIA erscfion Of many lofty buildings In various
nnrfs c the cty has called the not only OF
q sursnco men and frsmen but OF the business con-
nny ssneray & n sve necessary height Of the
fri1Jioes Throughout the dry-goois district
istevsaty feet and many are connderapiy higher.
of goods valued at more than $3.50, 600. 900. and
the buildings are worth over 10000, 600 more: "A
ire that should sweep over this district might
doing business IN tho United States. The
alarm among the underwriters representing both
homo and foreign companies caused by the burning
of Chicago In the fail OF 1871. and the destruction
Of the wholesale district of Boston one year later,
led them to investigate the water supply OF TINS
city. The Fire Department. was then, as now the
best in the country. But there had been occasional
complaints the part of the Chief OF the Depart
ment of o lack of water when considerable nun
Der OF engines had been worked In one LOCALITY,
cndeayoring to extingulsh large fire. The increas-
ing value OF land in business localities had ied 70
tho erection of tall buildings n aIa 'n ns
the Fire Underwriters called on the ,hen Connils-
sioner of Public Works, Georgs NJ van MORT soon
after the Boston re and expressed sner Leafs
Tho Chief Engineer OF the Croion Aq9eauct ME
Tracy, was called into consultation. and plan was
Croton water below Twenty third-st. This general
plan was followed by Commissioner Van Mort dur
ing the remainder OF his term oil ONCE, ana was
Porter, Allan Campbell and the present Commits
sioner. Hubert 0. thompson;
The first work done was the laying OF 2 new 90
inch water main from Forty second-st anu Madisoh-
ave-, connecting with one Of the large mains there
down to Chatham and Chambers sis. This main
nsar mot 'ffsRsd 1o Hn Il
Then 2z-inck main was laid from Chstham-st.
through 1om 60 inch thl WaR
SoUd snppy watsr In case of for pOr
ton of the dry-goods district west OF Broadway.
Toncrease the supply on the east side of Broad
way. 20-inch main was laid from Pearl and Park
sts, up Park and Mott sts., and thence to Broad;
THIS sTk tSat "nae %en
were needed to connect directly with the Central
Park Reservoir. A 4S-inch main was laid from the
down to Fourtecnth-st This was followed by q
36-inch main from Fourteenth-st, down First-ave.
70 Orchard;st, and thence to East Broadway: 5
from the Central Park Reservoir through Eighth
and Tenth ayes to Thirty-sighth-st. A 4S-inch
main was also laid from the Fortyrsecond-st keser-
The largo mains on each side of the city were
soon aftsrward supplemented by . 20-inch main
Fifth-ave 70 Washington square and thence through
Wooster-st to Canals corresponding with the one
land several years before IN Church-st and connect
east nde Of Broadway below Cbambers-st. had
drawn attention to that part OF the city. The re-
suit was that 2 2o-nc h,,, main vas p ia,d
fort-sL. thence TO Nassau-st. and down Nassau-sL
to Wall-st The next large. work was the laying
g. to
main was laid in CrosDy-st. from Blocker to How
ard-st, and corresponding one in Mercer-st, from
The large mains having been laid, they were
supplemented BY smaller ones in the cross-streets
but Of double the capacity Of those they replaced
inch mains were laid in Lispenard, White,
Worth. Duane, Reade, Murray Warren. Barclay
way and Colege-place, connecting with the
twenty-inch mains in Broadway and Church-st.
Twelve-inch mans were laid In Iontn-aye from
ave. from Fourteenth to Fiftieth-st. To guard the
North River front twelye-inch main was laid IN
Westinghouse. from the Battery to Twelfth-st.
University place from Fourth to Tenth-st; in
Chrystie-st, between Houston and Division sts.; In
Elsabeth-st., between Bsyard and Canal SITS. in
Beskman-st and Mai-st., between Broadway and
Nassau-st. In Maiden-lane. between William and
Pearl SITS. in broad-st., between Wall and South
sts in Jackson-st. between Cherry and Grand sts
In Bond-st., between the Bowery and Broadway
in Fourth-ave., between Eighth and Thrty-thiId
sts in Lafayette between Eighth and Great
Broadway; IN Canal-st, between Mott and Orchard
sts; in Twepty-second-st, between First and Third
ayes; in Beayer-st.. between Broadway and Pearl
ST.; in Frankfort-st., between William and Pearl
ets.; 10 Cberry-st, between jackson and East
Brosdway; IN Greene,st between Inird anu
A and Eleventh-ave.; in West-st. between Tenth
and Ganseyoort sts.; ia Rose-st., between FRANK
fort aud Wiliiam-sts
On ali the large mains below Twepty-thrd-st
double nozzle have been placed SO that two
streams can be drawn from each hydrant. In this
and other ways to facilitate the labors OF the
fremen the Department of Public Works in the
past ten years has expended about $25OO,OO0
The entire cost of LAYING additional mains and
Of improved hydrants ETC., since work was begun
carly in 1878, has been about ~ 100000. =
Chief Engineer Newton says that the network OF
Croton mains now laid below Central PARK Is su1h-
Gent in capacity to deliver 2OO,0OO,OOO gallons
of water daily. All that Is necessary to DO TINS
are sufficient storage reservoirs IN the Croton
watershed and additional aqueduct to bring the
water to a point where IL can be distributed over
the city. the amount which the present aqueduct
can deliver with safety is 3d. 0J0, 600 gallons daily
This it has been doing for the last i've years. All
the engineers who haze given the subject
careful study, including acknowledgements
Tracy, General Fitz John Porter, Allan Camp
bell and Isaac Newton, the present chlef-engineer
are of the opinion that the Croton watershed can
deliver 250O00 900 gallons daily If the proper stor-
age appliances constructed.
Tue Croton Aqueduct Commission will meet on
Wednesday and will undoubtedly elect as Its secre-
tary James w. McCuloh, who has been Sc
'Sst purpose Ss The psDs for aaudaS
and storage reservoir reservoirs which the
Department of Public. Works has been for some time
preparing by request OF the Commission, WIl Do
Reservoir which has caused so much discussion,
will probably come up at the meet
ing. There will not be much difference
for il. Whether 1t is advisable TO have one great
such as is contemplated on the Quaker
Dam Bridge sIte or several smaller ones ON the
various branches of the Croton River, question
which the Commission will be called on to decide
ct the outset.
MISSING MARY MCCULLOUGH.
The disappearance of Mary Mccullough has occa-
n.ftr at hafh m