New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-12
THE CITY's PUBLIC WORKS.
co>,vssIoSER rHoMPsoN's QUARTERLY REPoU
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COMMISSIONER THOMPSON D VNHHA''"'-'
THE WATER sUPPLY-wAsTE.
rrhort n Thomson Commissioner of Public
wnrs Yesterday presented TO the Mayor his report
of the operations of his department lor the quI.or
ending Juno 80. Tho expenditures ior tle dlai w.
were ISL. O29 G43 SIS. The contracts made Ior tno
onarter aggregated 81 ,393, 1852 81. The contracts
completed aggregated $507S97. ,., r..
The average rainfall in the Croton watershed LOT
tho three months was 9.52 inches The aqueduct
was fully supplied from the natural now OF 1 tne
Croton River except iron The " Of stored
water was drawn from reservoirs ana lakes 10 SUD
plv the deficiency III the flow OF the river ne
waste inspectors made 2I3o nlgBt 20
house drains in sewers and found 3l3 places where
water was wasted from less than one galion 10 hNo
gallon per minute. Five hundred ana sixteen aH5
ditional water meters We're placeu' naAins IVA
meters in use on June 30. , =, :
stages of the new aqueduct project lie auos
Tho mans and plans all but ABOUT four miles or inc
new oauednct have been finally adopted and ted ana
forms of contracts and specifications I0r Ine MoIh %
been prepared by the ID partmeut OF PnDnc Molks. as
70 The suppression OF waste of water the Department mas
used lis utmost authority aud energy Inc average qt
900 gallons per day. At this date 1t is about lG2sl0Oo
per day system of n2ht insp ions OF srMeIs was 20
water through the house drains The daN ana M ~
spectons since January 1851 have resulted IA te u
section of 519 of leaks In water nXures ana WI"
full waste ....,,,.,, hoso %
wash Sidewalks fronts, etc, were abosneu ne
suoplv Tor al fountains was stopped IHc P"'
lie drinking hydrauts were M en- VIII r sUp FAR te
Bronx River supply have been prosecuted VI al no
SS gS Te F6a tHe new Supply would be
trouced into the y IN SepemD %i a aSSneat ha
been carried as rapidly AS the Appropriations "ouu
admit ~, -, .,o rI,r,,,, pivor NOW in.
cludcs 400 1910 miles Of sewers with 400| Receiving
be eocrc light has been extended the following
streets; Bl,eckers,. from Broadway t. Elghth-avr,
East Broadway from Chatnam-st to Grand,st' Ligntn,
ave from Blocker to Fburteenth-st, SOutl-st from
Whitehall 10 Grand-st. Wests from Battery place TO
est MAKE Square To@pSSs square
There 23,0Si gas lamps and 93t electric Hen'S
in use in the streets aud parks of the city $4,000 ,
The collections OF revenue from the water service ior
the quarter amount to SG11474 OF The Department l
also collected for sewer PERM = vault permits ahu Hon
miscellaneous sources, SiOO76 o.
SAVED THEIR LIVES BUT NOTHING ELSE.
THE WRECKED AMsrERDAMs sTEERAGE PAssEN-
GERS COMPLAIN OF THEIR TREATMENT
The steamer Pilgrim of the Fall River line as she
swung around her pier yesterday morning was
loaded so that the waves nearly reached her lower
deck There was large number OF passe4 fSi
the wrecked steamship Amsterdam. lhey were an
steerage passengers Most of them were Holland
ers, eany bright and intelligent. 9!t there were
also Germans, Hebrews, several Engllshmen ana
few Italians Two or three had bags and lew
carried small packages but the greater number had
left all the trunks boxes, bags and household
utensils that immigrants always bring with them
on the wrecked steamer. Some OF them could speak
English, aud they expressed their anxiety about
means of support az all their property had Dcc H.
vested IN tins trip TO the United States. There
were nearly fifty children in the party, some OF
them lust able TO walk, but they seemed III "a good
health as the rest, Notwithstanding the exposures
that they had undergone.
The officers of the Rotterdam line took charge OF
the passengers on their arrival III BOSTON No COM
plant was made of bad treatment by the nailVcs ol
sable Island. The women said they had niue
10 eat there and had To sleep the hard floors buI
that this was the best that could be expected
when so large number came unexpectedly 10 the
place. Frank Won Hons, liolianuer Is
natuIaiILed American. He has a WIG aud
five children, all Of whom were born III New
York tie had been to his old home aud was re,
turning to this city 80 live. Ills right hand had
been crushed and everything lie had was lost, m
Guiding a pOcketbook containing $40. John
Coduehn complained of the treatment OF the Am
steTddms crew, some of whom had broken open Ms
Trunks and taken out the clothing. COquehhS
wife recognized the clothes but the men threat
ened her life if she complained, so that the goods
were not recovered. George Wilson, an Enghsh-
man. made similar statement. The sailors, ne
said acted badly. they were the last to leave the
shin after helping themselves TO the cigars and
liqilOrs Vernon Randall another Engllshlnan, also
confirmed these statements. He said the captain OF
the Amsterdam was good seaman, but he dld not
seem to be able TO control his men after the wreck:
A Young man named Shellenberger was drowned
and his letters money and papers lost. HIS sister,
Girl of sixteen isnow at Castle Garden and does
not know where she is to go.
The immigrants were all taken to Castle Garden,
and the officers of the steamer told them II any Oh
their goods were rccOgniz d they would De sent 10
this city and returned to the wners