New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-19
OFFICIALS VISIT THE ORoToN VALLEY,
THE MAYOR AND HEALTH offiotRs hAflo"" '"'
ENTIRE WATERSHED

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ENTIRE WATERSHED
Chief Engineer u. $. Church, OF ne oIoion
Aaueduct Commission, accompanied w N Unl Of "f
I,cslth SANITARY Superintendent Walter DE r. Day.
iIr Cyrus Edison and Dr. a. J.; waller las' su,',JSS
Visited the watershed of the Crot0n RIVER 10 s'""y
tbe nresent and prospective condition of he water
supply of this city. Leaving INC ui,lu i,rnaJ
Dcpot In the a. III. tram oil the iihlIo, ,hnmcc
tho Marty proceeded 10 Cr0ton station anu ttn
drove up along the bed of tho rver " lar w I,G ,a
rails The site Of the proposed Quaker n,'" no
dam was visited. aud thence me parry un,r v
the Croton Valley 10 Croon dam where eseiy ion
,ros found In Inc in good order and the water cream
and pure Then they proceeded along ,no ,,' If
by Crofon Lake, over!he cross ,, ivc nr,dgc and
he Croton through Katonah, Coldens br,ngc nn
pnrdy's Station where the liicus river I,9ws .o ,
the Croton 10 Croton Falls, W ere inc miuoo' e"''
and west branches OF the Croton nni,n Church
manned ont IN his MINDS eve the boundaries OF ~
lands that must be taken for the pro,co Wavor Ed
wafer Having IN river and aqueduct Mayo,, n
son ref ced upon the importance OF a APP Wnres
successor to the Com missioner OF rnonS S care Of
whose term il about 10 expire 10 taho "a" to his
the public trust to be conln''',Ihu e '" com.
S SetGs Of the o" watewSks and d. P pr..
ifaiping those already compeied while tne rIes res
'cnt Of tbe BOARD of Health aud his corps OF medi-
cal men kept sharp lookout fer nnsand zee I,ohe
the banks Of rivers and lakGs wme ,nhf he JnIn
ished. Nothing alarming was discoyeieus: imo
condensed milk actores, one al Iut"! ,s ennl
and one at Brewstcrs, were discu u" 80 not
nection, and it was agreed 'hat !" i in tbc
river Al Croton Fails the Mayor, General Shaler
and DIR. Day took the $40 p. III. tram Tor new
YORK while the rest of the party proceeded 10 Lake
Mahopac and there spent the nght. On MonuaS
tley visited ,ovds Corners reservoir ana the piems
Vile reservoir, which they fonnd 10 De IL geou ~
der. and then returning 10 fuTdy H,a.on, pr os
cer'eI thence by rail TO this city. his Visit was
one of the excursions for the purpose OF seeing 'o
all is right which are periodically maze ny tno
Chief Enrncer. and no official report OF III VIII po
made to the Aqueduct commissioners. -
In conversation with TRIBUNE reporter ytstcr-
day General ShaIer said Everything IN the Crotoh
region was found in a condition of tolerable clean
liness In no Mace was the water found to he
contain. mated by sewage to perceptiple negitc,
think however. that all the members OF thc
Marty we're IMPRESSED with the necessity for some
Immediate action which will prevent the Intfoluc-
ton of impurities into the water III the future cess
poos near private houses. barns or Iactorres,
ought not to he permitted IN tne uIstric';; Lno
Uurem Railroad runs through the Croton valley.
and along its line are villages which Ought 10 no
proyided with approved systems O1 drainage me
State Board of Health has jurisdiction 10 remove
any nulsances which exist III the district. ana 10
that Board may he referred some complaints or re-
Recommendations which arelikely to he made soon.
shall Law before the Board OF Health proposition
10 detail an inspector Tor further inspections IN the
district II is probable also that we shall try
to get some act of the Legislature next winter
favorable to the protection of the water supply Tor
this CITY Pure wafer rs so important an element
the bealtfulncss OF the CITY mat III thc iacu ~
a threatened outbreak of cholera. every posslblo
means sboud he taken TO guard against contamlna-
ton"
The Board Of Health yesterday detailed an
insprctor 10 TEMPORARY work III tho rotor region
at General Shaers request.