New-York tribune., 1884-02-29
pcnv OF 10 decide positively whether not to accept
The invitation OF the church."
Couu1SsIoYER THOMPSONS REPORT.
WORK OF THE LAST QUARTER OF 1888
RAINFALL IN THE CRoTON DIsTRTcT-BRoNN AMI
nvr.m n1urn scuEME-PAYEMENIs.

RAINFALL IN THE CRoTON DIsTRICr-BRONN AND
pyRAM RIVER sCHEME--PAyEMENTs.
The report of the Public Works Department
for the quarter ending December 81, lSsJ was sen. "
Mayor Edison yesterday. The expenditures OF tle DC Dc
partment for 1888 were Sf71427G OF which S223s'6I
was expended under contracts Kefeffhs to 'no ""'
supply the report says:
The average rainfall in the Croon waershed Ior tne
year was AZ s4100 inches. which Is Az inches Iess a %
the average for the last ten The drafts upon s.
age reservoirs and lakes 10 keep up full supply W @
Adueduc were quite large, amounting IN the agsts
streng hens the conviction that the largest possoe sup
ply from the CrOtOn watershed can only Dc Ii0 0
the construction OF reservoir at Quaker Bridge
near the mouth OF the river recommended IN pteNioS
reports. - ,o-o cor,,nissioner
Camnbe presen ted plan and estimate for works to OBJ
tain for the city the waters Of the Bronx ana Bya
Rivers his gross estimate being placed at ~ OOOOGo
three years. In December 1872 apphcaIlon was 1irf
through the Corporation Counsel to the supreme COuro
for the appointment OF commissioners OF apprass W ~
praise the value of portion OF the lahas anu " tbe
rights required for the works the frst report o sno
commissioners was made and confirmed IN May t L92i'
In the meantime specifications were prepared Ior pu %
ing the dam at KenscO and bids for the CONTRACT weI
received and opened August 4, 1880, the contract
signed August 81, 1880 and work on oa u DC,
gan about October $780, which marks the PERIOD OF
actual commencement Of work on the entUe
project Three years and three months have thegerope
been occupied prosecution to December 81 ss3 III
e ut are finished and the remainder snu mhsr pe The
Department expects to he able to furnish a0on
gallons OF water per day through the conduit ami ds
tribute II in the Twentythrd and Twenty fourth wards
and the KensIco reservoir and the Rye ponds Deooe
filled by the autumn rains the supply VIII De grd"u'iy
increased TO about 100000 gallons per day. =.
The unfinished contracts sufficiently advanced TO
permit close estimate OF the parts not YET t
The following ia Mr. Campbelrs estimate or le1V un
cludng the percentage added by him to the engineers
esmae) and the actual or estimated cost as no" asoer
tained
Eatimse iGT lands water rights,
AstTaa sIaae cost d work 5354I
Actual and estimated cost as now asceTianed
The above does not nclude tho Williams bridge reser
vor the water rights the lower Bronx River ana the
works fOr the Byram River supply. The cost on Janus
wafer RIGHTS etc acquired through commissioners OF
apprss Ia about 900 per cent greater than the eSnae
OF 1879 The cost Of construction WORK Dy contract On
public letting about 81 per cent greater than tne St
changes in the plans made At the request OF commission
ers appraisal 10 reduce excessive claims Tor damages
Twyc tbonsand one hundred and niuoty-nvc water
meters placed during the year. making tota Oh
9,Ot2 meters In use.
In regard to street pavements the report saysi
At the present time the payements show the enecs OF
an unusually severe winter, the JOINTS havlhg oeen
washed ont oOsened by storm water and the surface
broken by alternate frost and thaw me laleT iceSe
increased wear ana tear Inc pave
mrnts I'm Of the busiest thOroughiarcs, such aS
Broadway Finh-ave. Third-ave., aud others nave
been I'm many years th2t they may hoH po
considered worn out The streets in the business portion
o the city have been again and again Whh tue
os three wears for purpose OF laying steam pipes gas
npcs electric wires and other underground structures.
The vigilance cannot prevent the deteroIuUu VI
the pavements through these frequent e1eayots. ~
There are 939 miles Of underground structures III me
shane of water pipes pipes, steam pipes ana
electric tubes the streets south OF the Harlem River
Many of the sewers in the city are said TO be III
bad condition. owing to improper construction.
General complaint is made in the report OF the
embarrassment the Department is under because
enough money has not been appropriated for its
USE as requested by Commissioner Thompson