New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-12
THE NEED OF MORE WATER.
WHEN RELIEF MAY BE EXPECTED.

,rrrcr or THE SCARCITY on TIE CIrY's HEALTH
rur SUPPLY SAID TO BE NOT so SMALL.
The Aoneduct Commission yesterday agreed on z
modification of the Aqueduct line over tne innas "
Field ana t 2,selS line eastward This
done to avoid some low ground ana saSrd oe1,er
crossing At Saw Mil RS S the snd asS
get s1sn r Certified to the Corporation Counsel
the property maps of the lands from the line Of the
Harlem River to the north line of the city OF NeT-
York for fling in the Registers Ohce. This is the
basis of an application to the court after the neces
sary six weeks advertising. for an application f4r
The appointment of Commissioners OF Appraisal 70
spprase the value of property along OF tne
line of the AQueduct preliminary TO condemnihs IL
or Cbief Ensneer Sewtons assertion that there is
short supply of water and Commissioner Ino"p
sons request that all waste be pIevensed az ia ;a'
creased supply of water. Mayor Edison one OF the
Aqueduct COMMISSIONER was asked what was on nIs
earliest date at which the new aqueuucV "ouiu
probably be in use. he replied:
Isse no reason Why If the work is pushed forward we
shoud not be using water nom ne new .sroush
rock OF the work can be in naer
and and night apa ds of psns the Work
ward az rapidly as possible , NO nps e in public
hearings.
Commissioner Dowd said
do not doubt that the squeduct can be COM
s"a %sst that the work viii be pushed forward
With due rapidty. think it will think that greater
.oGDey aSa at e.
scheme The state authorities q NewJeisey would S un %
undoubtedly raise the question of the right 70
divert water flowing into that state and and
s s0. .S would S Sas' to &c d down to
proposed heavy pressure and TINS OF sed wCuI
nfs aver yearly for gallons
daily. This at 3 per cent at which me Guy can nSny
The outside for sqea
and Quaker Bridge Dam is S25,O0OOOO 40 not tnlhA
w sS 5000 80 aOSs daily. OF times
the promoters Of the Rsmspo scheme named
Commissioner Thompson, when asked his opinion
of the merits of the Croton water supply and the
Ramapo scheme, said:
The Ramapo scheme has been rejected by the Sinking
Fund Commissioners IL would have cost much more
than TO 20 ON and carry proposed aqueduct
scheme, and the latter can be done in quicker time
The Quaker Bridge Dam viii probably take somewhSt
longer work ON it win be delayed by cold weather on
sSoooo gallons d ds hfnf % eay part
the Bronx River Th, intended more re especially
ey At the end Of another year 600 gallons daily
viii be added to this supply ss water mas d eSea colt
Tonld cause if used to extngush fires The action of
sa vegetable substances has been lOunu 10 DC
productive of malaria aud underwriters are unanimous
In the declaration that 1t would have the effect OF raising
DR. E. H. James Assistant Sanitary SuperDtend-
emit SAID that no complaints had been sent TO the
Board of Health, regarding sickness arising from
scarcity Of water. 1t has been known IN the SAM
tary Bureau for week that the water pressure
was diminishing in the city, and that water ana not
rise above the first floor i'll many tenement houses
lie said
The danger TO feared Is that people in the
houses will water enough 70 cleanse the SINKS In
their rooms and that the drain pipes will emit foul odors
In the hot weather. When poor people nave 10 carry s
the water they up several flights OF stairs they VIII
pour only the dirty water into the sinks 1t too early
vet to get reports sickness due TO the lack OF water
but be greater than usual IN the tene
men house districts we can expect an Increase IN the
death rate and much sickness and discomfort throughout
the city.
Assistant Chief Bonner, of the Fire Department,
We have had trouble for several years in getting suf
cent water guish large fires IN hot weather AS
soon third alarm sounded 1t is customary 10 hgna
for an increased pressure for the district in which
the fire but takes from twenty minutes 10 mar an
hour for the to flow from the Central PARK Reser
Voir 10 downtown districts and the hreneD frequently
are at disadvantage before the engines get water
enough A lack OF water in parts OF the city w0nd
result in serious loss Of property by fire. This depart
ment control the water mains, ana cannot
procure except at the pleasure OF the
Commissioner of Public Works. .
The Board of Trade and Transportation adopted
resolutions declaring that while the supply OF
Croton water furnished by the Board OF FuDhc
Works had long been inadequate there were grave
reasons to suspect that the supply furnished Is
largely below the supply at command and that
this diminutOn is due To the desire or the 0lnclais
TO create apprehensiOns of famine IN order TO tur
Their certain schemes for supplying water from other
sources. A. B. Muller Ambrose Snow and Edmund
the Mayor and Consulting Engineer to determine
whether this deprivation is necessary, whether the
supply canbOt be safely increased, and IL not What
measures can be devised to protect the mercantile
and insurance interests of this city from the DANGER
Of water famine.