New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-20

TEN MILLION GALLoNs FROM TnE BRONX.
TUE INCREASED SUPPLY NOT LIKELY To HAVE
MARKED EFTrCr-AN UNUSUAL RAINFALL.

rHE INCREASED SUPPLY NOT LIKELY To HAVE A
MARKED FFrECr-AN UNUSUAL RANFALL.
Commissioner Thomp-0n has written 10 Mayor
Edison % letter giving Pho details of tho Bronx River
water supply which MOSS furnishes l0oooooo -..1us
daily Hrt1yt:
The coudJit uu, consist, of fifteen and our.hrh
uI.c. of lorty.cI-utIuoh pipe. FROM doe collecting
reservoir at kcu-lco to the receiving reservoir 40
inch pipe thence tp thr junction of Jrrou" amt 'oton
yr- where Do connects with the distributing pipes This
adopted Dos ms predecessor Allan Campbell The work
the first contract the dam 40 krnHr'" "'s begun IN
Ortoh,r l--O Three years amt eleven months we're
,'t ,, ,~ ,'t ,t,,',I fbr,,sh The conduit consul
the limitation OF appropriation available "h YEAR,
and the delays Incidental 90 ia" ret proceeding. Tor ac
quiru. the necessary lands. water rights. etc. The work
ht. been dome with exceptional prompu'uir The last
procc,ug tor the acquisition OF land Was not consum-
The INTRODUCTION of this additional supply though CONF
parti,rly small and greatly inadequate Co tho needs ~
mcut to furnish water to every part q
inc ,lly al al. u'l,s' "l''' M 'p"s ,i tU
past the i supply from The aqucdurt wa, NOT adequate
tou .his ~ being necessary OF Extreme heat or
cold to ara" d"Wh thr f'H't'' DO 10" Guy I,''IN"HH ia
order that portion OF c clty should lc without water
ana mus rSp" 'i't Guy 'o '' u"5 , ~ -
II d, NOT expected that thc additional suppl, ot
lOoooOOo gallons per day VIII result 49, much II any,
apprccblc increase az pressure, thr, sshout the city
ana such advantage. and benefits a. 90 MI diod VIII
water consequent upon increase 300 population,
manufactures and commerce" But Dr. "H avert
III
and health ot the community, which Without
10 Nould certainly eu>ur before tAr ucN aqurduct Ia
finished. drrm 90 Imperative duty ou thi, occasion
90 convey the people through Won. the solemn warn
ing that all the benefits and advantages tu De- derived
from supply VIII bee destroyed it they consider
thcm.elyc, t liberty u consequence OF d. to udu..c IN
I-A OF water. such indulgence would inevitably
plunge tho cy into the pcrl.s uf au Inadequate water
supply.
The past summer has been IN exceptional one. Not
l-19 has there been such amount %. rainfall In
the Croton valley and has fallen 20 such intervals as
10 insure almost continuous supply from the trp1on
River Durug june the large reservoir AZ Boyds Cor
ners was drawn down ~ feet and that of the Middle
Branch 10 inches In the early part ~ jus the rainfall
had filed the Crotou River and running over tho
dam an July l3 the reservoir ON the Middle Branch
VA agu fuand on July p thar 40 Boyds Corner was
aowiug over the dam Ihc overflow at the CrOtOu dam
continued up to August ID, resumed August 23
and continued until the cud of the month. The CrOtOn
River furnished The daily supply uuu yesterday, when
the storage rrsvrNur- We're again drawn During tho
spell u h" early part or september the water IN the
Central Park reservoir WAS drawn down about two feet.
since the cooler weather came. and especially since the
BrunN River supply WdS made available, tins loss has
been slowly made good and there Is now depth OF %
feet IN the Reservoir.