The sun., 1885-04-19
WATER FOR NEW YORK CITY.
The Aadsss River Valley a qvedues Scheme
-AnosAer Eawiseer's yIsws.


To THE EpIroR OF The SUN-Sir. I much
marvel that any signing himself e. An Engineer"
far las appears 70 have been the
the article In issue OF Monday the purpose end
methods bv which the New York and Hudson Valley
A1ueduct Company propose to supply the resdents
the Hudson River valley. including the ctes OF New
York and Brooklyn with water gathered from the
forest lands Of the Adirondack that all possibility of
future pollution through growth Of population. will be
entirely eliminated. and the fear Of it set ., rest.
The objections Of AN Engineer to the BILL however.
not based upon question to the feast
biiy of the project; the character OF the
water to be delivered daily; or the dssiraby Of tho
early contamination of the enterprise. no far well:
he takes exceptions to certain provisions OF the bill
conterrng too great powers upon the and
quotes from sections NTH and sixth Of the bill,
wherein he sees NJ to iufer that every aGiuent OF
tho Hudson River may bs seixed and brought
under contribution. and even anticipates the pos
sibi!ity OF . collision between the incorpors,ors
Of this bill and what he calls the Ramspo Improve.
ment Company. Now the expression. water In the
Adirondack region or Hudson River valley" ia nsed in
the first section from which he quoss but in his second
quotation and to settle the precise cnlty ind
Gated The EXPRESSION is. waters Of the Adirondack
region and of the Hudson River above Glenns Falls
Warren county. state of New York" There 10 no am.
biguity whatever about this; nor authority be
found in this bill for tile under its provisions Of any
sihnont below Glenn's Falls.
But further. An Engineer" should know that It would
be very unwtse proceeding to the expense
otlands dams condus. und syphons TO bring the little
streams from the west shore add their insgnidcant
quota TO this canal rxvsrsinS high up on the eastern
slope Of the valley and carrying Its almost nexhaust.
bic supply from the Adrondacks. II would simply b
not worth the and hence to be entertained
oven were the authority for TO BE- found In the BILL
which 10 not the case.
to the anticipated interference with the chartered
rights OF the Ramspo improvement Company: What
these may os cannot say but know that the power
conferrng the charter could confer nOhn. which did
nE ss, poisss sna sphE & me thing. which ne
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year which would otherwise obtain in tn. dow
or the proposed sqn-uct also mnnufactoriss and
~ n.ni.s,ion % lhst positive benet g the latter in
AGnsdnct Company. Mr. Fannna. Of large expersnco
and weLknow throughout our country . hydraulic
engineer has fully EXPLAINED all thia re-
nnrt .howrE the r.ntsl and the provisions. 10 meet
IN . manner which leaves nothing to be desired,
which every one qualified TO Judge Of matters viii
ADMIT Is fair statement and which of alone
prevents my snphAsizns NOR. IN detail will sdd that
the United Staes Government will take that the
injury. ANorHIR EsGlEEsR