New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-03
OPPOSING THE QUAKER BRIDGE DAM
A SUPPLY OF PURE WATER A NECESslTi-sPECIFI

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CATIONS FOR THE PROPOSED WORK.
The Aoueduct Commissioners yesterday listened
TO arguments against the Quaker BRUCE Dam
project. Alexander Beck a evil enElneer' SAD
that the dam % Tog@ Sg S e pIcsnre
at tho base of the Proposed dam would be about
hundred pounds TO the square , tSn oueson Of the
4uture would lie more of pure water tlian OF
quantity. The scOurge OF typhoid lever la "
1nouth PENN was due to impure water. W men me
villages along the line of the CTOt0n River an It's
branches should each have population OF Zo'pVo
or more the sewage from these would 20 INTO tlo
great reservoir formed by building the Quaker
Bridge Dam. He advocated hl.h service water
system when could be used FOL hosting Ire ana
Secretary McCulloh read communication from
H. X. Thurber advocating the building OF the
Quaker Bridge Dam, and q us insuIlng supply o!
water for the city for the next fifty yeals by
building the dam at Brewsters Station, 1t would be
only a comparatively short time before 10 would he
necessary to fall back on the Quaker Bridge Dam
Mr. schultz said that while at Bellevue Hospital.
a few DAYS ago, he was shown some specimens OF
what had been obtained by fltering CrOtOn water
1t staggered aim somewhat. lie was assured by inc
physcians that they did not the water for their
patients or themselves without iiltering. -
Dr. George b. Skill said that zym0tc diseases
were increased or diminished according TO the
quality and quantity of water supplied to the city
0. b. Potter said that the sanitary question was was
greater than that of money. For Sl,20OOOO the
Storage capacity of the CrOtOn system could be
doubled by, building the SOdon Dam AMI reservoir
AT BreWStpre StatlOn. III CdSC ~ NOuih WI
TO build the SodOm Dam, even If 1T were deemed
advisable afterward to build the Quaker Bridge
DAM If it should be necessary 70 draw OH t ne
water from the reservoir formed by the Quaker
Bridge Dam, to clean it, or # the dam were carried
away the city would still have this adGltioal
reservoir at Brewster's to draw on.
Mayor Grace said that the further hearing would
be adjourned for one week. and after that the hear
ings would be continued from day to day, as 1t was
necessary that conclusion should be reached as To
the question of storage. .
Chief Engineer Church presented the detailed
specincatons for the Quaker Bridge Dam with the
following figures: $4,000 cubic yards OF rock eX-
cavation $40 600 cubic yards OF earth in
open cut 100, 900 cubic yards OF earth rehllng
5000 cubic yards OF concrete masonry; 5O4oQO
cubic yards of rubble stone masonry 10000 cubic
yards of ASHER stone masonry 100 cubic wards OF
granite arch masonry; $500 cubic yards of granite
coping The mass Of the main dam is to CONSIST OF
rubble masonry with facings of ASHER masonry
on portions of the inner and outer faces. All
masonry is to be laid in hydraulic cement mortar.
The concrete 10 to be formed Of sound broken stone
not exceeding tw inches at their greatest diameter
Bubble stone masonry is to be used for the dams
and shall be made of sound clean stone of suitable
size. Cut stone is to be used for arches, corbels
and coping All cut stone is to be OF hrst-clasS
granite of approved quality