New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-16
PRICE THREE CENTS.
CLEVELANDS WATER FAMINE
PEDDLING THE LIQUID IN THE STREET.
PEOPLE THIRSTY AND UNwAsHED-A BAD TIME
FOR PROHIBITION.

PEOPLE THIRSTY AND UNWAsHED-A BAD TIMB
FOR PROHIBITION.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. Is (Speciab With
the billions Of gallons Of fresh water along Cievesnd's
miles of lake 'front.' free to such choose
port 1t thence the precious liquid nevertheless
tailed in the to-day ten cents gallon and the
last summers sprnkling that called into SER
vice supply the OF relief 250000 thirsty
pe yield their rich return for their enterprise
The five great pumping engines at the water works
stood motionless all night and this morning Thousands
OF people came Down town to business with unkempt
hair unwashed faces only to be sent away with the
information that there water to furnish steam
for the mills and factories and be used for heat
the largo mercantile establishments.
In the residence quarters tubes pals and vessels OF
every conceivable utilized to store the water
obtained from wells long since abandoned and by melt
ing the snow, which happily lies at a depth Of
foot two throughout the city. Down
the business houses and hotels early set to
work to procure water from the lake and the streets
crowded with vehicles laden with the liquid AT
the hotels inconvcnences felt The break
fast prepared without the Of unsstsfsc
tory and milk in great demand a beverage. The
hotel aud the liquor did the greatest business
recorded In years At the police stations limited guam
tlty of drinking water carried in pals the prison.
srs but they allowed none for their sbluuons
One enterprsing hotel proprietor L. T. Holden. of the
Holienden, learning that there was likely to be severe
driven wells In tho OF that bniding, struck
spring some distance below the surface, and at IL
o'clock morning had a practically inexhaustbie
supply of the hotel independent OF the regular
service.
The problem Of removing the from the crib was DIFF
cut solution The structure stands out In the lake,
two miles from ore and he reached only by
ing of ice. workmen had made their
way to the crib feared burden the ice with salt
any chemical quantities sufficient for their pur
pose However about nOou sufficient water had treked
through the fine anchor the starting Of
of the engines At o'clock another engine put
in operation, and at 3 both running at their
ness part of the city evening supplied with lin
get along they may until the other pumps DO
started and the reservoirs nlled.
Engineer whitesws apparent ignorance OF the nature
trouble the crib and OF tho remedy 1t,
has provoked criticism, and in view OF the cold
promised by the weather bureau fears OF another
and more serious famine freely expressed
The difficulty arose. not from solid Ice or cakes, but
from needle Ice which sucked into the upright
pipe the crib from which the water OF the lake
to the pumping works. The upper end Of this pipe is
several feet under water but the sOuberly winds re-
Gently prevailing here had lowered the level OF the Lake
on this Shore and facilitated the Of needle
into the pipe in spite OF the grating which the
end Ordinarily the city consumes l20OO,C0O or
IL COO 900 gallons daily and the full capacity OF the
pumps at work Wednesday "a 100000 gallons
which led superintendent Whelaw to believe that there
WAS great waste But Thursday not over 100000
or 4, ,OOO, 900 gallons obtained.