The evening world., 1890-06-03
BRING WATER IN GROWLERS.
The 0ity's Great Inconvenience
from q Short Supply Of Croton.
Only Temporary DrouSht-Wait
for the New Aqueduct's Opening.

New Workers. nro to-day brought face 10
face with discomfotts from an unsccustomed
source. aud tho possibilities attending ita
existence arc causing much serious thought
OH the part of officials aud guardians Of the
pnblic health.
In hundreds of apartment houses and
other high buildings, in the lower part Of tho
oity, az well ms in Harlem, there was yestor-
day water famine. While in most instances
water flowed az usual in Easements and lower
stories. the supply failed entirely OH the
upper floor of the buildings.
Downtown. in Park Row and in tho neigh
borhood OF city Hall. tho water did not fail
till the afternoon. In the upper stories OF
many Harlem flats there was no water after
D o'clock in the morning.
IL iS unnecessary TO depict the annoyance
and inconvenience ontailcd upon families
by the curtailment OF tho water supply. In
addition TO the vcSation OF an insufficient
quantity OF water for cooking aud strictly
domestic purposes. tho danger to health
from tLo lack of water to properly flush
closets and sinks In an alarming phase of the
difficulty, and ono which, II the shortage
continues, will unayoidably affect tho sum-
mer nlnItuary reports.
Supt Grady. OF the Croton Water Repair
Dopa rtmont, said to an EyEsrNa Womb re-
porter that not in ten years had such state
OF things come about. IL WAS HIS opinion.
however, that the failure OF the water supply
would be confined to buildings OH high
ground.
There was an extraordinary amount of
water drawn oil throughout the city during
the three holidays which carno together, ac-
cording to Supt. Grndy-Mcmorial Day,
Saturday and Sunday-Rnd the ioyol Of the
reservoirs was porccptibly lowered. He be-
loved that the basins would fill up again In
n comparatively few hours and tho trouble
would cease.
Commissioner Gilroy, Of the Department
of Public WorkB. the official custodian OF
tho interests involved in the city's water
supply. has published nn open lottcr to the
inhabitants OF tho city. In which people are
cautioned against unnecessary or excessive
use OF CrOton water.
The Commissioner states FRANKLY that the
present facilities are unequal to an ADEQUATE
supply OF water to tho whole city. aud he
lays vpccial stress upon tho neod OF economy
in its use until such time ~ the new aque-
duct IL made available TO increase the SER
vice.
The unprecedented increase in the num-
ber of buildings dependent upon the CrOton
aqueduct has had much TO do with diminish
ing tho supply. Chrelessness ON the part OF
houseb ollers 10 another cause. and one
which the Commissioner thinks can bc
remedicd.
No anxiety is felt by the Fire Department.
as the whole OF the water in Central Park
Reservoir can be made available through the
hydrants at ans time when Che emergency
arises; Fifteen minutes, u Is said. would
be sufficient to put high pressure upon
them in any part OF the city.
prominent real eetnte dealer. questioned
by the reporter, said that tenants OF upper
| flats oil over the city suffer much for lack
OF water. but that. once the new aqueduci
was set At work, the supply would be amps
for many years TO come. This In now only
. question Of few weeks or months.