The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-12
EIOpEMENTtN HIGHCIRCLES.
MSS xoRWHsTER ABAxDoNs HER VISIT
TO THE CRo1oN wATERsHED.


Canada. but Not Ustn ne Had co--
pass,ouateiy Tilted. Three Bnior Gallons
Uro. Us Ont or the Tasks OF the Skies.
The Mississippi Valley storm that Local Fore
cast Agent Dunn pictured on his weather map
on Tuesday morning. and which he predicted
would whip around over tho Croton watershed
yesterday fulfilled his prediction. and up to
noon IL dropped 2.937.O07.534 1-5 gallons OF
water within the 1893 square miles OF water
she'd and It wasn't any great shakes OF a storm
either. When q Sun reporter called on Chief
Engineer Brdsall at 3 o'clock in the afternoon
he stuck up his nose at the rainfall
"what rnin p he asked. what rain are
you talking about7 haven't seen any rain:
only q little drizzls don't amount to anything.
Why. up to noon only one.half inch OF rain
had fallen in the watershed: what eood'n
that do7 Poohi"
The chIof engineer probably hadn't figured
out tho quantity Of rnin in gallons. as given
above. based on his half-inch fall He added
that the danger OF o water famine was still
staring the people OF New York In the face.
and that unless rain III quantities came quick
" the famine would surely be hero.
what littlo rain has fallen" he said. has
como in such shape that the ground has taken
Il in and We rot mono oft Until we got two or
three inches In q lump the Croton basin will not
TO rclieve us This one-half inch that has fallen
has helped us In this way 1t has filled up the
ground, and what comes now will run right
into the reservoir. provided 1t comes quickly
Twill say again that 1t depends on the people
themselves whether We come to famine or
not, Keep up tho waste and tho famine will be
here. that's certain.
Asked TO tell who It was that wasted tho
water. tho Chief Engineer said
-. al IL Ma W. Nvk hAN
are On pablo OF letting 1t run all day out Of care
)cssness. The factories do not waste. because
most OF them have meters. and when man
sasts sG T. pay for water he is not going to
The superIntendep Of the city reservoirs
TINT In the Sc IN
Old ' Reservoir s in the Park it. was 4 feet
Inc ,nfFEes ,os Street reseryoir Il was
IA feet 5 inches. a loss Of IL inches In q
t da waste Of Tut
not to the extent that II had been going on;
The waste wasn't me s9 ma b 81
because the low water in the reservoir had re.
nssd @ a Ss e eSsf
'o Depat E1GsR Works Holah.n
him an hour later and his face was wreathed
in . smies look encouraging" he said. Tho
last report reports SIR from the Watershed and reser-
voirs show that the rain SO far has raised the
t1sa % sfs
81 the traSe ons before
the reservoirs. 1t comes at the rnte OF about
six miles an hour should % think think that xsct
how much good the. storm has done us. or
the ground Ind not been SO dFy
it will do. nearly so we'll We are waiting
sad about 'G in 'H HE SUN this mornne
ought TO bring us back to a normal condition
AM MI : Honhan an said a he had received no COM
ants Of saF.y at IL the on az ~
West Side had reason to Kick. This proves
that the crank element is very small, he said
Dsn ana at smReG hi f9s Of as
and threw . pig beam on his desk that re-
T.: III :i ;s' a;
ys ssDspss I'D. tn sum Ssa sRs
si,e Wosld. but she met the Mississippi Valley
fellow this morning and scooted on with him
to Canada 1twasn't my fault she didn't get
Engineer Birsel says s that the =, bal,
inch q ran tn that has fallen won't DO Dit OF
He's very much mistaken" said Mr.. Dunn.
Is safo to count on losing about one half Of
That Is to sny. one.au"rter q an inch OF It. VII
ground md make bed for the ;, other one
quarter to flow into the reservoirs"
Mr.. Dunn added TINT there wasn't another
storm anywhere in sight but that this season
OF tho year ono might be EXPECTED any day;
and he wouldn't DO surprised !: he discovered
ono heading for us before morning. Then no
sn i'd he didn't see how 1t came about that New
York was so short OF wator.
why lust look here" he said. this hasn't
been phenomenal drought. It's just IN or
binary affair. and no worse thnn great many
others that we have had. There must have
been an extraordinary demand for water to
crcnte this scarcity
The reporter went back TO Mr. Holman and
told hin, that the drought was onlya lit ono.
"I.ittlc!" exclaimed the deputy cotnmissior-
er: "wcll. what are you talking aboutP Why.
in tho last six months our men at work on the
streets hnve only lost ono and u half days
Through tho rain. There hnsnt been any rain
To speak Of for six months. It's a terrible
drought. That's what 1t is"
fair estimate OF tho proportion Of yesterdays
ruin that would find its way into tho reservoirs.
Tint would 10 .4tS h03. 7b7 LILO gallons. or
enough to supply the city at the old rato of
consumption. waste and NIL. l4h days. This. |
added to tho twelve days supply already on |
hind. postponcS amy possibility OF famine |
.Uh days Mt any rate.