New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-03
ADDITIONAL WATER SUPPLY.
MAINS FROM THE NEW RDGEWOoD
RESERVOIR.
nEooKLYy ro nAyE 4 MoEE ADEorATr sY.TiM


The new mains being laid which will carry water
to all OF The downtown parts OF the city, and VIII
add to he pressure In the high buildings on the
Heights. The mex distributing reservoir when ma
Just teen completed RidSewOod Heights Will h'iu
100 900 gallons OF water and u carry TINS thrOus
GU. the city IA 45-nch main il being Idiu'' II
Will extend nearly six miles. from the n'rthern sIue
Of the reservoir TO the CITY Hail. me
route which it follows is from inc "nuN
chamber of the reservoir to CypIess-aVe' aims
this TO Cooper-ave. alongside the Cemetery OF 'he
Evergreen, under Irving ave- Van Voorhees, CehHai-
ave. Myi1leaye.. WtlougAy ave-. across Fort GREENE
Park anl under Wihoughby 81, 10 Adama-st. NJ
this point connections will be made with the present
MAINS and 36-nch main will be 4a'd III
Fulton, Montague. Clinton and J,ralemon StS" 10
uicls-sR. the main laid last year from the
Mount Prospect reservoir will be connected with
There viii be a 30 inch branch In Raymond-st. con
meeting with the Fourth-ave main. and "a rah'h
OF the same size from Ceqltralave and Van Nooris-
o. 10 the Eastern District. while third VIII eA'eha
In NOstrandave. from Willoughby ave 10 DehalbaVe'
connecting the main with the present. '"'lho"
main In DcKalb-avc.
The work Of laying the iron pipe Tor the "nu'
Is going forward at different points under inc '"o
contractors who 1t In charge. The nrst eecuoh
OF 5000 feet, from the reservoir I" Nhioue"oN anu
Lewis aves is in the hands OF Crawford n N"ei'"c'
who have nearly completed the work Inc portion vi
Il next 10 the reservoir WAS the most diihcut for
the reservoir wall had TO be protected as well a.
the sides of the cut The water mains from the Ola
reservoir, which lies 10 the eastward oil the ne" one
had 10 be crossed. 4o-inch one ana TWO %
ones and these had TO be carefully protected 10 pre-
vent a repetition Of the accident which occurred OF
The other side the reservoir when the CONDUIT WIS
broken and the supply of the city cut OH ny
q TEMPORARY Jam. Had one Of the biz supply pipes
been broken the city would not have been Adequately
supplied by the Others.
Tls cut for the new main gradually diminished
In depth until pipes were laid only elght iee h'e
inches under ground at distance OF 3ooo rect Ho"
the reservoir. several other pipes had 10 Dc en-
countered in the progress of the work, and u be
brsead ND while the new main has been laid beneatl
them but the work has thus far been successfully
carried on.
The other half Of the work. extending do"h'o~h
from Wllouglby and Lewis aveS., IS being done Uy
John McNanlec. In the Of his work the pipes
have been laid 10 and across Fort Greene PARK Inc
line followed has been that OF Willouchby-ave II IL
were extended this small park OF thrS s0es'
The cut has not been deep one, althOhRl uie n''"
is laid over the top of the HILL II Is al an average
depth of eight feet below the surface the pressure
,cnc depepded upon 70 carry the water over the
,-de only a uttle disturbance to the park has
been caused and the surface of the turf ana the "ahN
will I've restored so that IT will be the same as II was
before the digging was begun.
The pipc for the mains cost about S3OooOo' ana
large part Of II was on manu- vi 'i.
hefore the work Of laying it was begun. Inc
contracts for the work amount TO about S-ooVOo'
making q total of more than 100000 spent upon the
work of adding the supply Of water III each ho"se
of the city The effect of the new means VI u,''''
button viii be felt In part OF the Guy say" '
portions supplied from the high service reservoir os
Prospect Park, where additional pressure VIII s0o "
given BY the water tower
The new distributing reservoir on Kldee"oou
Heights covers twenty-five and Is equal III size
10 the old reservoir which Is divided IN TWO parts OS
a wall. In its construction 5OoOVOo CUBIC !aru9 Vi
..r,h had tn M. removed The average depth II
eighteen feet The walls OF masonry and the
bottom OF pudded clay The water Is Icing pumpeu
into it at present, and when 1t is hiied inc CITY WI"
have five days supply OF water III hand in the dis
trbuting reservoirs II pumping from the CONDUIT siulu
cease The cost OF the new reservoir was e3@oooo
and about 100000 more has been EXPENDED upon
new engines and plant at the pumping station 50 as
10 increase the quantity of water pumped INTO 'he
reservoirs from 90 OOOO gallons of water day to
sOOOO.OOO daily. Ii is expected that before spring
comes work will be completed upon all these add,ohs
TO the water distributing supply system OF the cHy
II is several years since the need Of increasing the
uaier snppy of the dry and of adding to the means
of distributing il throughout the city was felt 10 De
urgent and plans prepared for the prosecution Of
the work But il was found impossible to induce the
Board Of Aldermen take the action needed 10 under
take the prosecution of the work until three years
ago. when resolutions were adopted and approved by
the Mayor authorizing the issue Of water bonds 10 the
amount Of 81 100000 for The purpose Of enargnS the
Ridgewood reservoir and Of constructing pumping sta
hons erecting engines and otherwise Improving the
water facilities Of the city.
year later resolutions were adopted providing for
the extension Of the water supply system of the
city ten miles the eastward from Rockville Centre
10 MassapeQua Pond. This makes the most remote
point OF the source of the water supply Of the city
di=t-h ting at
Ridgewood. The extension is expected TO add
100000 gallons to the present supply Of CO.
100000. The money appropriated for tie extension
of the old conduit and the iron conduit from
Baldwin's to the Ridgewood Pumping station vas
S4,5OO,OOO. Much OF the work under this appropria
ton has been done With the sums already expended
upon the water works system Of the city and the new
additions the total cost for wafer amounts 10 $l6,-
100000 The water tax than meets the interest
upon this investment In comparison with other
great cities Brooklyn makes favorable showing.
NewYorl has expended $71 100000; Louis. :3I >.
100000; Boston, $21 900; Philadelphia lot the
schuylkll water, $13COO,ooo and Chicago, which
gets its water from Lake Michigan, ga 100000.
The city ha, tie two Rdgewood reservoirs. with
22O,OOC,090 gallons capacity, the Mount POspec,
reservoir with 2OOOO.OOo gallons capacity. the Hemp
stead storage reservoir covering twenty three and
half acres with a capacity of 413,70ooOO gallons, and
various ponds and streams which supply to the conduts
the water TO fill those.
As far Is be judged there is unlimited sup
nv Of water TO be found Long Island for the de.
mands Of Brooklyn until city three four times the
size Of the present has gTowr up. II is only
ne4ful extend the present system farther ea~twaId
and tap ponds and streams and driven wells all
supplied fr,n the fresh water found at the same depth
IN apparently inexhsustibe quantities all parts ii
Long Island. II the water system should be carrie
IA Lake RonkOnkomd there would be supply reached
eousling the entire quantity now available. With
The rev means of storing water and distributing II N
III n,rt, = the city there should be lack OF
cdcnunte amount OF for the ctv when the pre-
oD 100000 people swecd to 10000, which Will
dnuhtles, &c the case b. the cOH Of tie century.
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