New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-20

NETWORK NEAR THE LIMIT
The leading engineers of the time reported In
1921 that the Bronx River could supply sV1VN
gallons daily 10 the city OF New-York; ana IN
1892 that the Croton River would supply for all
time to come. The Croton reservoirs were filled In
1892 and the city took therefrom an average OF H.
900 600 gallons daily. The quantity increased yearly
until 100000 were taken I'm 1915. The per capita
daily allowance was 81 gallons at the latter date.
while in 1872 It was only 50 gallons For several
years after the 9i-gaon limit was reached II was
found necessary TO restrict ana then 10 reduce tne
quantity per capita because the population was 10
creasing rapidly and the old aqueduct was not ca
pable OF delivering more water Then the new
$b J gallons daily that it was estimated the
Croton watershed would furnish But the star
Ting discovery made that the spigot was TOO
large for the barrel A computation makes II
probable that the 2OOOOOOO limit OF daily consump-
new dam increases the storage capacity to 10000
100000 gallons; and the estimates are that the new
supply will be enough for thirty years 10 come,
But what shall be done when the thirty years nave
brooklyn deprived Of the Long Island supply,
must 20 the mainland. The cities alons lle
keepsIe becauee the water is brackish. Formerly
1t was brackish only as far north as west foiht;
conspiracy against full supply Of pure water
Poughkeepsie and all the cities nortnwafn, NAV
upon the Hudson. Albany. after sinking fapulous
sums in driven wells, has drawn upon a sna a , az,
dona quantity Of interior water Dut the iiuus te
is still the main dependence. Troy uses the water
Of the Hudson but its location is better than that
Of Abf IN b the s ffs a worse than it is on
! he hudson For New-York 1t has been proposed
to brns IN TewJerss, The area Of the latter
Is two and one-half times greater than that OF 'he
F nearer to the centre of New-York. The crossing
OF the Hudson River presents most l9Lhu s t
engineering difficulty But this Keller would not DC
permanent.
RELIEF IN THE ADIRONDAcKs.
II IS evident that Brooklyn and the metropolis
as well as all the cities along the Hudson. must
finally draw upon the Adirondack watersheds ana
possibly upon the valley Of the St Lawrence
through Lakes George and Champian. The avail
able Adirondack watershed OF the upper Hudson.
above ,ilens Falls. contains 1900 square miles WIN
annual rainfall of forty inches UseI for
domestic. manufacturing ana chhaI ,pd.dn River
ten inches OF annual rainfall can be stored Win Win
out Injury to any OF the interests concerned nds
would give capacity OF l@Ol@oUV gallons h q WiG
or enough 10 supply all the cities along the nut
son for many generations 10 come nen tt' ,ofd
IL. used for the more northern Of the cities nam,
pain is only 10 feet above tde-water and the tal.
Lake George can be used because is $50 feet above
Lake chahplan The surveys SNOW Sroposed aaue-
duct 2SS feet at Troy 2 feet a. Aea9 ana S
feet New York , ana T sragty Mt ali points along
ToulG n sVT The estRmated Cost is nearly soooo
An aqueduct 30 miles in length would pc one OF
the wonders OF the Sse D Dne aaTedacts Of ancient
! t,nne 70 which seven Of later date we're added.
coverea q, acon.tricton The Ano Novus clever
diversion OF the Anio toward Rome the PED OF tne
small and shallow Almo became merely a cana, ,Ot
the aqueiucs Of a later date To Rome me A ne
not the rber. was the fa i' o from where the
lower Apennnes approach most closely to tine srSni
.au vs pi ara CLAUDIA and Hadrana; also the
Marcia Pa and the Aqua Fellce the tlooern ~ ~
/ ,Sl ANA nroper Is In the summit OF the Monte
E",,ero about slxty-three miles from Rome ana
some ,%ro modern times the feat OF bringing water
/ from Durance to Marseilles was notable one a
Eemfchate is under consideration by the municipal
tv II Involves the building OF an aaueduct over ~
An earlier plan proposed TO use Lake Geneva as
source Of supply the eSatea cIS man PROPOSES 10
tunnel the Jura Mountains, and to give nead , OF
S tre modern times is the artificial lake impound
IT, The waters OF the river Nyrnwy. in Montgomery
shire to S .iST1Ee ca5 SHiyF 81 gal
Ions and power is given TO supply, "oet ,he line
/ liverpool il thus placed on an equahy, as 10
water supply. with Glasgow. which has laid Loon
/ which is doing the same with Thirmere
THE LAKE CITIES ARE FORTUNATE.
The cities o, the United States which are 50 fort
innate rs TO be located upon the great lakes may be
dismissed with n very brief mention Rochester
! may be classel "a lake city. because IL must 500"
take its water supply from Lake Ontario less IMAM
,en miles AWAY The present supply from Hernlock
! Ike is carried thirty miles The city is now dis,
| cussing draught upon the waters OF Conesus ana
/ Canadice lakes but both OF them have mucn sur
face dranage The upper part of the Genesee River,
at Mount Morris. Is also suggested Az VI tn en1v
close at hand. and the further advantage that one
pound Of coal today WILL pump as aro o' With such
cities the supply Is only question OK pumps a,in
cnglncs have been thrown away. and the best OF
/ rotary pumps do the work. or course the TENDENCY
and aa sef fv wn aSu ihH 80 can
large in comparison with the daily consnmPtion per s
capita in London. 81 gallons Hamburg, "a; Paris, So
and Berlin H. But where great aqueducts nave Dven
! built the record is quite different. Rome supplies
/ lGO gallons and Marseilles l5S. c..
There are other localities, aside from the Great
! Lakes that have no fear Of a water famine New
ark y. j.. Is using pipe line thirty mles io.s'
Jersey CITY is also TO be supplied and there may
be enough left to spare something to New YORK i
Mass is reaching stll further to the northeast into t
district that Is sparSely settled; ana with '"e
go" I'VE fact remains hat the great majority OF ali
ggo en have anything but cheerful outlook
for their supply generation hence !n a h are
use The schemes for irrigation that available
in the Far West. In such cases, recourse must
be had to the earth Driven wells have proved a a
failure In Albany although the geological forma-
ton gave promise of an ample supply Other cities
have made the experiment with similar result.
Memphis. Tenn. has system OF thirty-nine ar,
teslan wells that is said 10 be the only one up upon
supply The plant has capacity OF 100000 gal
Ions daily In the smaller wsS ans
wndmils furnish the power
SYSTEMS IN DIFFERENT CITIES.
In the United States there are about LOO cities
and towns that supplied with waterworks. rep
ressnting a total cost OF Si350OOOo This Is nearly
! one-tenth as much as is invested In railways. The
England States have nearly one-fourth as
much invested In waterworis "a in railroads. The
State OF Rhode Island has nearly twice as muen
| mains in ew-England nearly equal to the
miles OF railways In Massachusetts seventy eisht
/ ont OF 1913 systems of waterworks are owned by
the people This proportion does not hold IN any
/ other State In the NewEngland and the Middle
States the reservoir and standpipe system gen,
! orally prevails while the Holly and other KINDRED
| systems predomirate In the West. The Middle
! States Including New-York. New-Jersey. Pennsyi-
| yana Delaware and Maryland, have slo6o222ti IN
| vested I'm waterworks. Out OF M works In those
states. liz owned by the city or the town The
| States OF Ohio Indiana Michigan, Illinois ana Wis
consn have 32s works costing $685. $50 42s The pro-