The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-12-18

a MoNG the varied subjects that the ciys growth
"a none play so important part deeply concern the
h @ public veal nearly touches every individual dweer
in the city, as the quality and quantity of the water supply
Years ago the Scranton Gas and Water company commenced pur
chasing lands Oak Rum Roaring Brook and Meadow Brook for
reservoir sites which they would be necessary supply the rap
idly increasing population Of the city Oak Run reservoir beau
u body of water the Erie and Wyoming Valley railroad about
mile above Dunnng This dam flows the water back about
mile and half and has storage capacity of about 4OOOOOOO gal
Ions The natural scenery surrounding this sheet of water most
eghu and attracts much attention from those travelling the
trains passing this section of the country and the people living
that vicinity take great deal of pride the beautiful views which
are everywhere presented The Cummings reservoir with
pacly of 1,3OoOOOO0O gallons situated Roaring Brook
about half mile above Emhur, the line of the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western railroad has distributing
on the line of Roaring Brook about two miles above the borough of
Dunmore this the principal distributing reservoir of the city, The
water from Cummings dam flows for about ten miles down Roaring
Brook to Reservoir No. and distributed to the in the
city, 1t would certainly be impossible to invent better system
insure Clear pure water for drinking purposes than this system
which nature has supplied The capacity of Reservoir No. 85
ooOooo gallons running to the consumers through 36nch pipe
one 20nch pipe and one 16nch pipe The service is sufficient if
necessary supply given point in of emergency such
for instance the Of Lackawana and Washington avenues 3O
100000 gallons per day The Meadow Brook reservoirs the
Stafford Meadow Brook The first one situated about four miles
above the junction with the Laawanna river is constructed the
the Cummings and Oak Runa heavy stone masonry DAM
all laid III Portland cement 1t used distributing reservoir
like that at No. and has capacity of SOOOOOOO gallons The
water from this reservoir is also through Snch pipe the
consumer which city the size of Scranton unusually import
ant service and something that few cities enjoy About two miles
above this the stream is the Williams bridge reservoir
built with the kind of masonry the other dams its capacity
being 230O0000O gallons Connected with an 18nch pipe
which carries the water the high service reservoir located at No. g.
which supplies Hyde Park and all the higher points of the city,
thereby giving the city three independent service supplies with ca
pacy of delivering at the several different points about 4OOOOOOO
gallons per day
The system operated by the Gas and Water company fur
nhes the very best of water and has enough reserve supply
the city for year The company at present clearing large ter
ro along Stafford Meadow Brook for another storage reservoir
which, when completed will give capacity of OOOOOOOO gallons
The result this reeng policy the part of the company is to
gain unlimited supply of water whatever the needs of the
city may be in the future.