New-York tribune., 1896-09-03
PART IL.
PAGES 10 TO 1e.
EMERY TO MAKE A REPORT.
uEALTH DEPARTMENT INvEsTIGAT-
ING THE WATER TROUBLE.
SUGGESTIONS TO BE MADE TO COMMISSIONER
u,,5Js AS TO THE REST METHOD OF RE
sroRrSG THE WATER TO ITS FORMER
pr-RrTY - NO DISEASE BREED

s1,oRING THE WATER TO ITS FORMER
p,-Rrry - NO DIsEAsE-BREED-
ING BACTERIA FOUND.
rs. Health Department whose duty it Is to
- the Department If City Works informed as
~ .,s condition Of the city's water supply and
,,.,se as to what is the best course to pursue TO
'~,,-ove the condition of the water when 1t falls
M .", the average. will within day or so make
. exhaustive report a. % the causes OF the bad
~ and taste of the water. and suggest to The
r,, Works Department method OF purifying
aswater supply
The Tribune is able % state that Dr Elmer! :
-..or, will declare the city's water not unwhoie-
=, nresent notwithstanding the odor. but
80, at any time it may develop disease germs
:. -, at once attended to- DR. Emery VIII
...or,uend that certain Of the ponds from which
-. ci,v's water comes be drained, thoroughly
.,..ned Of the greensh scum which covers to
80. .,tsnt their bottoms and sides. and re-
1,..usd In addition, he will probably recom-
,ho, The omen trench which conveys water
.-.u, 1ondon's pond beyond Hampstead, alone
-, oage ~ the village OF Hampstead to the
.-.o,rg station. be replaced by pipe which
will keep from The water dn passage Tue III" "o'e'
.o,,e drainage of the village
IT, ,arties from the II ealth Department went
,our of inspection odt on Long Island on
rrssdav Dr. E II. Wilson, who has chargel Oh
,Aa Archaeological department, recently made
.. ,o Commissioner Emery recommending
.h, ,ba water supply receive immediate attcn-
., On Monday Dr Emery called coiisulta-
,o, y, the heads of the various bureaus. Pro-
,assor Elias II BARLEY bacterologist of the
ro,s leland College Hos oital. attended the meet
,rg I, was then estimated that there are no
more cases of typhoid now than at this time last
vear Mayor Wurster had previously informed
commissioner Emery that he wished the water
question 70 have immediate attention and, IN
sri,e of the lack Of funds in his department IL
was decided at Mondays conference to begin an
investigation.
BOTHERED BY THE TRENCH
Dr. Wilson and Chief Chemist Volckening went
~ HempStead and examined the source OF the
uemps;ead's water supply which is London's
nond The pond is fairly Clean except that
/, contains more than the usual diatoms and
alrao microscopic vegetable growths which are
cbienv RESPONSIBLE for the bad odor Of the water.
Tho trench which conveys the water past the
VILLAGE NJ Hempstead is problem by which the
ci,, Works Department has been puzzled for
como time and which should have speedy So
lotion Not only the gas works of the village,
t,, stables. outhousas and drains are within
,,, feet # this trench for some distance. A six
,-cb iron nine which carries the waste water
from block Of buildings, pours into the trench
Tho refuse from the gas works percolates INTO
tho trench and is plainly discernible on the sur
face Of the running water
In the other party were Dr. Baruey' SAM
4arv Engineer Locke and Assistant Engineer
Bowel They went TO Springfield and examined
the pond at that point. This pond has Always
been in q bad condition. and half OF 1t was
cleaned out year ago. The pond IS no" ooi-
dered with weedy water fungus when eHlits d
.oul odor The water is more or less iui Vi
rreenish ooze. DR.. BARLEY said that there WAS
,ereater fear Of an epidemic OF malarlai leNer
ean Of typhoid fever
Dr Wilson thinks il advisable 10 estaoilsn
hboratory on the watershed. so that the cono'-
son OF the sources Of supply may Dc constantly
watched. -,>-c
HARMLESS. But ANNOYING.
The Health Department has been issuing
vssklv for upward of year bacterloioglcai anu
chemical analyses Of the water. ana the lily
Works Department has been In coha!'lo" "
tnow the exact state Of the water a' any 'iii'e'
n. bactertological examinations recentiy snow
,bs, there is some increase IN the nurioeI "a
ssc,.ria IN a cubic centimetre, but thaL tnese
S.csria are of a harmless order Dr wilson
s.s not heen able to find any disease preeolhe
S..sris chemical analyses show that there is
more organic matter than usual put tals . Vi
r,,.sr Is not necessarily Of harm1ul ha,ule
Tie development OF the dlatons anu T., sTrb
orrs,isnns hat are always In water IN sucn
s-rs Quantities was due TO the excessiNe HO'
weather They are absolutely narihiess, W. 49, G
moving because Of the bad smell ana tasle 49, -
,bsv nroduce So that while there Is no occasion y.
Cav .fa-,, on the mart Of Brooklynites. there Is
occasion for the two departments 10 act d. o.iSe ~
With viev Of bringing back the water ~ IN
STATE ~ nurity for which 1t has been justly ceie
brated , ,,-as+,yatine
.rnsd,,ions viii meet DR. Emery to-day ana nave
another consultation. DR.. Emery salo yes.eiu
that the report which his department "oulu - 80 ~,
might be DELAYED for several DAYS because Vi ''
exhaustive nature. -,,, ..s A,gagad
CITY Works Commissioner Willis has eneassu
nv reeds snecialist connected Win the
Stevens Institute 70 make an exanlna'ioi, vi III .
water and its source Of supply indepehoe"' "a
the Health Department. ,.,o 4" u.bo
is something Of az expert on water suPplS
tributes something of the impurity OF Broohl!n II
water 10 the indifference of Long lsianuers "
maintaining the purity OF the water, as .iII'
have opposed the taking OF the Wate, 'upp,'
from their territory. lie thinks thal .ne. o
flow from Long Island villages is 10 soiile eA'c 81
responsible FOR impurities, and advises that III
mediate steps be taken 10 clear the "a.e. -, ~
purifying vegetable matter. DR. beil IL eii''' -
opposed to the establishing Of laboratory Id .iis @
City Works Department to look aitel 'iie - =
supply, as he thinks it is clearly tne uusE % WV
Health Department TO attend TO tnat WoiA'
PEN1TEyTIARY GUARDS HOME AGAIN.
John Reddng and William Stanley. the alleged
msiccach robbers from Little Rock. ARK were
to ,h.fr