New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-24
assuming the consumption per capita to remain ua-


changed. Brooklyn. which used 100000 gallons
average in 1885, will require 100 900 900 in 1902 and lOS
100000 gallons in 1904 You will see there Ia safe
margin In the watershed for estimate. but please
rapid increase of popu;ation. or increase of
the difficulty of making forecasts If you will re-
member that while Brooklyn finds seventy-nine
wastes 100 gallons, and the other hand the city
ca hondTn Is gnsng On only thryve gallons per
Now. II you Will go back with me in thought to
S once yo before the close Of my first half year in
deTtook three tasks at one time in the Water Bureau
to provide for the next six or eight Years rse and the
third TO investigate sources Of supply which might
70" know the old ras Of Se c
in spite of continuous protests from the engineers
before looking further Il required an actual short
age Of water In 1872 1852, 1883 and 1894 TO force each
already mentioned. 1t seemed to me, as doubtless
TO you. that ii would be WELL while securing a sup
Same time n1esgatons Of possbIe Sources az to
meet the needs OF the more distant future.
found. To begin with 1t was necessary that we
should determine what quantity of water should
tiona supply OF 100 100000 gallons daily. as being
probably sufficient for fifteen or twenty years after
1t appeared at once that there only three water
sheds comparatively near and accessible and within,
from which this quantity could be obtained Be Be
greater Capacity Thess of you who Noticed the
REPORTS will remember that the three watersheds
part Of Du,chess county: the Ramapo and Wall
kill in Orange and Rockland counties. and por-
ton of Long Island. east of present district:
The surveys and calculations for the two first
named were made by Engineer Worthen. OF New
De Varona of the Department. The positions Of
these three watersheds relatively to each other ana
the city OF Brooklyn are shown on this map: The
Ten Mile River and Ramapo watersheds could de-
liver their supply by gravity TO the Ridgewood Res
have TO be pumped into Ridgewood. as is the case
with our present supply or the three watersheds
square niles and the Ramapo. even with some sd-
dons the m az square mes s LONG ne
shed being exactly similar 10 our present supply
DISTANCE AND COST.
The nearest point of the Ten Mile River shed Is
about sixtv-four miles from the Ridgewood reser-
voir the point OF the Ramapo shed about
thirfy-nne and one-fifth miles and the nearest
large of supply on Long Island Is thirty anu
pipes The cost o: supply Of 100 9oOCo gall1ns daily
l MSs s ae s and a from the Ten Nile River
IONS aS SSs ws S saqa pPSS By q be
s24 ooeo Az the final estimates Were proIgh h 70
aly il was not possible to go over them in detail
In making such estimates. there IS always room.
rights and damages, for large differences in esti-
mates especially when they are the work OF dlIer-
OF the of these three systems would require an
r.
land and water rights in each case There wSaia De
an advantage In the Long Island system IN me lac
tine and could be brought into use and produce
revenue accordingly. while in the other cases 18th, the
their usefulness would begin. The Long Island
s anPR having to be pumped
level into the Ridgewood reservoir %nere tne
Of 900 feet, and on the Ten Mile plan 80 feet ,s.,
7 but we must give fair hearing TO confctihg IN
and ourselves with the least nar
has led TO inquire II any a a sns ge
available of value either for rev or many h wbich
may for few years. has beer deVeiopeu s'"Te
H assn wells All our driven we'll stations heretofore
composed of wells taking water a, uep'i n,s ~
beds and therefore from our present watershed
Ii is pretty well understood that Long Island Is IS
are beds Of clay 1t has been known for few
years that below such bed OF clay few m ,as,
eighteen months a dozen wells Of various sizes
have been driven by the city TO deptn OF .e0u N
thickness into a stratum OF unusually coarse gray
Ell through which water ows freely BY test b oCr
I nearly Determined Its limits cas-; and west. ana
haxe Te Water from beneath this clay
Jameco Park 10 level OF nearly seven ieet apo.e
have pumpsd. and for some weeks continuously.
more than 100000 gallons from few wells at the
Jameco Park station, and for the purpose OF Iui,e
testing and developing THIS supply aH,horlzeu IN, d
few months ago an additional number OF deep @eiis
10 be sunk two points. ana these are no" III
process Of construction.
deep sources is 100000 gallons or many times that
amount is SO far wholly matter of conjecture One
dsIv from this stratum without interference with
the existing sources Of supply, but he did not name
he prcs IS the evdent st duty and interest
city but consideration OF other pans sIoun con
time during this process OF survey ana develop
tnow NJ no other alternative except 10 go be-
I he'd
surveyed 10 points where larger supplies can ne
n inner state control or the united action OF
the cities make such Alternative poss'p p o u
,rodmene resolution for the collection Of nforma-
ton by the State as to the water supply VI us u'
ferent cities.
FLOW OF THE UPPER HUDSON
The proiect Of bringing water from the Upper
uudson or Lake George has received some pupNc
a,,s,tion and not a little study. AS the connui'
for such a supply would be 200 miles in length pass
ing through many counties and feed!hg many CIV
/ IN the way IT would seem 10 me more properly
matter for the State than Tor mui'cpai 49,.
ZION and control. The Hudson watershed apo and i
Gens Falls has area OF ZslZ squafe GINS Fas
the altitude Of the river al me ea' In tbe Extreme
Grouth of early September. 1884 ! had ,he no ss
CT Inc ~ aI spproximae 525ccoO gallons daily OF
hrb almost S25OOOo0O gallons were diverted mo
T howeTe ruaneauaed
The Upper Housaton.c in connecich, a h city q.
but the diversion Of these waters would
New, " ~ n, .iowed and the valley IL becoming WEI
i.S in PARTS It's area north of Bulls Rage Il
/ about 100 square miles ,,,. ~ the etate OF
NnwJersey in 1894 C. c. Vermeule caiiso Nina
~ NE Delaware watershed "as possible ui'I,,a INA
10 az, for the metropolitan district Inc D Ia,
ware leaves Ncw-York State near for, .ba1 nom;
49, The Neyersink empties into IL, Al that pm
az drainage area is $500 square miles OF "n a., ,,a
.,n ,nore than two-thiTds appears 70 pc III ",
, ~ Tew-York The elevation at this polnt ~ 80
feet and the lowest flow reported by MI tbi
ce ts:7 no oo0 gallons daily. The conveyance OF ui'
wafer 10 New-York would have TO De "osu! ~
/ tunnel .rd Deaware watersheds
~, ~ Va" nouid he made to furnish over i,VUVV1W
eaiions day by the aid OF storage reservoirs ~
saa.,,o,ty ~ the Delaware watershed is SO sulk
hat survey Of It's possibilities and an approx
insste estimate OF cost seem TO me wei worth oo
tanning. .. 49,. COZ, that there IL scarcely
~ ci,y n the civilized word that is not consul