New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-21
BIG MAINS TO BE LAID.
PLANS FOR THE ADDITIONAL PIPE con-
DUIT APPROVED.
CHIEF ENGINEER MILNE REPLIES TO SOME

CHIEF ENGINEER MILNE REPLIES TO SOME
VAGUE GATHERING GENERALIrIEs'"
After a good deal OF hard work. and sparing
neither time nor labor the plans. specifications
form OF proposal and form Of contract Tor section
Of the additional pipe conduit that mas ia'eiS
been so extensively discussed were completed re-
Gently by the Engineer Of Water supply, l. NJ ne
Varona and submitted to Commissioner Willis TIC
held them under consideration for rev days' anu
on the appointment of Mr.. Milne as chiet engineer
referred them 10 him day or two ago. MI Ml'"o
returned them 10 the Commissioner yesterday
stating that he fully approved OF them ana recoii
mended the Immediate advertisement Oh 'he WIN
The advertising will cover period or twenty Gay
or more soon after which the proposals WIN e
opened Either a slxtysix- Inch steel or uouole
forty-e.ght-irch castiron conduit will be laid' II
Tho FORMER size IL chosen II is said It VIII be the
largest in the United States. The larger waive III
the pipe would weigh over 10000 pounds
This additional conduit Is intended to bring down
TO the city the supply from the watersheds no" !"
use II has nothing whatever to do with the pros
pective sources OF supply TO be acquired III the
future II extends from the Spring creek o'a''o"
10 Mllburn nearly fifteen miles a.
Chief Engineer Milne replied yesterday IN Tain
with a Tribune reporter, to the vague charges '""'
have been made, to the effect that he Is unplea'
antly predlsposed TO favor the Ramapo winter So'
pany in the selection of the vast additional water
need after the turn of the century He said:
81 should be sorry II anybody thought was ap-
ponted 10 this office for any other purpose ,han inc
citvs interest These vague allegations are 80 SHY
that they are scarcely worth reply N"o"
nothing about the Ramapo water stock or us sae'
and have had conversation WIN any o'.
on the subject Of this company other tnah "ha'
had with Commissioner White two years ago. "heh
an official OF the Ramapo Company brought tne SUI"
ect OF the supplemental water supply 10 inc ho'oo
of Mr. White Mr.. White afterward empioEeu e"s'
neers to survey the Ramapo watershed anu INC
suit may be found in his reports ,,..,- .o,ora, /
There nothing but vague ghtteting
tiles in this said Mr.. Milne pointing 10 az M en-
g,neerng views nave been advanced by any once
Of this Department or BY m mgsa b he rdcuous for
any engineer TO express an OPINION az 20
tlty OF water that car be procured from
without a proper Investigation. -, ,..
'.Mr de Varona has been engaged during n 'v NC
%ed ~ Nassape0ua Pans and specifications nave
hem prepared by him which have received my ap,
nrovat These specified tons cover several proposeu
ppo0d,i, limos 10 bring the additional water to the
pumping wells at R.dgewood ms rs nouns ~, IT.
van Vn }r evera Years ago 1t expected that
The minimum Yield OF the old and new watersheds
H present consumption is in the neighborhood OF
80 100000 gallons day. When The new t9roy nSth
sarv section OF the city, thence extending east
erly TO connect with the Ridgewood reser'o'' -
| Completed and the water Is turned INTO IL, OnI
| months about 100000 gallons day. Commissioner
the OPINION md suP S new sSed nT prop
| ssriy developed would yield sufficient water Ior
rooyn demands until the turn but Of h em afraid
| NJ Whi,e's views were too sangUine. lndependenI
Of the plans under considera1n ana ad
ministration It Is imperative necessity ue.el,
| mined by engineering Judgment that new source
~ synny must be considered outside OF the preseii'
| ola and new water supply. Whether that add,
tional supply shall come from tra sne' no Oh aeer
isand or from NewYork. remains 70 , pe oe'e T.
mined The reports furnished 20 Mr. W sha H aS
| sup nod are matters OF record No one OF these
| three supplies will be selected except ai'er iur''e'
| exhaustive and complete investigation