New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-06
TAP LAKE CHAMPLAIN.
MAYOR wURsTER SUGGESTS 1T AS So
LUTON OF THE WATER QUESTION.


BINE TO GET AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY
LoNpoN's EXPERIENCE WITH PRI-
vATE COMPANIES.
Mayor Wurster IS giving the problem of an In
creased water supply for Brooklyn good deal
of thought and he yesterday told a Tribune re-
porter that as soon as his official duties became
little lighter he expected to act upon the sug-
gestIon of ex- Commissioner Alfred T. White and
call conference Of people whose conclusions
would be regarded as weighty to discuss the SUD-
ject Such conference he would regard as
merely one Of the preliminaries. but. at the same
time a necessary part OF the great propieif
which with every passing month looms UP more
menacngly.
without wishing 10 have the statement con-
sidered as the result Of mature oenoeraeioh'
said he. II believe that when the next move III
volving large outlay Is made TO increase the
water supply OF this city 1t shoulu DC tdAe
Jointly with New-York. l understand that new
York's supply Is calculated TO be sunlcient lor
the next ten years According to ex-Commls-
sioner White Long Island will afford Brooklyn
sunnv for six or seven years and perhaps longer
After that both cities will need TO look else
where II either the Rdmapo or the housa'o'i'o
or the Delaware river should be USED, IL "ouu
be only a question OF time before the suppheS
would be exhausted 1t seems to me the Wise
thing 10 do would be tc go TO Lake Chainp'aH
That would prove to be an unfailing source
doubtless for a century
An interesting document yesterday reached
the office OF /. NJ de Varona engineer OF "a'e.
supnv II was the report of A. r. Binnie chief
engineer Of the London County Council IN reier
ence To the available sources Of water supply for
down" argument against private ownership OF a
water supply for big city. London has had
costly experience in buying it's water from pri-
vate concerns and has AZ last been driven 10
making preparations for owning Its own supply
Mr. Blnnie's report provides for a plant with
a gravity supply from the following streams
in Wales: Usk. yrfon. Edw. Ithon and Upper
Wye.
4 double line Of aqueduct is suggested and
the length OF the line Is. for one branch. 40
miles and by the other 176 miles. storage RS
ervoirs with an aggregate capacity OF sZ,ypVOoO.-
0o0 gallons and covering 5000 acres at the top
Of the water area. arc proposed. rs well as com
pensating reservoirs with an aggregate capacity
II II 200 900 900. covering an acreage at the top
~ the water area OF 900 acres. The daily sup
Div To be furnished Is 4i5.oOO.oco gallons. and the
o.al cost of the works is estimated AT t3s,H2,ZoV
or Slsa ssl $50 This would be al the rate OF
.a3 ial million gallons. or s4ti,i'o mlAion'
Tifcr-heds are provided and service reservoirs
the latter tu facilitate the drawing down OF the
water for a few days for purposes Of inspection
,r repa,r The two service reservoirs W. uld
hold about sixteen days supply. or 3,2OO.Wo.oo0
gallons each The following paragraph Is iouhd
in the report:
From the whole II the above figures. l am
not only confident that this scheme or WORKS IL
fh.. best for he supply of London. but heHe'e
II n be tho cheapest that could be introduced:
'If VIC presume that the present supply or
London as afforded hy the eight companies. Is
m The rate of ls2 600 900 gallons day as In 1893
ga ,hat II cost for each million gallons $4,000,
M. companies works should be worth fl1so2.V 200
a surn far below that which the companies
claim for the transfer OF their united UNDER
/ faklngs - the Council"
The high-water line OF the service reservoirs
IN tho ne,ghborhood OF London is about three
hundred feet above the sea