New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01
HOT WATER CUISINES FORTH.
VISIONS OF GREAT THINGS FROM A HoUs-
TON-sr. DISCOVERY.

VISIONS OF GREAT THINGS FROM A HoUs-
TON-sT DISCOVERY.
4HE sr,pERsTITIoUs RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGH
RoRuoOp IN GREAT MATHEMATICIAN
lists AND PHYSICIANS EXAMINING
THE WATER FROM THE SPRING.
AND THE PROPRIETOR OF
THE PROPERTY is
HIGHLY ELATED.
ssyhats the matter? Where is all that crown 20.
ing?" asked a fat man. he accosted an ihd'''uua'
who was hurrying along carrying pewter P'c"oi
n his hand.
ITO Zimmermans. ~,
"Zmmerman's? What's the matter down there
1.-THE Hot Springs. Just discovered NaiNe,io''
Wonderful, Said 10 contain medicinal piope'"e' %
great healing power. Warranted 10 cure uESPei"'
consumption warts. bunions and ingTowins toe
nails and Here he jerked away lro" '"e
xrasp of the fat man and FASTENED TO join the long
procession of men, women and children. all heaueu
In the same direction and holding tshty !" XIV"
grasp pitchers pals. bottles. broken tump.e'S anu
tomato-cans. to be filed from the flowing iouh' Vi
thu spring. All day long in the iailhs ram" NV
crowds kept coming and all day long the not water
Vent flowing from the pipe into the great variety
Of utensils held hungry TO receive the precious
contents.
The mysterious spring was first STRUCK os WON
men engaged the foundations OF new ou''"''ie
being put up by zimmerman & Guckenheiner a'
No 324 East Houston-st. Steam was noticed rSlhs
from the earth by Of the men. Last lucsud!
water began flowing in at a part OF the excavation
near the street. and in such quantities 'hat d" "e
came necessary TO use a hand pump. III was ho''0eu
that the wGte was warm and that the steam heP'
rising from it steadily The inflow OF water COLI
tnued in such quantities that 1t was necessary 70
constant use from last Wednesday up to the present
time Unoer orders Of Anton Miller. superintendent
of the building that portion Of the ground iron,
which the water made its appearance was sho'eu
up 1t Is necessary to keep a three-nch stream,
flowing 10 prevent overflow. water iou'u
in cellars previously excavated in the vicinity
has been at temperature OF 90 or % degrees,
while that Of the new spring ranges as h's" d. %
degrees II is said that there are no steam pipes
I'm the neigh borhood. and the only poHers hca'os
belong to Zimmerman & Guckenheimer' ana tneSe
are carefully walled up and otherwise protec'ei IN
.rcb manner that leak of serious nature would
be impossible.
The lot upon which the mystery has been iounu
nuns from No Soi East Houston-st back se'en'y-hVe
feet and is about in the middle Of the DOCK oe
tween Avenue and Avenue {. Up 10 iV"
months age four-s;ory brick building occupied as
q bakery stood upon the lot. Zimmerman uu'K-
enheimer also own the building. No 81 next uoor'
They are a Hebrew firm. manufacturing sausases
for the Concy Island trade. any conducting
butcher business in which they cater almost en-
The cellar OF the new building vii. be thirteen rect
deeper than the old one The rear and side walls
~ case H. watsr continues to flow they will go
right on. leaving the front 10 be competed later OF
possibly cassons will be sunk IN ordeT 10 continue
As a result Of the heavy rains and the excaya-
walk in front cavei early yesterday morning, ana
became necessary. such we're the crowds 'hat
rgal he
to keep over-curous persons from iailns IN anu
whet the appettes of those who came to see all
there TO be seen In connection with me uis-
eovery OF which much sensational news had been
widely diffused. and positions at cracks in the
boards of the fence were he'd at premium
excited men in the city yesterday From early morn,
Ing until late at night he was besst with callers OF
Of Health promoters from down on the pig street,
doctors dsegsss apg in al and around %
Ing behind their individual opinions as 10 the merits
Of the case. and taking away with them samples OF
DR.. N. Landesman. of No. 727 Ff,h-st. yester.
the water and would have it completed in day
or so. AS far as he had gone, ii looked extremely
he said. stock company would at once be or
gan1sd and the ece of pT a %ho
were already coming from all over the city to Try
chronic s dyspeptc had drunk it for two days and
had already felt himself better Another with sore
hot water hoping 10 be cured. Ali these things
have pat Nh zimmerman in a state of eation and
ne looks for greater things from the spring
The quarter of the town where the property Hes
Is thickly settled by poor Hungarians and Hebrews.
and is known Little Hungary" Naturally su-
pers,,ious and easily mystihed, they have been
thrown into the widest excitement by the rumors
of the discovery In their neighborhood. and they
have come to the belief that a second CARLSBAD Is
about 10 be established right on Houston-st For
DAYS 1t has been their only topic of conversation
Dr. T.. W. Martin of the Board OF Health, is
inclined 10 be sceptical in regard TO the value OF
the waters found. In his opinion the formation OF
Manhattan Island Is entirely different from that
Of any country where such springs exist In re-
gard to the Houston-st water he thinks ii is heated
BY some nearby boiler.
Whol this point mentioned to Mr. thinner
he said that such condition could not be
possible for tho that the flow of the hot
water had kept up for so great a length OF time