New-York tribune., 1896-12-05
MORE WATER MUST BE HAD.
FAILURE OF TIE QUEENS COUNTY SUP
PLY CAUSES DISCUSSION.

SENATOR BRUSH AND HIs PLAN FOR TArFi"'
THE GREAT LAKEs-NEEDs OF THE GREAIEN
xrw-yorX CONSTANTLY INCREASING.
The fact that the Queens County watefDed
bas heon shown TO be Incapable OF supplying
c5 OOO 900 gallons Of water day, which Is 'e
ouired by the terms Of the contract heId py Flu
wards Monohan Miller & Edwards, conirohts
the people with the all-imI ortant question as u
where our water supply is TO be oDtaiheu ''"
days ago this firm called upon CITY WORKS |on,-
missioner Willis and begged TO De let oi "''n
a less supply saying that they mao 'appe" ~.
the points that 1t was practicable 10 TAP anu
they failed 10 yield the necessary qu""'it''
Senator George W. Brush who mas gwen ''ic
subject a good deal of thought Is one oi 'ie au-
vocates OF the plan OF bringing supply io' '"e
Greater New-York from the Great Lakes "neic
enough water to supply all the large to"ns anu
cities In q direct line through the State could
be obtained. He realizes that IL Is s'sa"'.0
engineering problem. but he thinks that 1t Is
practical BILE There are GOOOoOo OF feop'e III
New-York State and If 5000 100000 Of bonds al
2 per cent wer, issued. it would only be per
capita cost of 81 If it did not prove seif-sus
+ainine and IL II proved to be self-sus'ain'ns
there would be no such expense In Mahches'e''
England such q scheme has been tried. Ihere
they have expended S40OOOO0O and carried the
water n distance Of ninety-hve miles. They paio
SIT 600 600 for their plant from the company
which owned IT, and something like S2oVooo"o
for the lake and the building OF the cohduit
reaching ninety-five miles.
Senator Brush said that on "Wednesday ne haa
visited the Sing Sing Prison. ana IL hau occui''u
TO him that after January !, when all '"e coN
tracts upon which the prisoners are now e"saseo
will come to an end II would be sood pan "
set the prisoners to work on this conduit VI
gan.zed labor would no doubt protest against
working side by side with convicts. but the con-
victs could he put to work on different section
from the laborers.
If this scheme is not practicable ne SAID we
ought TO look further and adopt plan that
would meet the requirements lie SAID 1ur'her'
The ues,ion of a sufficient and pure water supply
for the cities and towns of the state Is one OF mos
vital importance and cannot be deferred win saI-
W SscoMes As ,ne mdra con,ama,ed With
sorts of impurities. and the danger liz, Is ,us
which renders 1t practically safe, but boiled water
IS pleasant for drinking moi he have y,e
sufcient supply available from nearby nnsry
The population Of the s,a.e S Years Over G
0oS people are now residents of the Empire State
na OF en nan mes ss5 Of
xhy oil for wnss ns OF Se OF Cities of
and prookyyn We do not pay much attention TO
this as ong as s we IL Me GO Consider what
would mean cut off this supply Tor even twrn,f1 1
result Besides the distress TO individuals our large
manufacturing interests would be- pataiSNn N neu ht anu
ment in the increase of the population, and n IT
Increases at the present ratio II VIII no, ms ne nIs
that of the state within the limits OF Greater New,
hGad TS Of Gf the viii also
crease in wealth and population There II no mo- no.
}a4e Of our peope than sucent pure supply
object in introducing the resolution this
subject In the Senate last winter was that discus
sion might be had ,nwsr ppon II M anS soSo Nv resoa
tions were unanimously reported from the commit %
the following week sent back to the committee
never heard from again. ,,,,a r,e, w. shall
reach out TO to- o s9ppy s hs ars ad as
that should to Lake Erie ana p,a zap the sfJas IL
rse Snan OF shoud be @ BY
The conduits should be carried along suen p9ln's S
TO supply ,6s the route S,te weh could
the main lines. for their supply bomus r ey'u syd cty
utilize it's presen; plant, paving the State only
for the taken. In this way as fast ia as Ia
partly sGaiS ssifssusiainins at The scheme may
seem TO some chmerica S1r Whpn SIpp0if IL was e s
proposed and yet one of my ancestors. John boofh-
By tsppng the great chain of lakes we could OBJ
tain an inexhaustible supply OF pure water. not
subject TO the dangers of the surface contamiia-
ton The experience of the city or Manchester
England is Instructive In this direction Tne man
sunnlv Is ninety miles aw, :, and yet. after con-
sfructing the works and plant. the system Is SELF
sustainjng and the cheaper than IN some
~ the other large cities OF England. nave IN
Contemplation another resolution on tnls suo1eSc';
which / shall introduce the coming session, anu ~, 81
hone IL will have better success than the one last
winter . At. ,,r d;scuss;on unon
+his alI-important subject. and in the enc sonle,
good will doubtless result. or the respons pii'y VII
ssest with those who throw stumbling blocks In the