New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-17
THE RESERVOI TO GO SOON.
IT'S USEFULNESS WILL CEASE SOME
TIME IN DECEMBER
DOUBT WHETHER ANY USE CAN RE MADE or
THE sToNE-AN EXPENSIVE JoR TO GET
RID OF THE MATERTAL-PbANS FOX
THE LIBRARY BUILDING.


THE LIBRARY BrIIDING.
very pretty autumn foliage effect IS given just
now BY the Japa ivy the walls Of the Forty
second-st. reservoir especially on the fHth-aNe'
front where tho leaves are turning to rch rc".
The leaves are already beginning to fall. ana III
a few weeks only the bare vine VIII be slho"e''e"
against the gray ba ckgrornd. How many OF IN"
thousa Ids who pass up and down the av 'nu' every
dev realze that thi. is the last time the ivy leaves
will change from brilliant green 10 elo""S ~
and softer pink on the side of the old reservoir
rvorybodv knows in general way that the an
Gent structure doomed 10 destru'ton' pu' ]"
has been landmark so long tnat IL II no. ''''
to believe that within few months II VIII ne oe
moshod TIL, decree has gone forth h'"''c''
and by next spring It Is altogether IiHeE '"'' '
reservoir will he wholly removed
This work is 10 he done under the orecuon VI
tho Park De oartment which Will also nave charge
~ III erection Of tho splendid PHhHc ''o'"'S
building which Is TO front on rfth-a'e.' DEW"
Fortieth and Forty-second SITS. The PARK Depart
mDnt viii ba in position n proceed wa" ''''
tearing away - the reservoir soon as 1t receives
= ,-,,s.,,o f,o,r tho Department OF Public Works
st,dny that tho pipes have been dscornectea ana
ths, the reservoi- !. no longer needed. 'hi"i I'm
sineer Rirdsal o. tho CrOton Aqneduct san H'S-
,erdav that he expected TO be able ~ give Inv '''
tidcate some time in December The pig water
~ aims which have bean laid In Flth-aVe.' an"
m which the repayinS there has been carr''' or
riu do away with the Mood Of tho reservoir Inc
u1rk - making connection With them has ACCORD
ing % Mr. Pirdsall already been begun n"' II VIII
take considerable time 70 complete H.
Tho Park Commissioners have not 'e' n''l'''
=, ,bo,- rno,hod ~ procedure after the reservoir
,ala into their hands but . is probanle tha'
oo,,,,c, c,ll be made for the removal or tho Stuc'
az. II has h~en proposed that the stones IN inc
rese-voir walls should be saved az FAR as poN'','r
and u.Ad in the foundation OF the library ""''"
,rr hut experts Of the opinion that 'h' cost ~
doing this would be more than inc SUI" '''.
~. ma, Of the material II is estimates that u"
s.,,,,o, ., tho reservoir will cost not los thar
500 90 Speaking Of this matter 'ni't r"E''''''
IT., uu hardly hc worth while 10 try 70 save
any ., the stones for there Is no place wnere In'E
So GO ,h-own away They are CIT on nev"l ana
would have TO be worked over P'6Se 9 9pnnS
lhe,. ia ne clad TO make use Of some Of thom ip ~
Iigh Bridge. whore am huldns MI. s ana
mo,,ii 5 nav l. looks Ike a wanton waste 81
10, Of good material but suppose L VIII 3" nave
to go STONE so me- used in the reservoir s party granite
but mostly sn"iSs begln In S3a and il Was I'm
a3h i IL isu The plans wcre mndo by jaime; Ren.
%l,k. "no re under whose direction the croton
, water vas introduced into New-NorK, A,,"r m' an
t>,io ,ions i,iJ Mr. Reuwlck's health became I'M
pair.l and he went to Europe foi nearly ,"o ~ -
Nm n
a-chifccfure and became prominent IN tnfl pi"irN
sion Ills most important work was me cSslgi 'uS
and CONSTRUCTION OF St Patrrks 'ath"hia' III
Flfih-ave. ., ,,,,.- .,,s,r,,c,tor
~ Roruirk conceived the idea that NJ som" future
time the spot whore n stood would become me SIC
~ new CIV Hall. and ne cherished the amoltion
ina, he might be the architect % the hulId.hS. re
estimated that the growth OF me cry w1n,d IN per
| hans tvantv-rye thirty years from m" tnc OF
is construction render the reservoir useless hea :
ly II has taken nearly sixty years 10 ran INA,
| noint. but there has always been until recently
Tradition in the office OF tho engineer or the 'rot'n
| w,,.rvorks that the old reservoir would furnlsh
Site f,r new city Hall With the setting apart
| ~ that site for public library that VIII stand Tor
MANY genera tons however. this tradition mas pceh
exploded. g., .A0 rhrar,. b,,,ld
| us Is going forward ausricously. Eary IN august
| twelve architects selected by the trustees 10
engage in the competition. and they are required u
| hand IN their drawings by November l. nose
| cravings will he Judged by jury OF seven. con-
sisng of three practising architects selected by the
comnetitors three of tho trustees ana the director
| ~ The library This jury will choose the three
| most mertorious plans. 10 he placed rciore inc
cntire Foard OF Trustees and from thes" three one
viii be selected 10y the trustees for submission 10