The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-02
THE SUN. SUNDAY, MAY 2, 1892.

iron pipes. At. the oest, opposite Potter place.
two more big pipes will pierce the walls. At the
OF the same sizo will go out. All pipes and the
two aqueducts centre at tho gate house; md tho
OF such combinations as to DO able to take water
into each side separately. from each or both
each az side separateiy or together into any ono or
accomplish this tho gatchouso will have many
an opening 2a feet wide and 8 feet high. Each
The cost Of these is not included In Mr.. MELON.
aids contract. The city supplies them. Att tho
tion there will also be- gate houses just beyond
the cm~bankmont, but these will be simple.
Down below every, other part of the work there
reservoir or the chambers OF the gate house. The
channel for this ls now being cut. 1t viii pass
out Mt the Van Cortlandt valley opening md
contain a twenty.inch iron pipe.
The taking of the land for q reservoir cuts in
rMS inc 4 0'a ne weston eonn nSsd or Tond S wiIi be b STH,
rome avenue to New avenue, butt the authorities fS,
thrown across the reservoir from the end OF the
Southern 1SI Bonloysrd to Albany avenue;
IN G The 70 Lee sisIlHiST fG last THIS Year was but offered ISa
Aquoduct Commission defeated it. Tho
G tSS1 II woa1S b O liEsiS 10 to So i on ,bo the hs, ground I'D
the other hand, it is urged that it is necessary TO
complete the system Of highways in the part OF
wv WY III question: ina II WOULD DC UellHnttul
TO cross half a mile OF water, and that since IL is
feasible nowadays to make such u bridge impcr-
yious to water and self-draining, there can be
little doubt that IL viii he built some day. Tho
land which has been taken for the new reservoir
COMPRISED, besides the Jerome Park property
and n number of other large pieces, seven
squares OF land on the west side adjoining Scig.
wick avenue which had been laid out in building
lets. Some had houses on them. and the houses
were moved to lots across Sedgwick avenue.
The Jerome Park site had about lO5 acres, all
told. John Dickinson was the next largest
owner. He had forty acres or more. Horace b.
Clafiin had about twcnty.scven acres; John Olaf.
lin, eight acres; Hugh y. Camp. one piece OF
eighteen acres and many smaller ones; Au.
gustus Van Cortlandt, eight or ten acres, and
the rest was divided among many owners, there
being la parcels.
The Jerome Park property cost more than
81 200, 0OO, and other sums paid out in settle
ment bring the total payments to more than
total cost q, tho land will BE- ut least
8 3,0Oo,0oo. This, with tho S6,o0o,000 or
more for Contractor Mcdonald and the extras
which always such a work-such as
the upper part OF the gate house. the gates. and
the indctcrminatc amounts OF rock and earth to
be removcd-will make the whole work cost a
round $l0,OOO.0OO. The contract calls for the
completion oil the work in November, 1902. A
year before that time. 1t is expected, the new
CrotOn dam will be completed, for the difficult
work Of finding good rock bottom for the deeper
part OF the dam Is said TO be finished. New York
will then have a watcr supply system which will
have cost about SS5. 600, 900 and will be capa-
bic Of storing 2,633,O 900 600 gallons OF water
and Of giving an average daily supply Of 2s0,-
DOC. 900 gallons.
When these works arc finished this city will
gather every gallon OF water that is available in