New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-17

IT,, al .... 40 500 OOO00o
Therefore at an average summer consumption
rate Of 2JOuOOoOO gallons day the present
storage supply is good for l"o DAYS. OF oNeI ny
months of continuous drouth. The Cornell
Reservoir will add to this 21OooW" gahvis.
Above CrotOn Falls there is room Tor another
dam. which can hold back water 10 err, yort
a distance OF hfty-two miles from New I'm,
and as the valley is wide an immense quaH,itIS
can be stored. After the conpisu0h VI an, IN
present dams this work Will probably he unucI
taken The desire Is 10 nave yedl supply VI
water always in reserve
THE UPPER WATERSHED TO BREWsTERs'
The view Of the watershed from Brewsters Is
complete II forms natural bowl below, with
the Fishkfl Mountains on the north and north-
west and the hills dividing the Housatonc
watershed on the north. northeast ana east
About ten miles from Brewsters in a bo"l-
SHAPED valley. is the upper watershed some
Of the land is cultivated, some Is WtauoN vi
bav land while much Of 1t is rocky wild woods
and Lodges Of granite and gness with some cray
with still larger amount or sandy SOIL Will
is most remarked in the time Oh uIou'" anu
dust in the country roads
The purchase of land continues, and the sale
and destruction of houses everywhere IIliiIo
diafelv cOntincuOus to the streams are now go
ing on In short time all nuisances VIII haVc
dieanncared from everywhere In a dangerous
contiguty Still. much remains 10 pe doDe III
that regard, well as in the compete uesIi u
tion of all sewage from the villages ana the
cleaning Of swampy places Of all pernlClous I'M
derbrush A visit to the watershed, however,
will show at once that the general impr3Netnt ~
has been considerable The border lands OF tht
streams are clear II all objections. some rev
structures have not yet been fully removed anu
the delay Of the Municipal Assembly IN en-
towering the sale Of bonds mas prevented
The removal Of instructions that should nave
been done before The total sanitary expenses
there have amounted 10 S244'ol9 Np: 49,. o,.,.
In 1895 there were l12 days on which the noW
Of the river had to he supplemented by dralt
upon the storage reservoirs as follows;
From East Branch Resero- t t5o c SoS
From Middle Branch Reservoir soo 600 o0
From Trc1s Reservoir 80 oo' 90
From Musc9ot Reservoir. ......'''. -''''''''''
r,.., ......................... 5000 go
For several wears the new aqueduct has con-
vovod the entire water supply from 'r"toI
| River which al the beginning Of 1915 amounted
/ 10 pa 900 600 gallons day. This supply was
increased 10 23jOOOoOO gallons day 10y the
end Of September and thereafter diminished TO
295OOOOOO gallons day To- December IS9N'
The old aqueduct has been shut OF since NO
ycrbcr 1896 10 allow the necessary changes IN
the structure in connection with the building OF
| the Cornell Dam and the Jerome Park Reser-
voir
CAPACITY or THE CONDUITs
The total conduit capacity for conveying water
to the boroughs Of Manhattan and The Bronx
IS as follows.
e''i. =. 90 2 DAY sso
]
New alneilct
Bronx and Iyram -''''"o
Total per day. when an 400 600 600
The average consumption Of 2f3O0oooo gal
Ions a day in 1898 has been constantly increased
as new mains have been laid and new streets
opened and with the rapid increase Of The Bronx
| Borough as well the new demands In Man
/ haitian.
The annual appropriation in each years tax
} levy. limited by law since 1870. has been S2I0pD
! for the laying Of water mains, TO extend the
! service in the new streets.
! EXTENDING THE DISTRIBUTING MAINS
! There has been necessity for charging the
distribution system in the central and lower sec
tions IN Manhattan and on a scale hitherto I'M
| known and far beyond the power Of 100000
The State. by Chapter GOO Of the Laws Of
! 1896, authorized bond issue Of $1.OOO,OOO for
this purpose. In 1896 and 1897 the Commits
e!oner of Public Works made contracts amount
! ing 20 that sum for the laying Of large mains
/ from the Central Park Reservoir southwark 10
/ different sections Of the old distributing sys-
TEN, whore the loss Of pressure and elevation
| in the delivery Of water were most severely felt
| At the close Of the year the system included
| SE4l miles Of water mains.
The reservoir I'm Central Park has been kept
| fun all summer. and although caution is used
| in flushing the streets Yet parks and sprlnklers
/ are well supplied. and no warnings have been
/ given Of a danger Of shortage, most remarka-
Die condition II affairs which could not have Oc-
| CURED had New-York not had its vast storage
/ supply and its system Of ample conduits.