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

tv-seven gallons Conditions IN the e'S
London are most unsatisfactory, ana tne 0i''
and Parliament are looking for ne" sou''e
supply to be owned by the municlpa''' 49,
The drinking water Of Paris comes iIoli' ''
INNER Seine at rate Of 1O00OoVco gallons d
49,, &, ronula.,on Of 100000. or twenty-slN
gallons n day for each individual. Inc cum
s,or,sor y, tho nor capita allowance of these
a,.,o. nth those NJ New-York 121 gallons per
capita. and Brooklyn, lightweight gallons per
canita brings out significantly the aDuhua"e'
with which the greater city OF Ne"-1o'N -
blessed. .,,o
Az regards the Borough Of The Bronx III.
old Twenty-third and Twenty-four'h "a'U'
the city the supply comes In part lIo'"
Bronx and Byram watersheds In 1901
water was first drawn down from this sou''
the daily consumption was 1Oo"o'V gaIo"s'
rbis has been increased to 100000 by the az
di,tor of other ponds This does not meet the
requirements and the supply Is suppieiie'''0
from the Croton River.
CORNELL. AND JEROME PARK RESERNOlN''
The first Croton system not quite as po'u
nc the new tunnel system. The first aqueduc'
! followed at the surface. the bend OF the hll'9
from Croton Dam to High Bridge. While the
new tunnel takes a direct line from the yam
TO the Harlem River. The new DAM OF ''',
| Cornell Dam. is about three miles below 'he o'u
dam. and when finished 1t will send the "a'''
twenty feet over the old dam and flood the cou"-
| try and back up to Croton Falls, distance "
| eighteen miles. Already the valley Is p'''7
/ made ready The result Will be "A body OF "a'ei
in that one reservoir eighteen miles long anu
half a mile wide an average. WIN oNei
o., ono 600 600 gallons Of water storage. Thus II
49,, Ia roolt1ed how the present dam exceeds the
old one. which was as a pigmy TO giant
norson going on the New-York Central 10
Croton Bridge a distance Of thirty-four ihiies'
can visit the dam which is only two ana one
half miles away. a mass Of masonry lying o" '"e
bed rock Of the valley. about 90 to ~ feet "e''E
the surface and go feet wide at the base. II L.
Of the most solid construction posslhe' Oh s'o"e
and cement strong enough to hold paoh any
volume Of water. This dam IS three mics peloN
the original dam, and on the line OF the o'u
ao,,odrct which Will not be used again until
the completion of the Cornell Dam IN l"o-' WIZ"
4, win again he IN full repair and service to the
new Jerome Park Reservoir into when oo'n
the old and the new aqueducts will discharge
The Jerome Park reservoir viii have a water
surface Of Dos acres and Will become an object
~ great beauty 10 the Parkway between Bronx
and Van Cortlandt parks The DPS acres OF lake
Will be an interesting addition to the present
mark system as we'll being a most vaiuaoie
reservoir Of water supply and distribution JUST
as the reservoir in Central Park Is now.
THOUSANDS OF PURE SPRINGS.
That the Croton system may need extension
in the future IS quite possible indeed IN '"e
nature Of things It is almost a certainty. There
&C. tract NJ beautiful land this side Of the Gro
ron system which is now occupied and when Is
...t.t thousands Of springS. The water
from, these springs Is OF the finest quality pure
unonid and cold The streams in this territory
arc all fed from these springs. There are no
. ,.o,,,re or marshes Of any extent in the Croton
watershed or south Of it. The water is either
from rains or from springs, and there Is no
/ doubt that the value Of the springs mas beeh uH-
derestimated if anything There Is tract Oh
land south Of the Croton Of more than ten
SQUARE miles which can be used also Tor water
supply The upper end Of the Croton system
touches on the Housatonic system, which lies
In another State but which could undoubtedly
be obtained If wanted.
SOURCE OF BROOKIYNs WATER SUPPLY
With the exception Of the pumping plant and
wells a. Grayesend and New Utrecht which the
CITY Of Brooklyn acquired in 1890. and the plants
~ several water companies. the Borough Of
BROOKLYN derives its entire water supply from
watershed within the boundaries Of the county
and the present Borough of Queens The water
shed embraces the southerly slope OF Contra
Ridge and Long Island and the plains south OF
It. to the salt meadows on the shores OF Jamaica
and Hampstead bays. The area is l'4 square
miles In addition to the public system Of Brook
lyn. the water plants owned and operated by
the twelve private corporations In the Borough'
Of Brooklyn and Queens derive their supp!
from the same watershed
The New York water supply flows by gravity
or decline Of grade from the Croton dam. II
BROOKLYN the water must be pumped 20 "A helgh
Of 10 feet into the INdgewood Reservoir Th'
supply distributed from the Mount Prospec
Reservoir for the higher ground OF the borough
is again pumped and the supply from the Noun
Proeuect Reservoir is still again pumped
height Of eighty feet The Brooklyn watershed
system includes about twenty different ponds
Exclusive Of the Milhurn Reservoir tn
aggregate area Of the storage Of these pond
Is 4ql 40 water surface acres. and the available
+ storage capacity is 2S3 $50 800 gallone Th
estimated consumption at present IN the For
100000 gallons a day. The total length Of main
in the city is SIS miles. The consumption 70
each individual Is estimated at $50 gallons
against 121 gallons for the Boroughs Of Man
haitian and The Bronx.
The immense benefit and Improvement which
the water supply Of New-York City has been L
the health Of the population IS evident. bu
much better figures should be shown IN an earl.
future. 1t is said that health officers heheN
that several per cent can yet ne cut OH iron
the death rate Of the city. II is well known tina
early in the century the city Of New-York Wa
frequently visited by plaques sometimes yello'
fever at other times cholera. also typhoid fever
These plaques were at times SO severe as almos
10 depOpulate the city during their continuance
Greenwich Village Ohe present Ninth Ward
was several times made refuge by the bushes
men. especially those below Canal-st., mcr
chants and bank officials fleeing there TO escap
from disease and death.
DEATHS FROM TIE PLAGUE
The following figures show the loss by deaf
after 1899 from plague follows:
1882 Choera......... 35l3 1872 Cholera. 81
lS34 Cholefa......... @I 1854 Cholera. 81
Cholera. 5o1l 1866 Cholera. IL,
After the introduction Of water in 1S42. whic
did not become general IN us. Tor several wear.