New-York tribune., 1900-07-13
SHORT WATER SUPPLY IN BRONK
DEPARTMENT UNABLE TO COPE WITH IN
CREASED DEMAND

CREASED DEMAND
The Borough of The Bronx is suffering from an
insufficient water supply from which there can be
no relief for at least eighteen months and possibly
not then. unless the Water Department lays GER
tain mains and completes the Jerome Park pumping
station. So serious has the matter become already
that in certain parts of the borough water
scarcely be obtained from faucets above the level
or the street, and then only in small quantities.
On the second and third floors of hathouses no
water is to be obtained at ALL and tenants are
obliged to carry water for their daily use up and
down stairs.
For long time complaints about the lack of
water pressure have been pouring into the office Of
William Dalton, Commissioner OF Water SUNNY
I-hnuiorus complain that their tenants are moving
out because they can obtain no water on the upper
stories while others allege that they have found
1t necessary to put in pumps and tanks i, or,or
10 secure enough water TO supply their daily wants
III one section OF the district where the supply
eiii' 10 De the poorest, and from which a perfect
''oin OF protest has arisen. Of pressure was
maze recently, at the corner of One-h1ndred-and-
y-Iourth-st and Wilis-ave. 1t was found that
there was only about fifteen pounds Of rressura
taxing the flow Of water at its best This pressure
Is capable OF raising the to height of about
twenty-eight feet
when Commissioner Dalton was seen bv = Trib
uile reporter yesterday he said:
The Bronx is certainly in A bad Ua1- b,,, r ID
hoI see what can be done. I have received nurner
Gus complaints about the low pressure of the wafer
ou' am unable 10 do anything in regard 70 tbe
matter" " 7iu u tne
Hef?" e '0 temporary re-
-, w. replied Mr.. Dalton, Il can think of nona
-. supply OF The Bronx IS on an averapa +,-a,+
4tOn gallons dav Double thar -,,r,,1,- =
visited the Jerome Park resarvofr ,rI,,
7 Ts hI o1HeF DAY, and from the state of rFafr. 49,
ri Soy IHdt II vii! be than yaar
fron, -. any additional supply can he ex1eetaJ
arc -, &c source our present sources Of e11T~Iv
UttIa' o. 10y poor shape indeed. There has hen
80 no rainfall in The Bronx and Ryr9n, -
!uIIhg tle last five weeks and as TaS,,I+ -
Ia,-aI uSt. reservoir IS much
AZ IrI ailG continues to sink inch by inch We are
main mn i tNorlns 70 have fOrty-eght inCh
IifIh Put t IN the new aqueduct in the viSinitv 81
iILSu bTldSe. which would help the sI,nnII ~ ~
the largest" ' "''71e the population is
,ti MHen asked whether there was any danger 81
neg9tiyee eTHth4{4stlon Mr.. Dalton replied in the
VuCiFl tUt would be gradually diminished and ne
weNe gates finally shut down But he Va IIr7-iT
Hs 10 take the possibility of such danger seri-
70 Ine don water Department has simply been unable
% 9CoPe Win the increase of population in STLs
m mnIonA- me present system of mains in thar bor-
Us S MtiS usSlSf3ed TO supply pOpula ton of bout
F III LA4red ana nifty thousand. and the population
ana ff+ nlInN tIto To-Day Is estimated two hundred
anu anu hIty thodsand. About 1884 fortv-eirhr incb
I,aIu was lald from the KensicO reservoir to The
Bronx II was intended 10 carry abour siyrasr
liIl.1n sdIlons or water day. and so supply the
popuIatlon or that period which il did. bur since
lhaI tlIfe the growth of the borough has bee1 nba
norenai not TO mention the numerous large rfaC-
gallons of water daily. u