New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
"WATER," CRIES DALTON.
r11p C.TsEIIIS THE PLACE TO GET 1T
FOR THE FUTURE, SAYS THE
COMMISSIONER.

Mayor Van wyck yesterday received a quar-
terly report from William Dalton, the Conlii'is
sioner of Water Supply. showing tha' Iioa''
+-an.1t,ro inches of water fell in the Croton
.o,;o, in JuIv August and September, with the
result that all the reservoirs OF the ei'S So
vice are full and there is abundance Oh water
for all horoughs. The Commissioner, however
repeats his cry for more water lof 'he iu'e'
ord declares that 1.-The Catskin mountain re-
eton between the Hudson River ana the Feii-
svlvapta State line and Ten Mile Kiver water
sbed adjoining the Connecticut state hhe' aie
royo rdad ss the most available sources IN point
of convenience of locality. consequent economy
oe cost abundance in quantity and excehehce III
quality Of supply. -.
There is no mention of Ramapo III 'iie iep'i =
but of the advantages OF water supply i''i''
the CatslklIls the Commissioner mentiohs'
The comparative proximity Of the region 10 ine
tse sppv W With the Croton and Bronx River sy
tens carrying with 1t econoIIilc an di,ias and the
an already owned by the city for the rom
tiqn Of ado Gv oaa be obSaned and which
it can be delivered through the WA water than the
every part of the city by gravity aHo "''''o"' '-
aid Of pumping machinery. ,.aos +o our neople of
such an abundant water supply WIN IN ir,e tha CON-
Conditions With the present lncreass III ser e Ser
Soe foP the Borough o1er a9ne viii
ceed the maximum capacity Iaps Oh inc '0'o''
enrH T6e IN condons in the borough Of The Bronx
are sufficiently described in preceding Part ol t,a
report At present and for the next SIX or ti SEN
years the only for bettering Ihess d 4hs
lions is to draw the Croton supply, ana ti niI,
shorten the period when the demands upon IL "iA'
exceed its capacity, -, ~, .o-,,o, d.fly
supply from the Long Island watersnea mas ., the
stated at s sS9e co @ gapTs hd 1850 It tn fe as low
0o0 gallons in September Of last year. and s9svgoV
ea0ns fer the last quarter. We must furtneI take
into account the fact that about 40 per cent OF ts
sI,nnv Is pumped of the soil by means or GrVel
wells: that numerous awards to owners OF ao1aceht
lands have been made by the court for damages
annually accrulng them rom the oEersioh s On o.
the water the ctys USE that SUITS or trs chdr
aoter against the city and awards Of damages WI.
become interminable and beyond estimate: tnaI tne
city already engaged in the consruft9n Q! ners s
tn remove pollution from q daily yleld or epout
eight million gallons of water from Two ponds az
cost of nearly $50 and that the time Is fast
approachIng when all the supply from the old OF
westerly watershed will have to be abandoned or
nurtfIed by filtration enormous expense IN con-
sequence Of the inevitable pollution by drainage
from Increased population and industrial establish
rents We must further take into account me
great difference between the cost OF maintaining
q water supply which has 70 be pumped rom the the
soil streams and ponds into receiving reservoirs
TO deliver through the water mains under proper
pressure. and the cost OF supply recel'eo Oy
gravity