The evening world., 1903-09-23
Commission on Additional Sup.
ply recommends c~cnstruc-
ton of Reservoirs Capable of
500 Million Gallons a Day.
INITIAL COST s5ooooooo.
Neport Advises the Erect, OF =
High Level Aqueduet and sug.
gests Filteration on a Colossal
>caie-Principal Causes Of Waste.

mayor presiding. me Hrst mutter dls-
posed Of was the receiving Of a report
from the Water Supply Department Of
the commission Of experts appointed
by the Mayor to inquire into the i'm
provement Of the water supply system.
As this report Is but a preliminary
one. the only action taken by the
board was the ordering OF the p hitting
Of the same In pamphlet form.
The Commission on Additional Water
Supply. consisting of william Ii. Burr.
chairman: Rudolph Hersig and JOIN II,
Freeman. submitted a progress report 10
Robert Grler Monroe. Commissioned of
Water Supply. Gas and EleetTi"l'r.
(which the latter filed to-day vii 9
Board OF Estimate.
81 1'he commission was appointed De'.
is, 1902. and promises to have completed
its work by Nov. 10. 1856. some con-
oiusions have been reached by the IN
qYry, although the final ones must de-
pend upon surveys. designs and esti-
mates not yet completed. 1t states that
the immediate beginning o: the con-
struction of a large additional water
supply Is urgent. and that 1t Is possible
10 OBTAIN an adequate additional supply
of excellent water from streams lying
wholly withsi the State OF New York.
Z According to the report It is feasible 10
procure an additional supply larger taan
the present Croton ard Bronx supply,
capable of gradual development up to
GOO. 6cO, 600 gallons "A day, from the upper
Iisnkill. the ug.cr Waapinger and the
upper Roeliff Jicsen Kill. also by pump
ing and hliering waite: taken from the
Hudson River six miles or more ABOVE
Poughkeep s!c Or near Hyde Park: the
flow In tine or drought to be relsforeed
from storage reservoirs to be constructed
On the Adirondacks for the purpose OF
preventing the u, How of salt wafer to
the Intake.
High Level tuucduct Advised.
The report advises the erection in the
future Of a high, level aqucduct deliver
ing water a. the northcrn limits OF III"
city at go feet above tide water,
A!ter consideration OF economy AMI
cxpei.eney. The commission recam-
inends that the next aque luct he built
with q capacity OF 500.O00,' 900 gallons per
twenty-four hours, 1t says:
we recommend that the city SHALL al
once begin the construction OF ~iillers,
both tor the croton water and for all
o.aer Waters taken from surface
africans. aud we have surveys and plans
Tor filtration in progress for each and
al OF the new sources recommended
Inc sfeut nltura! obstacle formed uy
az mus and mountains east OF Peeks-
NH Wall nave to De tunHel!od, and this
forms the most expensive part o. The
project. For neariy It's entire length
the aqueduct will have to be OF full size.
preliminary Estimates $50. G0O. 900.
The preliminary estimates says The
report, indicate that the expenditure
10, the first lnstalnient OF tile .nrreI. ed
supply viii not be tar from Nu.0O,OO. |
This VIII complete the necessary dams,
reservoirs. aqueducis. tunnels and nj
and rights sufficient FOR a daily supply
OF upward OF 200, 600. coo gallons.
The new Croton Apueduct, about
thirty miles long, built mainly between
100000. The Jerome PARK reservoir viii
cost probably 100000, and thu new
troton dam and accessory works prob
ably si0,Ooo,OlO which, exclusive OF re-
cent reservoirs in the Croton watershed
and other appurtenant works, brings the
total up to more than $40, 100000 for the
The revenue of the water department
for Greater New York collected In the
current year Will be upward OF $500 90
and viii! normally show an increase OF
b5W,O0O per year |
Long Island Sources Available.
The report recommends that the Long /
Island sources be utilized SO far as pos
sfble for the provision OF water for
Long Island communities, including
Brooklyn, as a safeguard against dis
be had viii not be more than enough
for the natural growth OF Brooklyn be-
fore the supply from the north becomes
available,
Recommendations for Queens have
been made, and the pduJeGt to obtain u
temporary supply from Jersey FOR Rich
mond Is Endorsed,
Prevention" the Commit ssion reports
that the system of New York needs
many new gate valves and hydrants tn
the deterioration OF the street mains is
not such as TO require extensive re-
newais to preven. waste. The main
defective plumbing designs.
sT43,33G for Riverside Drive.
The board received a communication
ssue OF 81, So. $500 OF corporate stock to
sprovide for the completion Of the River
3cids Drive from One Hundred and Thir-
second street.
Two items were contained in the re-
litst-one for 1885 90 for the compile
Thlrty-htth street up to and including
One Hundred and Forty-ntth street,
WHICH the board allowed. 1t declined to
b ~ tiiVIlA0 aly CuipuTdle ElDcA lOT Iuc
Ssfe.o 900 needed for the completion Of the
work from One HUNDRED and Forty-hfth !
TO One Hundred n Fifty-second street \
on the ground that this money could not
% used until the completion OF the One
Hundred and Thirty-Atth to One Hun
TAdred Forty-htth street sections. and
you'd be drawing interest In the mean
iIne. This sum can be authorized any
flHae that the occasion requires II.
Assfasn on sanitarium Postponed.
Action was postponed by the Beard
8 81 Estimate for two weeks on q report
traEm the Commissioner OF Charities se-
AIMING the establishment Of a municipal
{ Hanatar.um for consu npti ,ss. The re-
nagl 1ayoPed such 4 sanitariun and
FeenWlnends thai e30,000 in corporate
zIzplE hs authorized for the selection Of
Inoard authorised an appropriation
d <&NIIH0 for the payment OF contracts
: - entered into FOR the Board OF I'd
s ~ "a the largest item on this being
HR - b paid John kuer & cons for
7#z#HNU construction work.
#AfE .CoHeniasloner Young. OF Brook
z~HHZaezea for m appropriation Of SOD
zoT tie fM1rone1lanf OF park1ays