New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-06
RAMAP0 HAS OPTIONS.
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water 70 the intake Al other nossi6s 5 soeTSS d
Each Of these sources involves some special an; an
acuty and each has some adFantase !" eyg-7stss
show 40 great difference IN total cost we 60, 80
unanimous in our preference for The uIS9a on can
be made pure AL p2lataole oS ~ re more re-
mote future we recommend a gravity supaiiy
from The sparseiy nl,.e ,7 &c il tie Catskills
north OF tne Croton WateIs-leu 80 - -. ana fhe
bit pending the corpstlon 81 surveys 80 - ~
. sulte ., 49, - --bi-, of he watersheds of the
FisbliII wappluger or Esopus Creek or the jan
81 SiII should BE- FIRST developed.
Ne have had surveys made both for a high level
tide al the uo-tSern limit OF TIE city ana lor a
ZION as The present Crotoa supply in order 10 stuGy
their relative costs and we are un.ill ~ w
should De delivered at the lish service elevation
WHICH e be 3coem2 5g r WITHOUT Iow pui aRe aoue
ducts and two large iow level oIslrloutlnE res
rapidly. AMI in some of the higher parts of the
city a heavy burden OF expense III 1Ae az
l4- S-S The 5c6noay and repair Of pump
sDr risrr nav srer fl- greater impairment with
OCT attracting public notice than gravity aque-
duct system, and there ere clements Of safety in q
with special FIRE prStectloI mans N some OF the
Il appears possible 70 obtain from thg upper
reservoir sites row under survey. five hundred
al q which vii. fow oy gravity al q en- an eeva-
on as 10 De delivered ~ The city limits at about
high The present high tower service, without
pumping
The taxpayers can count on having to pay
more than $4,000 600 for the increased supply.
Il VIII be much more than that If the Ranapo
company can make it more The new Croton
system viii. by the tine the new dam is COM
plete. have cost more than 100000 since
1855.
That there is little doubt about the Esopus
Creek watershed, options on which have for
years been owned 10y The Ramapo company.
being taken by TIE city. is shown by the thor
ough work done by The ctty's engineers in sur
veying the ground. On this division OF the work
The commission reports as follows.
SURVEYS OF TIL GROUND
Surveys IN vE-ch much detail have SHOWN that
near Bishops FAILS O. The Ls1puS d dam can De
vhich Wil rood an area OF more than fourteen
square miles, ana fern storage reservoir of more
Croton Reservoir when completed. and Of admir-
thus favorrS purilcatioa. sediEnentation. bleach
his work staa-a survey was made OF nearly ten
square miles more Contour and other maps of this
ne Ulster md Delaware Railroad runs through
his reservoir site and TWO alternative surveys for
FocaJion. have been run with such fun detail that
quantities and costs be closely estimated
Nearly one thousand test pits have been dug on
che reservoir site in order 10 determine the char
7--e- ~ the ground and the requirements for
Stripping or covering areas OF peat muck.
Clhe- reservoir Sizes in the Esopus Valley have
1le- located At Cold L2r0Ok. Lake Hill WicceuburE
ShanLakeu and Big Indian. Careful stadia surveys
have been made Il each, covering more than five
square miles within projected fow lines: five dam
SITES have oeen studied all property lines have
-ea- located and The necessary plans made for
rzr---a-t-g Quantities ana CGs-s of each
FUNNEL rh5~ts=-. miles long crossing under
- Ca-sL5l range from the SchOharie Watershed
INTO the Eso7us Valley has becn reconnoitred and
:, ~veved. ard s-a6ia surveys have been made OF
@1-r reservoir and dam sites IN the upper ScLo-
-s-tc watershed The northwestern slopes Of
me Cz-sriT Ncur-strs available for supplement
f7E The F=01-s g. -Le more distant future The
-or77--a-iur az contents and the maps OF these
Sr-0-a-ie reservoir sites are not YET completed.
bur they are Wei al raEceC-