New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-22

would prove exceedingly costly for the that
! this watershed lies the western slope Of the
Catskills the water from It reaching the Mohawk
River, and it would have 70 be connected with the
main conduit IN the Hudson Valley by tunnel
ten miles long.
The two other streams OF the central region are
the Rondout and Catskil creeks, the former dis
charging into the Hudson at Kingston and the
latter at Catskil. 1.-The drainage OF Rondout
Creek said the commissioners. lies adjacent to
that CT Esorus Creek the south while the
drainage area OF Catskfu Creek is Immediately
north. The available part of the upper watershed
OF Rondout Creek lies above Eonk Falls near
I Eapanock. and has OF l31 square miles.
The available Part OF the Catskiu watershed lies
above East Durham. and has an area OF lS square
miles" The more important places within the
central region Of the watersheds or situated on
their streams the city OF Kingston and the
villages OF Saugerties Catskiu Napanock. Pewett
Palenville and Jacksonville.
Vaster than any other watersheds Of the State
are those Of the northern. or Adirondack region
which has an area OF more than three thousand
square miles and is capable OF supplying three or
four billion gallons Of water day The Adiron-
dack region was recommended by the engineers Of
the Merchants Association, who investigated 1t In
search OF available watersheds for New-York-
On the other hand the plan was regarded as i'm
practicable by the Burr-Herring- Freeman commits
sion. on the ground that the tremendous cost Of
the necessary connecting aqueduct prohibited its
execution Roughly speaking. IT costs $4,000
miles from the City Hall to the centre OF the
northern region.
In conjunction with plan to pump water out OF
tho Hudson River Just above POughkeepse, how
ever. the commissioners recommended the
struction OF great storage reservoirs in the Adiron
dacks. by which the flow OF the river might be
regulated. The commission reported that in the
Of the Adirondack watershed dams might be
built 10 catch the overflow of the upper Hudson.
including the drainage areas of the Sacandaga
River and the Schroon River. which would hold
800 600 10000 gallons in storage This amount would
be sufficient TO add more than 25001I0OoO gallons
day TO the flow of the Hudson River in dry sea
son. The region around Lake George is regarded
too small for practical storage purposes.
Should a plant be built at Hyde Park. above
Poughkeepse. 10 pump 5OOOGo0OO gallons out OF the
Hudson day. there would be n considerable up
flow OF salt water from the to preserve the tide
level 1t is estimated that the flow Of the Hudson
at Hyde Park is about 1900 1900 gallons day in
the dryest season. whereas the ordinary flow aver
ages 2Oo0,000OO0 gallons. The pumps. therefore.
would take from one-third to one-fourth the volume
OF the river. If It reinforced by additional
waters allowed to flow IN the mountains
Most OF the great cities Of Europe. with
bned population OF 25oc0cOO obtain their water by
the filtration of rivers their death rates from
diseases caused by unsanitary water consider
ably less than those Of communities using ground
water. The average death rate in American cities
from typhoid fever is about thirty-hve for every
10000 Inhabitants. The In this city is eigh-
teen In comparison the cities Of London. Breslau
Berlin and Rotterdam. which filtered water
have typhoid death rates OF fifteen ten. eight and
five respectively. Albany uses water filtered
from the Hudson. and its death rate has decreased
as follows: