New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-31
FAVOR SALT WAFER PLAN
THE ENGINEERS REPORT.
Manor and Fire CoBU1s5Si oner Want
Patented Hn0r0nts.

~. eavorabl. report % the boarf OF six engi-
.esrs on the plan ~ establish a. '11lliafy s,'
,,ster Ere aehtng system, which VS. ls'ol1D-y
orsf5e-ed two weeks ago ~ CHEZ l-lslneers al-l
az De Verona. ~ the Department ~ Hater SUP
-i~ Gas and Electricity VIII be considered TOBY
b. " Board o. DFrmaJe and APpo-tlonfneh- -lo
rr,c-r be- that fresh water may be used out th~'
tl-e r-rus and ofhe~ machinery should be mace IoF
salt WAFER primuril5- .
rlra Commissioner Hayes said yesterday that
,rohsbiy tbe city would put In patented hyorNnus II
Tile plan VAS carried out
emo r.eat pressure which the engineers con
template using and the need o. a largo volume OF
-e- Cd cid times Of tho wear VIII make Il neces-
sar, r-. ss 90 have the best hH drant ootainaoie,
faId Commissioner Hayes. For one thlns' Te
shar want MIGRANT that VIII not freeze up III 'i'e
coolest weather The city % Ottawa has such n
f-.drart end We certainly need as good an EQUIP
-,,ert as any other city Probably the hydrant that
vau be put in De- a patsnted one. II "ou'o ue
dif7cuit 10 Get any hvdrant that is not patented.
Z cannot discuss the subject as an engineer On
general principles I am IN favor OF better water
supplv FOR frhtng fires The engineering details
win be wholly in the hands OF the oty's engi-
nesrs"
Mayor Mcclenand save the fact that the best
hydraut IL patented should not deter the cty from
having tie best one that can be had
The arst consideration" said the Mayor, IS 20
get more water and have = available Tor use when
Il h needed"
-ooubtless any attempt to put IN a patented de-
vice viii be fought by rival o. the concern mat
gets tho contract. Last year Borough lrefident
Cantor tried 20 have q patented pavement lalo- oe
fng satisfied that q would prove good investment
A Jealous rival interposed objection. ana oDtalnel
an injunction. alleging that the city could not use
IN article 80 patented that open hcong
would be preclUde6. Tho Injunction was sustained
snd AR Cantor had 20 cancel the contract mere
we're many r1Iuors On circulation yesterday aooul
.,-sl7s-oefs" and '1ohs' IN connection with the
c,era-iou Of a new water system The expense In
VOWED Is 50 large that the cry of foul play ana
GRAFT may De expected any time from interested
ones who md themselves "outsids tho breast
works"
In s.s Recommendation for Manhattan the report
OF me engineers says IN part:
II is proposed 20 expend 400 % establish 2
high pressure hre service ioT aPoLL - y ~, az
o: the area OF hanh 5i l s-i,' % lie I}oT
OUCH of brooklyn. II Is estimated that
,,sef 81 fhe most eighty-six hours in Tho
year while g Is stated thar Tie main station pa
average more than two hours per month and the
reserve station might not be used more man yls
price 10 pay for plant which will have such liIn-
TED use but It's existence * critical moment may
l'reverf GaI.aEe amounting 10 many times its cos,
and It VIII Doubtless save tie people or New o.N
Ence premiums.
Speaking O, uFe Tor street flushing. the report
says:
From information furnished Us BY she Connis- /
thorough cleansing 81 asphalt pavement requires
the use OF about forty-fve hundred gallons or /
water for each Of pavement. There are within
-he proposed high pressure district OF Manhattan
4 rDroxirnatelv one hundred and ten acres ~ as i
rhat pavement and I'm thar proposed FOR Brooklyn i
= bout fftv-one acres
W.. recommend that the plans prepared by the /
chief engineers 81 the borourhs be approved. 4
except thai the pumps. valves. etc. be designed Il
win "a view of using salt water. They would Doe 4
equally well adapted 90 the use Of fresh water. i
" bile the converse 0f this DIS not true.
We would recommend also tn8t separate hv6rants n
Tor street ceaurE De- supplied for at least portion
Of the system and if their proves successful i
Others can loo added ar viii. While not /
convinced fhaf the Or salt water for this uUr-
pose VIII prove entirely Satisfactory and sanitary.
or.uE 90 tho pollution ~ the river water the eX-
: or'mcrt d. certainly worth a trial.