New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-13
TO TAP THE CATSKILLS.
WATER SUPPLY REPORT.
Plans of Special Commission Before
Board of Aldermen.

II the Board of Aldermen approves the report Of
the special commission On water supply, work viii
be started in few months to tap the Catskd Noun
tains and at a cost of $61. 900 to build aque
duct from there to this city capable OF adding
10000 gallons of water daily supply This
is the plan Of the commission. consisting OF J. Ed
ward Simmons, Charles H Chadwick and Charles
\, Shaw.
The commission proposes to begin with 3O,ooo0O
gallons day additional, while e complete develop
ment of the new watershed will make 600,oOQ0GO
available daily. This would give the city enough
water to adequately care for all Increases likely
till 1926.
In It's report the commission says IN part:
Finding itself necessarily limited as to terri b9
eliminates suffolk County and certain other wafer
eomInjgsto0 the board has definitely directed It's
efforts in accordance with these restrlcuQns. dts
from the CatsRfii Mountains by changing the
location of the aquedUct line. by raising the eteVa
about six hundred feet above tide Level. theaeD$
an earlier date than previously proposed the con
structon Of long tunnel to zap the d ts -
Kill watersheds by the construction OF series OK
storage reservoirs in those locantes 67 lTe
daily supply Of 0ooUoO0O 70 V9o'v,VD sa os
Ions of water viii be secured even IN years OF
It is believed that an aqueduct of capacity for
about 900 100000 gallons is, under present Gonul-
sto-ae reservoirs together with this aQueduct will
probably furnish additional supply OF WsLSI 10. hoI
The total cost to add 25o0OoOoO gallons daily TO
the water supply, including a great reservoir an9
aQueduct suitable for the ultimate deYeIopnshs5 ~
would be sos while the total cost TO actually
add about 500 100000 gallons TO the daily sg2pg,
including the filtration Of this water would De
T6is outlay would provide for the deliver TO. OF
500 10000 gallons terminal distributing reSeo
Joir at Hill View. Yonkers, the cOnstructlGn OF
storage reservoir at hensco capapte OF TX S 90
gallons a day in the aqueduot should z sn[IeE
200 10000 gallons daily to Br0okLy ana q plpS 4 419
deliver 100000 gallons day 70 dtct,iC t
point of the great reservoir In une Na'7Ai'1 MAUI
# is expected that further Investigations will
show that the complete development OF the water ;
sheds which it is proposed TO use VIII MAKE a' S-i
y Pipt9sT Ttoir and to build this of the largest
practice BILE size deferring the expenditure on de-
velopment Of the other sources until such cate aS
Inc re o avIabiity of Rye Pond and Kensico res
ervoIr for enlargement into great equfll1its re-
tainIy has natural advantages possessed by no
other for the building of great reservoir on the
line of the aqueduct sufficient 10 supply Tue GrJ
for many DAYS in such emergency as an aCCI9elIt
Intervening between this point and the Ashokan
reservoir and thus making it safe to rely on d S
I+rge storage would also be Of great value in per
if$ing the water to be shut out of the main aque-
duct for a week or more at time for the purpose
Inspection, repair and thorouga eleanihgi
that surround large construction work for the city
Of New-York, it now appears pronaote eLla{ 49,
ress from i've to eight years must eIaDse pep! 10!
Groton Lake and thence to Manhattan, Brooklyn
and the other boroughs. - -.
season is almost without precedent IN me hsLoTy
of large American city The copsuInPt SO o. ~
and even days time when houses on upper
levels are said TO have been deprived Oh d puOAc
water supply.
The Board of Aldermen adjourned without act
ing on the report.