The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-17
PLAN A IS MILE AQJEDUCF
rBou ESOPUS TO CROTON WATER.
SUED WITH NEW RESERVOIRS
sossested OF Nile Aqueduct With nm
stimated Cost OF sol 100000 and
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port Of the Mayors Commission.

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port OF the Mayors Commission
The special commission appointed by
MAYOR Mcclellan to consider and report
I'm The most available sources for adj
,,t,nn water supplies for this city for
t8rded a report yesterday 10 the Mayor
Tho commission consists OF William Ii.
Burr Rudolph Herring and John K. Free
man They served also upon the COM
mission which was named by Mayor Low
toinvestigate the question Of further water
supplies for the city.
Tie report to Mayor Mcclellan is divided
,r,o three parts. The first part recon-
rnend- that the most available course for
the CITY 10 follow in obtaining in the short
81 possible time the additional supply
which the city imperatively needs Is TO
build two new reservoirs Immediately, one
etCro-s River, in the Croton watershed. at
cost Of about 81 $4,000, and the other the
york 10 be carried on simultaneously, at
roint near Crotou Falls, 10 be ready In the
autumn Of 1873 and to cost about 81 100000.
As regards new sources OF supply the
commission recommends the building from
the Catskills region Of a cut aqueduct
TO deliver 3ooooo.ooo gallons OF water
daily to the city. This aqu duct would
he ifty-tishi miles long and would prob
ably cost. as the Croton aqueduct did.
about $500 600 mile. Various other sources
in the Catskills are suggested The chief
engineer Of the Department Of Water Sup
DIV recommended works that would cost
,ei 600 COO but this was not approved.
While the application Of water meters to
taps on the Croton and Bronx service would
undoubtedly cut down enormously the
amount Of water wasted the com mission
does not regard II safe to continue longer
with the pIetent supply
This commission Is convinced, says
the re port. that fhe only safe course Is 10
obtain additional water in the shortest
possible time
Whether or not additional storage rcser-
volrs in the Croton watershed should be
Immediately cons rlicted depends, in the
commissions OPINION. solely upon now
much sooner they can be made ready iot
u-e than the large additional supply from
The Cutskllls. on which III IL well under
stood TINT work must he irnm tdateiy be
Gun II grave danger oil water famine Is TO
tc avertpd.
The u sctd pan Of the chief engineer
recommend deep tunnel 0qued CT ninety
seven miles long IN all 10 lead from great
r.e-ryoir on E-upus REX near Dave brdgs
tr a distributing reservoir formed by en-
iargmg Rye Pond. From Rye Pond thu
chief engineers plans contemplated tho
construction OF two aOueduds 10 Nor
rlsama one OF which would be continue
10 Astoria Thes were 10 supply The Bronx
and BROOKLYN, Nth a distributing reser' or
or Forest II !, Brooklyn.
The engineer in his report recommends
also tho construction in later ycars OF two
additional aqueducts Of the same capacity
20 the CatsSiIs but the commission does
not take them into consideration. The
rarCu1fnar1Aa that effort
~, made to use the natural fac tiles for
water supply on Long Island Tor Brooklyn.
but any additional supply for the Borough
Of Richmond, 1t thinks should come from
outside sources.
N.it the commission recommends ~
hat a cut aqueduCt be built from Esopus
Ay a more direct route 60 the reservoirs of
the Croton watershed. and that the two new
reservoirs mentioned be ia i They do
aot e,timate the cost 81 this aoueduct-
-Tbe present total aoredIct caLacity
between Croion fakc AID New York city.
.l..- the report. - afort in0UD!p gultC ms
av nr NJ eas: 7i.c00CO0 rallcns daily
from the safe yield Of the Coton water.
she'd including its proposed edditicnai
RESERVOIR. Therefore in view OF the cons'r
Il a water fumine, it is proposed 10 defer
construction Of that portion Of the new
r0,duC' lyirg between the rotor water
sled and New York city, while concentrat-
ing work on the new reservoir and that
portion cf ne a0ueduct leading into the
C~ofon watershed
The commission calculates that il would
tske from five to eight years to construct
the shortest POSSIBLE aquecuct, hfty-eight
miles long comprising eighteen miles OF
4ieel pipe five miles Of tunnel and thirty
five mills of cut and cover aqueduct, from
FsoruS 10 some point within the Croton
watershed 1T which the new supply could
le turned into the present Croton chanrels
md rnSorVoirs' TO augment their yield
Til. ttfar Is mol ptFifp a = plOTnTntP the
one proposed by the chief engineer.
The chief engineer OF the Aqucduct Com
mission has gwen il a. his opinion that II
proper authority is Immediately given
!, II feasible 10 complete within two years
the proposed new reservoir al Cross River
and tave the prorcs ed CrOton Falls reser-
'0ir ready for Use by autumn. 1905.
The commission gives it as its opinion
that the expenditures for these reservoirs
NJ once Is justified for insurance against
water famine.
The commission reiterates it's previous
recommendations that -lards be secured
ri unce upon which TO erect filter plant
sufficient to purify the entire Croton sup
ply II approves the temporary cessa-
lion Of work on the eEsterly portion Of the
Jerome Park reservoir until the question
Of t.tering the Croton water Is settled /,
because this reservoir will then be used
10 contain the purified water and require
different design than the one now called
for
The commission believes that eventually
the entire capacity Of all the present low
level distributing reservoirs should be en-
poyed to hold clear and wholesome water,
ready 10 be drawn for an emergency. but
81 Tie present time the commission deems
II nadviSahle 20 adapt the entire capacity
~ The reception of filtered water. The com
mission favors the slow method sand iltia-
ton and suggests Tarrytown a. the best
raoe Tor the filter plant.
NORTON DEFENDS POLYGAHY.