The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-05

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prevent history repeating ltself In this mstier
II 80 viii tsh" IN lnteiilsent Interest In "
n ID = matter Witch vitality concerns every
tatpayer
I have atravs I'm that We IA NOT need n
~ away no IN tho state Tor water. but thH
poiit lcIans have for some time been setting
~ a rry u water famine. and urging tho
Legislature IN pass bills for tho relief ~ New
York from such = terrible thing There Il
NJ doubt that With tho leaks and tho waste
NJ thu present systrm checked q plentiful
supply could be obtained from arteslsn wells
10 mast the oity's needs for many years 10
come.
Under a water system supplied by a~rtssian
wells o great savinR In interest on
water bonds would be effected. even though
eventually such q system should cost ~ much
a. the ettravaRant plans NJ present under
confederation Small reservoirs could Do
built 20 supply tha OUTLYING sections Of the
city, aud ~ zach was completed the present
system would furnish an adequate supply
IN the rest Of tho city. Thus o different SEQ
tlon could be cared for each few years, and
when tho supply from the new system was
turned into the old pipes the amount Of water
formerly used in that section would care for
the increased demand throughout the re-
malnder OF the city,
Engineers NAV question the practicabllity
OF such a plan. but | would ash them TO prove
hat my claim il not we'll founded.
Up in Putnam county we find Lake Gleneida
with an area OF TO acresl on top OF a high
hill. Down on Long Island we find lake
Success on n hilltop and Lake Ronkonkoma
in a level plain. None OF these has surface
nletS. Nnere OOes tne water come from u
not from the far distant mountainsf
Not many months ago the city spent q larg
sum OF money 10 lay a system Of pipes for the
purpose OF utilizing the salt water for rre
purposes We are now told that this was a
mistake, that It was not practicable. II a
little forethought had been shown. the amount
wasted in that way would have suh1ced to
prove the correctness Of the claim for artesian
wells. When We study their history during
the past century We are led to believe that
q water supply from artesian wells Is possible
There Is a wen at Passy. near Paris. begun
In 1855. which goes down l ,92S feet. Ia (? feet 4
inches wide at the bottom and throws up q
S.sS2, 900 gallons a day to the height Of 81
feet above the ground.
The NST River; the source r OF which L one
opened up in lslS,' Yields London 100000 gal.
Ions q day The Bank OF England. the Mint.
others OF the principal buildings In London
hays their W private supply from artesian
Al, Croydon, England, two wells furnish, =
draws 1000, 900 gallons from artesisn wells
yielding more than half q million gallons daily,
the pressure being sSflSie6t 70 force the
ter OF s Inches, furnish Q 1000 gallons a day;
one at Louisville, KY , INCHES in diameter
inch Well furnishes the Continental Hotel,
Philndelphia, with O,Ooo gallons daily, Hun
dreds of other cnscs throughout the United
But what about New York ctty' haye
been n close observer OF things here tor
period n few OF the many evidences OF a water
sunply right at home...
man the New York Hospital buildings were on
RrSadwGy, opposite Pearl h street Snl,d When y he w ,hs
dTaatioTnss' Of the new. buildings, The contractors
f foWI f f sprl were OF Obliged RTIrsd T to build Ida a, %SnfvsTt
10 carry the water away into the North River,
and i IS In all probability running away there
The, present ,Msnhqtton Rank Is tho out
S SHmpSny yG lSe sT riEht 9S d fST%6S "sl R%rs' E Fay iop s" as
grass grows and water runs II had a large
S S %sSnnI IL Its P nS4s n the h o aIsy %itS s wstsi
through wooden pipes, or course most OF
tho city at that time was below, Chambers
street and very little OF 1t north OF Canal
After thG old prison was m ,S" Sdr frHoP the
iSS p of Gsrist0 Tss p sirSSst; cd t roT G a bre very
a plentiful supply Of water for use In his
Some years ago, when some work was. under
way, at Pier |, North River. q spring OF pure.
fresh, water was encountered right near the
When the Fifth Avenue Hotel vas bNtt
much water was encountered, and It's bullu-
ers were Obliged TO lead u of TO. the East
River. When the foundation was begun Tor
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Z
new building. a friend said they would. find
plenty Of water, because the stream from
the Fifth Avenue Hotel ran by there, TO the
river; and they did find II and had much
trouble In overcoming the difficulty,
At Seventy-seoOnd street and. Columhue
avenue, Park h Tilford's building Ii supplied
with water from an artcsian vol.
Several years ago a man. started 10, eSoa.
vate for tho foundations for a number OF
houses at the northwest corner OF, Madison
avenue and Fifty-seventh street. The water
ran In so fast that he gave up operations.
A number OF years later Mr.. Vanderbilt bought
the property and built there. He struck
pure spring water there, but his engineer
dug deep and built q drain to carry II away
20 the sewer A few years ago the sewer
from Fiftieth street and Fifth avenue up to
figty-sUycuth street was deepencd TO carry
away the water from the build ings along Its
line. =.
Only recently the newspapers reported that
the cellar of the new Hotel Belmont was bcirg
flooded with water, The Water Department
trict, as It was suppressed. Of course. that there
was a break IN the pipes, Instead, they found
that they had a spring In their cellar. and q
pump was set to work, At last accou nts, 1t
was furnishing 10000 gallons of water daily.
and 1t was being tested with a view TO being
used In the hotel.
On the north shoreof Long Island II ispos-
sible to sink an %arteslan well right. near the