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country. As a whole. however, it would
be hard to find a section of the State so
hear New York which could be acquired
with as little expense and d~eAtruction Of
property.
The city has had trouble in former years
in extending its water system Tit people
up in the section where Nhe big Croton
reservoir was built raised a how when
the city started to condemn their land.
and 80 did the people who lived in the
present Kensioo reservoir district. For the
most part. however, the property owners
Of Westchester county are taking a broad
view Of the proposition and are prepared
to move out as soon as the city pays them
what their property is worth.
Richard G.. Keller, who lives over in
the Rye Pond section, has rs good cause
TO grumble as anybody. His family got a
grant Of land from the King OF England in
1898, This grant included all the land
under what is now Rye Pond.
When the city acquired the pond a few
years ago Mr.. Keller had to move back
800. feet from the waters edge. Four years
ago the city pushed him back half a mile,
and now he's got TO go away back. He il
rs He has the original grant given to his
ancestors. and he will show it to you and
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Asiatic station that the ship to which he
was carried goes from jamestown.
Two American sailormen on duty at the
yard here met up with q pair OF French
night last week, and the four promptly
for~egathered in the sign language. Some
men standing on the hotel steps heard the
We've got to stake these little sardiners
TO a drink somewberes. mate said one OF
the Americans TO the other. They look
like their brogans are crackin' for the need
OF one, and ] s'poee there's only one o.
them V~illefranche francs between en-
The other nodded, and they promptly
walked down the steps into the extremely
ornate hotel bar, where many American
officers in attendance upon the Japanese
General Kuroki. who vas stopping at the
hotel at the time, were lined up. .
The four sailors saluted the officers and
looked a bit puzzled as TO whether they
but the American officers promptly moved
into a group Of their own and made room
for the men-o'-war's men. Seeing this
the barkeep. who had seemed q bit inclined
TO resent the presence OF the bluetaokets.
leaned over and asked them what IL was
going TO be.
Quart O. champagne, and the best, ' said
one OF the American bluejackets, and the
-four fine glasses were put out, and pres
emily the pair OF amazed French eeamen,
70 whom WIN 10 q Keen luxury
were slipping the sparkling win Of their
own country and talking volubly TO each
other about the glory and the wonder OF
1t all. Their shrugged gestures OF graft
tude WERE amusing for the watchers 20
witness. especially as the American sailors
appeared not particularly 70 care for the
? sparkling wine and allowed their French
mates to absorb nearly all Of 1t.
With all OF this celebrating there has been
absolutely no scrapping or other sort Of
disorder among all the hundreds Of blue
jackets OF all nations who ave been coming
up from jamestown since the exposition
began. But there has been a power OF
deserving among the foreign men-o'-war's
men. The officers Of the foreign ships say,
not testify, but merely by way Of stating q
fact, that the hospitality and the show Of
plenty Of money on the part Of the Ameri-
can bluejaciets accounts for this. Many OF
the foreigners will be applying for enlist
ment in the American nRvy after q while.
particularly the Britishers. OF whom nearly
four hundred have already run away from
their ships at Jamestown. And many Of
them no doubt will be taken, although there
will Of course be no general Advertisement
OF that fact,
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gallons a day. The addition OF the Catsldn
system will more thar double the supply.
The water will leave the new Kensioo
reservoir through an aqueduct az large as
the one which brought IL down from the
Catskills. II will be carried, according TO
the present plans. to some point between
White Plains and Yonkers. probably In the
vicinity Of Scarsdale, where It win be put
through a huge filter. New York's present
water supply isn't filtered at all.
This W~estchester county filter win con-
sist Of a bed OF sand covering sixty acres,
with a fine gravel bottom. This entire
expanse Of sand, II the plans Of the water
board are carried out. will be rooted over.
The bed OF sand will be two or three fest
deep and the layer Of gravel about ! foot
thick. The water will trickle through this
and then be collected underneath.
From the filter il will continue N its
course to the new distributing reservoir
that is to be built at Yonkers. This reeer-
voir will have a capacity offrom 900 600, 900
to 500, ooo, 900 gallons. The place selected
for it is just south Of the Empire racetrack.
The city will have to have $50 acres there.
This reservoir will be known as the Hill View
Reservoir. 1t is the highest site that could
be selected.
From the distributing reservoir the water
will go in mains Il different parts Of the
city. One trunk line will plunge down
under He'll Gate and cross to the Borough
Of Queens, meander down through Brook
lyn and then CROSS under the Narrows 10
Staten Island.
The Yonkers reservoir will have to be
constructed, as there is no natural basin.
1t will Cost more than IS 900 900.
The estimate Of S1o2, O0o,oOO for the en-
tire system is S12, 600, 900 more than the
estimate that was made for the Panama
Canal. By many experts IL is considered
a much morevdificult and daring engineer
ing feat. The work is in charge of j. Waldo
Smith, who has under him a staff Of 400 or
500 engineers. Merritt Haviland Smith is
the department engineer In charge Of the
construction Of the new Kensioo reservoir
and the other work in Westchester county,
including the filtration plant and the Yon-
kers reservoir.
The engineers will not attempt to say
with any definiteness how long 1t win take
to complete the system. 1t took the city
thirteen years to build the great Croton
dam, and It lie hoped to have the work at
Kensico finished within ten years. II is
expected that the aqueduct will be laid and
the Esopus reservoir finished by 1917.
The new system will bring water to New
York ITO feet above the level OF the existing
system. which means that the water viii be
forced up eight or nine stories by gravity.
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the ship is only six or seven miles away,
Every field glass on board IL brought TO
bear on the vessel and a strange thing about
IL suddenly becomes a subject OF animated
discussion.
u doesn't seem g. be moving, and yet
that ~gllstening white sail is pulled u by
the wind. Why. II can actually no seen TO
swell under the effort Of the gentle trades.
Questions are fired at the captain and the
lookout. but they are silent.
By unanimous vote IL is adjudged TO be a
rather small craft, A the distance lessons
lie bow seems TO be rather blupt. II GER
tAinly 10 not moving. and yet the wind fills
that hail.
The svsksaIAs !, passa ne Enpsleu
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plans, will extend from the Bronx Park
up the valley of the Bronx River and will
connect at its southern end with the Speed
way. The Board Of Supervisors Of West
| chester has already voted to pay rs per
cent. of the cost Of the parkway. II all
these plans are carried out it will be possible
in future years for a man 10 start out on
Riverside Drive at Seventy-second street
and continue on q drive over the best Of
roads up to and around the picturesque
new reservoir and back, a distance of more
than seventy miles.
The new Kensico reservoir will be fed by
an aqueduct III feet in height and almost
as wide, which will extend sixty miles from
the great collecting reservoir at Esopus.
This aqueduct is larger than the single bore
subway tunnel under the City Hall Park.
A man could almost drive a team Of horses
and a furniture van through II. The above
picture shows a cross section Of the aque-
duct. 1t will be made mostly Of cement
and will be covered all the way down from
Esopus.
The great reservoir at Esopus, which
will be formed by the damming Of Eeopus
Creek. will be ten or twelve miles long and
half a mile wide. There also will be sew
eral other reservoirs west OF the Hudson.
collecting water from fourteen watersheds.
Condemnation proceedings have been be-
gun in the case Of the Esopus reservoir,
and it is expected that it will be finished
before the big storage lake in Westohester
is completed.
The aqueduct which will feed the Ken
sico reservoir will follow the west bank
of the Hudson down to Storm King. Where
ever it is possible the huge cement main
will be laid In the side Of the river bank.
At Storm King the aqueduct will cross the
Hudson.
A shaft will be sunk on the west bank Of
the river, between 900 and 1000 feet deep,
until solid rock is struck. Down this preci-
pice the food from the Catskills will plunge.
then through a horizontal tunnelu under the
liver to the east bank. where 1t will rise
again through a perpendicular shaft and
continue on its way toward the Westchester
reservoir.
Before it gets to the storage reservoir IL
will take another plunge down into the
bowels of the earth when 1t m to the
new Croton reservoir. The engineers will
go down In this place until they strike ROCK,
just the same as in the crossing Of the Hud-
son. Thus billions OF gallons Of water will
go racing under other billions OF gallons,
all OF which eventually will 60 to quenoh
New York's thirst and keep It clean.
The present system now supplies the city
with between 40O,oOO.oOO and 500. Ooo.o 900
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at the Argentine men and pointed out a
big collection OF Teddy bears, large and
small, hanging above a counter.
You lke2' he asked them.
They liked again all right, and they
apparently all understood the meaning
OF the bears, too, for they pointed TO a
Roosevelt portrait hanging in the store.
Stake 'em 10 a bear apiece, matey,'
said the second coal heaven to the clerk.
without 80 much as asking the price Of the
things.
There were seven OF the Argentinemen
and the clerk pulled down and handed
zach OF them a Teddy bear costing 81.
The South American sailormen took the
bears gingerly. and i really appeared from
their manner that they were embarrassed
by this display of muniicence, which they
no doubt were.
r~Now, are we dago scuttlebutters all
fixed out?' cordially inquired the second
coal HEAVIER. after settling for the bears.
They grinned, and again instigated
by their leader. gave the man Of the bunkers
the regular naval salute.
You've got nothin' on me, mate said
the second coal HEAVIER to the other one then,
giving him a smashing wallop on the back.
and then the whole crowd, the Americans
next door TO cement things.
Even the British men-o'-war's men-never
very impressionable persons in any country
or clime-are more or less swept of their
pms Dy INC OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Oi tnci AipoIl-
can bluejacket entertainers.
A batch Of about a dozen OF them, con-
voyed by seven or eight seamen from the
American ships at jamestown, were here
one night last week, all OF them just a little
bit 20 the pad from seven or eight hours OF
since leaving the Norfolk boat. but all Of
them still well In the game.
At q brilliantly lighted corner stood a
darby with a pair OF bowlegged bull pups,
pups with correctly p~rotruding fang teeth
and nice little round bloodshot eyes-in
leash.
Don't them NUTS look like Johnny Bulls.
though, Ell. you linn e. juicers7' jovially in
quired one Of the American bluejackets OF
the Britisher sesmen in general; =.
The American seaman stopped to take
a look at the pups, and all the rest OF them
halted and looked on.
Hey, have you Rule Britannia cracker
hsshers got such q thing as a mascot on
board your stingy little packetI' the Ameri-
can ~biuejacket, who swayed q bit rs he
stopped. asked the British crowd.
Aye. we've got a bloomink sky pilot. an
'e's hugly henough for one.' replied one OF
sWeii. ye need a mascot that looks like
| ye,' calmly replied the American ~fiatfoot.
fWhat you askln' fr this drum fish. coonf'
addressing. the darkey and pointing to the
sTwonny-h' dolluhs am de price O. dat
one-twenny 70 de othuh,' replied the
black man.
This Ia tn one thatTl go 10 tn China sta
tion, then" said the American bluejacket,
picking up the t25 pup In his arme, and he
paid for the pup and handed him v 10
the leader Of the British crowd.
Me eye. ys bloomink toh, but we oawn't
'ave ye do these things protested the as
tsnished British seaman, but he carried the
dog 81 IN bic arms, and that Pennsylvania
avenue pup viii in due time be Gpooplng
around a chlnA and Japan for II p 70 thp
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One lie OF BurEIar Chain.

From The chicago Dditv Eevs.
The burglar chain" that time honored
bar 10 Intruders. can be turned to the ad-
vantage OF the knight OF the Jimmy" II
WAS demonstrated In Chicago yesterday.
When Mrs. II. p. Meyer of shefield avenue
came home yesterday afternoon after, q
shopping tour she found the front door held
by the bur glar chain. She thought her hus-
band was home. but wondered why he had
attached the links Of security during the
daytime.
I'm let you In In a minute, dear came a
manly voice from within.
There was a clAmpina Of recedinR foot
steps. Then all was still. The minute
stretched into two and then 10 ave. lfs.
Meyer became sorely veIed and wondered
whit her spouse could be thinking Of. She
went 20 the back door, and was amazed 10
find IL open. On entering the house che
saw Mid disorder throughout the rooms,
disclosing on closer view that a number OF
valuable articles were missing. A burglar
had ptleA open the front door With a Jimmy,
snd had put " re qh1ip Intends for ~
.RtoapexEb .f4a.shs 49, aksl4 ~ s ~
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Condemnation proceedings have been
begun by the city authorities to acquire land
Tor the big Kensico reservoir that lie to be
built In Westchester county In connection
with New York's new water system.
Few persons appreciate the immensely Of
this Fystem which, when completed, Is to
telfver each day 500, ZOO, 900 gallons Of pure
water from the heart Of the Catshlls, 100
miles away, into the homes and hydrantS OF
the greater city. The reservoir in West
chester county is only a link 10 the &ie2 .ooo,-
900 chain, but 1t is a very important one.
There, In the very heart OF the county a
lake is to be constructed more than -four
mills in length and averaging about half o
mile In width. 1t will be the storage reser-
voir for the immense volume OF water that
is poured down from the Catsldll counties.
It will hold 10000, 600, 900 gallons, which is
1900, oOo. 200 more than the capacity Of the
great Croton reservoir.
To build this big lake one entire town and
part Of another will have to be wiped out,
while many farmers will have to give up
their homes. But for the Inconvenience
which Westcheeter folks suffer they will be
compensated many fold by having a lake Of
great scenic beauty.
Some idea OF the immensely Of this storage
reservoir IL afforded in the fact that it will
be thirty miles around Its shore line. That
is q good deal further than a man would
want to drive for pleasure OF a Sunday after
noon. II will contain an island more h a
mile in length, and three beautiful PENN
sulas ranging from half a mile TO one mile
In length will jut out into its crystal body.
This lake viii be located in the townships
OF Mount Pleasant, Harrison and North
Castle. 1t will begin at Valhalla, where the
present Kensico reservoir dam Is located,
and will extendnorththroug valleysformed
by an arm Of the Bronx and the Beargutter
rivers.
The above panoramic view shows the
present reservoir and dam and the hills on
either side: The water in the new reservoir
will come up just about even with the hill
top that il seen over on the Valhalla side.
THE new dam, which will be 2 900 feet long
at the top, will extend across the valley
along the line Of the roadway visible in the
picture just below the present dam. About
twenty buildings in the lower part Of VAL
halls, including a hotel. three or four small
stores. the New York water supply station
and several houses, will be wiped out. What
remains Of the lower part OF the village will
lie Just below the great dam.
Some OF the residences up on the hill
side overlooking the present lake also will
be swept out OF existence, and the members
Of one Of the tow churches, when the new
reservoir Is completed. will be able to stand
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FADS OF %C0LLECT0Rs.
Cigars and Pipes. Cards and Death. Notices
-Deibler's Grim Relics.

Cigars and Pipes. Cards and Death. Notices
-Deibier's Grim Relics.
An odd collection is to be sold at auction
soon In Paris. It is q collection of cigars.
including several hundred brands and all
varieties Of shapes, qualities and prices.
There are cigars In it from two cents TO IS,
and ranging in size from tiny cigars to be
smoked between the courses OF a dinner
to some as big as a mans arm, made for
show purposes. The specimens are kept
In alright glass cases and the total value
Is appraised at several thousand dollars.
The announcement Of the sale has ted
to q general discussion Of queer collections
In Paris. The GdNtois tells Of n man
who has O collection OF trousers buttons
representing every noted tailoring es-
tabHshment In every great city In the
world.
Another collector makes q speciality Of
announcements OF deaths-the circulars
which In Continental countries are sent by
mail TO the friends Of the deceased. Bis
Oollecton. embraces many departed .oelsb-
precision and In typographical style. To
oomplete the array he has his own death
filled In.
colieCtsons Of visiting cards are not un-
COllI1Ous MI It1hun hOplCLIlul u bDlo w
have one OF 10000 pieces, including prao-
ticAlly every celebrity Of the last century.
Railway tickets, theatre coupons and
street car transfers are also preserved by
many. Phybills are, Of oourse. kept In
France by enthusiasts for the stage, as
A ehsstiy collection was that of DeIbler.
the last executioper Of Paris. He kept the
coats thrown over the shoulders OF his
victims as they took their last ehort walk
NA &kA G1tVl0ftuA All warn NEATLY lahAllNd
in red ink, with q brief account Of the crime
and any Characteristic incident Of the
execution.
Some Germans collect the smaller de-
nominations Of paper money not with refer-
tiona in the tint Of the impression. There
are rooms .papered with fractional cur:
Tsnoy 6S wei as with postage etanps, used
and unused, arranged In patterns according
The French poet, Georges courteline,
unusual, but his collection 10. His whinsi-
cal fancy 10 70 gather gil that he can find
that II worst IN painting, etching and en-
craving. he takes great Joy In bis tres.
f%5Ss = IA @1 tsn %oI sn Ge% inentituds I In PbS 3
tire world.
Baron Oscar de VAUDEVILLE also plays
q variation on a common air. BE collects
pipes. but not from a smoker'S point Of
view. since he smokes only cigars.
or else they have some historic or anthrop-
oloEic suggestion. He has pipes takon
from gravee, pipes dug up on battlefelda:
and plpes OF all countries and races. as well
a. In every conceivable material; Some
are ornamented deliberately, but that IL q
msre incident; a common clay pipe IL as
precious 20 him AZ q silver mounted meer-
sohanm. provided there u something
ehafacisFetc abeut ~.
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on the front doorsteps and throw pebbles
into the water, TO say nothing Of fishing.
The construction OF the reservoir will
include the building Of n dyke on the west
side Of the present lake about 1000 feet
long and twenty feet high. There is a
depression there, and the water would spill
over the crest II something Of the sort
wasn't done.
The new dam will raise the flow line OF
the lake ITO feet, The how line Of the
present reservoir, which Isl little more than
q mile In length and about one-quarter
OF a mile In width, is ?45 feet. This means
that part Of valhalla will have behind 1t a
wall Of water about SIS feet high.
Kensico, at the northern end Of the pres
ent reservoir, ia. the tow which will be
wiped cut. II consists Of about twenty
five buildings.
The problem OF how New York people
shall get drinking water has been a thorn
in Kensioo's side for a good many Year,.
When land was acquired for the present
reservoir back in the early 'eOs, Kensioo
had to move itself back a few hundred
feet from the lake. There was some
grumbling then, but the city paid for IL.
Now comes the announcement that the
place is to be pushed of the map alto
gether. The city will pay for that ALEC.
It Is the expectation Of the engineers
who are working on the job that j Pfster's
grocery store, as shown In the above picture
or the spot where II stands near the four
corners will be covered by about 500 feet
OF water ten years from now. And the
place where the Methodist church stands
now will be Just about as deep In the lake
az the grocery store location.
what lie it" said one Of Kensico's Method
lists. that the Bible tells III about building
our house on a sure foundation. so that
when the winds and the rain come they won't
wash it away guess back In thoOe times
they didn't nave any New York water sys-
tenn to deal with
The Methodist church has beer existing
on its present site for several years by the
grace Of the water board. 1t IN within 800
feet Of the present reservoir. which IL the
shore line distance kept free Of all buildings
by the city. An exception was made In
the case Of the church. but now II will have
TO go unless the congregation decides to
Get IL up OIL a raft.
One Of the little hills back OF Kensico.
on which Robert rockingham Of this city
has built himself q beautiful home. will be
completely inundated.
The general shape Of the lake will be a
@Y," with the tail extending north. This
tail will represent the flooded district UP
the branch Of the Bronx River; one arm
will be the present Kensico reservoir Sec