New-York tribune., 1907-06-16
CR0T0N WATER FINE.
SO BATHERS VENT IN
Wash Day Al Along the Banks of
Streams an the Watershed.

YESTERDAY, Is the first June day 10 harmonize
with Lowells definition OF a rare day was +aLer
advantage Of by Italian laborers in the Croton
watershed 10 take bath These larorers have ~.
many opportunities TO 20 In for general .h,,,+,
and II has been said that their rich olive Gov,
plexion is due TO the rarity OF these or,o-.,,t+t
Passengers on the Harlem division Of tba Ne,,
York Central saw these primitive children ~ a.,
alien race disport in the brooks that en1p+v tnto
RE Croton Lake.
The way the hathers disported themselves had au
the semblance OF a yearly treat Their manifest
soy was Ike that OF the New Jersey farmers at
their annual and year suff1cng dip into the ocenp
The Jersey farmer, however does not bathe in a
water supply. Up IN the Croton watershed what
ever bathing is done is in the brooks whose va+er
60 on 10 form part OF the supply drunk in this CITY
Edward Hatch. jr-, of the Merchants. Assoo,a
ton, was one OF the passengers on a Harlem di-
vision train who saw these children of sunny Ttal,
TeTelling in real Croton with all the zest that an
American boy puts into his celebration of the
Fourth Of July These joyful foreigners did NOT
wear bathing suits Why should they eager as
they were 10 wash away years accumulation OF
uncleanliness7
The scene Of this diverting exhibition Law between
PuTdys ana Brewster, in the same district where
Italian women We're seen washing clothes in the
brooks yesterday. Dark skinned signoras and
signortnas lined the banks for long distances and
here and there some INDUCED in friendly disputes
as 70 choice OF spots where the family wash long
accumulating against the deferred Gay Of sunshine
could be cleansed and sun dried
When q Tribune reporter asked I NJ De varona
chief engineer Of the Water Department what he
thought OF the wholesale cleansing in the streams
tributary 10 Croton Lake he said:
! am organizing q patrol for the whole water
shed we would have TO be omnipresent 10 pre-
vent such wilful COMMUNICATIONS. When our in
spectors 90 see any OF these gross actions they
interfere, ana a report Is made the contractors
who 90 all in their power TO help US out. Our
patrol system when in good working order will do
much prevent the nuisances so much Complained
Of By those who are tranSients IN the Croton Val
ley. The public may rest assured that eyerytbiDp .
being ri he exuosa nos
comes into Manhattan Borough from pollution"
Tomorrow representative Of the Water De-
partment viii go TO Mount kisco 10 the Of
1cials there Another effort viii be made find
the right place for the sewage disposal plant
which the city Is to bUtd There is conflict OF
opinion far. simply On effort TO find the very
wishes 70 hurry this work much possible
Every effort viii he maze TO agree upon site
This week @ and 4, then ths ms Will be drawn I. is
pollution OF this boroughs water was never more
possible. and with that knowledge the officials
hustling quickly as the machinery OF the gov
eminent viii permit
The Water Department can control the con-
tractors who building the Cross River dam just
York Central IN the conduct OF its work in the
double tracking Of the Harlem Railroad. The
labcrers employed in this work the great
menace be apprehended az this time. This week
will used get the conditions in the watershed
into the best possible shape, so Ghat contamination
possihle But. as a Water Department official said
yesterday
we cannot compel the contractors 70 lock up
their laborers when the days work IS done. Could
for the city. But YOU know this IS the time when
iaborers may do as they please after the bell rings
caretakers for them seems 10 be the only remedy
against pollution