The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-20
VILLAGES GETTING WATER
TARRTTOWN Sells 4 LTHITED
tWOI VI.
some u Coming Too Trom New Work.
tny schools and . FartsrS tlo-e
House m North TaTrytSWn LETT
to Burn Rather Than waste TIuSi.

TARRTTowN. sept ~ With the Pc
cantico Lab" dry ~ "a bone. schools let nut
because 1T un-anitary conditions IA Dohbs
Ferry and Hastings. the closing down Of
large factory lcCar~" u could not h'
supplied with water and allowing a
hou-. 20 burn o. IN" ground IN North
TarrytuWu rather than waste water. the
villages FAC" a serious condition. The
officials 1T 40" Consolidated Water Com
pauy. which supplies th.-" villages, adj /
united to-day that they had abandoned .
hop" Of their lnk" filling NJ.
The first people appealed 10 were tho
water comm -sIun-rs ~ 1arrytnwn. who z
have supply larg" enough {" last six
months The board agreed To let the
company have I,UUu.t-D gallons . day Tor
a stated period The company accepted
th" proposition aud last night men were
| started az work uu the connection.
They finished their work thi- morning
| and hy go'CloDk water from the IarTyt own
| lakes had begun L. supply Dphhs Ferry
| and Hastings \ H. h"en. assistant
| general superintendent 81 the company,
and Joseph " Alworth. local superin-
tendent a. afternoon drove To- Ardsley,
where the company has "a high service
reservoir Thu they found tu he about
empty.
| TN their return they decided that there
| was nothing 10 do hat to tap the Croton
AqucdICt supply ~ Old Shafts In speak
/ ing II IN" situation Mr. Keen said \
director of oar company has been able -
get New Nurk C5fy to agree to let us haVe
| , l-N.Us" gallons uf water day until We
/ get our lake filled The difficulty with the
! proposition j. that the shaft il about Is
feet below our pumping station.
thought ~ first Of laying pipe from the
shaft To- our station. which = mile away.
/ hut decided that the hest thing to do was
To buy a new pump and boiler.
These have h'..'n purchased IN Jersey
I CIV and nave gwen orders To- have them
/ loaded ON trucks az once and sent to larry
town The test We can hope for ~ To h"
connected up within a week In the
meantItn" We will have to get along on
Tsrrytou., supply Every one will hav"
to he careful. We need 3.BO.Os0 gallons
day. 49, YOU can 80" what W. are up
Against The unusual drought In July
continued IA August, and> while We have
had more rain m September u has been
too Spasmodic To- dc ~ any good.
There is NO Is" hoping for rain nov
We hav" gp' 10 abandon orIr plant teri.
pprarily Although our customers will
h. lnconyanieuc.d Tor q week We huIa
Ivy that time 20 overcome tho famine
You can rest assured that We arr doing
everything Tossihl. - give relief
Although tarrvtnvn has "A -uppIy -uf-
tiCient To- car" for it, Is'"pl" for six months
Their. Wor" -uurp protests to-day against
using ih" supply FOR pohbs Ferry and
Ha-tinE- They did not wud helping
pu' Nnrfh Tarrv'uV hut Thought N.v
Nork ought tp come 'p th" T"-Cl" II tho
Villages b"lpw
m, fact that NeN Work has gwen -
. consent 90 nav" MS aJu'du'' tapped wa
a surpri-". IL BE- 30" first 'im" tins con
sent has over lr..ru untau"d Mr. k'.n
/ said today ~" haN" tried tim. and
again t. get help from New York hut ~
was no -" Now that Ne sr" up against
"A famine. IN" city u wiling - give water
/ 10 prevent suffering and Inconvenience
II was SAID authoritatIvely toni CIV
that the company has pumped all IT, alter
| into rs reservoir and that It contains a.
/ least week Supply This will b" heid
exclusively for North Tarrytown
North TarryrpSu first demonstrates
II the. -hrrtag" - water FOR m" PURPOSES
was shown this morning when an amos
b. CIpted house IN the Philips" Manor pros
.rty caught iir" u wa ia flames when
the fir"Wcn arrived and they decided y
Z was l.yuud ruutr and rather han ~ asst.
IN. water they allpW"d u - burn 20 49,"
ground
4 fr. - what al m" villages fear most
t Every volunteer fireman IN ~" four vi
lagos sleeps Sith ht- boots ho-id. hi- bed
! The only hogs. - getting 80 the iir. Iu -
early stage and 0ghfIng u with chemicals
. once y gets gong Their" " III he NJ way
to stop u
Dubl- Perry and Hastings ar" suffering
most Ia bphps berry no" peppl" an
MAN -fr,,.t ar. getting water. ru' th'.
supply m the homes Of ~" wealthy On the
| heights Las urar' Inallv hesn shut ~ li.-
cause there was not pressure enough 70
, force. III. water Co the hills lhe ,pilag"
officials relieved the -.'uar rpu by hlung
the -t,riuklIng car aud sending D. around
To supply ~" h,iu"-
7 Water was also ca~t"d hv IA" barrel
Many 81 IN. families -"ud gp I y -
m-.-l g-s and the telephone VAS rInginE
all d4v for water Ia Hastings the ~.
tiprll Conduit Company. which Uses about
7tUUsp gallons 81 water - day. h.d 10 chm
down There - little HOPE thu IN" -ituh.
lion will b" r-lI"v,-i p..pr. the Cro'un
Aqueduct Is tapped. wh.oh viii b" at
least we"K
Last year AZ the time John - RO'ke-
Teller and all th" tenants uu hI- estate
wer. short ~ waf'- aii had To- Use. It
Eparingly THIS wear NJ Rockefeller
has = good supply and has uf"r"d 10 "om"
to the Nurth Iarrytown relief n n"".s-
sary Walter " Law ha- also - ''r.d the
us. 81 Brlarclin'- water supply