The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
WESTCHESTER WATER FAMINE
WOI NJ VERNON ~ FFERING FOR
4 DRINk AND BiTH.
THIS BiE Town u Taking All the water
and Westminster HAS Conc Dry' Fac-
tories AMI schools Closed IIty IIas
come Co tho Rescue and viii Help out.

| II made misery in Mount Vernon, where
q .ty Of 81 .OOO souls was practically desti-
tuis Of water and watched every he"Cy
cloud in the hops that Il would eventual.
IN raindrops
The plight Of tins Westchester city
yesterday as result Of the water famine
Was something that will long be reruem-
b"rrd IL affected rich and poor. You
couldn't draw water in the homes Of the
rich on Chester hill any more than YOU
could draw II in the city's tensmcnts.
Three times during sunday and yesterday
for brief intervals water was allowed 10
run into ba,hiubs or other recepsaCles.
Then u was shut OF Even at those
times the pressure was not sufficient To
reach many fine apartments IN the Chester
bill section or dwellings Ia West Mount
Vernon
Al 10 o'clock yesterday morning III"
children came trooplng home from school
through the dust clouds IN the streets
All the Citys schools. including the high
school had got word To close when II
was seen that there was no water Tor
drink ing or for toilet purposes. som" Of
the factories closed mp too. The 500
school children thus turned out of school
were told TO remain AZ home until notified
10 come back II was running too hig a
risk 81 dis.a-.' epidemic, IA" authorities
decided 20 let thosa S.uO children remain
m schoolhou-es which hal gone abso-
utRly dry
The fear ~ an epidemic m the dusty
and watarl-s- city al ono of New lork =
duprways yesterday was "v"rywh"r".
The Board Of Health was busy circulating
a proclamation Of the Mayor practically
commanding tho citizens to boil The lt'i"
water that IN N" three wet p"riOds IT IA"
has came through the pipes. such
warning. except for the most ignorant.
was hardly necessary In hathtuhs this
water left a deep sediment of mud
Typhoid - what the health authorities
f.a- Their. - Scarcely any water for
flushing purposes and thor" - non" ~
some parts ~ IN" city
In the. stables II Mount Vernon th"-"
WASH = enough water 10 CIV" 20 Va" horses
and rattI. IN som" cas.- th"y w"r"
reported 20 b. suffering from M" lack Of
water som. II N" hig steam launir.r~
had 10 shut Town
added 20 the discomfort - n"t having
enough water for washing Turpu-.-
there Was the dust stirred up bv every
pa--tnE vehicle Weeks ago. a. m" fir
sign e approaching famine. all watering
carts wer,. Withdrawn from Tho - r"''-
Ragrntlv al hos -prIuklIng has h''"n
forblid"n IN" dust li"- thick over
"vsryrh hing. TuIunE m through oI-n win
dow- ~ a heavy cluId whenever stirred
up Angry residents after hgh'tng Their
Sav home. 'hruugh ih"~" binding. Ch"A-
tug dust DsIds on SUNDAY found n" water
rn bath. ~ Some even hal non" 20
drink for h" notice hai the water ~ ou "a
he shut N lid not reach every one. Bot
tells 4 ginger pop. soda and root i--r
were reconstructed IA place ~ drlnsIuS
water % SUNDAY b.''aus" u" -prIng water
was purChAsabl" some. thirsty and
dirty, hed their homes IN disgust =" ~'av
an New York city un'il the situation was
relieved More followed 'h"ir eNampl"
Yesterday with tho closing uf the sChpui,.
hll.d with the fear 81 dl-"a-r
III. stuairun which Mount Vernon
was in Yesterday - almost without pre-
eden, in this vicinity. Their" hav" been
villages ~ wears past and during the
pr,.-cnt drought which have been 70"
huCad - -hor' water raiIonS. but u :
dtIite a different thing when place with
~ Oh residents ~ u has no water \
good many II Mount Nernonr families
became HOY anneXsl ionists Yesterday Tor
the first time for only IA that way dos-
permanent relief s..rn 10 b." promised
ate Yesterday afternoon New York
CITY promised through her Water com
missioner to come 80 the relief ~ MpIni ,
Vernon Mavor Fisk" put the seriousness
81 the situation up m earnest 20 the boss
of New loTk'- water supply and showed
how this toUn'- neaTc-t n.ighborS were
going around with parched 'hrnAi-.
absolutely suffering for water. while New
Nurker- had oil they wanted II was
Z hen agreed hat Mlun' Vernon could tap
The CrOton alIeduC' and get 2.J1.uJ
gallons a dav Tor th" n"V four days
Nfier hai for Ieriod Of 'hIrry days New 1,
YORK. l. 80 let her mel ghhpr- draw . 1fD 80
gallons ~ IN" prlcr 1t si33 ter million
gallons Mount Vernon agreed 10 tho !
terms Instantly III" big aIueduct j.
to- 10 tapped IN Two plar"s near S'ar-dalc, Z
som" ~ IA" water running through the ,
New Rochelle mains In order to reach !
Mount vernon. IL was thoughi that by /
working all night II would h" I'Ds-Ib. .
e. finish tho connect Ton some time to-day ,
In ia effort to keep the city - Mount !
Vernon from going dry the water C"m- .
pany which supplies that city has COIN |
plstslv drained many ponds ~ the county !
tapped by ~ mains. and ihis has stirred 4
up other communities IN protest ~
Mary's Lake IN White Plains Mas entirely 4
dry vest eTday and 10 many acres 81 mud
luttOu pre covered with dead and DIVING
fish II Will hay" To- rain Tor days before
cOndit ions can 10 rensdisd much Oher
ponds are ~ the same CUndItlon Yes
terdAy the company was working fran
tically 60 connect some artesian wells In
Pelham. hoping that this would relieve
the sorely tired city In a measure Iarch-
mont Manor had agreed 10 sell Mount
Vernon 7.O0nOO gallons. bur u meant
several days work making connections
New Rochelle wasn't willing to part Wi'h
any ~ her water Tor ordinary purposes
hiii sh. sent word 10 her mel ghbUr during
th. day that at the first call ~ fire she
would respond and open her water gates
just what serious FIR" would mean 10
Mount Vernon can well bs calculated
While all Ne-tchesSer county ~ more or
l'7s- short ~ water. only ScATHdale and
Hast inRS finds thefnsel YES at all inthe same
plight ~ Mount Vernon. In thu-. places
waierir being delivered in milk cans Hast
inRs succeeded ye@' arday IN getting n con
nect ion made with the New York supply /
which Considerably helped things out
The " hole trouble IN 'hs1e coui-lunitirst