The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-27
WESTCHE ESTER WATER FAMINE
MOI NJ VERNON ~ FFERING ron
I DRINk AND 4 BiTH.
Thls BiE Town IL Taking All the water
and Westchester HAS Gone Dry-fac.
tories and schools Closed-City Has
como to the Rescue and win Help Out

IL made misery IN Mount Vernon where
a city If 81 n0O souls was practically destI-
tutc of water and watched every heecv
cloud IN the hope that IL would eventuats
J IN raindrops.
The plight of this Westchesier city
! Yesterday ~ a result OF the water famine
Wa, something that will long he remem
h..r,,d II affected rich and poor You
I rnuldn't draw water in the homes Of the
rich on Chester hill any more than you
Cpu.d draw u IN the city's teusments.
Ihrr. times during sunday and Yesterday
Tor brief intervals water was allowed To
ran into haihtubs ar other rsceptacles
! Then ~ was shut off Even at those
times the pressure was not sufficient To
reach many fine apart nsnts IN the Chester
/ h,lI section or dwellings IN West Mount
Vernon
~ 10 O'Clock yesterday morning the
children came troopinG home from school
! through the dust clouds m IN" streets
All IN. city's schools. including the hugh
school. had got word ~ Gloss when 1t
WAS seen that there was no water Tor
drinking OF for toilet PURPOSES. som" 81
the factories closed up too The $3.50
school children thus turned ont 81 school
were told To remain az home until notified
to come back II was running too bIg
risk nf a dis.as. epidemic, the authorities
decided. 20 le' those S,oDn children remain
IN s,.honlhou-..- which had gone ahso-
Iut-iv dry
The fear of au epidemic IN the dusty
and wa'erl",- nity a. one - New nrk =
dnorw.v- Yesterday was "v"rywhrrr
The Rna-i IT Health was busy circulating
A prorlan1atiou 81 the Mayor practically
commanding the oitiz"ns - toll IN" mn"
water that IN the thrs. wet Periods ot the
day came through the pipes such "A
warning. except for the most ignorant.
was hardly nes'e-Say In haihtuhs thus
water Ief, a deep sediment OF mud
Typhoid - what the health authorities
fear Their. j. scarcely any water Tor
qushing PURPOSES and there II non" IA
some parts 81 the crtv.
In IN. stables II Mount Vernon there
UaSu't enough water 70 CIV" 70 tn" horses
and CATTLE In som" Ca~''- they W"r"
r-port.d Ia he suffering from IN" lacN ~
water Some 10 IN. hIg steam laindrr"s
had ~ shut down
Aided - .hr discomfort II not having
enough water for washing purposes
there wa- tn. dust Stirred up hv every
na-sing vehicle Weeks ago. ~ ia" first
.ign II approaching famine, all watering
carts were Withdrawn from the streets.
Recently all hose sprinklng has Teen
forbidden The dust lies thick over
averything rulunE IA through open WIN
dow- IA "A heavy cloud whenever stirred
NJ. Angry residents after hghtrng their
way homo through those binding chok-
tng il.t clouds on sunday found no water
o. bath. in Some even had none 10
1r,pL for the notice that he water wOlid
h. shut N dad not reach every on" Bot
tel- 81 ginger pop. rOda and root i""r
were reaui-ltioued In place ot drinking
water on Sunday because uu spring water
yes turchasable SONS thirsty and
dirty. ned their homes IA disgust 20 stay
Am New York city until the situation was
relieved More followed their example
Yesterday with the clOsIng Ut the schools.
hlI.d with tn" fear ot diS..a-e
The situation which Mount vernon
was in yesterday j. almost wi'hou prec-
e,snt IN this vicinity. There haV" been
villages IA wears past and during the
present drought which hav" been re-
duc,.d t. -hoT water raii"nS, but u =
u,it. A different thing when "A plaoe with
al nul residents IN y has no water.
good many 81 Mount NernOnS families
became no, auueKai loni-ts yesterday for
th. first time for only ia that way does
permanent relief Se.rn 80 be promised
Late vest erday afternoon New York
city promised through her Water Com
missioner 10 come 30 the relief of Mount
Vernon Mayor Firke put the seriousness
~ the situation up IN earnest TO the boss
If New Yprkz water supply and showed
how his towns nearest neighb"rs were
going around With parch"d ihrpafs.
absolutely suhering for water Whll New
Workers had all they wanted. u was
then agreed that Mount Vernon could tap
he CrOton aqueduCt and get 60 900
Gallons a day for the next four days
After has for a period ~ thirty days New
York - 80 let her neIghbor~ draw 5.0D.n no.
gallons AZ The pric" II N33 per million
Rallnna Mount Vernon agreed 20 the
10 h. tapIed m two places near ScarSdAle.
sor1s. ~ the water mining through the
New Rochelle mains IN order 10 reach
Mount vernon II was thought thar hy
working all night IL would bs possible
20 finish he connect ION some time to-day
In ~ effort 20 keep the city ~ MDgnt
Vernon from going dry the water CON
pany which supplies that city has com
Z plei ely drained many ponds m IN" county
tapped 10y itS mains. and this has stirred
M Ut her communities IN protest ~
Mary Lake m White Plains Was entirely
dry Yesterday and iis many acres 81 mud
/ bptt ON were covered with dead and dying
fish II will have To rain for days before
conditions Can be Tefnetiled much Othsr
I ponds are IN the same condition YES
! terday the company as working fran
| tlcally 90 connect some ariesian wells IN
Pelham. hoping that this would relieve
| the sDrely tried city In measure Iarch-
mont Manor had agreed 20 sell Mount
Vernon 7mO,6sO gallons. bu u meant
several days work making connect IONS
| New Rochelle wasn't willing Ia part with
Any uf her water for ordinary purposes
but she sent word 10 her neight'Dr during
I the day that at -he Hr-' call ~ fire she
would respond and Opan her water gates
just " nat a serious FIRE would sTs~aa 20
Mount Vernon can well 10 calculated
while all Me-tcheSter county 10 more or
les short ~ water. only ScATSdale and
Hastings finds themselv e- nj all nthe same
2 Right A. Mount Vernon In tho-e plares
Waisria hein z delivered IN milk cans Hast
m - aucceedesi yesterday IN getting 0 ron
meet ION made with the New York supply.
which considerably helped things out
The whole trouble m these communities.
it was explained yeste rday, arises from the