New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
:, TORRENT UNDER CITY.
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.os among The mammoth construction en-
- &C If history viii be the newly approved
IT. which is planned TO carry CatsIlll
SqD'. - wafer at 4 depth Of three hundred to
k0.n-'s feet underneath Manhattan Island
81 IT, torrent Of five hundred million gallons
4 i-'7- so,tbward at a pressure sufficient TO
+sa tad floors of buildings twenty stories
s1iF9 n ~ nrojarted through q subway from
hs. 81 me south end Of Manhattan Island,
I'm she East River to Brooklyn and finally
Dn,- Che Narrows 10 Staten Island.
n--' .-,,,sal +, change the original plan for
,inos extending directly TO Queens and
p - 4-o-7 Van Cortlandt Park to an aQue-
-bicb would pass under Manhattan was
'''- IN December i 10 the Board Of Es-
- r.. and Apportionment by the Board Of
- su-nly. The commission Of engineers
-.i.+a5 70 report on the feasibility and prac-
..,bilirv Of the tunnel which II IS expected VIII
- ,nnroxirnately S5G0@0o0, has just ex-
- highly favorable opinion and has rec
coded its immediate construction a pub
- icing has been announced for May 81
-. Roq-5 Of Water supply has prepared the
.,.,s and as soon as these are approved and
= raoessarv plots Of land acquired the con-
=. q which there viii be several, viii be
asra-tised.
7r.ns the actual cost OF the aqueduct VIII be
.v,sss If the cost Of the pipe lines originally
--,osa5 which were 10 number thirty 4S-inch
-.,;os ~ sixteen 66-inch mains. the Water
s-rrlv Raard has not asked for any appropria-
.-r besides the SlGl. 100000 originally allotted
70 tbe entire Catskiu project
.r.-. If (EgoT10r g Q
-4s-'ss y. Chadwick. there viii be 4 vast say
NJ IN the manner Of distribution through the
,r,e5Yrt. and an expense Of 4 per cent inter
8. ~ S5oae09a0 representing the cost Of
-ur-sng for public and private purposes, VIII
be eliminated
arao-5ing 10 figures prepared by the Board
f Water Supply. seventy-five million gallons OF
zzter are pumped every day in Manhattan and
-be Bronx and twenty-five million gallons in
Brooklyn for public purposes at total cost
q $4,000 yearly. IN addition to this, approx
nstely s.. 100000 is spent annually by private
pgyons in pumping thirty million gallons daily
il fre boroughs. The cost Of pumping water in
Ten thousand buildings, exclusive Of public
tafiings in the city. AZ an estimated average
cost Of $500 for each building for tanks and
apparatus, is 100000. An economy of 81
V0e90 annually is estimated for the new plan
pumping alone
Commissioner Chadwick points out that the
velocity Of the water IN the proposed aqueduct
VII be such as 10 carry il to q height Of go
et in Manhattan and Brooklyn, by this high
Trsssure not Only supplying twenty story build
hs without need Of artificial pumping, but
also contributing greatly TO the efficiency OF
liz Fire Department service.
Fortunately for the nerves Of New Workers.,
Tie construction Of the deep aqueduct will not
raean TIE tearing up and littering Of thorough
Tres fOr many blocks At intervals Of half or
1-ee-quarters OF q mile shafts will be dug for
he entrance and exit Of worknen and mate
HzS Pedestrians VIII hardly be aware Of the
Eosress Of the tunnel, owing to the absence OF
1s customary amount Of debris, II is promised.
Meeting the CatsziI aqUeduct at the Hill
VIEW reservoir, Yonkers the new Manhattan
-9-sdlct with its concrete lined tube, sixteen
=. Il diameter, VIII be extended 70 Van COrt-
mi Park, then. crossing the Harlem River $50
lsf Below sea level II viii pass under ATnster-
III and Eighth avenues 10 10th street dag
',a-y under Central Park TO Sixth avenue, Her
al square Broadway Madison and Union
s'-ieS, Fourth avenue and the Bowery to
-H-@- street 10 the Fast l,iver paar the Man