New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
ASHOKAN DAM GROWING.


tunnels and shafts will aggregate 4'4oooVo
cubic yards and the total amount of excava-
lion is estimated at II, 10000 cubic yards.
At various intervals along the route Of the
aaueduct to the Ashokan reservoir site are
tventy-seven excavating shafts, aggregatlng
Aepth of 10000 feet or nearly two miles. ABOUT
forty camps of engineers and workmen are u
b found. nearly every camp In It's compete
ness representing a carefully appointed village.
Save for the lack of women folk and OF schooi-
houses town halls and churches, some OF THESE
unornamented settlements are most complete IN
ketau On May 10000 men were employed
IN the reservoir and aqueduct departments
The Ashokan reservoir site is eighty-six mics
IN . straight line from New York City. When
the reservoir is completed sufhclent volume
Il water will be impounded to cover Mahha'-
tan Island to a depth Of ~ feet, ana tne
total area of water in the east and west basins
Il the reservoir, it is estimated, Will De eQuisa
lent to the area of Manhattan Island oeio"
fO6th street
The aoueduct from the Ashokan reservoir u
mo distributing reservoir to be built at din
View Yonkers, will have a carrying capacl'S
af not less than 5O0,O0O.OO0 gallons OF water
Aatly. Near White Plains the Kensico reser
voir, with the enormous capacity OF 4O'oVV'oVo'-
600 gallons, will provide storage Tor the "a.ei
.t q point conveniently near the city. In ORDER
stored In the Ashokan and Kensico reservoirs
., .eratins plant will be installed below eacn
Il these reservoirs -.
Al far as possible the aqueduct is oe1ng punt
Il concrete, it's general dimensions oelne l.
feet high by II feet inches wide. runners on
tAe hydraulic gradient are of the same nelsh"
hut are reduced in width to Ii 1eet tncnes
Deep in the solid rock crossing the valleys oh
the Rondout, Waikiki. Moodna, Hudson anu
Croton rivers are concrete pressure .uAne
With a diameter Of IA feet inches. Steel pipe
.,nhons are being placed across fourteen val
Aevs where the geological conditions are sucn
eAat pressure tunnels cannot be constructed.
A erewsome feature Of the Ashokan develop
ment has been the necessity OF removing I'LL
the dead from the cemeteries within the no"
Rne OF the reservoir. Thrty-1ve graveyaros
n all have been marked for removal ana ny
the time the waters Of the Esopus are pheo
ever the area $500 graves will have oeen
moved
Already nearly 1900 graves have been re-
moved Each day grave diggcrs and unoer-
t.kers are seen at the work, and carts contain
ing white boxes ply up and down the ROADS
Hfanv of the dead were buried more than one
hundred years ago, and in some instances ntue
q found even Of the bones
To expedite the disnterment the Board OF
Water Supply has been paying SIS to relatives
fnr each grave opened. The sum OF 50 IN add
tson Is allowed for the expense of removing
and resetting head and foot stones. Careful
fnspection has been provided to prevent fraud
IA this work. for In few cases false claims OF
relationship have been made. Many OF the re-
mains Will be placed in new cemeteries north
Of the reservoir
The largest cemeteries and the original num-
her of dead therein contained follows:
Leo Cemetery, Glenford, $40; Pine Grove
Cemetery, Shokan, 366; HOLSTER Cemetery,
Olive Bridge $50; Evergreen Cemetery, Brod-
head 297, and Ennist Cemetery. Brodhead ITS.
Included In the thirty-f1ve burial places which
DOT the dam site are many family lots close to
farms, where comparatively few dead have been
buried.
Among certain incidentais Of camp life which
have given contractors, officials Of the Board of
water Supply aud the aQueduct police no end
a trouble are small Independent hamlets which
have sprung up just outside the citys property
ona. In these places workmen congregate dur
knx their hours of leisure, and drunken brawls
ere not infrequent. Sometimes, it is said. work.
men strangely disappear after having been
traced thither.
4 noticeable feature OF the entire operation,
however, Is the remarkably ship shape appear
ancs Of everything. Particularly in the camps,
where the strictest sanitary regulations prevail
method and cleanliness are apparent every
hand
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