The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-02-01

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have tumbled over rocky slopes into
the stfefns OF the mountain valleys,
will in "a few years be served to the
INHABITANTS Of New s. York. city. The
project ranks as the greatest munich
pal water sabply enterprise over I'M
dertaken, and,as'an engineering work
is, probably econd only TO the Panama
Canal. The need of the water is much
gfeater than IS realized by a major
it$'of the citizens or,'by the guard
lsasf oG their interests. 90.
Nothing can so quickly and COM
pletely dlsorganlze and complex activ-
ities of a fhode$'hr community as a
shortages, of suitable twater; no single
agency can 80 rapidly spread disease
and death as polluted water supply.
For several years New York has been
using more water than it's sources of
supply, can safely he depended upon
to furnish in a series Of dry years,
such as have occurred within the mem
cry Of men who have scarcely reached
middle age. Continuing years of
abundant rainfall have masked the
danger TO which engineers have re-
PCdlcu
In 1905, as the result of a move
ment promoted by civic bodies in the
days of Mayor Van WICK and Mayor
Low "a bill fwas introduced into the
legislature, on the initiative OF Mayor
Mcclellan which, becoming law, en-
able the Getty to Start new systems of
swater sGpplyt1hat, with the already
existing permanent works should ulti-
mately give New York the best and
LARGEST water supply ever known
afsHthousands of water-wise Ameri-
cans know. New York city cold New
York'O has used Croton River water
for more than tvs generations. SINH
laUiy&srorn. the Rid@ewood system. of
wells, streams -Rpd- reservoirs s, Brook
Ign has drawn its supply, often scan,
Sty" approximately five hundred mil
Zion ehllonsaof water are consumed in
the metrRRolis every day, a stream
that would flow hip deep between the
BUILDINGS in Firth avenues fashion.
liable shopping district vt a comfortable
3, Yalking. pace, For every man, woman
and child this allows a daily average
OF '125 gallons. Orf'to put it still an
'other way, FIR all domestic, manufact-
FTing. and. public purposes New York
uses every day water which weighs
about eight times as much as It's pop,
ulation.
Compared with the 1870. 40, 200, 900,
and 800 gallons used every day for
every person in several large Ameri-
can cities, New York's allowance Is
moderate. especially when one recalls
the character Of business and the
amethods. of living which prevail in fhe
metropolis Liberal, even lavish. do
nestle use of water Is not waste. The
very necessities of life demand that
there should be a .maximum supply.
in yorderc TO. proyide for the. aye ace
demand for the individual. The
word waste" should be properly in
terpTeted. It's use in writing about
water supply has been unfortunate.
for 1t has been employed both techni-
cally and popularity to chaiacterize
quite, different in the econ
omy of, water. To let dozen glass
fuls flow from a faucet in order to get
one cool draft Is not 'vaste so+Iong as
'this is the least expensive way to get
ccooL water. Ip,a bgold sepse, to Pc.
NIT water to flow from the faucets
through the cold Winter nights Is
waste 50 7l6hg as th's Is the Teas.
expensive way ito 4ipect one s plumb
ing fixtures.
To allow even large volumes Of
water to spill over the lowest dam OF
watershed is in no sense waste when
the city has .-alERady taken from the
stream al that it can use. or when the
saving Of occasional discharges of this
sort would cost more Tran 90 get the
same anantity 1og- ,sO5es. OF equal or
betsest duality Nom another stream
Doubtless. some wafer SIS carclessly or
wantRnly YastsdYBHNew York city,
but not nearly so much as some rer-
sons assuhido~ Waste should be DIS
outraged and o5Y tailed. hut waste, of
water can no more be wholly pre-.
vented than the waste OF renergy and
dime. But II all the waste which IL
word 81 reasonably, pTac tlcable TO
stop ceased New York would stn1 re-
qujre more water workg D. provide be-
You'd peradventure for present need
and future growth ~- go
CrOtOR River drains into New Yorks
reservoirs the water of 800 square
miles of forest and farm. and can safe
ly furnish about 336O)O.OOO gallon
daily. Twqt Wueducis one thirty
four miles long built in 1912. and
having a daily capacity of $4,000 900
gallons, and the other fpirty two miles
long. bunt In 189i and having ca.
paaty Of 300 100000 gallons. beng
this Water to the city To prgcnre 500
100000 gallons of Catskill Mountain
water daily, over coo square miles OF
mountain and meadow will be brought
under tribute. several large reservoirs
created, and an aqueduct niSegtwo
miles long built, with many miles of
conduits Within the 'city limits.
The extent of. these existing and pro
posed works is not readily 20 be com.
pretended even when reduced to- the
common money measure. Tor the por-
ton Of the Catskiil #0rf4 needed TO-