The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05

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necessary tor oomplstion Of an eauiva-
lent pipe line. We find that the Mani attain
l pressure tunnel will cost about 90, OOO. OOO
and VIII require about four and a half
I years 20 construct while an equivalent
pipe line system will cost about 81, On0. ON
and viii require about four and a half
years 10 construct. a saving of first cust
OF pressure tunnel ~ compared with
/ pipe lines % s2i .O00.OoO.'
Meanwhile a great deal 81 opposition
TO Pressure tunnel has been developed
among taxpayers, an opposition which
IL voiced by the following statement H.
sued by the United Real Estate Owners
Association:
/ There are many reasons shy the huild ins
haitian 4 unnecessary. The United Real
Estate Owners dissertations and repre-
sentatiyea Of many other civiC and tar
payer hodtes, amoRg whose members are
engineers and expert on our water supply
held a number Of meetings and invest gated
he tunnel achene and concluded that there
/ u no need ~ the city going TO an expenditure
% -, on. go OF more 10 huild = rock pressure
tunnel under Manhattan. whore no one T. an
tell what the final cost would be 70 tunnel
from mD 10 en- feet below the surfa
There are no definite plans and -perihca b
ions N show the uliiwtte cOal. hut snHie
engineers tell M u Wuu 4 eNceed 49, an nHi
fhe conditions on Manhattan a. 10 ross
formation are not and cannot be definitely
known. Experts sav there Il very little
s1iid rock 20 he found on Manhattan. d i
mostly rneiss and slate rnck Whi"h would
one 10 the taxpayers.
Little ~ known about the suhterrahean
formaiioR NJ Manhattan Island and The great
cost M deaf 70 obtaining accurate lnfOrma-
ton In respect thereto does not Justly
The hazard NJ MAKING such experiments
With the nrosuect Of unsatisfactory results
Repeated and CONVINCING demonstrations
of the imprart icabilttv II this rpUk tunnel
undertake q would only tend "a delay Gnd
hammer the contamination 81 The real pur-
nose IN sight. namely the furnis1in immeii-
ately 81 = full and adequate supply Of water
ND yiRg b. hasi experience q o~ntrsr,
should not DO let Tor a rOrk % n tel on
srirh an un. ertainty ~ may re- ll' IN
enorurpu- additional eXpentitures 10 com
"leie the underlakmg and in that sys@'
taNpaver- you'd BE- caici upon 10 hear an
un ,us' burden
The feasibility NJ tho tunnel. however.
y not the cnly question 70 IT, the cOsi me
safety Of it and IT, advantages One does
not have - be AN engineer : o know that
Il Il not iudiriou- ~ sink the water -upply
Of this great city. amounting To- ~ IN 90
gatlona. so n 81 feef under Manhattan
Think vhat sould h4Ppen in ne event u
an ahrasiuu ~ q slight tFsmor ~ The rarth
~ any OF the unforeseen occurrence HOw
are they going 10 repair ~ The rock 30
far ~ known i nearly ~ gnslss 1r shaip
The statement ~ Chief Eng herr smith,
receutly made. that the present pipes under
Manhattan are Ia IN good q condition nov
a. they we're thirty years aEo might vel
he considered ~ strong argument 81
present coqditions and against the con
strurtiuu 81 The rock tunnel
Al that b required for Manhattan O. rs-
reiye Water from the Caiskills h 10 con
struct q branch from Hillvieg reservoir 10
Jerome RESERVOIR n connect With our pres-
ent distributing system.
Taxpayers realize how largely these
water scheme incrcasr the budgei and
their tar bills each yeaF. L cannot bs
denied that the Board II Water supply
has heroine q somewhat expensive asset
IN our municipaliiy and while Ee have q
stonal Attachments and their unbounded
int In our community, NJ the same
time we must have a care lest we are not
involved In this additions exiravaRant
and unnecessary outlay. Water has be
come most eHpensive commodity The
annual interest alone on per cent bonds.
twenty-five TO nifty years, not counting he
Pripeipal on the sisi $4,000 Catrk u .chens,
Riil add over q 0o0 90 a year 10 The budget
IN Is0s the Water Department estimated
that b. 100 the whole city, including Man,
haitian. Tho BrnnK. Queens. Kings ana
Richmond would BE- using eco. 90 go gal
S ,Ss sS ss co. 6 s sslIons da Srs Only
To ntace this tunnel IN the extreme vest
ern limit Of the Greater city and 70 carry %
under the Fast River into Brooklyn and
ihsn back into Queens h q hazardous and
q costly proposition.
We favor the plans. which will be less
expehsive. TO cOnnect the Cafskill water
With Ell ave borOugha, namely, from Hili-
yiew reservoir across The Bronx 10 Queens
the most central point in the Greater Nee
York. then 70 Kings and Richmond. A. q
preeautiOn In the event 81 anything hap
pening 10 our water supply on one side n
the river or the other Ee could then send
water 70 Long Island 20 supply the need
o. S5a 'f Ss Rrs sSs Ven vi Rs lien x S.Ss ans
cOnnsCtiOn between ell tho b0rOuRhs In
Gaze Of an emergency.
The following are the associations WhOse
representatives met In conference and
unanimOusly decided 10 oppose the build.
ing 81 the proposed rock pressure tunnel
under Manhattan Island
United Real Estate Owners Association.
ton o. the Twelfth and Nineteenth wards.
Taxpayers Association 1f the Tenth. kley
enth and Seventeenth wards. Harlem Prop
eFty owners Asaoctai on. West Side Tax
payers Association. Real Estate Owners
Protective Association Of the Tweltih
and Invent second wards, Taxpayers A.
.Ociation o. lhe klghieenth and Twenty
nitsd Civic Association Of Queens. Realty
League. Flatbush Taxbayers Association. I
South Bronx Properly OWpen AssOcia-
ton, TaEpayer Alianoe Of The Bronx.
Cltizena Vast Side Improvement AssOcia-
ton, Eaaf fremont Taxpayers Association. Z
lireenWich Village Public Service Commit
tee. Greaier New York Taxpayers Assoc
ciation. Property Owners Association Of
the TEenty-third Eard