New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-25

Tomorrow morning the twenty-six co'u
,o- fountains erected and maintained by
the womans Municipal League VIII Nv
running. Permission was granted ''io
>asue Yesterday by Commissioner Ihoinp-
ON ~ the Department Of Water supply
20 -eonen the fountains until further no
tire Never was permission more NEEDED
Co.. mos, ~ these fountains are IN the
crowded districts Rivington street, Henry
street. Tenth avenue. in front OF the jerry
,,oAul.v Mission. in Water street; near
the Newsboys' Lodging House IN Ne"
chambers street. and in like places-where
few Of the people can afford ice where INC
summer heat means untold suffering. where
a free supply OF ice cold water Is & greater
blessing than those who live in noteis anu
houses where ice water IS always on tap
could comprehend without being deprived
of II for while
For a good many years IL has been pre-
dicted that New York. II its population
kept on increasing at the rate II has as
sumed would sooner or later know what
4; was 10 be thirsty for water-just plain
water II looked this spring as II that
time had arrived. Not only are there more
people 10 drink and battle than there were
last year but they have not much more
than half the amount OF water at their
command that they had twelve months
ago Then there were Lightweight billion
gallons: to-day fifty billion gallons is the
extent Of greater New York's supply. And
the city uses three hundred million gallons
q day. All Of which explains why the
show fountains like the big one in City
Hall Park where the newsboys love 10 dis
port themselves on hot days. when the
cop" isn't looking are dry as a bone to-
day
But the city's drinking fountains. those
Tor people. for dogs and cats and birds
and those for horses, have been running
for some time in the daytime. despite the
impression there has been in some quarters
70 the contrary. Commissioner Thompson
ordered all fountains shut of at night until
water became more plentiful but a good
many run at night nevertheless. II was
said at the Office yesterday. because peo-
pie, being thirsty nights as well as DAYS,
disregard the orders. They probably
haven't received any Of those printed COM
munications the Water Commissioner is
sending out. notifying citizens 10 be careful
and saving OF water or else they aren as
careful 10 observe regulations as the
Woman's Municipal League. which, though
it had asked 10 turn on It's fountains
waited patiently till permission arrived
from the Commissioner in due form.
The league isn't the only organization, by
the way. that has gone into the charity OF
giving "a cup Of cold water" There is
one body founded for that special purpose
the Society OF the New York Free Cold
Water Fountains Six fountains are main
taiued by this society, one al the post
Office, at the junction OF Broadway and
Park Row. having eight faucets; another
with eight faucets under the western APP
proach 10 Brooklyn Bridge one near the
Franklin statue in Printing House Square:
others az East Broadway and Gouverneur
street in Tompkins Square and at Third
avenue and S5th street. Another Is about
to be erected at the junction OF James 5
Slip Cherry street James street and New
Chambers street. and the society. OF which
A A Robbins is the president and ". F..
Austin. Of No. ! Bible House. the treas