New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-24
I)P[ FOR ENOUGH WATER
...,,,r and Commissioner Study
'a wsvs of Escaping Famine.
-uoMpsoN TO TELL OF PLAN
-. a way to Get More Water,
hr Prefers the Catskill to
Long Island Supply.

.....nents were made both by
Bop'i and Commissioner Thomp-
lsy0' ~. Department Of Water Supply,
o. "a ~ the shortage In the water
. sp =, Manhattan and The Bronx yes
rvpp II was not that the situation is
tr'a sous and the weather man has not
'ci ss'-,oa the approach Of wet spell
~ ','. an for lack Of precipitation in the
70 nSA. hit Commissioner Thompon
W IA would he able to work out
e'at" .,,,h more water could he obtained,
az nors. came TO the worst He was
US ,v 10 discuss his plan. but thought
~ ~, have something to say before the
:, .. TIRE week.
e. Gaynor said that while the sup
As =, hand would be sufficient 70 last
~ .sven,een weeks. II the daily con-
ep Az, should keep UP 70 the normal he
I'nr .. n,i,h A cutting down Of the waste
s..sonshle care. the supply would last
tN hundred DAYS without any further
M.ss NJ the stored water.
n. ~. poard Of Aldermen Yesterday passed
i.,r-opriatlon Of 100000 asked for by
~ ,.,,oner Thompson for the employ
e., t7s inspectors and thirty-flve clerks
~, oreanization Of a bureau to stop
u,s,e. The Commissioner has esu-
-, mat saving Of fourteen million
- dav can he effected by cutting
.1p the waste.
,,,,or Gaynor refused 10 listen 10
-.,,,on that water meters he installed
ICES He believes that such a thing
"a mean that many poor people would
~. /, The use Of water 10 the extent OF
.stlng illness.
commissioner Edwards Of the Depart
=. ~ Street Cleaning. has been cut down
!. .Se nse of water for flushing purposes
~, extent Of seriously Gripping the eff
....v NJ his work He estimates that he
.,.,,; have minimum Of five hundred
@,n.,ra gallons a day. but Commissioner
,,,mpson has said emphatically that he
IN 70, allow more than twenty-five thou
ca gallons a day 10 be used for street
t.nlhg
- o,der 70 meet the emergency. Commits
,,,.r Edwards is 70 experiment with port
~. punlps and tanks. which can be filled
ne waterfront and taken wherever the
,,,,r Is needed by the street cleaners. II
- APPARATUS proves successful, Commits
,,s- Edwards will ask for fifty A. $500
vi
tjers we're issued 10 all policemen yes
s-;sy 10 he particularly alert in stopping
e.use OF any water where permits had net
m obtained. Only employees Of the Fire
Water Departments may use water from
q hydrants without a special permit.
Although Commissioner Thompson does
~ anticipate that II will be necessary to
rtg the Brooklyn water into Manhattan.
ss SAYS that it would be perfectly feasible
iy laying pipe across one Of the bridges.
BROOKLYN is now using 100000 gallons
uly." he said yesterday. which is about
sG0ro less than the normal. How much
,s,er is under Long Island can only be
ressd. So far the supply is far greater
tan the demand. and shows no signs OF
growing less
Commissioner Thompson said the pressure
E Manhattan and The Bronx had already
Zen reduced slightly by three or four
p,1ds which would result in a still fur
eg saving. Just what the total saving
sh will not be possible to tell exactly un-
u The next monthly report is out
was not true. said Commissioner
fhompson, that the water shortage was
q. TO a hunder IN the way the water was
b ou, OF the various reservoirs in the
Cr,on watershed "All our engineers
iEFssd" he said that the way the Croton
watershed has been handled during the last
IsaF has been correct and that if We had
. Do L over again We would do 1t in ex-
Iay The same manner. II would be fool
"a 10 draw of our upper reservoirs first
w keep the Croton Lake full. for II that
'ge Gone We might he i'm the position of
'i'ins water 90 10 waste over the Croton
TN While our upper reservoirs were not
IL Under our present method not a drop
u 90 70 waste over the Croton dam until
s'sy one OF our reservoirs are full The
ti'.rent that all the reservoirs in the
utrn watershed when fun contain only
.se9en gallons IS not correct The right
gre L ls 0oooooco"