The evening world., 1912-02-12
East Side of Central Park Shut
OF After Break in the
West Side.
is AW Y.
Flood Pours Into Stable,
Drowning 70 Horses-Hotels
in "Heatless" Zone.

Tho upper eas side. tine millionaire
district Of thu city. and the upper west
side are to-day In the clutch OF en- I'M
parwlicici water famine. save In the
Easements OF houses, and here or there
on ground noors. It 10 Impossible for
tenants TO get . drop from their fsu.
Gets. Water II almost at . premium
and from F%ffty-ninth street northwsrd
On each side OF Central Park portable
conveyances Of all kinda are being put
into uss ~ carry the precious nuid from
emots and unaffected regions. TO and
from residsncss and apartment housss
and stores there Ia a constant process
non Of bucket bearers and there Ia NJ
rshsf In sight
A large force Of workmsn toilsd like
beavers to-day and II wss said that the
trouble would he remcdlcd sometime
thts aftsrnooa and the water turned on
again a. full pressure.
Chief Engineer DE Verona Of the
Water supply Department, who was
early on h scene. explained that ow-
Ing 70 the INTERPOLATION OF the water
nsains Of the city. which are more than
we hundred and nfty miles In total
length. II was impossible to shut down
the water ON the west side without At.
fectins The supply m the aast side.
AZ the Department Of Water supply
II was said to-day that Commissioner
Thompson was not In town. that h.
U,AA nj 0eir (sltV aNN thai shAs~
was no telling when the conditions up
town would bs changed. II va ths
bursting Of ~ Ss.inch mains. al
Ninety-sevsnth street and West End
avsnus. that brought about the disa =.
ter. and no o knows when these will
BE- repaired.
From 10th East eide and West SIDE
numerous inquiries and complaints wsrs
made to-day TO the Water supply De.
partmsnt. but the inQuirsrs received
little comfort from what WAS told tC
them. They related the fact that tbs
upper floors Of their houses were abso.
iutsly without water unless II was car.
ried there from the Easements or from
q greater distance.
DANCER FROM FIRE IN THu
WATER FAMINE ZONE.
In the existing condition thers 10 4
grave n % far as fires are con
cernsd. because should u IRE occur Il
either Of tho affected districts he Vtr,
Department would md Itself confront
cd by n grave task. 10 kesnly has THU
been appreciated that In the churche.
yesterday congregations were urged I,
be- o careful ~ to matches and nrs.
ancs the nremen wouid md thsmselvev
badly handicapped by lack Of water II
lighting . blanc.
There 10 . salutAry lesson for tn
omciAis OF this city In this water famine
Although the break In the mains DC
CURED on the west side OF the city. l
10 the . side. separated from tn
othoe by the width Of Central Park
that suffers In like degree. Had Their
been merely . local disturbance OF tn
water supply II would have been scriou
enough. hut II seems Incredible that a
entirely different part Of the city shoul
be affected. In other words thai tn
. side should have to depend for II
water upon the integrity Of Mains O
the west side.
i 4 dosen residsnts . h district wer
overcome by escaping gas. ninetee
horses were drowned and considerable
property damage resulted when the 81
! 90 inch water main VI West End av.
nue. and Nin~ety-seventh street, burs
: washing the earth from q s-inch "a
: main near by and causing the gas
y Join the rushing water In . twin foo