New-York tribune., 1922-05-30

oe' pucheI DrlgaQoS to work IN the eel
lar.
Two Inches Deep on Walks
Segment after segment of pavement
caved in about the break and soon the
water, which first had flowed only or
the west side of the parked street. was
racing southwark on either side. Both
roadways were full from curb to curb
and the water flowed two incncs deem
across the sidewalks in places.
Water settled in the trolley slots and
stopped the surface cars, The broken
nam adjoins the subway wall and
water poured into the subway in a
volume which covered the tracks. al
though the drains carried it awav be-
tore 1t reached the third rail and
traffic was not impeded.
Inc transit lines, the gas company.
the telephone company and the electric
light company sent repair crews clang
ing to the scene in emergency wagons.
which splashed merrily through the
Hood, every wheel rainbow. William
w. brush, deputy engineer of the De-
Partment Of Water Supply. Gas and
EleGtllclty, took charge Of the city
workmen on the job.
- iieS iiiiitH ,OlTPPI TO SlXtV-
second Street, where the food dispersed
and lost itself in Columbus Circle.
crowds lined Broadway The rcserves
of the West Tooth Street and West
eighth Street police stations were
called to hold them in check.
emanuel Lelner, an electrician. whose
shop is IN the basement Of 2415 Broad
way, near Eighty-nlnth Street. fouoht
the HOOD for almost two hours with
such success that comparatively little
damage was done to his place. Em-
ployees at Georgi's flower shop. neyt
ooor, waged similar battle.
Mop Squads Modified
All along Broadway the broom and
mop squads were called out and The
sloe streets which pitch steeplv toward
the river also had their food frhters
on the job. ''s "'eis
Louis Gawitz reported 500 damace
IN ms fur shop at 2409 Broadwa,
1rlstede Brothers, grocers. at Fjobtv.
nlnth Street and Broadway, said tbe
damage in their store would reech h
several hundred dollars. Marie MaidoF
salo the water had ruined $500 worth
OF feathers in her millinery shon at
I4?1 Broad way. Thomas Higginson
ssio sd the water had wrecked a $50 snit
OF clothes he kept in the cellar at
24l5 Broadway. at
About 100 telephones in the p;vor
sioe e, exchange were put out of business
The pipe that broke was Of cast ;ron
one and one-half inches thicl onn
twenty-five years old, which is E tha
prime of life for a cast iron nins .ne sc
tcorIding to Mr. Brush 1t runs ten ten feet
below the surface. Employees Of the
water department excavated a snace 1s
by 20 feet after the water ga+es g
at Seventy-seventh and Ninetv-second
streets had been found and shut
raised the broken pipe with hydrauIic
Jacks and began fitting in new sac-
ton. They expect to finish the iob
to-day. vie 'oo
There are a 12-inch main and %.
inch main which parallel the one that
broke on the same side Of Broadwav
and another 36-inch main on the otber
side of Broadway. The smaller mains
are supplied from the Croton reservoirs
and although the pressure dropped
when they were cut in to q point where
water failed to reach the upper floors
Of some of the high BUILDINGS. Mr.
Brush said that there was far from
being water famine e~,. that an
ample supply was available in case of
FIRE.