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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Water 
  Company, 
  daily 
  distribution, 
  1,200,000 
  gallons; 
  South 
  

   Shore 
  Water 
  Company, 
  daily 
  distribution, 
  100,000 
  gallons; 
  total 
  

   daily 
  distribution 
  in 
  Richmond 
  borough 
  by 
  private 
  companies, 
  

   5,110,000 
  gallons. 
  The 
  total 
  daily 
  distribution 
  by 
  private 
  com- 
  

   panies 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  City 
  of 
  Greater 
  New 
  York 
  is 
  roundly 
  

   22,000,000 
  gallons. 
  

  

  An 
  aggregate 
  of 
  348,500,000 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  delivered 
  daily 
  

   in 
  Greater 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  the 
  Municipal 
  Waterworks. 
  There 
  is 
  

   distributed 
  by 
  gravity 
  alone 
  201,500,000 
  gallons, 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  

   of 
  144,000,000 
  gallons 
  is 
  pumped 
  for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  

   boroughs 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Gallons 
  

  

  Manhattan 
  borough 
  43,952,400 
  

  

  Bronx 
  borough 
  130,000 
  

  

  Brooklyn 
  borough 
  95,907,000 
  

  

  Queens 
  borough 
  3,891,300 
  

  

  Richmond 
  borough 
  1 
  . 
  80,000 
  

  

  Storage 
  on 
  Croton 
  River 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  previous 
  page 
  the 
  discharge 
  measurements 
  of 
  Croton 
  

   river 
  have 
  been 
  given, 
  together 
  with 
  brief 
  references 
  to 
  a 
  consider- 
  

   able 
  storage 
  on 
  that 
  stream. 
  When 
  the 
  new 
  Croton 
  dam, 
  now 
  

   building, 
  is 
  completed, 
  practical 
  utilization 
  of 
  a 
  catchment 
  area 
  

   of 
  360 
  square 
  miles 
  will 
  be 
  made. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  accomplish 
  this 
  

   several 
  masonry 
  dams 
  have 
  been 
  constructed, 
  which 
  are 
  not 
  ex- 
  

   ceeded 
  for 
  solidity 
  and 
  strength 
  by 
  those 
  constructed 
  anywhere. 
  

   The 
  new 
  Croton 
  dam, 
  from 
  its 
  great 
  hight, 
  is 
  a 
  specially 
  inter- 
  

   esting 
  example. 
  

  

  In 
  1883 
  an 
  Aqueduct 
  Commission 
  was 
  authorized, 
  consisting 
  of 
  

   the 
  Mayor, 
  Comptroller, 
  and 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Public 
  Works, 
  as 
  

   ex 
  officio 
  members, 
  together 
  with 
  three 
  citizens. 
  This 
  commis- 
  

   sion 
  was 
  to 
  construct 
  new 
  works 
  only, 
  and 
  entered 
  upon 
  its 
  duties 
  

   of 
  constructing 
  a 
  new 
  aqueduct 
  and 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  at 
  once. 
  

  

  The 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  aqueduct 
  was 
  begun 
  in 
  January, 
  

   1885. 
  This 
  aqueduct 
  was 
  divided 
  from 
  Croton 
  lake 
  to 
  Central 
  

   park 
  into 
  seventeen 
  sections, 
  each 
  being 
  awarded 
  as 
  a 
  separate 
  

  

  ^'he 
  preceding 
  statistics 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1900, 
  as 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  

   Lebbeus 
  B. 
  Ward, 
  and 
  given 
  in 
  his 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Pumping 
  Stations 
  Con- 
  

   nected 
  with 
  the 
  Water 
  Supply 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Merchants* 
  

   Association. 
  

  

  