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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  three 
  creeks 
  on 
  the 
  easterly 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   are 
  much 
  harder 
  than 
  the 
  Croton 
  water, 
  but 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Rondout 
  

   and 
  Esopus 
  creeks 
  are 
  remarkably 
  soft 
  and 
  desirable 
  for 
  city 
  sup- 
  

   ply. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  commission's 
  plan 
  to 
  deliver 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  the 
  

   soft 
  water 
  of 
  the 
  Oatskill 
  mountain 
  streams, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  

   hardness 
  of 
  the 
  combination 
  with 
  the 
  waters 
  on 
  the 
  easterly 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  thus 
  securing 
  a 
  supply 
  equally 
  soft 
  as 
  the 
  Croton 
  

   water. 
  

  

  The 
  commission 
  is 
  strongly 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  after 
  the 
  waters 
  

   of 
  the 
  streams 
  now 
  recommended 
  for 
  use 
  are 
  taken, 
  Hudson 
  

   river 
  water 
  should 
  be 
  secured 
  by 
  pumping 
  it 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  

   near 
  Hyde 
  Park 
  up 
  to 
  suitable 
  reservoirs 
  and 
  niters, 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  

   land 
  easterly 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  deliver 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  city 
  at 
  the 
  

   required 
  elevation. 
  This, 
  however, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  remote 
  future, 
  and 
  

   is 
  set 
  forth 
  as 
  a 
  resource 
  in 
  reserve 
  at 
  that 
  time. 
  In 
  such 
  a 
  

   development 
  it 
  will 
  'be 
  necessary 
  to 
  build 
  large 
  storage 
  reservoirs 
  

   in 
  the 
  Adirondacks, 
  from 
  which 
  flood 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  Adirondack 
  

   streams 
  may 
  be 
  released 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  flow 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  prevent 
  any 
  salt 
  water 
  from 
  reaching 
  the 
  point 
  where 
  the 
  

   pumps 
  would 
  take 
  the 
  river 
  water. 
  It 
  is 
  explicitly 
  stated 
  in 
  the 
  

   report 
  that 
  the 
  filtration 
  of 
  Hudson 
  river 
  water 
  would 
  render 
  it 
  

   entirely 
  satisfactory 
  for 
  all 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  these' 
  reservoirs 
  : 
  

   The 
  works 
  recommended 
  to 
  be 
  constructed 
  first 
  comprise 
  a 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  Hill 
  View 
  reservoir, 
  of 
  600,000,000 
  gallons 
  capac- 
  

   ity; 
  the 
  main 
  aqueduct, 
  of 
  500,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  capacity, 
  

   from 
  that 
  reservoir 
  to 
  Stormville 
  reservoir; 
  a 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  

   Stormville 
  filters, 
  of 
  50,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  capacity; 
  the 
  twin 
  

   aqueduct, 
  one 
  channel 
  of 
  400,000,000 
  gallons 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  

   250,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  capacity, 
  from 
  the 
  Stormville 
  reser- 
  

   voir 
  to 
  the 
  Billings 
  reservoir 
  and 
  these 
  two 
  reservoirs. 
  This 
  

   construction 
  will 
  afford 
  an 
  additional 
  supply 
  of 
  60,000,000 
  gal- 
  

   lons 
  per 
  day. 
  Concurrently 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  construction, 
  

   the 
  aqueduct 
  of 
  400,000,000 
  gallons 
  daily 
  capacity 
  should 
  be 
  

   built 
  from 
  the 
  Billings 
  reservoir 
  to 
  the 
  Ashokan 
  reservoir, 
  and 
  

   at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  latter 
  reservoir 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  under 
  con- 
  

   struction. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  estimated 
  that 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  work, 
  i. 
  e., 
  extend- 
  

   ing 
  from 
  Hill 
  View 
  reservoir 
  to 
  Billings 
  reservoir, 
  may 
  be 
  built, 
  

   under 
  efficient 
  management, 
  within 
  five 
  years, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  

   second 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  construction, 
  extending 
  from 
  Billings 
  reser- 
  

  

  