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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  This 
  commission 
  is 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  using 
  well 
  chosen 
  underground 
  

   waters, 
  and 
  points 
  out 
  the 
  high 
  character 
  and 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  

   underground 
  waters 
  naturally 
  stored 
  on 
  Long 
  Island. 
  Exten- 
  

   sive 
  studies 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  of 
  these 
  underground 
  sources, 
  cover- 
  

   ing 
  1000 
  square 
  miles 
  of 
  territory 
  and 
  including 
  observations 
  

   of 
  the 
  water 
  levels 
  in 
  nearly 
  1500 
  wells. 
  The 
  commission 
  states 
  

   that 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  no 
  municipality 
  can 
  be 
  considered 
  as 
  

   satisfactorily 
  supplied 
  with 
  water 
  unless 
  the 
  supply 
  is 
  either 
  

   filtered 
  artificially 
  or 
  naturally 
  filtered, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  ground 
  

   water. 
  It 
  also 
  urges 
  that 
  work® 
  for 
  the 
  filtration 
  of 
  the 
  Croton 
  

   supply 
  be 
  demanded 
  at 
  once, 
  and 
  advises 
  that 
  the 
  reservoirs 
  in 
  

   Central 
  park 
  be 
  cleaned 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  be 
  roofed 
  over 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   the 
  Croton 
  supply 
  is 
  filtered. 
  

  

  As 
  shown 
  by 
  Plate 
  XXXIV, 
  this 
  commission 
  recommended 
  

   that 
  Fishkill 
  creek, 
  Wappinger 
  creek 
  and 
  the 
  Roeliff 
  Jansen 
  

   kill 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson 
  be 
  taken, 
  together 
  with 
  

   Esopus 
  and 
  Rondout 
  catchment 
  areas 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side. 
  

  

  On 
  Fishkill 
  and 
  Wappinger 
  creeks 
  there 
  are 
  situated 
  manufac- 
  

   tories 
  employing 
  7000 
  people 
  who 
  are 
  greatly 
  •alarmed 
  at 
  the 
  

   prospect 
  of 
  their 
  industries 
  being 
  destroyed. 
  They 
  accordingly 
  

   went 
  to 
  the 
  legislature 
  of 
  1904 
  and 
  secured 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  an 
  

   act 
  prohibiting 
  the 
  taking 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  Dutchess 
  county 
  

   for 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city. 
  This 
  act 
  was 
  signed, 
  and 
  it 
  

   is 
  uncertain 
  whether 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Water 
  Supply 
  

   Commission 
  of 
  1903 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  considerably 
  modified 
  in 
  

   consequence. 
  

  

  Water 
  supply 
  of 
  Staten 
  Island. 
  The 
  area 
  of 
  Staten 
  Island 
  

   is 
  49 
  square 
  miles, 
  including 
  the 
  salt 
  marsh 
  at 
  its 
  borders. 
  It 
  

   contained 
  a 
  population 
  in 
  1900 
  of 
  67,021. 
  A 
  considerable 
  pro- 
  

   portion 
  of 
  this 
  population 
  is 
  collected 
  in 
  small 
  villages, 
  which 
  

   as 
  yet 
  have 
  no 
  public 
  water 
  supplies. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  villages 
  

   of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  as 
  Pleasant 
  Plains 
  and 
  Prince 
  Bay, 
  which 
  

   obtain 
  their 
  water 
  from 
  wells. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  large 
  

   manufacturing 
  establishments 
  which 
  are 
  without 
  public 
  water 
  

   for 
  fire 
  protection 
  or 
  general 
  purposes. 
  The 
  village 
  of 
  Tottenhill, 
  

   at 
  the 
  extreme 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  island, 
  is 
  supplied 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  plant 
  

   owned 
  by 
  the 
  municipality. 
  

  

  The 
  present 
  supplies 
  throughout 
  Staten 
  Island 
  are 
  from 
  driven 
  

   wells. 
  Eighty 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  Staten 
  Island 
  is 
  stated 
  to 
  

  

  

  