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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  the 
  machinery 
  was 
  stopped, 
  whereupon 
  the 
  water 
  fell 
  to 
  a 
  level 
  

   of 
  6 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  casing, 
  and 
  rose 
  only 
  1.6 
  feet 
  during 
  

   the 
  following 
  seventeen 
  hours, 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  which 
  time 
  pumping 
  

   was 
  resumed. 
  From 
  August 
  26 
  to 
  August 
  29 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   714,780 
  gallons 
  per 
  24 
  hours 
  was 
  pumped, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  re- 
  

   ducing 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  well 
  to 
  a 
  level 
  of 
  8.8 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  the 
  casing. 
  During 
  the 
  interval 
  between 
  2.52 
  p. 
  m. 
  of 
  August 
  

   29 
  and 
  3.30 
  p. 
  m. 
  of 
  September 
  2, 
  the 
  water-level 
  gradually 
  rose 
  

   to 
  a 
  point 
  0.46 
  foot 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  said 
  .casing. 
  At 
  the 
  last 
  

   named 
  time 
  the 
  pump 
  was 
  again 
  started 
  and 
  continued 
  in 
  full 
  

   operation 
  until 
  7 
  p. 
  m. 
  of 
  September 
  10, 
  discharging 
  on 
  the 
  aver- 
  

   age 
  653,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  24 
  hours, 
  and 
  finally 
  lowering 
  the 
  water 
  

   level 
  to 
  9.58 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  casing. 
  

  

  The 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  test 
  was 
  discouraging; 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  

   geologic 
  characteristics 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  were 
  unfavorable 
  to 
  the 
  

   presumption 
  that 
  a 
  sufficiently 
  large 
  and 
  permanent 
  supply 
  of 
  

   good 
  water 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  underlying 
  strata, 
  even 
  

   though 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  other 
  experimental 
  wells 
  were 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity, 
  and 
  also 
  because 
  the 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  premises 
  refused 
  to 
  

   permit 
  another 
  well 
  to 
  be 
  drilled 
  on 
  his 
  land 
  without 
  much 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  compensation, 
  it 
  was 
  deemed 
  more 
  prudent 
  to 
  examine 
  

   other 
  available 
  sources 
  before 
  incurring 
  the 
  further 
  large 
  expense 
  

   involved 
  by 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  proposed 
  pumping 
  station 
  

   and 
  force 
  main 
  to 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  analyses 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  this 
  well, 
  as 
  made 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Lattimore. 
  (1) 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  May 
  9, 
  1890, 
  before 
  

   beginning 
  any 
  test; 
  (2) 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  May 
  27, 
  1890, 
  after 
  three 
  

   days 
  continuous 
  pumping, 
  and 
  (3) 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  May 
  31, 
  1890, 
  

   after 
  seven 
  days 
  continuous 
  pumping. 
  

  

  {Parts 
  per 
  100,000) 
  

  

  (1) 
  (2) 
  (3) 
  

  

  Total 
  solids 
  35.00 
  35.50 
  35.50 
  

  

  Loss 
  on 
  ignition 
  10.50 
  10.50 
  10.50 
  

  

  Fixed 
  residue 
  24.50 
  25.00 
  25.00 
  

  

  Sodium 
  chloride 
  trace 
  trace 
  trace 
  

  

  Ammonia, 
  free 
  none 
  , 
  none 
  none 
  

  

  