﻿HYDROLOGY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  849 
  

  

  and 
  that 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Central 
  & 
  Hudson 
  River 
  Railway 
  Com- 
  

   pany 
  was 
  pumping 
  regularly 
  about 
  300,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day 
  from 
  

   a 
  single 
  deep 
  well 
  at 
  this 
  point. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  obtain 
  authentic 
  

   information, 
  application 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  railroad 
  officials, 
  from 
  

   whom 
  it 
  was 
  learned 
  that 
  said 
  well 
  was 
  adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  creek 
  and 
  

   had 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  ten 
  feet; 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   the 
  well 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  rocky 
  strata 
  below, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  

   pumpage 
  did 
  not 
  exceed 
  100,000 
  gallons 
  per 
  day 
  ; 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  months 
  they 
  had 
  difficulty 
  in 
  obtaining 
  a 
  sufficient 
  supply 
  

   for 
  their 
  engines, 
  and 
  that 
  their 
  well 
  affected 
  another 
  well 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity, 
  which 
  would 
  indicate 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  was 
  limited. 
  It 
  

   was 
  also 
  stated 
  that 
  both 
  the 
  railroad 
  officials 
  and 
  several 
  brew- 
  

   ing 
  companies 
  in 
  Rochester 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  thorough 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  

   availability 
  of 
  this 
  point 
  as 
  a 
  source 
  for 
  obtaining 
  a 
  large 
  supply 
  

   of 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  adverse 
  reports 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  experts 
  led 
  to 
  

   the 
  abandonment 
  of 
  the 
  enterprise. 
  It 
  was 
  obvious, 
  therefore, 
  

   that 
  little 
  Confidence 
  could 
  be 
  placed 
  in 
  well 
  or 
  springs 
  in 
  this 
  

   locality 
  for 
  municipal 
  purposes. 
  

  

  This 
  view 
  is 
  likewise 
  shared 
  by 
  an 
  experienced 
  well-driller 
  who 
  

   has 
  sunk 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  hundred 
  deep 
  wells 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   Rochester, 
  and 
  who 
  asserts 
  that 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  Gates 
  well 
  is 
  

   without 
  precedent 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  No 
  guarantee 
  can 
  be 
  given 
  

   that 
  a 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  of 
  water 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  any 
  depth, 
  

   or 
  from 
  any 
  number 
  of 
  wells 
  within 
  such 
  distance 
  of 
  each 
  other 
  

   as 
  would 
  admit 
  of 
  their 
  being 
  coupled 
  together 
  and 
  controlled 
  

   by 
  a 
  single 
  pumping 
  engine. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  Coldwater 
  

   is 
  about 
  25 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  Erie 
  canal 
  aqueduct 
  in 
  

   Rochester 
  and 
  about 
  six 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  City 
  Hall. 
  

  

  The 
  Snow 
  springs. 
  These 
  springs 
  are 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  

   John 
  Snow, 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  road, 
  and 
  about 
  seven 
  

   miles 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Rochester. 
  The 
  surface 
  

   of 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  locality 
  is 
  stated 
  at 
  60 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  

   of 
  the 
  canal 
  aqueduct. 
  It 
  was 
  thought 
  that 
  by 
  properly 
  developing 
  

   all 
  of 
  these 
  springs 
  a 
  combined 
  flow 
  of 
  from 
  100,000 
  to 
  200,000 
  

   gallons 
  per 
  day 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  dry 
  season. 
  The 
  

   water 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality 
  and 
  entirely 
  free 
  from 
  

   sulphur, 
  but 
  the 
  quantity 
  available 
  was 
  altogether 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  

  

  