An Inquiry Into the Conditions Relating to the Water-supply of the City of New YorkI. H. Blanchard Company, 1900 - 627 страница |
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... service in the important districts . We have , therefore , assumed that of the water brought in by gravity at an elevation of 310 feet , as much of it as may be required by the low service would flow into the present reservoirs , and ...
... service in the important districts . We have , therefore , assumed that of the water brought in by gravity at an elevation of 310 feet , as much of it as may be required by the low service would flow into the present reservoirs , and ...
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... low water . This increased power would furnish opportunity for large ... no difficulty in the way of purification . By passing it through properly constructed ... service , and its installation resulted in immediately and very materially ...
... low water . This increased power would furnish opportunity for large ... no difficulty in the way of purification . By passing it through properly constructed ... service , and its installation resulted in immediately and very materially ...
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... low cost it is probable that other eco- nomical uses will be found for it . In the greater parts of the Boroughs of ... service is not based so much on a hope of materially reducing the quantity of water used , stated as being only about ...
... low cost it is probable that other eco- nomical uses will be found for it . In the greater parts of the Boroughs of ... service is not based so much on a hope of materially reducing the quantity of water used , stated as being only about ...
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... low ground on the Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek . In the Borough of ... pressure sufficient for all ordinary do- mestic uses without its being necessary ... service supply were not needed . In 1865 , however , it was necessary to ...
... low ground on the Harlem River and Spuyten Duyvil Creek . In the Borough of ... pressure sufficient for all ordinary do- mestic uses without its being necessary ... service supply were not needed . In 1865 , however , it was necessary to ...
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... SERVICE . The pumping of a large proportion of all the water at present furnished to the inhabitants of New York City is a necessary consequence ( 1st ) of the low elevation of the sources of Brooklyn's water supply , all of which are ...
... SERVICE . The pumping of a large proportion of all the water at present furnished to the inhabitants of New York City is a necessary consequence ( 1st ) of the low elevation of the sources of Brooklyn's water supply , all of which are ...
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acres additional supply Adirondack Adirondack Mountains aqueduct asphalt average daily Borough of Manhattan Boston Brooklyn buildings capacity cent construction consumption of water cost per million Croes Croton Aqueduct Croton River Croton water cubic feet daily consumption delivered elevation Engineering Committee Esopus Creek estimates of cost feet above tide filtered fireboats flow furnished gallons a day gallons per day gallons per head gravity ground-water head per day Housatonic Rivers houses Hudson River hydrant increase Lake leakage leaks located Long Island Low Service Main High Service Manhattan meters miles of pipe municipal obtained pavements plant population Poughkeepsie proposed pumping station purposes quantity of water Ramapo Company Ramapo Water Company reduced Ridgewood Reservoir salt water Schoharie Schoharie Creek Schroon Lake Schroon River sewers sources square miles storage reservoirs streams street supply of water surface TABLE tion Upper High Service Wallkill River waste of water water supply watershed
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Страница 425 - ... property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation ; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes. This section shall not prevent such county, city, town or village from making such provision for the aid or support of its poor as may be authorized by law.
Страница 426 - The amount hereafter to be raised by tax for county or city purposes, in any county containing a city of over one hundred thousand inhabitants, or any such city of this state, in addition to providing for the principal and interest of...
Страница 425 - ... shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any manner to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assessment rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness...
Страница 424 - No county, city, town or village shall hereafter give any money or property, or loan its money or credit to or in aid of any individual, association or corporation, or become directly or indirectly the owner of stock in, or bonds of, any association or corporation; nor shall any such county, city, town or village be allowed to incur any indebtedness except for county, city, town or village purposes.
Страница 442 - ... said bonds for their redemption, by raising annually a sum which will produce an amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds at their maturity.
Страница 425 - All certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes, which are not retired within five years after their date of issue, and bonds issued to provide for the supply of water, and any debt hereafter incurred by any portion or part of a city, if there shall be any such debt, shall be included in ascertaining the power of the city to become otherwise indebted...
Страница 473 - Involve the employment of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall contain a stipulation that no laborer, workman or mechanic in the employ of the contractor, sub-contractor or other person doing or contracting to do the whole or a part of the work contemplated by the contract shall be permitted or required to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day, except in cases of extraordinary emergency caused by flre, flood or danger to life or property.
Страница 470 - An act to amend chapter 371 of the Laws of 1 866, entitled 'An act to extend the operation and effect of the act passed February 17, 1848, entitled An act to authorize the formation of corporations for manufacturing, mining, mechanical or chemical purposes...
Страница 425 - Nor shall this section be construed to prevent the issue of bonds to provide for the supply of water; but the term of the bonds issued to provide the supply of water shall not exceed twenty years, and a sinking fund shall be created on the issuing of the said bonds for their redemption, by raising annually a sum which will produce an amount equal to the sum of the principal and interest of said bonds at their maturity.
Страница 436 - The consequence is, therefore, that there is no such thing known to the law as a right to any particular flow of surface water, jure naturae.