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Show MORE WATER FOR BROOKLYN, Foundation of a New and Handsome Water Tnwur Laid Today. Special to Tho Times. Bkooki.tn, N. V., March ('..At Inst Brooklyn is to have increased water facilities, and those of her citi.ens living liv-ing on high ground can enjoy tho luxury of ritunlnn water in tho upper siorics of their houses. The foundation of a new and handsome water tower was laid today by the mayor, on the tingle of the reservoir, at, tho eastern P.O'k-way P.O'k-way and llalbush avenue, near the Prospect park entrance. The tower is to be of red granite. . The structure will bo ItiU feet above the strpet and 'Ml feet above tide water. The stand pipe will bo seventy-five feet high and .Nix-teen .Nix-teen feet in diameter, with a capacity of over II'., (11W gallons of water. The design, although, not following any style is in the general composition, feudal in eharactei', the detail being French gothie. By the addition of (his tower greater safety to property iln-aied iln-aied on the more elevated portions of t lie city will bo secured, for the lire department de-partment has long com plained of a lack of aullieient pressure to throw a stream of water to the top of the buildings. |