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Show SCARCIT Y OF WATER. New York on the Edge of a Famine of the Very Necessary Fluid. New York, Nov. 14. The people here are in great fear of a water famine or a great scarcity at least, if the drought continues. The chief engineer of the Croton aequcduct, speaking iu regard to it said: "The present supply from the Croton river is about 50,000,000 gallons a day, and this comparatively small supply will gradually grad-ually grow less as the. drought continues. contin-ues. The reserve supply in Kirk lake, Lake Mahopae, and other smaller lakes, has been entirely exhausted. "I am trying to hold all the water I can in Central Park and Forty-Second street reservoirs reser-voirs for use in case of fire, but with the utmost, ut-most, economy the water there is steadily falling and is now lower than ever before. Men were sent out yesterday to turn off the water from all public and private drinking drink-ing fountaius and open hydrants. All sprinkling of streets will be stopped. This I alone will save about 200,000 gallons a day. The reduction of pressure will also save over a million gallons a day. "All that will save us from water famine n'ow," said Mr. Bird-sail, Bird-sail, "will be a fall of two inches of rain." |