Show NEW HEW EVI YORKS RESERVOIR DAM THREATENED ED New York March 28 No break has yet vet 01 In the dam form forming ing ig In th New Ne ew Croton reservoir which w was menaced yesterday by h a 11 flood of water from tho the great Croton water watershed shed baL Ih Workmen are arc tho the at nit nil points of danger anger and nn a I patrol has been Jeen established to give Im warning should n a break threat on The Tho Village of Croton Land LandIn LandIng In Ing with n a population of 1100 Is one ono mile below lv When engineers la charge of the res re reir ir of tho the flood they thoy hur hurto to the dam open tho the gi but the thu outflow o to hi tho the Croton nv nver tr er iiiI an 11 to the tho Hudson HUson wits In I nt Ot to carry ort oft tho the rapidly rising war nofri lI Pr entering from an area of at I miles and step stepp wore were ut at once tiK i to O avert n a break It h vi t m il a expected that the dam would In t b lato late tills this summer Ix rt I that If It would take talca takeI ii I ut two 10 and a 11 half haIr years for tal the red reH reHI v I 40 0 jIll so len ies than a month ago igo gate gaus were ero Installed and andin in s I g tho the was as 18 denuded of Vu boua ii trees tos anti and brush wore burned burnett iv ver r the basin was wa allowed 1 to bo be bogin boCI gin CI filling fifing TIle The snowfall of at tho the past win in le i iid 1 recent reen brought about conditions on which tho the engineers had Jint Thit rp kanei Tho The reservoir begun began ailing with rapidity Tho rho dam II b nr iry a quarter of ot a n mile In length With the unexpected Hood flood It filled rap Lily Illy AM reached tho the mark bo ho ft tt Hie tho langel was as appreciated The Tho 11 which the tho dam wits WitH Intended to t D hold when completed la i Tho rs Believe that the danger will viii l 1 M only anly temporary continuous t r as ill I u tuo 0 o the to vise rise beyond Its r sit nigh high mari the tho last week the tho r has 1 I lIy rising riling In the tho reservoir en an n f c n 1 two or three days It had been heen MT ocr r the spillway of ot tho the dam e et t May however the tho gates gatos Were ero und Iho the water was waft allowed to run tun tolo tnt the III us Proton rot on river It H Is la not he be J n ri lay jy that there Is la any danger e 0 ci A of ot the gates of tho the dam dinu |