Report of Commissioners on Sources of Water Supply for the City of Syracuse, New York. February 1st, 1889 |
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albuminoid ammonia Almond amount analyses annum average bacteria Board boilers Burnet capacity carbonate of lime Catharine Cazenovia Lake chlorine City of Syracuse Clinton Common Council conduit line contains Creek at Cardiff Croes distributing reservoir East side Erie Canal estimate Fayette feet flow Franklin Free Ammonia gallons a day Gang Geddes Genesee gravel Green Lake hydrant inches investigation James Jefferson Knapp's Hill Lake Ontario Lodi midway million gallons Montgomery Mulberry necessary North side number of bacteria Oneida Lake Onondaga Creek organic impurity organic matter Oswego Otisco Lake permanent hardness pipe Plate present Professor Salina Salmon River samples Seneca River Sept Skaneateles Creek Skaneateles Lake source of supply source of water South side special commissioners square miles storage reservoir sulphates surface Syracuse level Syracuse Water Company temporary hardness tion total solids Townsend Tully Lakes University Hill vegetable Warren Washington water supply water-shed water-works West
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Page 21 - The legislature shall not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Ohamplain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal or the Black River canal ;* but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever.
Page 22 - ... between the great western and northern lakes, and the Atlantic ocean, which now are, or hereafter shall be made and completed: And the said tolls, together with the duties on the manufacture of all salt, as established by the act of the fifteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen ; and the duties on goods sold at auction, excepting therefrom, the...
Page 28 - ... and after having each taken, subscribed and filed in the office of the city clerk of said city the constitutional oath of office, shall elect one of their number...
Page 39 - Viewed in its connection with this affection, the organic ammonia should not exceed .16 parts, for, when .20 is reached, the disease makes its appearance and becomes more pernicious in individual cases as the amount increases. Not that aquamalarial developments are to be expected in every case where the organic ammonia exceeds this limit, but that experience shows a greater probability of their occurrence with a water thus impregnated, — malaria being more likely to be present with a large than...
Page 38 - As animal matter, in certain stages of its decomposition or enveloping specific germs, gives expression to its presence in the system by the...
Page 21 - Omaha shall have the right at any time after the expiration of twenty years to purchase the said waterworks at an appraised valuation, which shall be ascertained by the estimate of three engineers, one to be selected by the city council, one by the waterworks company and these two to select the third: Provided, That nothing shall be paid for the unexpired franchise of said company.
Page 38 - ... of typhoid fever, so vegetable matter, in certain stages of its decomposition, or enveloping specific germs, gives rise to an adynamic remittent, for which the writer has suggested the name of aquamalarial fever.
Page 22 - Whenever in the opinion of the board, any water may be spared from any state canal, or works connected therewith, without injury to the navigation or safety of such canal, and the persons entitled to the first privilege of taking such water, shall not avail themselves thereof, or there shall be no...
Page 39 - ... although some analysts prefer to calculate the corresponding amount of chloride of sodium (common salt), and report in this way. Although chlorides are present in all soils and natural waters, the quantity in the uncontaminated water of most regions is very small. Where this is known to be the case, the presence of any noticeable amount of chlorine (say much more than I part in 100,000) indicates contamination from human sources...
Page 27 - The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION I. THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK for the time being, in respect to his office, and WASHINGTON IRVING, WILLIAM B.