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·. · 1 ' NOTICE PO WA. - aULY . O B . . ꝏndaot the water om the Ck . the p� _ln_el� J 1 1 1 · ' · · y , · a' pl פor a conduit or brk,- d from that t & · , . V. . HALD !fn, No.' " 155 S outh Fourth ' �- · , �: va the eupply water . wfr , e r. From ' S ee Pb iladclphi+, i s tho solo agent o f t · K RIC. Ailu sf o n : beu , y r made In Ie colum of . t. e Irond uoit k, }he �pply ehould elevat by . 0,:, ·o J o uar u r t h o St a t e o f t Penn s yl v ani+. Ible J o oRn t t o a p able · r t by M r. Daniel H a n h, C , e am po " er , to la � D the o k, through pi פ_, '\ ' E. , to the Mayor and Common Conn II of Rb r, N . dlr L l y to the r rvoir . om"tbe Ollet at · Rolb, · r. " o p ened t o ball! ' since Jnn+o r y Y., 0/1 . the prod lnt r n oJ l on of a i np p ly o f pa o פn an ? el . wonl con v . ey tbe; war t Ifie · i ; od . . . 1 wit ' . s e veral · d esirnl>l o ndvertiec m ents n od wa r Into thot oily. To lhi end an vertiment bꜳ then c e by war-power i t could elevad to tbs. d 1 appeared in the column, of lb\a osu, inviting propo. , r e rvoir. • , . , - 1 + bac r i er e , Dd wo cord ial l y ro9 o m m o 11 i i m to le r · tho erection of Ibo · wor ka ; nd by a c l roul . Near tho . village of · Ca leooia, ant · 1 9 mll fro m e en t r p r i a i ng m nnufoct-urers of . thnt stn o as our · om' tho Commi Xloq o , II i i ano uncod that I ll e de ol gn R b ct r, there und a cn pioua· afld �oilral •prior, io t ol l i "e nta od en� rgot ic agont , t hro u h . who s c hands of the city of Rbe er , In e olici t i p prop ls r a i up < di 6n rging f r om 2 ' to. , , o0 0, 0 gal l ons o r n reot ply or watr lrom Hem . lk Lake, ia Eimply to coot an war eh day. This war m i ght conveyed in pi פo r ders will fead h , us sily ond b e . sa ti s f act or i l y . n rrangeme 11 I with a war works campany, or other con- to lbi cit1, but, on aout . of , lbe dience; · not a l a n . · filled . . · lrac�ors, by which · w� r f o r pub l io urp Th s , may 1 eleva l io o sufflOient for ldislri butio y gravity. · · · L d · I I M obtamed on ' the most V ge ous r . eo 9 n rac - , Bo l b the quality ol the wa from all thejÛI · Our gents m . on on, ng a n c · are esars . tors will acquire lbe rl_sbt · . u the waler of the , Jke, nam, an the cost of tho worka which would, ToBER & ., 80 Pateestor RQw, w ho 1re nu- the right f . w•r fQr conveyin g _ l e ar -• upply . to tho quired ' convey Ib o wawr to a uible diltribo ng th6 ri s ed to obin subscriptions not! advert isc m eo· city, coo trot t� e rnislfe work�, lay the m•1e · ana rervoir, gether with tbe. contin�al ex פ_ o t pom . I . f t h A . G t undfrlnkc tho entire work on ! ir o n respo n mb ilily. l ug. aro co noideratious hiclt 'render tbe urce a of for OB. mg 8 oopica . 0 8 <RIO , AS· 1� 11T 1'bu ci(y will coott p a y a c cr l n sum . per annum supply fo r Rhester objecliooablo, compared with the J. UL w i l l b e nlways on s alo nt Mes s rs . 'l'RObHfR for the u of war for fi re an otb · er pob l lc p u rpose , outlet of He lꝏk Lake, al Smithwn. rA•s. coun t1 r : lo the ompa oy wbo construct the worka. 1n the wesl part .of the town · of Yeadon e ve� I . I . . ,. . t i · o. Jfi e city ha 0 &lready prd a f a ll survey or r ou,, d f ' nsid bl d . d f s offl c lonl elevation for ; We wt n firs t C n BS acbv e agen t IO l ;J c > nna • ' Oi t i mat s O f · c , and other da� Which I re pob \ iabed in rb: ir 8 w�le � to a �du �n �pe, by the fo oi gr& . a pampbl t of ij 8 pag� · which tho atnti o n of lb vity to I bo . di o lriboling · · r• ervo'-bu� the qoanllty of BUSESS DEPTNT. inlereatedJs, direoted · or farther and more complete lnfor · w i r flowi n g from · tbem Js qui inaomcian , to supply · 0 A t ·& c r F k� d · Pb'I motion on the euect of war -s upply t or 1bo c ity of ci t y, ing only al 600, gallons פr day . .. U, • "UR o. ' O n ° 1 . P near 1 Rh e ster . . I . be ponds, and Ibo val!ey . In whi c h they eitu - elp bia, bav tcen a prominent ple on our Ot pn ge ' Tho rePQ to t ¥r, Mnh la �v1deo t 1 1 be WO(� o f a a d , are i m por nt onl y ꜳ tbey are.lated on a feꜳibl a t o o e r · their Ynried , manufaoluo to the trade. Mers. competent, nt �lh g e� t and , p t l_ l eng m r. F i 1 o b routo r pi , or oilier cQndui c m Hemlk Lake, or Vkirk & Oo'a. eabliebmenl ii we l l known ing on lain. i ug the resulʦ oM�a e x per o a of oth er cilies, he i outlet e oity ; ' may bmo the si of a l� g e · · proc�eds to apply thatrnfo rmati lo the f ull dev c lo p e - · storing reeervoi rr th walere or this lake• . · a a e intiye. ale and Ibey have recently opened n w u re · menl or the material at b mmand. . , . . I t may i nresting to no tho extent d . ca pacity bonæ d sa1room in ih; ci!y ol Phiiadelpbi�. Amng the &orcs s ?f -JDPI Y from wh i c h th a t 1ty · o r tho lak e s, a , exhibited in the following table : , . w. . GatPTS & Co., ala� of Philadelphia , may abundabtly rur01e b ed w1tb waler, ꜳ we iear i l from . · . · . · . , enter O columoe t o doy, f or the Oi lime, ibeirexlen- lh . 10 ,;eport, are tho Genee Iver, Lake Onrio, Iro�de- TahZ hor111g IM . & _ . I�/ a+d Capac:t . v t� 1, �r r it Creek, Blaok Creek. ittle Black Creek, or the ' Dth, Dr'n•g• a+d othu Chora<l11t1c1. . , i ,e tn •WOUB, to which par l icular at n t ion is c a ll e d. . in in which it ris, Calonia Spring, the M endon G THK�O are dvertiœd tdny ; also a Pho- l 'onds. Honeoye.Oullel, al We,t Rueb, ·Honeoye On tie\, tomer Apparatus and roo . m, with 11� _ 1ings comple. . at. Smitblown· , Coue!ua Lake, Hemlk Lake. Of , these b ies and tTeame of war, tho most obvioue and im- T be . di trous eoct of our po h li cu l folli e s u p t cbaraclerielics · Y _ ad ꜳ !oilows· : neral b hꜳ, nol loocbed the g nod water app · Genes co River which qoe thr ough 1be centre of t to a rious ox�nt; showing their freedQm from . th� . ty; , .wHb a volume of war. one-Oni�tb p>rt of oiny 'dlaing i nfluenCee of trade. We await . which, at lo� wnter, wo1ld be more t�at sumc1en\ t 9 · . . . . euppl tbe city , would rum1eb the mo o t BUDple and cheap tiently a ttlement of this i cked qua ol l oro pre- m e . of m e eting I bi s g reat want of our population, wero -µ11lng our reders an improved and enlarged ooa- i t oot o bjl io n ble on aonnt of the quality of the xu U nill that di i ablo lime WtHhall go along a l half ater: Beeides it'proverbial b�o, the war or lhi: - · . nver ,s f requently r.od•red turbid and u6Hor uM, b] ., .u, · th eeoʦ of flos in· the 'river. At eucb timea tho Hoo THE HoOe t a m� L100Tu t os B . nD adverl i a mo . uld f rom the alluvial ' (orOMion of � b valley abo ! e, new light on the utb-eꜳt coast �a. is bo�no along. echanically � פu ed in such quant1t1ee · Tss DTn'T invl pro p ls r repairin g that 11 d� oot wholly . su1de uulli the war of tho - · river are intimly mi o glod with lbo· or Lake Onrio. e public bp3 : . By means or �b!ldlng ot fitn rrvoirs. 1h1 1 im- · Atte�tion rail to the anno� . ement I . hat Mr. V. p u r . �ty migl i r ably be removed. The qualily . rmed ut o Mn is an agent in ,Pbiladelpbia, nod Me. , barJue. 1s pr' cipally owing lo the pre s ence of limo loo T aoe+u Co. I n London. icti . mateiy, co bined . \o P�d by ſtilr . atiod a n d is , ,Jerived prlocipaily from lbe lnburies which fl. ow Into the river ' up . on the · wt Bide. low Mounl Morris, and LenKlh mllH � • . Width O ptb(Ht . . . . . . e . .. . . . Dg�act • • Swamp �t bd of lkt, ICNI •• , • , , m.,. £rom ha1t'1 l l lohuum dllcha Llon�. ' l- " 10 to 2 11 36,1 716 ll•ml. --- - . -. I 1-10 6 7-10 7 C� )$ 10 \ . 6&J 4 !U 8 18Ó 8,0 ' 8,X» 2 7 1 6 BQ,91U 0 1 0 26 · :1u o u u I �•. '�\ È 3 ltO me in l'• p. daJ .8,W, �l,U.O 3,240,UO.i 1 1 4 , , No. or cal'• l 1 rꝏt daplbat· 1urfe .• 560,È 178,:nF,":<• �.nt, l,OlR,,761 . l ' • p. da1 } 1,aa6,2 <8 8,M 1 a,66G 2,t6,ffl Aad mln'm"Bow.. a.�0, 2 , tco,0) 3 1 40 1 l l.Ci, Total ll1 dlc cba,1 - or un ke. .. . • 4 1 776 1 2 2,6ts,101 4,626,6< 4 676,� In lbe ave lJle, tbe . quaoti�y or war which . m•1 fuiniebed from Hemlk Loke, b! making . a draught un the aame, upon rervoir one fꝏt dp, ia ebown to f o .r 1he bule ye, D in : · gallous פr day • . • • • • . . . • • . . . . • . . • . • . . . . • . • • • l,3U,M6 Do. of Cadice Lake, Ii feet deep, 733,060 Vmrr To m · E BaꝏnT, N. Y., WATim . Wonn-Tbo although not invariable i n It proportion to the whole C6onera of the Brooklyn Water-Works, wilh _ quaolity of water in iho river, it.ls a rions objection 3,1 18,626, a oumr of invid gues, including In lbc nu m r the · the u of this, a u e of eu P ply fo r h c o r, . un. Tp is r f o ur molba only, . would be , ..... . . 6,965,878 Mayor of Brꝏklyn · , •m of Ambiy elect for Kings I e se r e serv o irs were to be coostr ti c t s- d of such cap a city Should H eml Lake drawn down 2 ft. and Ca- nnty. the Pidentof the Boar d of Aldermen. members lhol re1r, to the river ilf could diopeod with, nice 3 fe�t, te quantity would be 4,23T,262 allone פr · ctlbe War Commite of the Common Council. Alder - exc e pt at times of high water . · W�en the voh,me of the day, for the year, und 12,71 1,75 gallonlor 4 moothe. . meo, aa lt, bu _ to\, lel, the PreX, preeded o n Fri• wuler i a incre d m y l d by r ent rain , Il i c qu - �· or I bo r maining pa n ot 1)1e year, tho · n1 1ural di&- J' , D . 28. on a visit of insפction to the water - work s li ly . of lime-aring ar, in' tbe whole qua1ity, rewuas charge of the•• two la would be ample both for , lbe l ongi ng the ' c try of Brooklyn, · and the ,ources · of almoot iov11riable, nod lbersby the degree of bardneæ l a w of Rhesr, aud for the mil le eiiual - upon tho , p� I . . . . . , . greaUy diminished. There can little donbl that . the ouliel. . . be company, at i n æven becks, sted from . City wator of !h i \ river may render e d v go v that A s the purity or the waler su p ply i, a subject of ereai · Hall-nare 9 o'olk A. M.- one hour beyond the which is now i e d m a o y c iti i n l bi a country, i m p or nce, utfeoiing the bculth · of a community, it Um e api nle,r r •tarting having been »criOced to in - nod much lr t bn o that wbicb. iR f urnished w- veral may well to no the comparative con, or eol ld u b l e onetom At a gentle trot the party pa d ·ci ties of· Euro· The un o ccupied water . power : t the mailer per gallon which the various ,treama ana poude - ougb M yrl l avenoe a n d the Cypre Rill Plank-road Rapid aflbrda aoonvenieot andeconomlcal mes ofel In the vicini,y of Rheeler old in •olu t ioo. e Ridgewo R rvoir. Here tbej nlibled and va l i ng the waler to the prod dtributing rerv�ir. Grwa or ꝏlld menc a tear of insפction on foot. . By ' the office Lak'e Onrio p 'reot lbe p u rt d mœt cop10�1 s •I r,ay. n,aner p.r glon. I D c h ge the party were lnf orm that- the r ervoir cov - •.upply of water in the viciaity of Rbr. 'be du,. 1. 0 . · b I G 1 1 , 16 of 2 7 rea, and is capable of holdin g �ce o t tbie Lato from noy uible ai for a di1tr1�ut- 2 . k� . r : 0 �r �o: or :1� •. t u •t� · lbe · � 10- 1 70,0 llon, of war . At 1be preœnt time, bow- ing re rvoir, aod the el•valion lo which � war ual u. . uorth . ,, ot plen d 1ond the otnam } 6 . 40 , "e r, the 0+lf ll�, 090,0 gallo in it, maklog " niise,f by ei er sam or war power, altboogh ve G••- · R l n; ;t:r�. ' '.� o · - . . :": ::: : . : · : .. ll-Sl dt p f e e t. The average q n antity of water fu rloua objeottona . tbis plan or eupplying the city would , a . l, • bl&h ""'i ,p,n, 1•• . . . • .. .. 0 . 40 the city dur the· week days 11 i,600,000 galloÛ not be de•med jurmounJ u ble, I! e t of the le e . . • Do. . . ,ow ...r , Juno, IO•.• ,. .. • .. h1r פr day. On &naay the quantity la , reduced to coald at +) tlmea obl�ined I n e purity which it pre ; 1 . Do. · &t · h lsh watu, Aueu•� l8 . . . .. . . .. , . .. N ' , ,11 · · ʦ t d o f . the ebore and out o t the range · 8. D o. a ta hfaer 11aio or w,hr. 1u,ueat } a . , -o .: , · u a , . qo . rom ,,_ RI A I tho an; Augu,1, 18 •. · . . . . . •• • " T be e nat fou concluded here, theviPito re-entered of admix! with the wat e + of the cne Yer. 0 Do. hig h wa r o u ba i ds . . . .. . . . . . . .. ••.. . , . r riage aud preeded to the engine-hou, near eupply oi n . lhleouewoutd e n e o U ke tha td i a tri 10 : J•dequol t <k , P<•6•14 . . .. . . . ... . . .. . . . . . . . .. . 2. . . a ewYork, whe Ibey again allab. The pum p - bud t o Qlevold aud Cbioago,' · aud ' פrha In me- 1 1 . f�,i: �i:�· �..'cbt i i: : : : : ::::::: :::::::::: : : :::::: . l f : ' blne1 he elicita lbe · admiration of al l ' pre - what Ie dege, Bualod Detroi ome , turbid }� · , d er. " · 12 67 There ii hat one Oor� . engine a work yet: - Thia and nplen1 1 1i the' tlme of every , etorm on the lake, a: : :p , �· . . .�:: : : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : :: : :;::::: o: _b of throwing- in . trvoir at Ri dgewood and it en roꭐ the lake within e aisce of fr om 1 10. Mondo• Po•da. .. . . . . .. . . . . . . ; . .. . . . . , .. .. .. . r · , . . ., ¥ · w 10,0 , gallo!3 of E . Jr day. The ma to 3 ml 1 om the moulh · or lbe Gen- River, · It 10. BoD001• Onet, Woat Ruoh. .. . . . . . . . .. . . : . . . 1 1 ; . .. 8·1" ot b e of the me I, hU lbe ground, d wuld at limes derid in qollty, b7 the prnce 1 1 · 1 ' , !; s: e . · . . : . . . �'�.- } •·81 pat pl nut so er. The engine 6ow i n of th-rl ver 1a�r, wl ch may wa a ac a c on - 18 . ·� t o w .. . , Ho · li at one ll ke l,OH ga U 0 1+ S inco It w ꜳ � n t ei er a le d n �l n e ir tio �r a p v alent w d. · 1 0 . �: :: :::: : : : : : : : : : : :. : : : : : : :: : : : :: :; : : : :� : :: : t. Hn o tj, . onpyagolI une, l,831,600el<okes By either s . wer � la a(the Le Sore, "°· · b,a n e. From· lhi int , the p,rty �Wt d in or war wer at e Lower Fal , on e �ver , a · t:� �: �:r :�• :;,'!� 1 ;;; : : : : : : ::: : : : : : : : : 1: 2u e,'s, Cowell'a Cle Stream, P. Corn- cient qnatily of 1 ar may, with �nty d succe , . w, Norlh >uuua Si. . . . . .. . ... ., ••.. •, ••• . Smltb & P' nd l A loncb Wken e l eva to e lribut gr rvo , d thce con • :: : :.� : w uh: 8 " · ,: : : : · . : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: �:�{ · h t y ' a Pond, d the party k of "+fnner ve ye d thrQugb the oit y by gvit7. · · 1 Ó. , i wa r d hnm, blll. . .: . . : . . .. ... . . . . . '1• P ia' n R aving l · the whole · · Fr om Bl k · IJ k / In l b& D of Obl l l, a po t :n . . . . z, AYuo, a1u01b t., .:.. .... .. . . . . . a•·l8 U o f wu, e y n " ta city at a ut s aat 6 mlles �th-wt ot �be · d i tiog vo : 28. · 0o: ' uth A•1ano . . . , .. . . ... . . . ....... . . , . • ••. .• 4- , . o ' the · enalng, all weU pled with what they from the lrondaolt C!�ek in Penfield, at " int whe . : . "" or w .u. I hH,., .. •:. ... ••• • • • • · ·: . i- · hd, , mo e v er convlnce that le etrm in l windlg coo ap�rh wiln 'i �. �. �. �r.1!-; 1 : : . :; ::::::: : ·::::: f ; 1 ꜳ pply of pu w l r - d , l ha lbe mlle aof e ' r v olr, om th u H on ye 0 + . et a , . ' . ,' _ ,i,: : : : : . :; · ·· - P ;: . · . · . · . · . : . . . . .• · . : . . •. · . . . . . H , : r Wor fnl ual ' nol inperlor W l ijn1b; aal H mllee m the oir, the requl· )= - - '"- ,_i I '"e ld" S',, _ .' ' ei' quantllL of ar nld, aHbe Jow ln theæ ·N, lQ WaT lrom • cr.. .m .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . : . : . ... . •• 2-lo n.: : -- •r cl each . . m -o Nn1; a1: ....... .... . . : • · �I J &r worb.w�I in 0 - st. o pply � - . . W-. . . '. ., . ... . . ... . . . . . .. .... . . . . . . .. 111 �g !J l, 1 , eelpforer� pumping · �&. :!,:i�j . . ... :...... .. . . . . .. . ,. • , . . .. .... . . . 1 , · �. ,.. 11. .. . . o m Black ._ . n o -+-1-, +. �,a.,- . ... . , . . ... ,. . . . . . . •. . ., , .. . . . · . . . . . . . . .
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Page 1: Etcand other da Which Ire pob\iabed in rb: ir 8 w le to :, a . CO du n pe, by the force oi gr&• a pampbl t of ij8 pag · to which tho attention lbooe to Ibo .diolriboling ··r.e•ervo'!"-bu

·.· 1' NOTICE l'ROPOSBD WA.TB& -aUl'l'L Y .!'OB. . . lUICJIBS. oondaot the water !tom the Creek to.the Rap� _ln_el� J •11 • • 1 • · ' · · ,rro,n"' .., y , · a'plpe or a conduit or brlck,-tllld from that pqbit 'II:> & ·

, Mr. V . . HA.BOLD !fnas, No.'" 155 South Fourth ' �- · ... .......,, �: • vata the eupply by water.powfr, fu.ljie reaer,cilr. From ' Street, Pbiladclphi11, is tho solo agent oft�· .A.lCKRIC&J!. Ailusfon :baa b,eeu , alreadyr.made In Ille columDI of

.t�.e Irondequoit d'reek, }he �pply ehould be elevated. by . 0,:._, ··out Jouaru.i. fer tho State oftPennsylvani11.f'i: Ible JooRnt to ap able·report by Mr. Daniel Hanh, C, etllam po"er, to be loca� D'!l' the o�k, through pipe _,.. '\ ' E., to the Mayor and Common Conn II of Rocbealer, N. dlreoLly to the reeervoir . • Erom"tbe O.\lllet at ·Rolb, an · i,r. :Mt'BB8 Jiaa " opened tlio ball!' since Jnn11ory Y., 0/1 . the proJ>0;9ed lntrodnoJlon of a inpply of paro open cllan?el .wonl!l conv.ey tbe;water tt, Ifie · t>i!l>; '!od ... 1., with'' . several · desirnl>lo ndvertiecments nod water Into thot oily. To lhill end an advertillement baa thence by water-power it could be elevated to tbs. • ., • d 1 appeared in the column, of lb\a .JoURsu, inviting propo. ,reeervoir. • , . , • -111bacriliere, I\Dd wo cordially ro9ommo11 iim to Hale for · tho erection of Ibo ·worka ; �nd by a clroull\l' . Near tho . village of·CaleiJooia, ab;o.nt · 19 mllee from the ent.erpriaing mnnufoct-urers of .thnt stn o as our · from'tho Commi88loqors, II ii anociuncod that Ille deolgn R<icbctler, there ill round a cnpioua·afld be�oilral •prior, iotolli"entaod en�rgotic agont, throur;h .whosc hands of the city of Rocbeeter, In eolicitipg' propoeals for a iup< di.,o6nrging from 2' to. ,,o00,000 gallons or 1ranapireot <> ply or wat,:r lrom Hem

.lock Lake, ia Eimply to ctroot an walj!r each day. This water might be conveyed in pipe • orders will feadh ,us si.fcly ond be . satisfactor ily. nrrangeme11I with a water works campany, or other con- to lbiit cit1, but, on accoul)t . of, lbe dietance; ·not al an . · filled . . •

· lrac�ors, by which · w�.!8r ftaor publ

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1 be elevalioo sufflOient for ll&dislributioli }>y gravity. · • · .A. · L d · .E I I M obtamed on'the most ouV.IUl geous rtila. e o9n rac-, Bolb the quality ol the wallil' from all theeolll'COljDBI· • Our gents m . on on, ng anc · are esars . tors will acquire lbe rl_sbt to·.u"8 the waler of the ,J;ake, named, anii the cost of tho worka which would, be re. TrioBllER & Co., 80 Paternestor RQw, who .,1re nu- the right �f .w•r. fQr conveying_l�e '!ater-•upply. to tho quired' lo convey Ibo wawr to a l!uitable•diltribotfng

th6rised to obtnin subscriptions not! advertiscmeo.t,s· city, coo trtiot t�e reqnislfe work�, lay the m•11!e· ana reeervoir, together with tbe.contin�al expe_Dl!O ot pomp,. . s· I . f th • A . G t undfrlnkc tho entire work on llt!ir o�n responmbilily. lug. aro conoideratious 'l'hiclt 'render tbeeo eourcea of for OB. • mg 8 oopica. 0 8 ll<RIO.lll ,AS· 1�11T 1'bu ci(y will cootiaot to pay a ccrl.ain sum .per annum supply for Rochester objecliooablo, compared with the • JOOR.UL will be nlways on salo nt Messrs. 'l'RObHf.R for the u .. of water for fire anol otb·er pobllc purpose•, outlet of Heullook Lake, al Smithtown.

ct rA•s. count1r: • lo the (?ompaoy.,

wbo construct the worka. 1n the wesl part .of the town ·of Yeadon are eove�I '<". ...,. I . . ,. . ti · o. Jfie city ha\10 &lready procured a fall survey or route,, d f 'nsid bl d . d f sofflclonl elevation for ;We want n first C nBS a.cbve agent IO l;J.Dc>nna • ' Oitimat•s Of ·coo.I, and other da� Which Ire pob\iabed in rb:ir

8w�le� to :,

a CO�du��n �pe, by the force oi gr&• . a pampbl t of ij8 pag�· to which tho attention of lbooe vity to Ibo .diolriboling ··r.e•ervo'!"-bu� the qoanllty of BUSilVESS DEPARTIIIENT. inlereatedJ.s,direoted·i'or farther and more complete lnfor· w

ir flowing from ·tbemJs quite inaomcian, to supply ·

0 A.. t ·&c r F k� d · Pb'I motion on the eubject of water-supply tor 1bo city of th city, being only aboiil 600,000 gallons per day . . . IIIISBU, • "URIC o. ' O re.n °1. P near 1 • Rochester. . I . be.. ponds, and Ibo val!ey .In which they ""! eitu-l!lelpbia, bavo' tjl)cen a prominent place on our Onet pnge ' Tho rePQ t ot ¥r, M!lnh la �v1deot1,r 1be WO(� of a. atcd, are important only. aa tbey are.located on a feaaibla to offer· their Y.nried, manufaoluneo to the trade. Me&<frs. competent, nt�lhge�t and,p!1'!)tl_l;&l engmeer. Fir:91 ob. routo for piP!', or oilier cQnduic frqm Hemlock Lake, or Vankirk & Oo'a. eatabliebmenl ii well known as being on lain.iug the results oM�a experij!oa.e of other cilies, he ile outlet to tlie oity; a_n\l' may bec<imo the sito of a l�ge

· · proc�eds to apply thatrnformati!in lo the full devclope- ·storing reeervoirfor th walere or this lake •. ·aa eitentiye.scale and Ibey have recently opened n wure· menl or the material at bill command. . , . . It may be interesting to note tho extent and.capacity bonae ai.d sa1es-room in ih; ci!y ol Phiiadelpbi�. Am,ong the &ol\rcss ?f-JDPI\IY from which that i;1ty ·or tho lakes, a, exhibited in the following table : , !lasR&. w . .J. GatPTITl1S & Co., ala� of Philadelphia, may be abundabtly rur01ebed w1tb waler, aa we iearil from .· . · . · . , enter O,,;. columoe to doy, for the Orsi lime, ibeirexlen- lh

.10,;eport, are tho Genesee Iver, Lake Ontario, Iro�de- TahZ. -,hor.o111g IM .&

_. I�/ a11d Capac:t.v of t� [,a!c,1, �luirr uoit Creek, Blaok Creek. :!tittle Black Creek, or the ' Depth, Dr'!'n•g• a11d othu Chora<ltr11t1c1. .• ,i,e tnbe•WOUB, to which parlicular attention is called. . ll!in in which it rises, Caledonia Spring, the Mendon

G.s THK�OllETllS are lldvertioed to-dny ; also a Pho- l'onds. Honeoye.Oullel, al We,t Rueb, ·Honeoye On tie\, tometer Apparatus and roo. m, with 11�_1ings complete. . at.Smitblown·, Coue!ua Lake, Hemlock Lake. Of ,these

bodies and J1tTeame of waler, tho most obvioue and im-Tbe. dieaatrous etroct of our pohlicul follies up �

t cbaraclerielics ·IJl�Y be_ a!,ated aa !oilows·: general blllllless haa,nol loocbed the gas nod water app · Genesco River which qow;e through 1be centre of ratµ, to a serious ox�nt; showing their freedQm from.th� . ty; , .wHb a volume of water. one-Oni�tb p>rt of ordinary 'dlalreiraing influenCee of trade. We await. �which, at lo���� wnter, wo1.1ld be more t�at sumc1en\ t9 · . . . . euppl.t tbe city, would rum1eb the moot BUDple and cheap patiently a settlement of this _wicked quarrol beloro pre- mode.of meeting Ibis great want of our population, wero

-18111lng to our re'!ders an improved and enlarged .Jooa- it oot objeoliotlnble on acconnt of the quality of the xu. Unill that desiiablo lime WtHhall go along al half "'.ater: Beeides it.a'proverbial b�oess, the water or lhi� :.....,, - · . • nver ,s frequently r.od•red turbid and u.n6Hor uM, b] .,....u, • · the' etreots of floods in· the 'river. At eucb timea tho Hoo THE Ho!!Oll.l.eta m� L100Tu

t

o s B. �.lnD ad verliso a mo

.

uld from the alluvial' (orOO:Mion of �b� valley abo!e, new light on. the iloutb-eaat coast ��a. is bo�no along. 'mechanically �ll,Bpeu_d:ed in such quant1t1ee

·Tss 8nnT DEPilT.lln'T invl propoeals for repairing that 11 d� oot wholly. sube1de uulli the walerfL of tho - · river are intim&,tely mioglod with lbosc·or Lake Ontario. \he public bll!p3. • : . By means or �b!ldlng ot fitterln!f reservoirs. 1h11 im-·Atte�tion is railed to the anno� . ement I.hat Mr. V. pur.�ty mig_bl

ir tiably be removed. The qualily .termed

ll.utoLD Mnas is an agent in ,Pbiladelpbia, nod Messni. ,barJuess. 1s pr' cipally owing lo the presence of limo loo Taoe11u cl; Co. In London. icti.mateiy,co bined . \o be "'!P�led by ftilr.atiod and is

, ,Jerived prlocipaily from lbe lnbutaries which fl.ow Into the river 'up.on the· weet Bide. below Mounl Morris, and

LenKlh mllH � • • • • . Width O • • • • • •

Deptb:-(Ht . .. . . . Are.a.--accu . ...... . . Dralqag�acret.i • • • Swamp �t bead of

l.&kt, ICNI •• , • • , , m.,. £rom Rocha1t.'1 lllohuum dllchaiye

Lloneo1,�. • ' l-!', "10 to 21>

11:11 36,100

716 ••

ll•mlock. ----.-� .I 1-10 6 7-10 7 C�

)$ • 11-10 \

. ,t 60-&J • 46-W 8&-!U 11<8 18211 8,8"0

'8,88» 27 166-& • BQ,91U 0 • 100 0

• 2>I • 26 2fl

·:1..uouu�

I� •. '�\�� SOO 200 300 ltO

Same in gal'• p. daJ .8,2,W, �liO,U.O 3,240,UO.i 11020,000 , No. or cal'• l.o 1 root

daplbat·1urface .• 560,200. 00 178,:nF,":<)l• �.nt,'°° l,OlR,o::&a,761 Eq. <o gal'• p. da1 } 1,aa6,6'2 <88,M 1 a8ol,66G 2,1166,ffl Aad mln'm"Bow.. a.�.a0,000 2,tco,009 31 .. 40100l.t l.Cii0,000 Total dall1 dlccba,.1• - • or u.on LAke. . . . • 417761'!'2 2,6ts,101 4,626,660 4 676,�

In lbe above lulJle, tbe .quaoti�y or waler which. m•1 be fuiniebed from Hemlock Lo.ke, b! making .a draught ujffin the aame, us upon ii. reservoir one foot deep, ia ebown to be fo.r 1he w_bule year, 68 1ltaled in:·gallous per day • . • • • • . . . • • • • . . . . • • . . • . • . . . . • . • • • • • • • l,385,M6

Do. of Ciwadice Lake, Ii feet deep, 733,060 Vmrr To m·E BaoonT!I, N. Y., WATim.Wonn-Tbo although not invariable in It.a proportion to the whole C60Jlll!sdonera of the Brooklyn Water-Works, wilh _quaolity of water in iho river, it.ls a eorions objection � 3,118,626, a oumber of invited guest,,, including In lbc numl>er the· the use of this, as a source of euP.ply for Rochcoter, . un. Tpis for four mol)lba only, . would be , . . . . . . . 6,965,878 Mayor of Brooklyn·, !fl•mbers of Aesembiy elect for Kings Iese reservoirs were to be coostrticts-d of such capacity Should Hemloc"k Lake be drawn down 2 feet. and Ca­Connty. the Proaidentof the Board of Aldermen. members lhol re1,or, to the river it:.elf could be diopeoeed with, nlMtice 3 fe�t, t!>e quantity would be 4,23T,262 J!allone per · ctlbe Water Committee of the Common Council. Alder- except at times of high water. · W�en the voh,me of the day, for the year, und 12,711,75ti' gallonirlor 4 moothe. . meo, aad- lai,t, bu_tJlo\,leasl, the Pre88, proceeded on Fri• wuler ia increa&ed mariy fuld by recent rain�, Ilic qu�- �·or Ibo r,;maining pan ot 1)1e year, tho ·n11,1ural di&-q&J', Dec. 28. on a visit of inspection to the water-works lily .of lime-bearing w,alAlr, in'tbe whole quat11ity, rewuas charge of the•• two ltt.k\>a would be ample both for ,lbe bolonging to the'ctry of Brooklyn, ·and the ,ources· of almoot iov11riable, nod lbersby the degree of bardneae la wanta of Rochester, aud for the mil le eiiualed -upon tho , oup�I_y. . . . . , . greaUy diminished. There can bo little donbl that .the ouliel. . . 'l'be company, seated in aeven becks, started from.City wator of !hill \river may be rendered 118 good 118 that As the purity or the waler supply i, a subject of ereai · Hall-tqnare at- 9 o'oloqk A. M.- one hour beyond the which is now lll!Pi> ied to maoy cities in lbia country, importance, as utfeoiing the bculth ·of a community, it Ume appoinle,r for •tarting having been BBcriOced to in- nod much belier tbno that wbicb.iR furnished w-several may be well to note the comparative conteri, or eolld uorable onetom. At a gentle trot the party passed ·cities of· Europe. · The unoccupied water .power : 11ct the mailer per gallon which the various ,treama ana poude -lbrougb Myrlle-avenoe and the Cypress Rill Plank-road Rapid• aflbrda a oonvenieot andeconomlcal means ofele- In the vicini,y of Rocheeler !told in •olutioo. lo the Ridgewood Reaervoir. Here tbej nli,llbled and valing the waler to the prof)OH\'d dietributing reserv�ir. � Grwa or oolld oommenced a tear of inspection on foot. . By 'the officers Lak'e Ontario p'rell!'ot,, lbe pureet 1wd moet cop10�1

s.vrc, •I r..o,all/y. n,aner p.r gallon. ID charge the party were lnforme<J that-the re,,ervoir cov- •.upply of water in the viciaity of Rgcbeeter. '.l'be du,. 1. 0 14 ·1o b I G 1 1 , 16 en an area of 27 acrea, and is capable of holding �ce ot tbie Lato from noy .suitable aite for a di1tr1�ut- 2. L&k!)u� .r : io0

�r�o: or :1::::� •.;,tt. tu•:"t� · lbe ·�� 10-po 175,000,000 gallon, of waler • . At 1be preoent time, bow- ing reservoir, aod the el•valion lo which th� wator lnual u. Do. uorth ... ,, ot plen w,d bo1ond the otnam} 6.40 , "er, there ate 011lf ll�,090,00-0 gall ow, in it, maklog " be niise,f by eillier steam or water power, altboogh very ._ G••-•·Rln; • .4';:;t:r.�. '.'.�111• �·-�"::.� .":.:":::::. :·: .. ll-Sldtplh of '16 feet. The average qnantity of water fur- "8rloua objeottonato.tbis plan or eupplying the city would , a. • llo, •• bl&h "'""'i ,p,n, 1800•• . . . • .. .. • • • • • 0.40 Dilbed the city dur!nir the· week days 11 i,600,000 galloDB not be de•med j.ruurmounJ.uble, I! the watt, of the lake e. . • Do. .. ,ow ..... r, Juno, ISdO • • • • • • . • • • ,. .. • • .. h1r per day. On &naay the quantity la, reduced to coald at 11.)

�tlmea be obl�ined In the purity which it pre. ; 1. Do. · &t·hlsh watu, A.ueu•� l8GO .... . . ... , . . . NII

'000,000 ,..11 · · ts t d L&o f • . • the ebore and out ot the range · 8. Do. at.a hfa!ier 11aio or w,hr. 1ubM,ueat '°} a-GO ., .,-ons. .: , · eeu a • , . qo. rom • ,,_ RI A I tho abon; Augu,1, 1800 • • . • • ·. . . . . •• • • " Tbeenminatfou concluded here, theviPitors re-entered of admix! with the wate11 of the ...-cne!ee Yer. 0 Do. high water oubaidlDs.. . . . . .. . . . .. • • . . . ,.aa

tbelr carriagea, aud proceeded to the engine-house, near eupply froin.lhle.eource woutd be enbjeot, Uke thatdiatri• 10: Jro•dequolt CN<k, P<•6•14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ... a l!ut �ewYork, where Ibey again allabted. The pump- buled to Qlevoland aud Cbioago,'· aud 'perhapti In eome- 11. f.�,i: �i:�·�.'::.'cbt

i

i:::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::. lf:,8: iDc' 1111Cblne17 here elicit.ea lbe · admiration of all' pre- what Iese degree, to Butralo "!l.d Detroit, to b<!come, turbid }�· , d er. " · 12 67 led. There ii hat one Oor�. engine at- work yet: - Thia and linpleasan1 11i the'tlme of every , etorm on the lake, a: ;Zi':;::j'. :p,ID��·.�.� . �::::::::::::::::::::: :;::::: o:ao lo_oapabll, of throwing- into. l\'•

�•trvoir at Ridgewood and it lallen 'froui the lake within the aistance of from 1 10. Mondo• Po•da . . . . . . . ... . . . . . ; . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . r · , . . . , ¥·w �!-" 10,000,000 gallo!19 of

Etc. J>or day. The mat,e- to 3 mlle1 from •the moulh ·or lbe Gen- River, ·It 10. BoD001• Onllet, Woat Ruoh . . . . . . .. . . . . . . : . . .

11; . . . • 8·1" '* for anotbei,. of the eame I, hU lbe ground, and w.iuld at limes be deteriQr&ted in qol!llty, b7 the presence 11· •1 ' Do, 8111!':.,"';i:., s:e!!i!;��.·.�.: . . . �'.':5�.- } •·81 1!111 be pat ht plaoo nut soiD er. The engine 6ow in of th�-rlver 1ira�r, wlilch may fllwa:,a be•trac� to a con- 18. Do ·� tow ...... , Ho

· Iii! litla at one llroke l,OH gaU0111. Sinco It waa �nt ei\lera'ble dlstan�ln the<lirectio� �r a prevalent wind. · 10. �:::,� /!::::::::::: : ::: : :.:: ::::::::::::; :: ::�:::: t.:!J1Hn operatjon,.onpyear agolP11I .June, l,831,600 el<okes By either steam.power � be located a(the Lake Sltore, "°· lleo -co· b,a been !Dilde. From·lhill point, the p,rty �Wt.<!d in or waler power at the Lower Falla, on llie �v.er, a anlll· if �� t:��:�:r:�•:;,'!�1� .. ;;;:::: : ::::::::::: : 1: 2u �on' llalale,'s, Conlwell'a Clear Stream, P. Corn- cient qna!'tily of 1atl!r may, with �talnty and succe•, :as. w.u, Norlh >uuuali Stnei . . .... . . . . . . . . . , • • . . • , • • • • :ie OIi . • &Dtt Smltb & Pfuee' pondl. A loncb 'WBS Wlaken be elevated to t!Je illlributu,g reilervoir, a,,d thSllce con• :: :::: :.�: wuh...,:':.;8".;,·,:: ::·.: : : :::: :::::::::::: �:�{ •

·• Clh t �y'a Pond, and the party partook of .. "11fnner veyed thrQugb the oity by gravit7. · · • 1 211. lJo, Thin! ward hnm, Ooniblll . .. : . . : ... . . . . . . . . . '1•00 ll&Bai&li cl; Piaeo' ponill. Raving lnepeoted·the whole· · From Black· IJreek/ In lb& loll'D of Oblll, � a po lit :n . .. Do. z.,, AYlltluo, a1u01bba Jltnet., . : . . .. . . . . . . . . . a•·l8 U.. ofworu, lbe pariy ntnrnetl to"tb,a city at about s aboat 6 mlles eo�th-weet ot �be ·diitribotiog �vo1r:. 28. ·0o: 'South A•1ano . . . , . . . . � . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . •• • . . • 20-.. , . o'� Ja •the ·enalng, all weU pleased with what they from the lrondeqaolt C!�ek in Penfield, at " point where .:.

""'""' or w.u. Ill llochH,., .. •• : • . . . . • • • • • • • • • • • · • :18·: . i.a - &Dtt·heard, and, more than ever convlnce4, that llie etream in lie windliig coone ap�roachei, witbln 'i i:t�.�.�':'i.�r.-:::1::!-;��

1:::·.: ;::::::::·::·:::: f

oo.... il -an

;

1 aapply of pure wller -and,lha"i lbe mllea•of the' reaervolr, and from thu Honeoye 011tl.

et a, � I\J�. 'JlalA.,''!'_ ,i., :::::.:;·..,.·· -P;:.·.·.· .· .: .. ..

• . • ••· •• •• •. :.

•. • • . ·.• .

... H,:� liootlyii r Work& are fnl� equal it' nol inperlor Weal ijn1b; aboal H mllee from the ,-r,oir, the requl· aa; )= - - �

.... � '"- ;_,_i. Ill '"e illled"S',.,_ .' ' eite'quantllL. of 'water conld, aHbe Jowen llagelln theae ·N, llalQ Wa'4oT lrom • cr. .. m . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . : . : . . . . . • • 2-lo n.::..= ..... ....... ... -- •r cl n, each "16. 'J>b. l'rom -o o1Nn1; a11enc1: . . . . . . . . . .... : • •·Ill �I Je&r &lier theae worb.w�I inlO 01)!!- st.reama,.be obt&lned to IOpply � ..,_ }"• - II. J'lllet14 Bala W-. . . '..., . .. . . . . . . . . . . .... .. . . . . . . . . . 111

�IDdJDg !J l, 1SGQ, tbencelplafornler� pumping ���"WOllid be ·�&.:!!!,:i�j IT. Dt,. 4o. . . . : . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . ,. • • , . . . . .. . . .. . 1,.r · �., .. 11. • ... • . rrom Black ... ._ . -* eoono- 11-1-..--, ,o 11. lladt�,a.oac1--.,-;- . . . .. , . . . .. ,. . . . . . . • . . . , , ..... .. . . . ·. � . . . . . . . .

Page 2: Etcand other da Which Ire pob\iabed in rb: ir 8 w le to :, a . CO du n pe, by the force oi gr&• a pampbl t of ij8 pag · to which tho attention lbooe to Ibo .diolriboling ··r.e•ervo'!"-bu

,I

• • From Ulla lable ii will be Mell .ibal wb!Je Ille walen 011111ber ol Jlre IIJdraoll, to prop,ei&J no, now "io1v.red, • fna maay ·ot Ille &1,oye· oamtd eoor- ooolaln much 'mulug an aggregate ot ,S9,0CO. · • ·

foreign maUer In eoloUoo, · repderlog lhelr uWlly !ID• The �,.e lllropg argument lo ft.Yor or lhe lotrodao· dooable ln'mo.ny h•lo.n-, the iraleiw ot Boaeo:,e and tlou or water, 1pplle1 00 ·1,,. to other tow111 than to tho Heml� Luea eohioe a,reuiubhle porll)', which -em!. · ol&y ·of Rooheater • aod many ot�er reaooft1 mlahl be ae11tly quAJUlea lhelli for aupplylng Iha waata. oJ a grow. .adduced lo prove the looum.erable advanlogea affeollog

. i:\i

oommunll)'. . . lbe healtb aod hilppineu or a community, reoultlog frogi either 01 the plati.a propoolng the elevaEloo _ qi water a plentiful supply ot, pure waler. Thero aro a largo:

o lhe di1lrlbutlo11. reservoir, an extensive itoribg and nomber ot olllu lo our country whlcb·are ·verf backward au.hlidlog n>senolr la an e..eotial feature. fr take.n al id Ible re,peQt, and which would be punuiog a wiae couree Jow wa1·er, liotb ibe wateri,or lh� Genesee River ood or in imitating. (be example or Rochester, lo muking the

· Lillie Black Orffk are o'lll)Uooable, and •ubaidlpg and efrorl to obtain Ibis valuablo lrcMurR. We hope we wlll ftlle.riog . reeervoiu would be requlolte, and the rel!ervoir epoo.bave Ibo pleaeure or 9011,gralulallng tblil rl,log oily lllould be of sufllclent capacity to supply tho city !of or our State, on lbe accowp!�brnent ul her ·" i>he,, and 100 cla:,o. : . truoflhal lbe an11clpallous ot h, r lohabitont,, ttgordlnlC

Altboogh lhe,bil!lory or socb reeervoirs bae been for the beneHll to be dcrivcdlfrom tho propo,od e\Jj>ply willthe laal few :,ei.ni ralher unfavorable to aocb a pro·ec1, be more than. re,.bzcd. tho di.lllqulll"8 encountered' at Baeton, New York, and · --·------olher·olUee, <iwiolf lo the pulrefiu:llve aotloo or dqying OORRESP •

. ONDENOE. YeJlelable matter ID the botto01 of the �eervolre can'·be

aa.l!Ffaolorily eJ<pl&loed and remedied. From tbe-reporta NEW COllPE.NS,ATOR VALVE. or aeveial , eminen, chemitllt, theao effects are uot con· 1idored 1 .. 110,tJ nor .. imparting any unwboleaom• 'To ,,.. Edi/qr of ,,.. AMEKIC.1.11 Gu-LtOBT JOU&N4L : quolily · to Ibo �,lier, aad the uopleaaarit eflceto would · Engioeere Wbf? h'avo uted, 1,11 conoeotlon· with au be avoided by forming re.ervolre of greater depth, with exhausLer, a compensator with a eone-nlve attached. their laoer au.rfaoes free from porlabable mal'ler. · h1:ve, I preaume. found il- 1m)l088l!>le, where there I>. a

AA regard• plpee for' distributing tho water, estimalea heuy back prelllllr!J, lo lictp,thc. val•• cloeed and at Che are farofl/!ed only for those ll)ade ot cast iroa, abeel Iron aame time malutalo ii- in eqnillbrlum w•th Ibo balance­and ceJDen', and wood and' cemen� Ou\ Iron wa:er- weight& withoul cau,ing a violenljar, ooc�ioned by the pipe• were llrel .J•id In London In ·1s10, and &llbough ;,alvecomlog In oontacl wifh Ill seal. '.l'o removo lb)• they have beca generally adopted elnco thbn, they are evil II la c.u1tomar;v 1a. ,rraoge lbe balaocc-wolghle eo o�cUooable on·eeveral aoco11111& Pipes uiay be made tba? the valve wlll rem'�in pa'hlal!J' open, 1bu1 all_o�ing or thla maLerial of sn,; doalred •�gth, and inay be a ooatlnnoue lloff or g11& from ·tho outlet to tb<r rul•t. made moi;e- ieadily lo aaevne ooy �uired Corm and di- pipes oMbe exhaueter ; In which case tbut machine

. men£ioue ; b111 aince thl,l ·material baa oo uniform modtl· muet be- driven al a much areater apeed than would bo Iv• oC strength, it becomes necelllilry to give to the cu� required it 'the oompeoaalor valve were -entirely clO!lO<l. Inga an ex� thlcknm; to compeDB&te for' tho !leOclency. Au exhaueter lhonld pau Ibo gao that ma:, be delr,cred Thia form of pipe abould. oever be laid witbont being fro111 tho retorts only. and should not draw ii back Arel 16ljected to a 'p',e.,ure or �00 jba to·lhe Eqnue Inch, throngb the' couipeoaalor, excepllog when the qiced of which "ill generally dlsclore Ill defect& Alth,ongli ii the exhau•!•r ho aqddcoly Increased, when the nlve

. may be mJl!]e or a lhlcl<nl!l!s eufflolent to resist t.ny uni- .lhould foll aad allow the a!G to pllllll lo the Inlet plpo, Corm pre8Bure, when 1u6jecl4:!l•to irregular

E"'nre or thue prennllog ll!o rormaUcln of a. v11ouum In the maln1

r&lll� c nc1181ion II often bureta. Aool�ei I objeo- .be,tween' the retorll aild lbe exban�lcr. . lion to lte uee lo -the '' tendency to' tbe abso�b on or tho• The following diagram will explalo the· opcrahon or • lroo and the gradnal Cormufioo or concretions or .tuber- nlve · which I bile' laLely devi6"d and pu, lo u'6. Ii clef in tbe Jqljlrior oC,lhe pip,!8, by which their capacity Cully anew,re Ibo purpoee, being very oenaitlve and en· is dimini!bed and the llow of !fater Impeded." llrely free from the ol1cctions inndo agaln•I the cone

Another form of pipe il'uiade from Blieel lron, or gnage valve. · · , of ,No. l6'\q 2S, riveteil together aod lined with hydraulic cement, the elbows aod oooneolion.e being riveted or aoldered together, and· the aervlce ·coco being aoldered lo the atreet pipe. When we!\ couetrncted, thla. has been foaod to be aubatanUal, and bae been made lo stand a

·J>reaeqre ot 24() feet bead of water. • , The pipe formed of bi.oded wbod and cement forme a

cleanly conductor of water, and -ia eliH and tlrm 'fN!m any strea, Crom without.· le ie conalrncled of cyllndero of'11 ood,. bored 1>1 macb'!nery in sections· of 8 f.,.,,. io

•len$th, coated externally with h:,dranllo cement, and �apped ·lrom one end •plrally lo the other with band1 o! ,iron-coateil with .healed coal tar: · With a·bao'd of lroo i Inch 1hlck, and the spiral windloge , ldches apart, they have wltbelood a pre..;ure or 400 Iba,. lo the !qU&re lncb. . • 'Ibo dally amount which It ia e,llmatcd will.be reqnired

for the preaonl populalion ·of Rec6esLer (50,000) i1 2,000,000 gallone, which 'is-equal to 40·g,.lloue for each pereon. • · . · ; . , In the able report or Mr. Yan Ii, eslirlnt<l �f tbe cool

or live different plans of furni,hing the proJ>Q8ed supply .are fnrnfllled, aoJ we regret that tbelr. length preclude• the. p·oeelbllhy of pnbliAlilng them here. Tboee w.ho C<!l!l aa IDLe

;ln the matter would do< well lo obtain a copy

ol lbia re rt,�lch wliJ amply repay « care1'ul peruaal. The co traction ot a permanenc ·s.x1tem ·or waler·

·works, aod tho introduot.iou of an . abundant supply pr pore water Into Rocbe1ter, will bone'ftt &JI !ti pubho and

(.. ; J ,:::;:

. aad private lnlereili., much beyond the" amoUJ\I or .In· come, whloh may � derived' from water •rates. 8!) lmportan, an element of proeperily ndded to lta.preHnl ad•antagca of pooilioh, eoil and ollmate, will. be fell '\hroogh alm'o6t all the relations of lnduatry, eoterpriae A A la a cylinder, aad B a pialoo ; the former baa cul and capital, lncreaelog to some extedt Ibo valuo ot all t.brougb Ila aide four t.riatigular openings, for \ho puug, kinda ot property. .To wha extent the oplniona or tho of the gu. AA tho pletou Calla, the llow of gao from the meet jodicioue would vary, an<!. tliere are DO suro data Inlet to the ontlol or the coiopenator ii lncreaaed, and

. .irom which a reliable eatimate of ·the t,mount , can be aa ii rlsu It 11 diminilhed untlt ·11 11 entirely cut ofr. made. The amollnt of the U!CE8Cd.valuatiop of real and The cylinder !hould be' bored and the piston tnrned, ao 'penonal e1ta1e in Rochester ia S l1,UO.lb7, and perhape ae to work free!:, and yel be uearly pa dgbL z • .i.!a. lhe real.value.la not leae than $20,DOO;OOO. The lowest N11w: You:, 1anuary, 1861.

�; x\.-All the reporta from tbla oomp&o7 aro prompt, full and aocurate, • and we take tbla occaalon lo return to Mr. Robtrl G. Courtaoa:,, the able an'cl obliging preeldon', our 1bank.e for hla &lwa:,s courteo111 and grallfJing respooaet1 to oor enqulrlea. It la hardly poealblo lo appreciate.tho aid aad v&lue ol'au.oh·atlenUon ID laboro of sCatillica nd' compilation. Theae pa-:wcirb i,:avc been enlarged

1

aod IJllpro•ed within i. 'few :,eui. We have concluded, on ro ptru!IDJ. Ibo report, to print ou, queiLIQnl and Mr Courtenay a aaawera In full. The,· . · are , model lur other 90,opan

�to follow, and we \rill

graleColly acknowledge e1mll alteiiliooe, In reply to our lust clrtnlar of enquiry.

Omc;a 0, m:I .AXPICA:t .... GA•·lJGST jooa.,.u.;} • 25-fi Ca.oat attfft, New-York Cltr ,

Ruon tO u OJ.no .um E.1u�m HT SICRffut. Year or org�als&Uon t J5lh Ft1bruu1, 1888. '- •

N;:-L'.!!:'�ui,!G!, °Jo�'' ((!ngloauy, Ow • Watv Co.) Ul wlaat city or to.-u. t LoulniUa, Stat, or KtntUcky. Chu\ered caJltal t SW0,000 ; capital in ue, $(81,4.00, Mbaroa f SMJ etch, al p.1,r. Lut �tbl,a.ooual (ll'fjdeod f e per cent. • Uaaa.l moolhl or dtcla.rlug dl•lo•ad1 f Ja.nurTa.Dd J.ulr, Name or Pruldeot f Robert (;. Court«DaJ . . -

Do. ot Jiec.retary 1 None,( Johll S. Calo, Cublu aod Book, heper. Name of Eoginetr f None.; Jl're,tdeot act.I W all COIUlruCUou, . Name o! Supulolendtot f • Thoma, Bank.ln ; Job..b Wa.ltoo, Ji:.

•pect.o.r. · ��::t:�������'�[.f:!!�ot't.ti�J���: �';.mpbJ•l 1 • .' (erred to lo letter:

be�1.o:,

!:J::u

1!!�

th• �ow--o.l'�

lh_er u.U.ifaetor7.P _worU or ty. 1

p1!!1.Q:,.�T� �

hbaaol,;:!��:b 1:':!�:, r:� °:1&d�!:d C:h��

,��!;:

nalJy torCoal i no ubaoa:•, Hcept &d4hlonal worb on an 1m9ro,t11 plao; all made in LouL.y�ll..!J'l. Number or Cla7 ll.41:10?--wu.orte Ul&lr.et Son• � ord91'fd 85 fioc

Belf{u.m. "' Humber orlroo Retortat 6e 1it. WboH mike 1 Roach ais Loos, lAulnlll1

1 Jiy,

Number or St,atloo-lfeten t 3. ' . Wt:.oae m.ab't 2 Cro1le1, Eortaod ; 1 Code, Bopper II OraL&. Number of Wet Prlnte W"ekn t ,21:&SS. WJi.Qle make t Samoel Cro.le1; ED11&Dd ; Colt •, O>de & Ce.,

•1�:1:e·/!,�PJ!:; �J::1�a,,f.�1

d:

lpJs':.·

WhOH make t Thoma.a 010.,.,., Etiial&Dd ; Code, Bopper A Cn.1r .. Philad,lpbla i ::&mue.1 Do\n,1 abd O. l'rllcb.a.rd,•New l'ork. •

Number •o• •l1u or Gu-boldera t Sc� pamphlet at abon. Wbo..e mUet Made at G .. wo,.k.11 b)' 1.oulnUl, meclutntc.. Do you O.k a l'huturoeter 'P ·Yu--Wunae·JP, �eeo, !Utcbl•'•·· Nu.mber or u.thau111era t .Ntno. lotUd to eot1.neet h.baua11ra. Total luigth of ll"l°', ln mllu1 or fMt t 8CS mil111 210U fut,· t:.1111 n oglng from- � . ... t .

i&et . . . . · ,�.�So J,;;, o\��$ t/;,· -:.�:· !� :! �:u�

0:.t�

1

j:i:�n1

wf!bi.ead, Cement, or IJme, and which. do JOU Oad, or-tbJot, the b111 t l'lca.e give 7011r Nuoo1 for·7ov upialooa. IA.ad jolata. We know or no OLher matarial tha1 cu be r•l1'4 oa for • ll&bt Jolot LD. aueet matiu. Lead will perm.It lll·, jilpH to eontuct ILQd uJl&lld 1Ugb\l71 a.pd, ,tW keep t.b.- JolAt pa tight. • • • .. .Sumber or Print. Conaamen r 2,8M.

Number.or Public L&mpa t 051. What klud of Coal do you u..10 t Pttuburs &nd VlqlDia Ca.a.1ML Jo what proportion mistd f lo winter, )( C&nuel. Con or tbe •arlo,a Coala cJeUvered at 1our Worlla t Pltan 1t&lt

carefully the price, aud Cor what weight or meuu.te, We purch&.e 21e

�S5���� �����.r.���.����·

o·l·��f :::;•d.t;u�

n ::,• ��lba.

1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •• u ,.o� ., . 1867 . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . u D:13 . 1868 . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ·' �.GI 18)9 . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . u 2.80

Number or cubic £111ot gaa m•d• lo ISM , '7,6U,100 coble r l. Wbat reu, do 700 charge for Mtten t SH aeotlon ,& of tt1a1. Popul•Uou or yonr Oaa Dla1ilot.t Don't know.

• Bow do 7ou old.DH · 10w- Gu-by lime er Wat.tr f Botb an UHd.

Boudtd lDdebted.0111 t N'one. Owe no debt,, We bold tbt

::r1::,:! }�: ��/t� �:�·!��r.' '8�6,0001 recebe� tor btr nt.-

S- Plea.a• ,.ud us • cop1 of ,ou ; alto, on• or•dl of JotU Hep0r1&. We have uO: re11UU Jwpo .Alao, yollt fotm d ktteplD&' MICOUDlt,

ea Pla&M 1tat1 bow maoy boHI tbeN .. &H ln your'POlt Ollor. • .(8.,. below.) Wt wllh \0 place a JOVL"f.U. In e&oh.

.S- Pleue gl•• uv , auct:lool hla\Or7 of JOU Company oa U. back or tbll page-tr any\.bln&: Ille ofl.DtoNtl oocurt to you •

,..,_.Qfft«, Louitvili.-. • . • 11«0 bosu. nu.10bered from l to • • . • 1,440

2115 am.all iln.wtra. •' to • • • • .t 215 28 lar1e " • " 1 to. , , . 28 ro,. l,dlt'n.

We u• DOtll' cooall'uotloc the fourth· NCUou of our'wod,a, 1J onaa for 3G retor':Ji wltb the p�11.D1 appatatua. We Hptel lu �!� .. ::::.-:'.', x.°:�:t

rrr�m �� �:i.:.

rdo�� ·=

a.Ad a ela7 retort. from BoadJe7, Cnelud Ob.lo. Th• pampble&.. 0 Lou.l1rille, �-," p•1• 68, HDt 100 with ou let"

t•r •C llth Jul7, Ooata.ln.l a couc11e abtch ol-our Gu-Worb. Our Nportt aro but 1tildom publllbed. J HDd you ou.r oh&na'1

eop1 or rWN ( ... Seo.',, ror m1tu -nnt,) aad \hlM o,btr pllll· phlelo. JleBT. 0. OOUIITENJ.Y, �

rate al wh!ch, In the j'odgmeol of \be leaot eanguln� of ------111_ CW&4l"", .tht. amonnl would lie inoreaeed, would a_ft'ord· • BATTIN, Dl:INGA!!y\t 00.'8 GAS-WORKS. Owo•oo, lu..- \Vorka bilill by Oto�ge -... Lee & eo., � y;ery oona1derable proportion, ll not the wbol,e amount, . - �8�

D DSLJ'11ll, Deo 27 186t Pblt•AeJ .. hla, •nd are highly approved ot. Th'v/.

uee ht', • · reqnlred lo oonalrucl water-worke for the city. • , · . · • • "" r FtoQt eoori,et wbJoh are d<:!!med' enllrely rellablo the 7b tlu F.ditor oftluJ.A.wa, G.1..&-LroaT 1ooRN .. L : tweeu SOO and 400 lrou retorta, made by J. • & I. r.

&mOllJII of,lhe premlame paid In Rochester the i..1 year I o�rve •.sta.temea', ln

l

onmber for December Starr, of Oamdea, I:,; J. aad R. •. Wood 4: Co., PbUadel· for iDallr&IIDe la found to bo i,0n,,. lhan '$1 o·ooo aod 15, thal Kr. S. S..Batlln baa n " ld�nlllled wllh the e<,n� phla ; -met.�rs from Uode, Bopper & Grata, ohlelly, ud I� la bj,lleved 'that not ,..re than one bull the wci,pe,rty •�n.cllon of aome thirty or i ty ftll&'WOr� among them, from Tbomaa Glover, LondOJl ; gP'bolden bllll� 117 upoaM to loee by. ftnia. and wblcli would be bent6Cted' Albeny, N. Y., Charleatoo s.a, Newarlt. N.J.,Beadlng. Heare. Starr, KUQn & Mo.Arthur and P. Delly. ·U•by " fnll, I\Oppl

y: l>f water, ii now lnanttd. · · PL, Rochester, N.Y., and yncuae, N:•Y.' no photometer (they ought \o) nor exhauetar. BaYe

. . The difl'eren�e 1u lb rai.a uf insurance In �Ion and ' Having been a partner In lhe flrmo who conatruoted all trOdncetl a few olay . retorla made b7 Thpmaa H(!&dltJ,' Oharloetown, cltlea ailjacent'to each other, the one h•'Viog t�eae works, I have a right. to •1 lhal Kr. S. 8. Ballin · Olevelo.nd, 0. Ka).Da are &boat 46 ai.Uee In length ran,-

• 1o11 abundant aoppl:, u( water and the oilier 00 forei&n wae not ldentlfled with el!her of tJ,em. t ahould add lhat. -lug from S to 16 1ncbea diameter. Uee M,oont Oorboa 111ppl,:, U lllO«tcalned fr

�nlhenllo tollJCea, ii nearly l Kr • .B. la DC? doubt a very reapectable gentleman, b111 Ibo coal, ,coaling $3 86 per 2,000 lbs. Had, over 90,000,�

1 • of l per cent.. The Uro :w,ter Board, ,non after. � artlcle lJl.qoe!tlon clalme'for him entirely too mnoh. o. f. gae lao1 year • • Th! oppoeltion oompuy,I! aolu«lnlroduo�on ot Iha ·oro wafer Into the oil)' of Ne" . : ,Yo11r1, truly, out att qule110en1. ao tbe·reaular bu lalely obtaf!'t4 .�

• 'rlwl<. stated the reduction In the rat ea of inluraroe 111 • • , , 0. lL Dtrl<oJ.N. . coatraol for the clly lampe � a number of yean 10 thal city to be hlj!her than lhlll. It la bellev•d th•' the We flad that the bnlldan of the worb aboye referred come.

\ ' · .

redncdon of Ille � �efkr' woold be "' leaat 16- to were l3at� Dunpn � Oo. oomi><*4ot ooreateemed DwauQ1111, lo'!l'.i..-Qlied_ P:• Julien Qu-Llalll lr.�-°" tlOO.. Cltlaeoa, will 1'1'!8 at leul "'ve llJ,600 'c�

J!!)i,a..;-, o.n4 llae father ef 8. S. &&tin . our Info . Worke built by �l a- , lroli retotta fnla·l"ei

- _, of pnmium1 pel4 annaally for � • . • • • r d: Ban, Plltlhtlrg • uae wel u4 � melln fl'om C -,I alao ba 1-ellW by .u·eqf!&I -Ua lhe� ma&ioJl eam;t from &llil -, wllo, H appeen, nolo hla Bopper .t: Grata, �

!77; 0...8� pe,

._....._.�•fall apply ot nter, IID4 u � fa&ller'........ MNll milM el·aala. 1 .. 14 ... I,� • • • ·: ,i,.


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