The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-03 00:00:00

PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN'S MARYLE-

BONE.

At e. meeting of the Marylebone representative
council, held on Saturday, the subject of public drinking
(Qumrane was brought under dimuseion.
Mr. Gum watt reed a report from a committee appointed
to Meet a site for the public fountain proposed to be erected
by Mr. Gurney. They state that Mr. Gurney had intimated
that it was his intention, and that of those associated with
him, to erect four public totuitains in the terish if the velk7
were willing to assign suitable cites for the purpose. The
committee proposed the four following pines se esaveniese
and favourable for the erection of public teuntaine—vin., the
Regent-alien, Oxford-street, °noloe the present rem ; the
Edgware-road, by Chapel-stint ; the Marylebresereed, op-
posite Trinity Church ; at the north-end of the Pretland-
road, opposite Clarence-gate, Regent's-perk, at the end of
tipper Baker-street. The four sine proposed by Mr. Gurney
had been sampled ; end • design of a fountain had Lam for-
Limbed on hie behalf, which it was desired should be greeted
in the Regent-cirrus, subject to agreement as to detere,whielle
were discussed by the committce. They therekee resom-
mended that permission should be given for the erection of
fountain. at the places motioned, end that the design laid
before them for the Regent-circus be approved of, on .rendi-
tion of the water being provided and the fountain maintained
in perpetuity at the expense of Mr. Gurney, the lighting to
be mid for by the vestry ; and that the surveyor bobtail acted
to give every facility, nod to assist in raining out the views
of Mr. Gurney in the erection of each fottas.
Mr. Tirana, in moving the adoption of the report, said
the. was a most noble proposal, made by that greet pitiless-
throp Mr. Guraey, and he wee sure net et that braeit,
/Mt
_die aim pith lk git Mookirra, II eat imiitgaii,
Weald feel deeply Indebted to- him. Me board now before
them the truly elegant design for the fountain to be Imme-
diately erected at the Regent's-ciffue, and he (Mr. Rimer)
held in his hand the eecuonal plan alluded to in the Leer
from Mr. Gurney's agent. The water would be a cecatent
@apply, and, by means of being paired and filtered through
a bed of charcoal, would be thoroughly pure and beautiful.
(Hear, bear.) These fountains would be the greatest pos-
sible boom that could be conferred upon the public, and it
was to be toped that the facilities they would afford for
quenching thirst, whisit the people of the metropolis did not
now poems, would be the means of incresatog temperance,
• and so deareesing crime. (Hear, bear.)
The motion having been seconded,
Mr. W. WILLIAM., mid tie did not object in any
way to the proposal; but presuming that the first object of
Mr. Gurney was to glee to those who came to drink at his
fountain& pure water, he would simply remark that there
was no pure water at pretest obtained from any of the public
companies. The only way to obtain pure water was to dig
down below the blue clay ono the chalk formation of Lon-
don. There water might be found as pure as it possibly
could be. (Hear, hear.)
Dr. BACHHOYFNER said if he understood the term. upon
which this tom valuable gift was to be made, it was that the
vestry wen to supply the lamps to light the fountain.
Mr. FILM tea—ly one lamp at the top of the fountain.
Dr. BACHMOVENIR mid the boon was so great, so kind,
and so pautedo, the at it required • duaen lamps to light
moll fountain, that public bard ought not to hesitate a
moment to comply with the application. Be agreed with
Mr. Willior.• that the water supplied by the companies was
not quite so pure as it ought to be. Theta Ins one spot
in particular where the erection of one of then noble foun-
tains would be a great boon, and that was in the Regent's-
park. Hundreds of poor children were sent there daily by
their mothers to play, and might be men with their little
Legs of food, bat they had no water to quench their thirst.
(tram) He (Dr. Bschhoffner) would, if such an erection
were made, cheerfielly supply the water tom his establish-
ment for their use. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. CHARLES CARR Ind had the honour to move, in
committee, that the site to be selected for this first of the
metropolitan fountains should be at the Regent-ciecue, oppo-
site the rest on the St. James's side. They would, at an
events, get far purer water than they had at present from the
Marylerame pumps.
Professor MARKS said he very much doubted whether the
benevolent deuce, Mr. Gamey, would not be entitled to
public thanks in a national point of tee, for no metropolitan
city in Europe was so completely divested of this sort of orna-
mental, as well as useful, structures, as was the metropolis of
England. (Hear.) Identified as that board was with the
Imitate and public health of so large and important • district,
they would not be doing their duty if they did not do all they
could to aid this noble project. (Hear, hear.)
' Mr. D'IIFANGEFL jun., tendered his thanks to Mr. Gur-
ney, and hoped that the next site selected would Le the
vacancy between Cumberland-Boost and Hyde-park.
The CHAIRMAN said that wen not one of the selected sites
at present.
Mr. WINNFIELD remarked that, although four only IMO
now chosen, lie believed there ware to be twelve fountains in
Marylebone altogether.
The resolution was canted unanimously, end • letter from
Mr. Gurney's agent was referred to the committee, to cony
out the details.