The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-08-14 00:00:00

TOWN COUNCIL.

0,1 l°,lle adjourned meeting of the council was held at eleven
'1
I„ek, yesterday, in the Town-hall, John Stewart, Esq.,
10") in the chair.
Ine proceedins of the Gardens and Church Expendi-
are CoMmitteesg were read and confirmed.

WATER COMMITTEE.
ee'
11,pr. George Holt' in moving the confirmation of the pro-
,ings of this committee, obseved that the subject of water
uu,PPIX was a matter of such importance and interest during
' present hot weather, that he was sure the public would
blPoet some notice to he taken of the proceedings that had
theca adopted, to meet the exigency as much as possible, by
wer
council committee. He had great satisfaction in assuring the
thilecg, and the town generally, that the quantity of water at
b e disposal of the committee had been considerably increased
etween- this
and t Fortunately the recom-
rm„,„,, Pe to as year.
c(utatton or rather the resolutitn, Of the council, that the
)n.thlitten should prosecute their labours at Green-lane and
indBor still more vigorously to get an additional
_

P PIY of

‘ .i4a been fully carried out,—and had been successful
hearinstead of baying,
0,01:41)1nY;41. 3'9,000,000 gallons of water per Week, they had
oera .5' that (teepee boring at Green line and Windsor, an
iner 'e 45,000,C00 gallons of water per week, being an
sue"e.of 5,000 000 or 6,000,000 gallons per week in the
tberTlY,te the town. (Hear, heal...) Had it not proved so,
nuj Qld have been in a very woeful condition ; but not
butYishad they obtained a 1—

as last year, an averag,

argor supply than in previous years,
,"e cooperation quantity had, by the coperatien or the health
bath-. committees', been rigidly economised. It would
b' en cruelty to shut the doors of baths altogetherion the
iVeri.4citt of people who during the hot weather daily ockcd to
ati '',rehmitear, hear) —but, wile proVidir -
t,e''tee had, at the shame timc
w "ornise the Supply
en.,

g ter their wants, the

le all in their power
Many complaints had, undoubtedly,

made AS to the stip* of water to the town, but th
line that the condition of Liverpool in this re-p,
4114 bear a

....me comparison with the other tc
tihr,°4l the country, where, during the recent hot wP-"
hay great inconv--'
,A_ to
p
works, been experienced, but also . ;:iiito the period when the water from .ivlngtoL
tay be brought into the town, all he coUld
o:418ri. h
, tat rogi.ss was being made with the
a°il' but not so rapidly as the committee could wish. The
'ring at Rivington and the other reservoirs was perfectly
was -collected there in a great body, and

nce, amounting almost t

suspen

nat hardship
1

,eb;flet: the late heavy rain, the water in two of the res..
tithe
250 acres, and 180 acres, increased eight or. nine
stood
respectively in a very short thr.e. the works admirably
11,071,the additional test, so that he was glad to say there could
431,0 the least doubt of their effitiency and completeness.
be t PiPee were also nearly all laid, with the exception of one
'connectingall ones across the railway.
at Hindly, and, in
tilolu'lrdoability, in the courseof a month or two—he for himself
tow, two months--they would have the water in the
to, As to the escape of water, it was found to be a matter
I,ifficelt of removal, but rather otherwise, A treoth was
117,11--1 the
water was being pumped out, in order thit a clay
sttee.a, iniitgillictutb:tlyput down, nnd the escape wauld shon be
expense or delay,
resnaricn while expressing gratification at Mr. Heat's
lay;
4--) Observed that the results which bad followed the
si,4t:Ru.sitrotwn of-an'additiOnal engine at Green-lane fully proved
tovd an increase of stations, an abundant supply o.fwater
procured without having recourse to the Rivington
Mr.,,s.l,otd(iernihough suggested that troughs, for the use of cattle,
water" Placed below the public fountains, in order that the
'which,
cst. rue now ran waste from them might not be wholly
mr.trn. r, bear).
oftho -Untie replied that the matter was under the considera-
COMUlittee.
at 7r• Robertson Gladstone said that the council and the town
vaitiarte Were indebted to Mr. Holt for giving so much
dotia lq time and excellent services to the discharge of his
13,ttZ as chairman of the water committee. (Fear, heat).
she e thought the time had arrived when the question as to
a selr).eriod of the completion of the works to the town assumed
in riblei,l.!B "Peet. The chairman Might have great gratificatim!
/14,,,"'1ng the statement that the quantity of water from the
(mrPB had been increased by some millions of gallons, but he
mat•. Gladstone) thought that that gratification should
.be
al ,ejlallY qualified when they bear in mind that in proportion
init:ru__town
was benefitted the surrounding districts were
Ishat'll that they were, in fact, like the boys and the frogs—
‘l'" at
to one was death to the other. They had, to
veii-_",!11 knowledge, inflicted cruel hardship on the.poor people
ebliun lyre(' in the Ohl Swan district. Many of these people
eV a hard livelihood by washing and o her labour, but
tl
~ be former, and it was painful to see the distance which
The "au to fetch 'water for their household and other purposes.
tit/1,116M, then, was atisuming a serious aspect, and it was
4st tha' they should eorit.ider what were the canoes of the
411)qtternent of the completion of the work. (Hear, hear.)
Water itiql.„'s ago they were promised that they would have the
Pe (j.,,n4unlY. They had now passed that time, and again the
'to t?.: completion was postponed, until at length he began
Post4lt• that the Rivington water might be very fine for
see it Y, but that the present generation were not destined to
twit, (Laughter.) He would like to know how the coin-
and e intend to, deal with parties who were paying for water
'cottage not receiving it? In many instances, the
owners of
,‘,liaottnergteeir r
operty, having paid the rate, received a small sum
tenants-:---4d or 6d a- week—for the U9O of the
such r:' but he should like to know what was to be done with
aere dPartics, 'Whet' ' tenants refused to pay the • weekly sum
en the ground that they did net receive the water ?
ctlicortltift`teed .1114. thq
,Works were very excellent, hut he.
to 4„, committee should do something to hasten their
—wri. •
sere(Hearrhear.) At this moment, he helieved.,.the
°4ld 17:8 t
inexhaustible
the water from Cl ildwall ; but the wells
t and he thought a determined effort
be
''Ohremade to bring speedily the Rivington water, by
Rodeo
or the other, to the town. (Hear, hear.)
__r kne'atiltqclsee-rernarked . shat, if it had not • been for M
10 the the idea suggested by Mr., Gladstone, as
present.generation hot seeing the completion ofthe...
''t.u°ll(B' and
realP",t6,,Y..alene being benefitted by tlieni, would
11)17
be
lie (Ur. Hodson) was a member of the
or."sibtoteuel.dal;olye,4l24 always advocated that the wants the
water for their do first considered. Ho considered that
flat tt should thetnn,estic purposes should first be provided, and
bathse were
ash that 'but not before, be supplied to the baths.
undoubtedly of great service, and he, should
bstiti,ne.atin that had. more of them, but he had it from Mr.
they took an enormous quantity of water,
q ati of scarcity he held that they should be last

tar. Iva .
]arse,
getaff replied that the baths were charged with a
5u,,,,,
Were 11-" Y of water than were supplied to them. They
.....whfeeltaierally charged with 1,000,000 of gallons. Last week
they h was an unpreceeented week for the number of baths-0
bather° s. alt water
forjth ad 24,000 bathers at all the baths. Deducting 8,00
baths, there would be 16,000 fresh water
claaotist ' and giving each of
.these fifty gallons, the whole
4411 Y used would be 800,000 instead of 1,000,000 of
thancnv:*), No greater benefit could be conferred on the people
Whet, .°'' suPplied baths, and ho looked forward to the time
%tree,' 'nafead of receivie £4O per week from the Cornwallis-
4Lrestablishrnent the gwould'be receiving £lOO.
stat„' Shen expressed lyiimself not at all satisfied with the
coot; Made to the council in this matter. It was resolved,
Additional
to the strong advice of the engineer, to put down an
Teselo°,!l'l engine at Green-lare ; and the wisdom of that
two I,iion had been fully shown in the experience of the past
Vow; Laths. They were at • the time promised that they
the ' have.; tbe Water in April. That month came, and then
they
was postponed to July; but, July
I.le-r, were no
having passehd,
tr told that they would have it in two mont si
buai" proceedings did not look like the conduct of men. the
Present hear)—and he could not conceive why, in
ford --stit condition of things, the engineer should not be able to
,
comilloeotroething like a correct estimate as to the period of its
1i,0104
ha lf the works were of such magnitude hat it
ti, ve to run over years, he (Mr. Sheil) could excus.et "li ut, when it was advanced so far as in this instance, i
Il'as
rho (' qineer who should form such an estimate, and if he
coulduot,nhe was unfit for his duty. (Hear, hear.) It w was
'ant be
tolerated that the town and the surroundicg districts
'311°111(1 be call it by deprived of wter by the inefficiency, for he could
no other term,aof their affairs.
t,
een a victi Mr. Alderman S. Hotta° said that he himself had
mto this excesbive pumping and boring. The
whole district round his house bad been completely drained,
tve
"(1t)! . hepla protested against the principle of robbing the water of
ce to supply the town. He considered that the delay
in bringthg the .
w .. e, atuot it via. only
h_i❑. . . r into town was caused by a fault some-
right shouldem . 'ust that it should be placed on the
-cl great man things were wanted for the
work, which ahould have been yordered as it proceeded, That
course was negh,eted to be ursued, at en those things
were required,they were notp re soady. Itth waswh Mr. Hawkesley's
place to see tnat these thing,
otni.ssion to do so Were previously ordered, and the
. Was .nndouhtedly his fiult. (Hear, hear.)
Thi:re were three or four wiles of water ready stored; it was
locked up from then through the negligence of some
Person, and he believed that negligence was Mr. Erawketley's.
(trear, hear.)
.
Mr, Holt briefly. replied, after Which the confirmed. . proceedings were

GAS COM3irriEm.
From the proceedings of this committee, wiL, here con-
Need, it appeared that a meter and assistant meter-tester were
the
dvertised for, and that several candidates had applied for
Mee.