Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-10-11 00:00:00

Quantity of water in store, week
ending Ist 1859 12,622,807
Da., Bth October, 0ct.,1839 13,214,969

Washing out Maim, Sewers, Se,
Watering' Streets

500,000
78,240

Delivered at Bootle, unmixed 2,500,000
91 - t 1 mixed 85,254,035

87,754,085
Proportion of Itivington to well water as 23 to 7.
Mr. DUNCAN, the engineer, submitted the following
report
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" With the exception of the ordinary cleaning of the
filters and washing sand, nothing presents itself for
special remark on the lower portion of the works.
" At White Coppice the works are progressing more
satisfactorily. The troughs arc now across the gait,
and will be finished in eight or ten days ; the gunge-
house has been commenced, and a portion of the pipes
have been laid, and the heavy and important masonry
will shortly be out of harm's way.

"At Roddlesworth, the bridge over the goit has been
put up, and only requires painting to be complete.
" The page basin works will, I expect, be in a usable
state in the course of ten days.
"The rainfall for the week has been 0.27 inch, and
the depths of water under the overflows of the several
reservoirs were on the morning of Saturday, the Bth
inst., as follows:

Oct. 8. Oct. 1. Rise. Ft P..
ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in.
9 3 ... 611 0 0 ... 2 4
.11 3 ... 7 2 ... 0 0 4 1
. 9 0 ... 8 11 ... 0 0 ... 0 1
.12 11 ... 13 0 ... 2 1 ... 0 0

Roddlesworth
Rake
Anglezark

Rivington

Prescot

The quantities of waiter drawn off from the under-
noted reservoirs during the week, and left in store on
the Bth instant,.were as per table :

Increase. Decrease.
7,744,662
11,825,686
' 3,752,409

Oct; 8. Oct. 1
Roddlesworth 61,577,554 72,722,216
Rake 44,266,056 56,091,742
Anglezark 582,453,301 586,210,770'
Rivington 975,523,737 856,827,904 118,695,833

1.667,225,648 1,571,852,632113,695,833 23,322,817
1,571.852,632 23,322,817

95,373,016

95,373,016

Off Upper Riv-
-25,000,000
ington

25,000,000

Increase

70,173,016 Inc]

70,373,016

On the pipe line all remains in good condition
RAN GAUGES.

"It will, doubtless, be satisfactory to have obsem-
tions taken along the entire range of the watershed,
and the following places appear the most suited for
their location
" Ist. On the course of the Douglas, near the Knoll.
" 2nd. Between the Deane and the Yarrow.
" 3rd. The present gauge.
" 4th. Near the course of the Blackbrook.
" sth. On the course of the Rakebrook.

" 6th. On the Cartridge-hill side of the Roc dleavirorth

" The sites marked °tithe plan are sketched as being
nearly at a mean height between the ordnance datum
and the summits of the hills. _ . .

"Other three gauges might be placed towards- the sum-
mits of the hills for monthly observations ; these would
serve as a check on those placed at mean heights."
The Sub-committee of Works, to whom had been
referred the letters of Mr. Picton, desiring, on, the part
of Mr. \Vm. Brown, to re-purchase the pilots! office in.
the Old Churchyard, recently purchased by the Water
Committee as a shipping office for water supply.,_.nr to
exchange it for other property in Strand-street, had
come to the following. resolution :—".That this sub-
committee has' personally inspected both of the two
proposed sites ; and, as it is their unanimous opinion
that the present pilot office is by far the most suitable
for the purposes of the Water Committee, they cannot
recommend the proposed exchange of property.'
Alter some conversation, in which Mr. Jetrery urged
that the question had not: been fairly met by the; sub-
committee ; and a general desire was expressed to meet
Mr. Brown's wishes, if it could be done without loss to
the Corporation, the resolution was. carried ; it -being
understood that the matter should be kept Opal for still
further .negotiation.

Mr. EARLE moved :—" That the Water Committee
are open to any proposal which Mr. Picton may make
to facilitate' Operations on Mr. Brown's property ;. -but
do not feel disposed to abandon the Pilot-office till they
can get other propertyon equally favourable terms and
they leave the duty of inquiry in Mr. Piston's hands?'
Mr. CHARLES TERSER seconded the resolution, which
was agreed to nem. con.
A report of the Head-Constable was road, as to Mr.
Duncan's suggestion of placing hose, &c., in different
parts of the borough, to be ready in case of fire. It set
forth simply the efficiency of existing arrangements..
This was the whole of the public business.

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THE MARKETS' COMMITTEE,

The fortnightly meeting of this board was held yes-
terday, at the Town-hall. Mr. Johnson, the chairman,
presided ; and the other members present `rare--Messrs..
Haydock, Ridley, Holden, Shimmin, and Woodruff.
The letter of Mr. Massey, of Aughton, referred from
the Council, complaining of the insufficient accommoda-
tion for farmers bringing produce in the neighbourhood
of St. John's Market, was taken into consideration.

Mr. V RIDLEY hoped the new Council, when it met,
would take up at once the subject of a wholesale mar-
ket; and he proposed a resolution, which was carried,
urging the subject upon their attention.
Mr. RIDLEY then. gave notice that, at the next meet-
ing, he should move the removal of the barriers put
across the , thoroughfare at Cleveland-square Market.
He could see no necessity for them.
An application from Jeremiah Kelly, check-taker at
the Haymarket, .for an advance of wages, was declined ;
as were also applications for compensation for extra
work, preferred by the constables of St. John's Market.
The tender, of Mr. R. Bromilow, for painting at the
North Haymarket, was accepted..
-A letter from Sidney Hampson, complaining of the
conduct of the tenant of a neighbouring shop, in St.
John's Market, was referred to Mr, Hutchinson to re-
port upon.
The returns for the month showed a considerable
increase in the Teoeipts at the various markets over what
they had yielded in the corresponding month of the pre-
lions year.
In reference to the complaint made by Mr. Beck-
with, at the Council meeting, that a considerable quan-
tity of tainted fish and meat was allowed to accumulate
before being taken out of town to be destroyed, Mr.
Hutchinson, the market-superintendent, affirmed that
there had been no delay whatever,—the material being
left no longer than necessary to have a jury summoned
to decide upon its condition. He submitted the follow-
ing return, as showing the extraordinary quantity of
tainted fish seized within one week :—On the 3rd of
Oct., 1,704 lbs. were taken from two persons ; on the
4th, 3,920 lbs., from four persons ; on the sth, 8,960
lbs., from sixteen different parties ; 6th, 598 lbs., from
three persons ; 7th, 434 lbs., from four persons ; and on
the Bth, 2,436 lbs., from four different dealers. The
fish, we believe, is carted off immediately after being
condemned, and destroyed outside the borough.
It was agreed to recommend the Council to vote Mr.
Hutchinson a gratuity. of LlO, for additional services
rendered at St. John's 'Market before his appointment as
general market superintendent.
This was the whole of the public business.

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The const;tution is thus permanently benefltted, and acquires
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against a return of any of these complaints. 36