The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-05-06 00:00:00

made of supplying both waters on alternate days
through the present pipeage, and we indicated
in the clearest manner, the way in which it could
be done; but, it doubtless suited the purpose of
this " most faithful servant " of the Water Corn-
. mittee, to distort our views in the same way as
he has done those of the memorialists.' What we
proposed, was simply this : that one Of. the
reservoirs should be appropriated exclusively for
the storage of spring water, having a connection
with the trunk mains. That supposing it
to be determined to supply the well water three.
days weekly, we would take care to warn every
water consumer on what dayseand at what hours,
they would -find the pipes charged with the
same. Folethe sake of illustration, we assumed
that the most convenient days would. be Tues-
days, Thursdays, :,atid Saturdays, for supplying
the well.water. Our. first step would be.to shut
off the ItiVington water 'entirely from the
.mains
early in the afternoon of the previous day; say
about two or. three o'clock, and at once turn on
the spring., < The ordinary draught on the mains
during the afternoon and night would be found
.quite sufficient to have cleared the pipes entirely;
of the Pike Water, and by. eight or'ten o'clock on
the following morning they would , be all found
fully charged with the well water, which might
then 'be: drawn in such quantities as miedat be
necessary, up to a given hour in thd,afternefon.
The same operaticin, of Cciiirse, would die idiiCa.ted
With the Pike water. Nothing could be easier.
Its practicability must be Self-evident, and;110-,
.
withstanding the fancifulfrabiections of. :Ur,
PuNCAN, We believe the result might proVe per-
fectly satisfactory if the e.xperiment
.waske only
honestly entered on.. .zar-Yll,N,U4sliltaa srleN
AS-might have been erected, 13:',4);iptie,s
vs
rattin-'4,r propositio Or a skeletjn lice tU
pipes is treated the same flimsy and
Cavalier manner as the -r,‘ memorial of the
ratepayers. Mr. BENNETT'S' proposition, if
carried out, might answer every: requirement of
the inhabitants, and at one-fourth the cost of,the
jesuitic:ll proposition of "The 11,4.-a
engineer." It only. rOves the lengtirotiV-Which
the paid agents of this nefarious sehenie will go
in throwing obstaclesiti7the way of all those who.
i.e. .
desire to Wive ..tthee;„tnliaottants col Liverpool.
from-Abe creel abd *licked Unpo:liqoWwhich has
upeM them by unprincipled
jobbers. But they shall riot be permitted to
gloat over their ill-gotten gains with impunity, and
we warn the Water Committee that if they. still
perverselr persistlin forcing the:the Pike water,
or any mixture of the same on the inhabitants"
in detiance'of 'their remonstrances and memorials,
they may.rest assured they will invoke a demon,
stration of 'indignation on the part of the' whole
people which they mayliave reason to regrk.
It 'is clearly determined, according to the
statements and figures of the Water Engineer
himself; that the wells arc amply adequate to
furnish the necessary :supply of 'spring water to
the whole town for every purpose. That this
water is proved to be-infinitely superior to the
Pike water for all the requirements of an urban
population. That the inhabitants are resolved,
at whatever pecuniary sacrifice, to retain this
water 'uncontaminated with any admixture of Pike
- ti'-:•V11. retarne-n , aria
continued even when the supply of water
from 'Rivington shall be increased, no additional
charge can accrue to the water account from the
supply for the present being exclusively from the
wells. It is proved that the Pike water is dis-
tasteful to the inhabitants, and unwholesome,
and that it.- will prove miserably deficient in
quantity. Will the Council. with these tangible
facts before them, hesitate as to their course of
action. We reiterate what we have already said
must have the well water restored to us in
its integrity;and without further temporising or
delay. No more sophistry or juggling tricks to
exhaust the patience of the ratepayers. The
Report, of .the Engineer has been upwards of
three months in seeing the light. The mass Of
rubbish might have been strung together in less
than &week, but delay and mystification was the
object sought—the one has taken place., it has
not been our fault, however, ifthe other should
succeed. Should the Council treat the,memorial
with indifference, which we cannot believe, they
will find. that there are tribunals in the country
to which, if the inhabitants are necessitated,
they will appeal to and procure, justice. Our
motto is—
NO POISONOUS BOG WASH
AT ANY PRICE.

M. nx LISSEPS.—M. de Lesseps, who was in Liverpool
on Monday, accompanied by Mr. D. A. Lange and Mr. C
L. Kenney, visited the great shipbuilding yards of Mr.
John Laird, at Birkenhead M. d Lesseps was much
interested with the various operations, and astonished at
their magnitude. The visitors afterwards went on board
the DAy.pting, a screw steamer, which has b-en built
expressly by M. John Laird, for the exploration of the
river Niger. M. de Lesseps and his friends, after staying
a few de s in Manchester, intend to visit Dublin and Cork,
and subsequently to proceed to a few of the principal towns
in Scotiand.

LIVICRPOOL BURIAL BOARD.—At the meeting of the board
yesterday, the clerk reported the result of Mr. Urquhart's
application to the Queen's Bench, viz., that that apolica-
tion, which contested the validity of the election of the
board by the general vestry in August last, had been
tefused, and the validity of the election fEis established,
accompanied by an 'expression of opinion 'on the part of
the c nirt that the application was a proper one to
settle the question. The Chairman said it was a most
satisfactory result, and deserved the approval of the
board. It was resolved that the report of the proceedings
in the Court of Queen's Bence be approved by the board.
Messrs. Fletcher and Hull'e lette-, intimating the willing.
ness of the proprietors of the Necropolis to transfer the
management of that eemete.y to the " Central Burial
Board," having been read, it was stated that from con-
versations wnich had been held with the Chairman of the
cetrimittea of proprietors it did not appear to be clear that
the proprietors were prepared to hand over the Necropolis
to this board. It was then resolved that Mr. Church-
warden Woodruff and Mr. Harvey be requested to mee,
and confer with Ar. Lace, Mr. Hull, and Mr. M'Gowan as
to the nature and terms of the offer. Mr. Jackson reported
that Dr. Holland was at present in Yorkshire, and
intended to meet the board on his return in a few days,
and he read the list of printed questions issued by the
Home Office as to the selection of a burial ground. Mr.
Woodruff reported 'hat the rector was desirous of trans-
ferring the Walton Cemetery to that board, and that at the
last meeting of the Finance Committee the Vestry Clerk
was instructed to prepare a reo :al as to the power of
transfer. It was resolved that a surveyor be employed
to inspect the properties offered, and report thereon to the
board at an early day, keepi'g in consideration the printed
Government questions. Mr. Jackson gave notice of motion
for the nomination of a surveyor, and for the app. inte.ent
of periodical meetings of the board, at the next meeting.
The meeting was then adjourned till Monday next, at
eleven o'clo2k.