The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-02-23 00:00:00

Triethrs of the STANDARD

iuty to their fr
he lead. On

!nds and the commu-
te 15th of December

Irctous one
a direct sacrifice of an ascertained profit resulting
from its circulation. Public interests, however,
seemed to them to require that sacrifice. It ap-
peared to them that a boon would be secured to
the public by conferring upon them, at a cheaper
' the advantages of a well-conducted, moral,

paper was reduced to
it was

he step was a

and healthy

press; and they ventured upon the
n the confident hope that their motives
)reciated, and the sacrifice submitted

would be ai

made up- to

them. In this hope, they are happy
to state, that they have not been disappointed.
The circulation of the STANDARD has been

TRIPLED SINCE THE CHANGE,

and it is steadily increasing, not only in Liverpool,
but through new channels in the districts around;
whilst the advertising favours of their friends are

Bowing in in a

lumns-of the
will abundant

ricreased ratio, as the co-
for the last two months

The enquiry before Mr

government corn

Page and Mr. Ellison,

sioneri, into the merits of

the scheme, projected by the corporation, for sup-
plying the town with water from the high lands
and streams in the neighbourhood of Rivington
Pike, has now concluded ; and we may, without
presumption, offer to our readers our views of the
bearing of the evidence adduced, both with respect
to that scheme and the claims of the existing com-
panies, upon the confidence of the public. We
shall principally, however, for reasons which we

shall explain- before concluding our remarks, dwell
upon the case made out in behalf of those Com-
panies.
_ _ _

fellow townsmen, and of our

Like others of our I

contemporaries, we I

Liverpool possc

ye ion

an amp

been anxious to see

supply of water for

household and for sanatory purposes ; and we have
never been very indulgent in our comments, when

we have noticed neglect or irregularity in such
supply. We must candidly acknowledge, however,
and the tone of some recent articles in our paper
upon this subject, may have led our readers to an-
ticipate the acki

-ledgment, that our views, as to

water supply, do not carry us so far, at present, as
Rivington Pike, the Bala Lake, or any other locality
named. And, with such impressions, the enquiry
before the commissioners is not calculated to give
a new direction to our views. Why such is the
case, we shall endeavour to show.

The great object, we presume, which the author-
ities of Liverpool have in view is, to provide an
ample supply of pure water, at all times available,
for household purposes, and water for cleansing
-1 for the extinguishing of fires. With respect
our existing supply, it does not
is alleged. Mr. Rushton,
'm his evidence on Wednes-
,te quality of the water was
,an could be obtained in any

to the purity

appear_ that - any fault

stipendiary maffist

day, a(

he was acquainted." Dr.
he water is clear but hard,
)lesome for drinking, as only
1-as come to his knowledge where the
th the constitution of the

Duncan admits t
which is good ani

water has
persons usin,

not ag

Both t

gentlemen, it must
advocates of the Corporation scheme,
or of some large scheme. Mr. Rushton's chief
complaint is of the want of water in cases of fire ;
and Dr. Duncan complains of the want of a constant
supply in the streets and the courts, and of the
bad construction of many of the cisterns in which

le also t

conduce to a great saving,

t to us

to notice D:

There is one circumstance connected with the
inquiry, which strikes us as rather singular. It
will be remembered, that our townsman, Mr. Cun-
ningham, the eminent architect, was a few months
ago deputed by the promoters of the Rivington
scheme to visit the locality, and to report upon its
capability of supply. Such a visit was made by
rt of its results was handed into the
%nd we are informed, upon what we

1 'Town-hall

Ivorable be

ration to

gentleman, s

such a su

that -it was unfa-

is the quantity of water to

y, and. the amount or compen-
Under the circumstances of a

ompetent to give an of

sagreec

Mr. 1-lawkaey, we at-a-mit that his report should
have been laid before the commissioner ; and Mr.

Cunningham

nself I

an opportunit

ation ; an(

)le to rebut Mr. Cunningham. 's

ve heard, however, nothing in