The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-05-01 00:00:00

abundant,
srt of the town, in case of

cation of tho services, and con-
the duty of the turncocks.
able pressure and flow of water
ng the liability to fracture and

nconvenience, ex pen

increasing the distribution to
required, as the demand in-
esent or future districts.
of large stores of water always

ion in the town. And,
gular working of the engines,
it durability, and to the saving

present raised from the existing
ad Newlands find to be, by the
4,220,969 gallons. Deducting,
age, &c., they assume it to be
dition, they calculate that from
allons are obtained from private

the town of from.six to
diem. This, although a

ly been

sufficient ; and have
to the mode in whicl

step was to exami

Linery, &c., at the present
they called in an experienced
locking, of Hayle, Cornwall,
ppendix. It will be sufficient
3 engines are capable of im-

Hotha

If ii in a

tth dal
and N

working of the engine is at-
lis state of things Messrs.
cider inseparable from the
working at their utmost

3rt to in Ca

of re-

Mains and Pipes
Reservoirs
Sundry minor wor
Land and Comper

proceeds to e

t an increased supply might
suggested of having head
indispensable feature. A

Id of water mi

D power, however, v

ient, ace

an increased rc

.
m the water. The Bevingtm
wretched condition of the en
with the next station (Beving
er the ground, the best part o
ations being used to form onl

.ngton Station, the water from

to the reservoir at Atherton-
rn-street should be abandoned
sr conveyed into tanks for the
of Water-street should be deli-
aad reservoir on Park-hill. The
epened, the pump lowered, and
for the condensing water. The

livered into the K
Green-lane, they say
y somewhat beyond the engit
her increased. We recommend

lsington r

—" The

liency of iocre

ion, to the extent c

long time will inevitably

, On a la

vn, and the inordinate wort
ibjected to, renders it advif.

- -
ed for repairs without reducing
T ; with a view also to meet the
be called on to furnish in the
or three years, we think it most
y should be augmented without
e works, including a new engine
,reet, is set down at £110.550.

le, however,
le sufficient

ne reporting engineers do not
to meet the advancing require-
itate also that—" The present
in of Green-lane and Windsor,
rtion to the quantity of water
afforded by them, that i t would be injudicious to perpe-
tuate such a costly means of supply. As one proof of
this point, we may adduce the fact, that the present con-
sumption of fuel, per week, at six stations, is about 110
tons ; whereas it is demonstrable that, by proper arrange-
ments and improved machinery, the same quantity of
water might be pumped, and distributed much more
effectively, with a consumption of from 40 to 50 tons,
being a saving of above one-half of the fuel used. And,
because water can be obtained of a better quality than
that supplied from the smaller stations."
The next chapter of the report is devoted to an inquiry
into the capabilities of the red sandstone of yielding a
sufficient supply, in which the engineers oppose practical
experience to the speculations of theorists. They show
that the whole of the present supply is raised within a
polygon of about six square miles area ,• that the Green-
lane Well alone has delivered 1,400,000 gallons per day

rents of tli

The water from many of the stations whence the sup-
ply of the town is at present derived, is known to be much
harder than that from Green-lane, but as we do not re-
commend the permanent retention of these supplies, we
have not entered into the subject. We have every reason
to believe that the water obtained from the proposed
works would be at least as soft as, if not softer than, that
from Green-lane ; and we are moreover of opinion that
continuous working of the proposed station would have a
tendency to render the water softer still."
With respect to the possibility of water from the red
sandstone being affected by the sea, they are under no
apprehension, as the wells proposed would be at a dis-
tance, and would be judiciously constructed and worked.
Nor do they consider that private wells would be perma-
nently injured. The probable result, they conceive,
would be that, although a temporary injury might ensue,
as soon as the sinkings and driftways were completed and
filled, a reaction would take place, and that ultimately an
additional quantity of water would be drawn into the dis-
trict. The following is their
" ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF ADDITIONAL WELLS TO BE
SUNK IN THE LOCALITY, AND OF NEW RESERVOIRS,
MAINS, PIPES, AND OTHER WORKS FOR RAISING
AND DISTRIBUTING AN INCREASED QUANTITY OF TEN
d two are completely worn A

ILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
'orkine Shafts, Pump Wells, and-)
Driftway, or Tunnel
neines, Boilers, Pumps, Engine-
houses, &c.

.-X299,156 0 0

ANNUAL EXPENDITURI
Interest of Capital,—say £300,000
General e 2
Woe

Trying on the,

£15,000 0 0

20,000 0 0

£35,000 0 0
The report proceeds next to an examination of the
Rivington project, the following being the chief points to
which attention has been directed, viz.:—