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

wisely, at

scheme, or at least to postpone it for a time. The
reasons which justify such a course are many and
weighty. In the first place we regard it as incon-
testibly proved that the supply by the present
companies can be increased so as to afford abun-
dance of water for the requirements of our popu-
lation for years to come ; and as the mode in which
such supply has been managed in years past is
complained of, the council may take the companies'
works into their own hands. They have already
power, we believe, to compel the owners of property
to prepare proper receptacles ; and, if not, they can
easily obtain such in the bill for authorising the

purchase.
In the second place, should we even be com-
pelled ultimately to resort to an extraneous source
for our supply, it would be well to pause in order
to avail ourselves of additional experience and in-
formation, as to the selection of the source and the
mode of carrying 'out the works. Manchester,
Stockport, and other Towns, not so favourably
situated as ourselves, with regard to present supply,
are 'about going before Parliament for similar bills
to the proposed Rivington Pike Bill. The pro-
moters of these schemes are opnosed upon similar

parries.
Like others of our fellow townsmen, and of our
contemporaries, we have long been anxious to see
Liverpool possess an ample supply of water for
household and for sanatory purposes; and we have
never been very indulgent in our comments, when I grounds to those, upon which the Councils' Bill is
we have noticed neglect or irregularity in such I opposed, although the opposition in our case is
supply. We must candidly acknowledge, however, i snore formidable. In the case of Manchester an
and the tone of some recent articles in our paper I objection is made to the quality of the water, as af-
upon this subject, may have led our readers to an- I fected by the same causes as those which will be
ticipate the acknowledgment, that our views, as to I found to affect the Pike water. We may make the
water supply, do not carry us so far, at present, as promoters of these Bills our -pioneers : let them
Rivington Pike, the Bala Lake, or any other locality I try the temper of Parliament for us ; provide us
named. And, with such impressions, the enquiry i with data upon which to count the cost of our own
before the commissioners is not calculated to give I scheme, and permit us to derive useful information
a new direction to our views. Why such is the from the conflict of the scientific evidence which
case, we shall endeavour to show. , will be produced. Unlike them, we are not driven
The great object, we presume, which the author- into a corner. We are not so urgently in want that
ities of Liverpool have in view is, to provide an ' we need rush to operate upon doubtful ground, for
ample supply of pure water, at all times available, an article of doubtful quality ; that we need subsi-
for household purposes, and water for cleansing dize the owners of Factories and even entire Towns,
and for the extinguishing of fires.' With respect or that we need expend hundreds of thousands in
to the purity of our existing supply, it does not hot haste, one half or two-thirds of which experi-
appear that any fault is alleged. Mr. Rushton, 'ence, and opportunity to enquire, may enable us to
stipendiary magistrate, in his evidence on Wednes- save to this community.
day, admitted "that the quality of the water was Bht a further and very important ground for
excellent : better than could be obtained in any putting off for a while the adoption of this or any
other town with which he was acquainted." Dr. other large scheme, is to be found in the present
Duncan admits that "the water is clear but hard, financial position of the town. We have impend-
which is good and wholesome for drinking, as only 1 ing over our heads the certainty of a heavy drain
one instance has come to his knowledge where the ' upon us for the rates during this, and we know not
water has not agreed with the constitution-of the for how many years to come. A heavy Borough
persons using it. ' Both these gentlemen, it must Rate, in addition to' a poor's Rate doubled or
be stated, are advocates of the Corporation scheme, trebled, will not be borne without much ill-wit' -
or of some large scheme. Mr. Rushton's chief i injury to individuals being created.
complaint is of the want of water in cases of fire ; measures, too, provided for by the Sana.
and Dr. Duncan complains of the want of a constant , extensive sewerage, drainage, cleansing, &c.
nly in the streets and the courts, and of the I will be costly in their execution.. Much, then
' many of the cisterns in which as energy and determination on the part of ~
.t is kept. A supply of softer water he also thinks Health Committee are to be commended, undut
would be advisable, and conduce to a great saving, precipitation is equally to be avoided. The cleans-
for domestic uses. ing out of the Augean Stable,.which the folly, the
It will be most convenient to us to notice Dr. neglect. or the unwise thrift of pas+ yPnrs bg‘ro
Soft water, he sacs. I. , i„,filacted to be erected upon the banks of the
a.u. is we find in other Mersey, is not the work of a day : well, if it can
ected for such purposes. Few be accomplished in a generation. It ought not
Manchester and other manu- therefore to be pressed forward so rapidly as to in- i ,—, __....,,„...- 1i.f,,,,,,„, wm.. Anthony and Roblirsor
.
facturmg districts throughout the country are , flict suffering upon the existing Ratepayers, by
without stone" tanks for the collection of such '
none of whose acts or omissions the nP,--
water, in sufficient quantity for consumption in I
the work has been created.
average seasons. If similar buildings erected •....1.51m0•m•.,...ea..
at Liverpool are planned upon a faulty principle, WE have felt it our dtity from time to time to
surely we cannot'blame the water companies, and remonstrate against the extravagant and over-
need not spend half a million sterling in going to speculative proceedings of the people of Birken- I ,
Rivington Pike for a remedy. There is no neces- head. It struck us, as it did many other parties, named Peter .M`Donald was charged with
11)_assing
all of
sity, either, for such tanks being erected over cess- i that they were getting on too fast ; that they were base
em
half
-crowns at Mr. Butterworth's,_ p
_blicaniteuwast
six and ten o'clock on Saturday.
pools, as complained of by Dr. Duncan.
They I attempting a task too heavy for ordinary mortals also diargedowith ,uttering, a base half-crown.at Mr. Win-
may be covered over sufficiently to avoid contact
to build Rome in a day. In part, experience gate's, druggist, top of Elliot-street. The case, as re-
with effluvia in most localities. I has proved that we were in error ; that we under- gards two of the pieces,. was proved. The prisoner was
So far as Mr. Rushton's objection, as to the in- estimated the amount of sagacity with which the pursued all .the way to: Shaw-street, before he was cap-
sufficiency in cases of fire, is concerned, the evidence affairs, pr
ivate as well asublic, of that rising tured, ands was, found. secreted in a yard._ He was seat
of Mr. M'Donald, a practical man, as well as a man locality were conducted. We lot for trial.
of scientific ability, satisfies us that the complaint, of them as speculators of the
however just in past times, is capable of being re- flushed with past success, and ii
medicd, and is in course of being remedied. This in the final issue of their adventures, that ambi- ward bonua „passugu in. Lila: ...,,0.....5., ..•-__._ __
gentleman states : tion which overleaps itself ;, although we felt that, The Schooner Ding,of Tyre also made a re-
20ahrairs. . k
" I have introduced an improvement in the system of in the talents, and we may well say the genius, ofout, h • g sailed hence on the
3rdm inst., arinudicarri'P'ver at Lisbon isonavionn the ath,,thusperfo -
supplyinT water to extinguish fires, by which we will be
able to give a much better supply. I propose to keep the
ofadviser, . '
their legal Mr. Mallabv they had a source ing the voyage in 5 days. The Nautilusstarted from Lis-
water at high pressure on all the mains, throughout the ward a host
reliance which was calculated to off bon, as- advertised, on. the 15th inst., in. the afternoon, and
town. The defective state of the street valves was the of difficulties which might otherwise have crushed after encountering a !float stormy voyage, ,arrived in this
port yesterday evening. The Nautilus brought a large
only cause for the want of a proper supply of water in even their great energies. cargo of. both goods and passengers.
time of fire." In contravention of such views, it is undeniable Cauucn ESTABLISIIMENTS.—On Friday next, as may
It will be borne in mind that in the course of that the enterprise which has been at work on the be seen, from an advertisement, a dismission will take
his evidence, Mr. Rushton vouched for the ca- opposite shore of the Mersey has been productive place. in this town, between the ROYI Jsosto. Btalee,_pof.
pability of Mr. M'Donald to form a correct opinion of results which have not been paralleled in the biirlcencheadc,tlnd.of'ls_eliratr. Acrleis,talliriimdeo,l,.a
The tickets of
on this subject. The experiments made in the history of the progress of any locality in this or tour, b
el niastato the discussion are now rawly, anAl we recom-
presence of the Commissioners, to show the extent any other country. Whatever may be the success, mend our friends tomake the earliest possible application
to which the pressure upon the mains is capable of or the reverse, of its docks, its dock warehouses, forthem, as the interest on the subjeet is very great, and
being increased for such purposes ; and his evi- its railways, which connect its population with the It.: demand for tickets has already been very urgent. Mr.
is a charapion.well qualified to
dente, as to the practibility of increasing the general manufacturing districts, north and south, and with
' we
confident,are
enent and having studied thoroughly the
supply of the town, is most conclusive. meet . is
.oppp
the metropolis, Birkenhead may from henceforth
question in. dispute, the members of the ra..--'
When I bored at the Soho station," he says, " below be regarded as one of the most beautiful and pros- „„ ~,,,..„,,,...,. _
the depth of the well, I found water in abundance. I
erous suburbs .of Liverpool. Its! .---"
made a boring of 260 feet from the bottom of the well. P
The di^ -of that boring was six inches. I cannot sanatory construction

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Duncan

s evidence first

towns rain water cola

of the cottages in

Lty of

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oramary class, line of Screw Steamers, intended to ply

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acted her out-

eorcvietions more

its spacious

Teets, tho-

EXTRAC

NARY COLLECTIWiS.•7-011 Sunday last, two
were preached in St. Andrew's church, Renshaw-
iat in the morning by ,the Rev. John Jones, the
steemed incumbent, after which, in compliance with the

tell exactly what accession of water we got, but I think roughly- sewered and drained ; its well laid out
that we got a great deal, as we allow from that station 150 park ; its abundant supply of water and of gas,
_ .

gallons per n0......_
The evidence of Mr. flan.— protect those embarked in the ownership of
man who, from his handing amongst us, cannot be
property from anything more than the effect o.
presumed to state anything beyond his honest
temporary depreciation. Exaggerated views as to,
convictions, is most important. We give an extract 'the value of land and houses in Birkenhead have
from the report in our last publication : no doubt prevailed ; and possible loss may accrue
" Do you consider that the Company's resources are
ample enough at the present time to supply Liverpool ? to some who have invested unwisely. At the
I do.—Does your past experienbe as a director lead you bottom, however, the locality is in a healthy posi-
to believe that no limit has been come to as regards the tion, and must progress. Birkenhead may never
quantity of water you can raise at your works ? Cer- be another Liverpool : it will always, however,, be
tainly not : there has been no limit come to yet ; nor do a part of us.
1 believe that for very many years to come there could
he the possibility of our finding a limit.—During the last But to ensure such a consummation,—nay, to
r avert the occurrence of serious and ruinous cala-
thirty years you have always obtained an additional sup-
-ply when you required it ? Yes ; always.—Do you see mity,—the affairs of the township must be em-
ail), difficulty in giving the poor that supply which is ne- ducted in a different spirit to that which we regret
cessary for their welfare ? Ido not. If the company shall to have seen recently evinced by a portion: of its
he assisted by the public bodies of the town, I will gua-
. In all the
they shall be properly supplied - leading persons. It is a suicidal course n''
rantee that' -
-- - -- --. ...4- -e 5.1-.,, Pr,,,,m;ggioneyst of Birk-

3anner, a gent

sum of £216 was made for the distressed Irish and Scotch..
In the evening, in the saine-cburch, a sermon was preached
by the Rev. Hugh M'Neils, who gave some further par-
ticulars as to the existing distress in Ireland, when anoliher
collection was made, which reached the splendid sunk, of
£230, which is to be bawled over to Mr. Webster,_the
treasurer of our local fund, for distribution according to
the discretion of that committee, We never before had
the gratification of recording such munificent collections
—amounting together to £446—in the same chuvcb on

one day

This day week

WILL BREAD STcbrrp nr, -
455. per barrel was obtainable for American flour. In
the latter part of the week a private sale of 20,900 barrels,

111111 VVLIJ LUVVAiCtI• VIC 1101 Ito ---
that, the price was. 375. per barrel, and that the sale was
made by one of our best informed, and most wealthy
houses, What but a firm conviction that prices must

;oon give way, could indt
;ame view, and think priA

them to !3e

nhead

must inevitably, faq,...and that

proposed Sanaiory regulaiiotis. Aid; the Council have
entered upon, they never offered to assist the present
company in their efforts to supply the poor with good and
wholesome water. If the Council had sought for and
enforced the_ powers which we have obtained, many years

hrow Rom

owners of property there,
countenance and prestige of such men
Jackson, or their efficient legal advise
Mallaby. Thom

, that the warehouses aru
with corn and flour ; and a gentleman, just
from. Scotland, tells us,, that never did he see the
trds so.full at this season of the year as at present,
rd of a farmer from Rainford,.. who came to this

whose enterprise

not, now be heard of."- i 3181.1, •'w`" -
We have declined in previous articles entering converted its barren waste into a town—._
into the engineering merits of the Rivington Pike made a muddy and unproductive pool into th
scheme, on the very sufficient ground. that such site of magnificent docks and warehouses—cannot
subjects require both engineering knowledge and safely be dispensed with, at a crisis when the ele-
acquaintance with the country experimented upon ments of financial difficulty are rife around them.
to arrive at any just conclusion. The expensive- For the services of such men—business men—
ness of the project, however, will not be denied. experienced men—those of the parties, who appear
The host of claims for compensation put in are to be setting themselves in antagonism to those of
sufficient to affright most men. The people whom, a few years ago, they were proud to rank
Wigan oppose, en masse, the diversion of the themselves as humble followers, can scarcely re.
waters of the River Douglas from their town. compense the public. We fear much that th
Opposing millowners, calico-printers, and bleach- change cannot fail to damage themselves.
ers, make up a goodly body of cormorants, ready It would be well for. the inhabitants and owne
to eat up poor Liverpool. The fame of our cor- of property in Birkenhead to weigh the -
porate wealth appears to have attracted all the state of affairs, and to take meats"
black-coated iitople who could procure briefs or their councils their OM -
any species of excuse to prey upon us. We whose very name
have said, however, that we shall not enter into the public with the rise and prosperity of the loen-
the real merits of this or any of the other new lity, The fate of the vast property now embarked
'schemes; and we shall keep our promise, in Birkenhead, must not be put in Jeopardy to gra-

town on Saturday last, to mo—_
he had not sold a grain of corn, either
1845 or 1846. •
BifnGLAar..---Yesterday, Christopher Toole, a young
man; was• charged before Mr. Rushton, with k -
broken into Trinity Church School-room. He was tou
in The -vnrd between one and two o'clock on Stu

the harve

morn

nig. He II
a skeleton-

proxen me ii
was found upon him. He succeeded
illy a flag handkerchief, which, he had con.
tb. vsrd where he was apprehended

A. more serious one was

are associated in the minds of