Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-06-24

his section Tor the present, be supplied fiom .r,;n..
water. within less than thirty feet below The 49,.
summit OF the city; their supply may be couhdentlv
calculated on o, 30 gallons a minute, in round oumhsy
ioO'voo, equal to iss gallons 10 each ,hbaSitdn, Der
day, Including infants Del The expense of NM.
thus water in a perpendicular column. instead of ! A..
Ginning angle, WOULD be uncomfortable: the water cool
anu OF tne pure.t and sweetest quality. The reservoir
pps sV |? sc 20 DC P'eced some where near the intersection
OF " ana Stn streets, to be- raised about 0 feet above the
lever OF the surface OF the ground, at that place the rc-
ser'olr 10 De covered by arches and q building 20 keep
mir. oiocs w of ws . rs w Original na Temperature, The leading
more 30, II Properly put down and of stronyth n ms.
tam the pressure of not more than 80 fecs fio- an.
nyoreuioh tothe reservoir: distributing pipes would DO
required to be ofiion, descending m msnr nS,how -.
do, below the level of the summit of n. .~.n."
ana requiring to be tapped in various places and A.
roctions' IN order To supply private families w,Ih u..
e o,h anu a communicating main pipe, with tho Two
other rnmihcations hereafter mentioned. Yhi. i, ,hs
source and mode proposed 10 sspplv Monroe W.rS
with water. The second rami6cation. that !. hoior
the elevation Of 1870 feet above the tide ~.,., ac
n.hs mivor, can DC supplied from the various springs
IN tue city, or within its jurisdiction, with q ouan,sv
eq"ai TO 2oo gallons n minute, equal to ss8 .OOO -
ions a Jay, OF the most cool and pure water. IT,.
various springs being conducted into a main, commu.
ncahna TO reservoir /, ccrnnanding the yarious s.c.
tons ut the city in the two lower wards. ,nS;.c,;~;
"a'eiy would from their contignity, command the u,o.,
raging nre that could OCCUR, below their level hv
means OF hre plugs, and good hose, and dlrectipo
P'pcs. 10 this quantity could be added, snv vh;cS
mignt DE required, or the James River COMPANY mich,
oe disposed 70 part with from the basin, to be .pni;sJ
ooiow us level. The wntcr from this source. Gould
ne nude at smnli expense, equal in tcmpcratn,a ~
taste, to the finest spring water any where 70 hn 49,. :
~ ieaun'g 'nc supply required from about FORTY E.et
oe'o" ~ surface oil the water, by u pipe into a water.
ugnl squeouct OF masonry, filed with clean washed
9reVei ana coarse sand, a certain norton of;,s 60.
ana about ten feet filled with pounded charcoal &C.,
when IL Gould be distributed in iron pines of vs,;o,a
,nm", COMMUNICATING with the various branches.
w . ! lJJJhu a nae plugs, &c. To these no reservoirs
wouid ne necessary; It's contiguity to the heart nj tho
CITY Is such, that If the leading main be of sneB c;ent
LSanIoet. communicating pipe W .th a stop cock, could
DC constructed 10 communicate with the ieadipq main
nos communicating with the filter auueduct. ;1 c,.a
OF bfes, so a. to afford a plentiful SUNNY of w.,.r,
AL parts OF this ramIfication. to which could no .dd.j
u 'orce o. each oil the other qualifications, for II ;s
som'cunpiuteu 10 connect each ramifcation by two
COMMUNICATING main pipes, with stop cocks. go m tho
upper may nd the lower when required. In concIr
s,on' IL may be necessary to make some remarka n.t,
the wafer intended to be taken from the basin. az
many objections have been urged aoalns, ,s nn,,r
The recent w~ater-works IN Edinburgh h,. nj, ,ho,.
doubt TO rest These works are supplied from .n
adjacent hill, by running horizontal drifts into 4, ~
various quaiities' each pariaking in taste and smell
Win t"e various strata through which the veins of
water pass This water being copducted into . ~,
hltering a%fueduct, falls into the great reservo,r =
and sweet as u IT descended from the clouds and If a
mucn cooier temperature. TINS is in q small degree
Illustrated oy the water which passes from the basin
no the valley Immediately below, now used bv ,
u wv u
number of individuals IN its vicinity: il will he fonnd
from strict examination. thai some issues through =
stratum impregna,ed. with iron, while others p.n
through a stratum less appropriated, and has a moro
agreeable taste, though none are free of that sulphu-
rors tnste and smell peculiar to :he water in the
pasin at equal level with these issues, particul, rlv
after standing some hours. It rs further illustra,eI
that this property can be entirely overcome by an ar,
omination-sn issue about 200 feet lower down tho
ravine than those immediately ut rhe head of m. r.
SIN. This water does not resume it's original TO-,
and smclI BY standing. but is quite pure and sweet
mus having endeavoredto explain the outlines of INV
design II may be necessary to remark. that every sec.
ton OF the city, (the Church Hill oxceptedl ia conten-
plated to be watercd where the population will admit
winch venture little on 50 lying, at much less ernen.o
than that designed by the COMMITTEES, and thai oftbo
oesi and coolest water. not subject TO the casuaIt;es
OF machinery, or subject to filthy sediment. such A
must, IN the nature of things, ever be deposited in
pipes leading from an open reservoir. always aui,s,.d
oy the discharge ofthe water from the forclny num-
one other advantage, the quantity can be Increased
WIN I'd" increase of population, by rcsoriino 70 tho
basin and forcing pump, in the higher situations ofibo
city. i have made this communication under Tho
most solemn conviction, that, should the DESIGN nrono-
sed by the Committee be carried into execution !,
VIII disappoint ITS most jealous advocates. and vii ho
hke other designs of less magnitude, which have ~
the regret ofoll concerned, proved abor,ive, or uselcse
su'tneiis 10 tne cry. A CITIZEN.