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| IA meeting Of the eli Gems Of Charlestovn and
thsse interested, was held j. The court-hOase 90
HE ooh aIt to take into considerations the sob
lei ef sspPlyiug lie lOsa With water By pipes,
i.id from stAespnng .: Jodss Douglass, who had
.iEoi6el lis willingness 70 soeh . prs jeei.
4. considerable discussion took place 1pon the
pIausitAay Of The scheme, and able speeches
were made fsr and against it. There vas how
ever bur slight difference Of opinion upon the
DIGESTION as to the necessity Of being sup.
piled Siih water, olher than by The pnbaic veiis
they having been exhausted on several occa-
sions during this summers Drought. The main
question was as 10 the means 10 be resoited 10,
10 raise the money requisite 10 be expended in
The prosecution Ct The work. On The one hand
il was cealended the benefit would be general,
and ina; ALL proper,y-holders in Town should be
taxed upon the annual rent Of their respective
property, and small increase should be placed
upon timetables owning no property This was
objected 10 BY those, Who, from their proximity
70 wsler, obvia,ed TO degree he necessity for
the wafer project 10 their case, and rho further
] more commended that those 4he needed.hs water
most should subscribe cat q their private re.
sources and bring ths patsf totem, aud then,
fthey would be willing to be taxed equal TO their
propeuy,s yaIae, for It's disi itGiisa through the
lowu.
The resolutions, which passed the meeting,
however, BY so decisive vote, clearly demon.
sifsled that Those present were decidedly favora.
Ole to equal iazatisa rather than individual
Subscription, aud accordingly, We understand, the
the Town Council Or Trustees, at their fate meet.
ling, 61sd The ratio Of taxation al per cent. on
The annual rent Of the town properly and
increased that of the timetables 10 IS cents,
The tax Of last year vas at the rate Of ii per
cent, and 50 cents 90 each ttheable, yielding a.
bout $500. The increase will now mako the
sum yielded BY taxation about $500. Y
The cost Of carrying the project fully ont has
been placed at various estimates from $4,000 10
$1,000. Several gentlemen who are fully able 10
know what the cost would most likely be, have
placed il al much smaller sun-they are gen.
llemen who have had experience in the business.
and who can speak scientifically on the subject
The distance from the spring Of Judge Doug.
lass 10 the Bank Corner-the central point Of
the town to which the water will first be carried
--is 100 yards, requiring 1899 feetof iron pipe,
which can be furnished at from so TO 100 cents
per yard.
The Messrs Hobart Of Winchester, have made
a surveyed il, and have made an estimate Of the
cost Of bringing ii 10 the corner Of the Bank,
which they say can be done for from $4,000 10
$4,000. They have sgni6ed q perfect will.
ihgness to take The contract for s25eo, buie the
reservoir and cover il, aud tx all the necessary
apparatus in complete order. The cost Of dis
tfibuiing il cannot Of course be much more than
half tof-.hat SUN, or say $500, making 10 all
$4,000, which The town is certainly fully able TO
assume as a debt, for vhich q sinking flnd is 10
Be Immediately created.
For the information of those who are entirely
unaequanled with the subject we will say that il
is designed 10 force the waier-by means Of a
Water Wheel selling on a Force Pump-inlo .
reservoir on a kill belonging 70 Judge Doug lass,
which is IS feet above the levelo The base Of lhe
Cont house, suite ien.ly high to supply any part
Of The Town withlh wafer. By actual experi-
meni, the following dow from the spring has
been ascertaided
Flow from spring per minute 90 gallons.
:" Sc g hour 1900
q" 9 day (2ih) 25so0
supposing the population Of Town to be 1900
inhabitants, we have 90 gallons per day, for eve.
Try map, woman, and child 10 town, which, all
know il far beyond The actual quantity of water
used. 49,
Such being the facts CT The case, then, We
think all, especially those OF our ,eiuzens who
have property, should join heart aud hand and
cooperate in measure which promises 10 be
50 easyin ils. accenpli.hment, and which must
be so salaiary in. its effects, our
town more healthy pleasant and comfortable to
IIscizeus, aPt holding out an additional atEac-
tIon for strsngersIto make stay among us.
Besides, the incseplsble advantage il would be
10 case Of ere, should be Of Itself sufficient,
reason 10 call flnh united and energetic action
on The subject
P. s. A meeling Of the Trustees was heldIou
Monday sfernoon,, which was attended BY d
number of citizens, and plan adopted for rais+
ing the money somewha, different from that first
spoken of, wig: to borrow il from tie Bank.
u was agreed 70 form JointSiock Water. ComF
psny, with shares, 10 be sold at SOS each,
payable in instruments. The Company are u
bring the water TO IoWn aud disIibuie il, fof
which the Trustees Of the town a;e TO lay such
taIes from lime 10 time, as viii pay The Water
Company ell, per cent, on the money invested,
besides creating sinking fund for The Rfadui j
extraction oil the debt. Several thousand dol.
lars of stock have already been taken, aud DO
doab, exists that the full amount requlfsdswtl
soon be subscribed. f.