The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-12-04

The wonderful enterprise Of the City Of Bos-
ton in supplying herself with pure water I.
rapidly approaching its completion. The cor.
ner stone Of the great reservoir was laid this day
fortnight. Very soon, then, the waters Of Lake
Cochituate will fOw through and supply all part,
Of Boston.
We all like enterprise. Especially do we rel
ish II when we call or consider il great. =
This is so, whether we look at the outlay, or In,
work itself. or the end for which II is built. TX
show what this water-snterprise is, we qust'
from Mayor QUiNcY's address, statement show
ing how the water is to be broaght into tbs
city, and what il will cost, and when be com.
PIsted:
The water remarked the orator. is to be
brought in an evsl brick aqueduct over six feet
in height, about fourteen and half miles from
COchituste Lake to Brooklins, where II aischar-
ges itselfinto a reservoir Of more than twenty
acres in extent.
From Brookline the water is forced by its own
pressure, through pipes Of 80 and IS inches in
diameter, to the two reservoirs in the city, the
one on Mount Washington, at South Boston,
one on Beacon Hill Of $4,000 feet. The latter
is to be raised on arches sixty feet above the
the spot where we now stand, is to support apond
-of the depth Of fifteen feet, and will contain.
when full, three millions of gallons.
The reservoir in Brookline is as near to the GEN.
tire Of Boston, as the distributing reservoir in
New York is to the lower part Of that city. Its
pressure even at that distance would raise the
water TO the height Of this reservoir, but being
- ~ nh
would be uncertain and great emergencies,
such great confagration, might be insult
Gent The object Of the two reservoirs in the
city is to render large supply always ready,
and TO keep an equabls pressure on the pipes,
50 as to insure the regular supply ofwater at the
highest and remotest points Of the city.
This reservoir will snabls Us u have foun-
tain on the common which viii throw jet to
a great height. II will contain 5000 900 Of
gallons, and be filed in sixteen hours, and in
the opinion Of all the engineers, Is fully ade-
quafs 10 the purposes of an aeneduct Of the AHA
which we propose to construct. These works
viii deliver 10 the city Of Boston ten millions oil
gallons day, Of the purest and best water, de-
cided by all chemists TO be superior 10 that oi
the Croton OF the Schuylkill.
The length of the brick aqueduet is little
more than IL mIles-of this nearly seven are
finished and ready for the water, and the gra-
ding and bricks for the rest are in such q state
of forwardness as to render its completion GER
tain early in the summer.
OF these two tunnels all the shafts are finish
ed. OF 1880 feet, the length Of the Brooklins
tunnel, $40 are completed; and of 2403 feet. the
length of the tunnel in Newton, 1900 are
finished, rendering il certain that no delay will
arise from this portion Of the squeduct
The line Of pipes between Boston and Brook
line and in the city, will amount to little over
60 miles in length, of which more than thirty
will be laid this autumn, and the residue be in q
position TO be put down at the opening Of the
Spring. Such Is the progress Of the work thai
can have no doubt that the waters Of Lake
Cochituste will be delivered in the city Of Bos.
ton within twelve months Of this day.
The work is one half completed The Lake
Cochituste has been bought-great part Of the
land damages have been paid-and the expendi-
lures has already been 100000 dollars
From what we know of the nature Of the
work, and the cost of materials, correct esti-
mate can be made Of the expenses, and this in
GLIDING interest to be charged to construction,
will fall, in my opinion. within thrss millions Of
dollars. r sfooi &c ~ E