Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1848-11-25
THE BOSTON CITY wATER-woRHs.

The Water of Lake CochitUate was Thursday last,
ADMITTED into tie reservoir in Brlokne, the works Of the
seryo having been far completed admit Of the intro
ducob Of the water. The members of the City Council
yted to visit it, and be present the removal Of
the stop panks which prevented The discharge Of the
from te Aqueduct. They accompanied hy large
numbF OF citizens, probably four five hundred On the
arrival Of the party at the upper Gate House, which guards
the terminus OF The Aqueduct, the Mayor made short and
perl address, Immediately afe which the water was
permitted flow by rapid current into the Aqrednc, As
the caciy of The reservoir is sufficient for the full supply of
the ely for period of two weeks it viii occupy nearly three
week. fill it, by the regular flow of the Rquedurt as the
suppl of the city will be in the time continued
TIL Of land occupied by the reservoir, including the
emba kment by which it is surrounded and the adjoining
grounds belonging 10 the city, embraces OF IS
The snbankmen which surrounds the reservoir is 20 feet in
width the tor, and it widens by gradual slope the
bottom The top the embankment rises five feet above the
propo level The inner slope protected through
the ere circuit Of the reservoir by soping wall Of about
ten @ in width, from level little above the line
The outer slope is protected in its upper portion hy sods of
grass and in the lower portion, where high and border
ing OF the street, by bank wall Of Quincy Granite of ire
gua1 dimensions, laid in The whole grounds
cep where they bodered by high wal be
rounded by pang of sufficient height exclude niruders.
through the gate house, which there leading
to the bop of the embankment.
The OF the reservoir, the line Of the surface
is % $40 acres, and its depth, measuring from that level
varies from 20 feet in the to 10 feet in the po
ton oi.he average being probably from 10 to IA feet II
will therefore contain when filled, about 100 000, 900 gall
Ions, which will be sufficient, should the aqueduct by any
acciden, be interrupted, to afford supply Of 100000 Of
gallons day for Ia days The Of discharge through
the aqueduct has yet been measured 1t will probably
be less when filed twohirds Of capacity than IL
cubic feet second, and three-quarer millions Of
gallons per day.
The Mayor, in his address the citizens assembled TO
witness the letting Of the water alluded the bursting of
pipes the Of the CITY, The of bursting, be
remarked, with the exception of the breaking Of sopeocks
and branch pipe by the accident of sudden stopping
OF the water al the Fountain days ago. limited
One of these the bursting of l2-nch pipe which
had probably received injury unpeceived during the pro-
of laying, after had been proved and the other
the breaking Of 4ineh pipe, in Chatham street, from
unequal settling Of the earth in which it laid being
made ground
Besides these fractures however, there have been
siderable number OF leaks, Of magnitude in various
parts of the city, these have proceeded from the
leaving Of the ends Of unfinished branches Improperly Sc
cured but the greater number the breaking iron
vice pipes which, the Of the laying Of these
pipes inserted without any connexion of lead or other
maeable metal between the main and the pipe Ac
cidents OF this description apprhended and this mode
Of laying the pipes discontinued In all section
Of lead pipes inserted between the main the service
pipe when the latter is Of iron. In the service
pipes now laid entirely of lead
Besides leaks Of the above descriptions few have been
discovered at the joints but the number Of these far less
than might have been anticipated We observed yesterday
the n the 30nch pipe leading he in this
city, and from which present there discharge except
at the fountain the Common standing o'clock
within six inches Of the top Of the pit the gate house in
Brookne. During the period Of observation-nor less
than fifteen minutes-there percepdble settling
movement Of the the fountain having been shut of nearly
hour before. The then standing the entire
length Of the pipe from the gse-house in Brookine the
head Of Hancock street, distance Of miles, the pressure
through great part OF the distance being under pependi-
cuIar bead Of 100 feet. As drop Of during this
period running in, the maintenance Of the level the
pit proved that there could have been leakage through the
whole length Of the pipe notwithstanding the weight of pres
upon This trial. together with that nv the pGter
hammer, described days ago, by which stop-coek
miles asundsr and Of them miles distant from
the of the shock, broken the instant
without any other pury except the parure Of branch pipe
at many rods distance from either may be regarded afford
ing very satisfactory OF the soundness OF the pipe. and
Of the with which has been laid and its joints have
! been closed.
1t intended that for the present the Fountain shall play
from o'clock in the morning in the evening, every
pleasant day.-Daiiy Advertiser.
rive have placed the preceding article in our
columns, thinking that, as it possesses much inter-
est for as, it may have the same for many Of our
readers, and especially for those who reside in
cities towns not yet adequately supplied with
water. We look forward with pleasure TO the pos
sibility of even our living long enough to witness
the introduction Of the water of Rock Creek, if not
| that Of the Potomac from above the Great Falls
into the city Of Washington, upon level as high
as the dome Of the Capitol, and in quantity album
dant for the of the largest population which this
city is likely TO contain. The water from
Rock Creek could be made available for this purpose
within reasonable time, and at cost to the Gov
eminent comparatively small in consideration of
the protection which it will0fford to the public
property in this city; and the good work canno, be
too soon begun.-Editors Nat. IrfeHl
4 Az ECcESTRIc CHARACTBR.-There died in Boston on
"Wednesday eccentric individual named WV. q. BArLIEs
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