Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-02-12
LOCAL MATTERS.

ISrRoDUorIoS on WATER TO THE DIsTarcr -we,earr
that the estimates in preparation by Lieut. MEIos uder
authority Of Congress- Of the Of the aqueducts re-
servoirs, and works requisite for the introduction Of
supply Of water sufficient for the safety health and con-
fort of the as and personnel Of the Government resi-
dent here we'll of the people Of the District win be
handed in to the committee in few days.
II is well known that three plans have been under
consideration viz. to get the supply Of water from the
Potomac at the Great Falls; at the Little Fals and,
lastly, from Rock Creek
In connection with the first PLAN Lieut. MEIGs proposes
TO tap the Potomac at about mile above Crommelin
ana 70 conduct the water thence by circular brick
built aqueduct Of feet diameter along line run
ming generally parallel with the river and for the most
part few hundred yards within or to the east Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Having arrived near the
new road leading from Georgetown to the Little Falls
the water Of this aqueduct would be received into reser
voir Of about fifty capacity situated in the neigh
borhood Of Drovers Rest The purpose Of this reser
voir is to allow the water to settle precpate the earthly
matter it has brought with it from the river Leaving
this reservoir the water enters aqueduct of the same
dimensions before until it arrives at q distributing re-
servor the city whence it to be conducted bv
distributing pipes to all parts of the city Such work
will deliver 900 gallons Of water per
diem, and will cost between sixteen and seventeen hundred
thousand dollars about third the expense bring
snp odic qudntty VI wafer iron plpeS Thls
volume Of water besides fulfilling all the purposes first
described win furnish great amount Of very cheap pow
err applicable to driving machinery printing presses Sc
all over the city The head Of the distributing reservoir
will be level within little Of the elevation of the
base Of the roof of the Capitol.
The second pan taking the water from the Potomac at
the Little Falls has yet been sufficiently investigated
to justify hazardng estimate It is obvious however,
that should this be the measure adopted head of
must be had by means of pumps.
Rock Creek, learn, at its lowest in the drought Of
summer, will supply 4000 900 gallons Of water daily at
the present moment it is pouring forth between twenty
and thirty millions Should this be the plan adopted
and much can be said for it, the settling reservoir Of about
40 acres might be at chosen location the farm Of
Mr. Kurtz, and the aquednct would thence to dis
rbutng reservoir the city heights the estates of
Messrs Cox and Brown. The of this plan would be
> little over half million Of dollars.
The CUMBERLAND Coal TRADE.-The Miners Journal
Of Cumberland in abiding the fact that the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company, in order to give the utmost
possible accommodation to the coal trade now nego
ating loan of million and quarter of dollars lay
double track to Baltimore and for increasing their
motive and cars says that the Canal Company is
,o inactive The reduction of its tolls coal to thirty
seven cents viii undoubtedly go into effect in the spring.
md the vigorous preparations being made warrant
ne Deiie hat very active business Will be done in that
work the In another place the Journal calls
pon the coal companies Of it's neighborhood to bestir
themselves early by making such arrangements as will
ring the power and the canal to becomes
or time at least, the principal avenue Of transport
alton. olts 75e~ aa4 fes 2ssN tA2
HABEAs CoRpus-The favorable reports given of the
condition of Mr.. EDw. H. FULLER having induced the
riends and counsel of JAS w. ScHAUMBUnG solicit from
Hon. Judge CRAWFORD, of the Criminal Court that their
lient be allowed the privilege of BAIL lin view of the
ommtmentof the magistrate, he Tuesday brought
efore the Court q writ of habeas corpus.
Testimony heard from the attending physicians,
)rs Miller Boyle Homead May, Saunders, andSpence,
to the amount Of probability in respect to Mr. Fulers
urvving, and also from Messrs Hobrook, Berret Gary
iorsell Mark, Tochman, Linton Radcliffe and Dr. Spence
ouching the main Circumstance Of the charge against
and sundy secondary facts bearing thereon
The medical attendants though all agreeing the pre-
ent apparently favorable progress Of Mr. Fners case
Gould not commit themselves to the future quite
90 early yet to pronounce opinion In the case OF
kidmOre, shot in the fall Of 1885, Dr. May attested that
It the end of week after the shooting, Skdmores con-
on was highly encouraging, and yet in another week
e died The same might take place now !; so that it
you'd be improper to infer too much from existing APP
earances
The application for bail zeaously supported by
ion Senator CoopER, to whose argument the DISTRICT
IrroRSEY ably replied; which reply was followed by
trcHD CoxE, Esq in answer and strongly in favor Of
he application. The JUDGE after patiently hearing all
hat could be urged deemed opinion at the present
me TO the survival Of Mr. Fuller altogether prema
ure, and therefore remanded Schaamburg to prison.
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THE HIBRRNIAN CONTRIBUTION.