Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-20
LOCAL.

A SUPPLY OF WATER The Globe Of yester-
day contained a letter, copied from the Peters
burg Express, from which VIC extract the fol
lowing: M
"We have seen plan for conducting the
water from the Potomac, at Mason's foundry,
into the city and neighborhood. II can be
completed in eighteen months or two years,
and at a cost Of less than ST. 100000 This
plan, which will be presented TO Congress in a
few days, is the result of the private surveys Of
Mr.. ]. G F. Solomon, of Prussia, but for the
last twenty four years citizen Of the United
States, q gentleman of great scientific attain
ments and indefatigable energy.
By this plan, the elevation acquired for reser-
voirs dbove the level of the Potomac, Ia natu-
raj one being in existence near the Beacon
Tree above Georgetown heights) 382 fl.
Apex Of dome of Capitol ali, he lev
ell of the Potomac - 24O it,
Giving an elevation of 142 it.
Captain Meigs proposes brick conduit
nine feet in diameter, fourteen miles in length.
MIR. Solomon, iron mains, one mile and half
in length.
aThere will be no steam power required to
elevate the water into the reservoirs Of Mr.
Solomon; there being water power at hand
of thirty-fye feet fall, being a greater power
than that Of Paramount Philadelphia, which
has but eight-turbines being used as at that
celebrated water-work.
AS there has been no decisive action Of
Congress on this matter, it is not too late to
rectify any previous error"
This subject is worth looking into One
million OF dollars is but fourth or q third part
of the estimated cost of the present plan. Two
years is but half of the time required for the
perfection Of the project now begun. An alti-
tude of ss2 feet is 235 feet higher than the
present plan contemplates Throwing the
water up to this altitude will purify it, while
its passage through an aqueduct of Ia miles
length will tend to render it impure. The
machinery at Paramount is operated at very
small cost.
If these statements are correct, the only
question remaining to be asked is, will the sup
ply by Professor Salomon's plan be adequate
to all present and prospective uses
We hold Captain Meigs in high esteem.
Nevertheless, we shall readily prefer any better
plan than his that may be presented
sSUIcIDE or AWAsHISGToNIAN.--D.C G. Clark,
Of Brooklyn, n Y. q member Of the Method
ist Church, committed suicide on the 18th inst,
at Harrisonburg La. He had been laboring
under deep melancholy. He informed the cap
tain Of the boat that he formerly lived in
Washington city, and that there his wife de-
sorted him. Tho last and only words that
fell from his lips after committing the rash
act were, Disowned, disowned!n
% The death Of Captain Alden Partridge,
at Middletown, Connecticut, has been announ-
ced by telegraph. Captain Partridge is gene
rally and well known az the protector OF many
military schools, and twenty-five years ago
conducted school of this kind in Washing
ton, near the upper bridge leading to George
town. He was man OF great energy Of
character, and much beloved by very large
circle Of friends.
GAN ALTERNATWE.--Mary ---, mod
disappearing girl, was brought into the Police
Court yesterday afternoon, charged with