New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-12-08
our ARTEs1AN WELL.

Some tina last year resolution passed both
boards Of the City Council authorizing an Ar
tesian Wen on Canal street. and an appropria-
tion was made at the same time to carry the
resolution into efact The contract was adju-
dictated To gentleman who had acquired some
celebrity for boring wells in other States and
be commenced operations during the month Of
November. 1858, and continued to work to some
time III the month Of June. The exact amount
of the expenditure made We do not know, nor
the precise depth Of the boring; but believe the
latter ID hare approximated to one hundred and
ninety feet.
AT the commencement Of the undertaking
that portion Of the neutral ground in Canal
street % which the work was to be done was
fenced in and large triangle erected for the
purpose Of raising and lowering the heavy iron
tubes used u the progress Of the boring Ii
was and Is . very unsightly affair and ought
not to bc continued any longer than is abso-
lutely necessary In addition to this fault it
has been complained Of as u nuisance upon other
grounds. The contractor was granted leave Of
absence from June to October. from the fact
that himself and bis slaves were unacclimated
and it might be dangerous for them to remain
during the summer, The understanding at the
same time was that be was TO return at the ex
piration If the period specified and continue to
prosecute the work, II il now we'll advanced
into December and We have heard nothing of
the contractors return nor seen any evidence
that the boring is being continued.
We were in favor Of tho undertaking at its
commencement, and still think that an Artes;an
well On Canal streetSWould be a great adyan-
tage 70 the city Furthermore, We have not
heard any objections to its Feasibility and pro.
bable success, drawn from the progress Of the
work, but, "a the contrary, many reasons
strongly fayoring the IDEA Of ultimate success.
The boring han been remarkably easy for the
two hundred feet to which it has extended, and
has revealed y great many things concerning the
substructure Of this portion Of the delta Of the
Mississippi that could not have been learned
otherwise. Water has not been obtained WE.
/ and may not be for some hundreds Of feet more,
ln Charleston the boring WAS extended to thou
sands instead Of hundreds of feet before the
object was attained, and our ST. Louis friends
are diligently at work, although they have
gained nothing at some two Thousand feet A
certsin amount Of work has been already exc
cuted, and certain amount Of funds already
expended upon the we'll in this city, md we
think i should 30 pushed on until sue
cess i attained, Or come sufficient reason ad-
duced for abandoning the undertaking. If ii
is 70 30 prosecuted, it is high time the oontrac-
tor should return to his work He will, doubt
less, desire To leave The next summer as he did
the last and il he were SGT to work at once
there could Be only SIX months for active opera
tons # tho plan has died out wholly, then
let the pen that now stands BE- cleared away
and the hole closed up, 90 that Canal street
shall not BE- unnecessarily disHgured by the
relioa of = work undertaken for Its improve
ment. 4 the delay il owing to want Of funds
merely. Tho Council ought TO appropriate enough
TO keep The work along, Or our citizens ought to
take hold Of the matter and continue II BY per
sonal subscriptions. As tits, we have only suc-
ceedsd IL digging deeper hole in the ground
than any body else in this section.