Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-02-16
LOCAL NEWS.
For the SPY.
Shall We Have Waterl


Shall We Have Water!
AesSrs. Editors His Honor the Mayor. in his
inaugural address, alluded to the necessity of
supplying the city with pure water, and proposed
the following questions -
where can an adequate supplyOf water be OBJ
tanned Is it pure water What will it cost
Win the city be justified in the outlays"
suppose that if our present City Government
intends 10 take any steps towards this matter, it
will be necessary petition the General Court for
such alteration in the city charter, as viii confer
the.power lay pipe, and make whatever other
contracts will be necessary. This should be done
at once so that the present legislature may make
me alteration l would now briefly answer the
above questions.
In communication TO the Palladium of JAN
10th, signed "Aqua," it was shown that the two
prominent sources are, Long Pond in Worcester,
and Henshaw Pond in Leicester, either of which
is sufficient to supply city several times as large
as our own, The former is well known to most
OF our citizens, and it is proposed to pump water
oy steam engines, from it to Bell Pond, four pres
emit source OF supply which is to be used as
9lstrlhutine reservoir, which would cost for
Pipes, Engines, Pumps, Houses, coo
FOR distribution in the city. go GOO
And a sum, the annual interest of which would
amount to sum suiicien. to supply the en-,
gines with ceal, attendants, &c, (which is
NSeAAaeSu cOSt SlO,S40). ZoZ,4l6
Making in all. Observation-Disclosures ,4l6
Henshaw Pond is situated in Leicester, one
hundred and twenty-five feet above our present
reservoir, and covers at present four hundred and
ten acres, ten feet in depth
1t has water. head of about seven hundred
acres, which, with the average amount of raise
would yield an annual supply for one hundred
Thousand inhabitants. There is at the outlet of the
POND a short dam of ten feet height; by an out
lay OF S20JO this can be raised to height of thr.
ty feet, and will then cover about one hundred
ana forty acres with an average depth of twenty
five feet.
The cost Of bringing water from this pond to
the city, will be-
For Dam at the outlet cutting through Henshaw
Ridge, Pipes to point of distribution, one
la;le from City Hall, on Leicester road Wa
ter Rights, &c. about 800 600
For Distribution Pipes as above. 23o COO
making in ALL. $3.50, coo
The expense of distribution is taken from MI.
Inches water report, but is greater than would
be required for somo wears
From these statistics, it will be seen that the
expense OF introducing water from Henshaw
Fond, will be 1887, 900 less than that of Long
roma Nor IS this all in favor of the former. for
the water OF Henshaw Pond, by actual a5aalasis,
is purer than any acqueduct water known, being
twenty per cent. purer than that of Long Pond
tnlnk the wants Of the city demand that
something be done in this matter. Qnr present
aource is very small, and comes with little force
IN many parts of the city, besides being poor in
quality Some may object 10 the expense of the
water. We would not deny it is great; but health
should be considered of some consideration in
matter like this and aside from this, according,
to the Mayors address, there has been over
S4oooUo worth OF taxable property destroyed in
onr city within the last two years. If we had
sufficient supply of water to prevent any such
destruction of property, the taxes that would be
paid on this property, would, in few years, pay
the whole expense of the water; and the revenue
derived from the water-takers, would be more
than enough to pay for annual expenses 1 hope
our City Fathers viii heed the wants of our city in
this Never did City Government come into
power under brighter prospects and fairer prom
lses, and now, let the people see that it is not
poaoer or honor they seek, but the welfare health
happiness, and prosperity of the citizens who gave
them this power Water-pat,e, cheap, and abu,s-
dant, is what we want. DELTA