Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-11-06
For the Spy.
Supply of " nIcr.

M. Editor-The Importance of an ample sup
ply of water for the use of city, all will scknow-
ledge. The writer noticed the reports Of the en-
| gineer employed by the city authorities of Wor,
cester to make surveys and estimates for that
! purpose. The first plan he proposed was, TO pro-
cure supply from Long Pond, which would re-
| quire two powerful steam engines to elevate the
water 10 Bell Pond. continuing that pond for
! reservoir. The expense Of that mode of procur-
| ing supply evidently would be very consdera.
I bic. 1t would require annual expense Of no
\ small amount to maintain, run, and supply the
engines with fuel His second plan to pro
| cure a supply from Henshaw Pond, in Leicester,
| al an expense for laying the aqueduct Of $780,
| OOO. The idea occurred to me that a supply
might be obtained in much less expensive way.
by means OF an srtesian we'll, to be sunk on Mill
stone Hill, which is considerably higher than the
surface of Bell Pond, and cOnduc laid to Bell
Pond, the shore OF the pond to be paved or wall.
ed, SO as to prevent their absorbing water. The
city owns over an hundred acres Of land, pur.
chased by the town in 1893 and laid common
Tor the purpose ofprOcutng stone for tine building
purposes. Mr.. Inches speaks in one of his re.
ports OF the "artesian well of Grenolla (Paris) as
being the one usually instanced to sustain the
opinion that water can be had by boring. The
well is in one Of the immense saughterng es-
ADJUSTMENTS built for the of Paris by she
government, and furnishes a superabundance for
Its use 1t was commenced in November 1888
and finished in February, 1874 though the water
was obtained in lS4l, after more than seven years
OF labor. The depth is very nearly eighteen hun
bred feet, and the cost 1903 900 francs-say
&6OOO0 The temperature of the water is 80 deg
Fah t-sO warm that the vapor arising from it is
perceptcle in cool weather. The water arose to
considerable height, and pipe erected to
conhne 1t in a column, which has been gradually
increased IN height up to one hundred feet, and
from thence a handsome let is allowed to rise
The quantity delivered at the top of the column
Is 43O,OOO gallous per day or, at the surface of
the ground, eqaal TO about 100000 gallons in the
same time-nearly the quantity desired for Wor-
cester out being on the ground, it must be
pumped up into reservoir for delivery" There
is an artesian well at the Naval Academy at An
napohs, Md, which is 236 feet deep and
81 Az per foot for the first hundred feet, and S.
Tor the remainder, including inch pipe. 1t
furnishes sufficient supply for the establish
ment, as l am informed BY an officer of the in
stltution. cat st. Louis, Mo-, is the deepest one
in this country-two thousand one hundred and
nlnety-nne feet. This throws a stream seventy
hve feet above the surface, forming beautiful
fountain, and furnishing an abundant supply.
The operation of sinking through rock, although
generally supposed to be tedious and difficult ia
readily accomplished by simple means, and med
ern improvements have done much to reduce the
labor required for drilling Indeed we'll boring
promises now to be an extensive and profitable
business, for the supply of cities, towns, and pr
waite residences, and tor numerous manufacturing
and domestic purposes" The Louisville (Ky)
Journal says "the stream of water now thrown
out in jet is most beautiful feature of the
we'll in that city, and is worth going long dis
lance to see. 1t was bored through solid lime
stone, alternating at various depths with seams
of sandy and argscious limestones The well
is now POSI- feet deep, and throws 225 gallons
of water per minute, or 1924 900 gallons in TWEEN
ty four hours. The force with which the water
passes through an inch nozzle throws it 66 feet
above the surface Of the ground" My object in
making this communication is to call public at
tention TO this mode of procuring water, anditO
induce Others to investigate the subject more per
teety than have the means of doing. B.