The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-16
LOCAL MATTERS.

City Couneil-A called meeting Of the Ceun-
Gil was held yesterday afternoon, at4 O'Clock.
I'm, Denoon. Burr, Grattan, Scott, Crutchfield,
Hill, and Greanor. Absent-Messrs. GLAZE
brook, Talbot, Haskins. and Richardson.
The President stated that the Council had
been called at the request OF the Watering
Committee. .s
Mr.. Grattan made motion that the Council
proceed 10 fiji the vacancy caused by the re-
signation of Mr.. + w. r Roddev and the motion
being carried, RossRT r. HowIsos, Esq, was
nominated, and unanimou usly elected MEM
Der from Madison Ward.
Mr.. Denoon stated that the Council had: beef
called to consider the propriety of construct T.
ing new reservoir, and briefly stated that the
COMMITTEES had adopted the plan prepared by
Mr.. w. Gill; the City Engineer, and Mr.. Da-
Wis, the Superintendent of the Water Works.
From Mr.. Gill's report on the subject, we
make the following extract: a..-r
IT Is proposed to build the new reservoir on the
east sIde Of the present one and To raise the wa
ter line 81 the present reservoir three feet higher.
"The new reservoir viii be 500 ieet long BY $50
fest wide at the surface of the water, and will be
ING SroasS iS8a Ra t. viii ooDs.n
full, about thirty millions gallons of water. 1he
.Se Of the M " AfS TSey S
Zach be 246 feet hong by $50 feet wide The filter
oen ss taG aboa. our and ana hal
mi Lions gallons of water ever, "a hours.
about Gons saons sS The present T rsssP %
vor 10 estimated to hold about ten millions gal
ions more-making the storage capacity Of both
reservoirs Alb nut forty millions gallons-which Is
equal TO about twenty days supply, at the present
rate 81 consumption IN the CITY. 30 h the new
and old reservoirs Will be arransed b, means of
stop cocks and pipes that the water can be drawn
at pleasure from any one Of The several com art
any repairs 70 them
The very turbid character of the James river
with rega'd to cIosglng up to which the altering
me 1lum mltht be suosct during such periods =
but when & we come 70 oonsldef tnat the waser OF
lour o. hive days at a time, AMI that there will be
no difficulty IN stopping the pumps at such times
and also that the water will be some twenty day 9
Ia passing through The different compartments of
the reservoir 1t Is evident that by TINS arrange
sedementary load before 1t reaches the filter beds
" If; however at any time tue q tering medium
should become oiogged, the fteuns process will
be arranged that the acton of the water In pass
ing thrOukh the filter beJs can be reversed and the
ssdementary dsposit washed of ana out of the
reservoir. b, means of waste pipes, which are
common TO the who system 1 his pan has been
successfully tried b, veTai water companies both
In England and Scotland
In carving out this plan more land will re re-
CURED On the east side OF the reservoir than is az
forded DJ the recent purchase from MIR. Wool
dndge 1t Will, therefore. b-oome expedient TO
purchase the halauee Of the ground between the
reservoir and Holly wood Cemetery If the ressr
vo!r is conhned 10 the present marrow limI 8, 1t
will become ne cessary to resort to heavy walls of
masopry, with the view 10 econom Sc space. which
viii in1reas3 the cost of the pruposed reservoir
fully rs much as no price asked for the land TaIs
dHQ WIZ ultimately Do required 1or reservoir
poses, ana II VIII lie economy for the city to pur-
chase 1t now. with th5 view of the future exten-
siOn OF the works, ana aiso Tor the purpose o.
keeping eli from the reservoirs all Objectionable
enc toacn tuents.
The Importance Of constructing a new ressr
voIT is eviaent, when we lake into inside alton
the very limited capacity OF the present oGe and
that II Is so badly ged that 1t lmposs bic to
clean out the deposit of mud which mas been ao
cumulatlns in 1t for years, without deprivlng the
cI'y of water.
The following is tie estimated cost of i'm
provement: En- bansments. S35 600 : masonry of
afiiudnt aud lsflueht chaubars, $1,000; cot of
hterlHg arfangemen's, $4,000; st Of STOP
cocks. gates and plp's - 0u0; cost of and re-
quired. S5 O0O. Total S98 0U0''
Ou molten OF D1r. Hlil, the report was laid
on the table and ordered to be printed for the
of members.
On mouon OF Mr.. Saunders, the sum Of
$4,000 was appropriated, with which to pur-
chase additional land for the new reservoir
On motion, the Council adjourned