The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-07-10
BALTIMORE.
Tuesday, JULY 10, 1860

# NAV probably be source OF gra'lhca'ion 10
~ ,ersons in the community, and especially
- ,bose who reside in the Northwestern section of
,I,e city. 10 learn that the Lake to which they
have long been looking for an ample supply of
water. is gradually, but surely, approaching COM
rIa-ion. It is, at this time, we'll worth visit to
The Relay House, on the Northern Central Rail-
wov, TO examine the progress which has been |
made in the works, which are when finished, to
farm the Dam and Gate-house at that point, and
10 note the engineering difficulties which have
beon successfully encountered and overcome
The notifications introduced into the original
nlan of that noble piece of masonry, whereby
saving will be effected to the city oil some twenty
FIVE or thirty thousand dollars in the estimated
cost of construction, are due to the careful super
,;s;o, which has been exercised over the line by
tho chief engineer, Mr.. MANNING who is himself
indebted in turn to Captain MEIGs for many valu-
able suggestions, and especially with reference to
the stopping of, and discharge of the water
The operations that have been going on for more
than year past in the low meadows which are
10 form the bed of the Lake, have been pushed
forward with so much activity, that beyond the
trimming of the banks, and the construction of
one or more small tunnels 10 form passage be-
meath the rail and roadway for the water of
couple Of tributary streams, but little remains to
he done unless it should be found adyisable-as
many suppose it really is-to remove at certain
points from the surface Of the meadows the de-
posit of vegetable matter which constitutes with
the residents of the vicinity the only source of
uneasiness and " hich might have a tendency to
affect the purity Of the water. Within two
months from the present date the Lake,
could be gotten ready for the reception of the
water, and early in September the large Reservoir
on what is called Shines Hill, opposite the
Clipper factory, will, it is sad be completed At
the lower Reservoir, a short distance North of
the Northern avenue, the work is also being ener-
getically pressed, and considerable portion of
the masonry required will simply call for dry
stone there is every probability that no very seri-
Gus delay will occur at that point The
Aqueduct leading from the Dam to the
first Reservoir has been finished for some months,
with the exception of the connections to be formed
at the ternini The Dam itself-the most costly
and important work of all-will be raised to a
height sufficient TO turn the water from the Lake
into the aqueduct early in October; large guam
titles of dressed and rough stone being already
accumulated upon the spot, whilst the labor in
some departments is carried on by night and by
day OF course it will be an easy matter. by
means of the immense pipes of cast iron, which
have been turned out at the foundry of Poole &
Hunt at Woodberry, and of Benson in the city, to
connect the first with the second Reservoir, and
the latter with the Mains already distributed
through the city But although it will he seen,
from the statement which we have made, that
there every prospect of turning the water on to
the Lake during the first or second week in Octo-
ber it must not be supposed that the city supply
will be at once derived from that source. How
long period will be required to Gil the Lake,
and also the large and small Reservoirs is alto
gether matter Of conjecture, inasmuch as it
wholly depends upon the volume of water which
may be furnished by the stream at that season.
The lowest estimate we have heard is that it will
take a month to fill the Lake to q height at the
Dam which will carry the water into the aque-
duct. Others imagine--for every opinion ad-
vanccd upon this point must be more or less specu-
lative-that it will require at least sixty DAYS to
fill the Lake and the Reservoirs, and if this-as is
quite probable-should prove to be the case. it is
evident that the water will not be ready for dis
tribution throughout the city before the COM
mencement OF the new year. We think, however,
it may be fairly assumed that, unless some uniore
seen accident should occur to retard the final ope
rations, our citizens will have at their command
an ample supply of this indispensable fluid by the
opening of the Spring season of 1861 and with
this assurance, considering the magnitude of the
work, and the necessity for having every part Of
it constructed in the most solid and enduring
manner, they have certainly every reason to be
content.