Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-28

City osaneil- --Proceeains. I.aat Might The
Proposition Of the Dayton and Cincinnati
Railroad Company In Relation 20 n New
Park and watcr-works.
The Council met at the usual hour last
night, President florence in the Chair. The
minutes of the previous meeting we're read
and approved.
Mr.. Weasner presented the following COM
munication from Samuel ii. Goodwin, Pres
ideut OF the Short Line Railroad Company,
which was referred to eselect committee:
orrIcn or DApr0so ssR oIscIsyyAII 4; 7: Co.
TSAs Hon. he citv oSansiI Of osneinnaa,
GbNTLBnBN-AThs Board Of Directors of
this Company has ordered me to lay before
you the following communication and pro-
position, and to ask for them your consider
atom -|I
The second section Of an amendatory act
Of the Legislature, passed March 30, 1857, TO
provide for the organization of cities aud in
corporated villages reads as follows: "The
City Council Of any city Of the first class
shall have power to purchase land and
thereon to lay out, dedicate, improve and
regulate public parks and squares, either
within or without the city limits, so that il
be within the county where the city is; and
for that purpose may borrow money at such
rate of interest, not exceeding six per cent.
per annum, and upon such length OF time as
the Council may think best, and may issue
bonds therefor binding on the city, or may
issue such bonds to those of whom the land
is purchased for the price thereof, in which
case the Council may mortgage the land to
secure the bonds; Provided that the debt Gre
ated for the above purpose shall not exceed
$500, 900"
This Company has under its control, with
power TO convey, a tract of land which is
deemed eminently suitable for that purpose.
ltoccupies an elevated position, aboutone and
half miles northeast of the city limits, en-
bracing three hundred acres and lies mainly
between the Montgomery Turnpike and the
track of this Company, and is accessible by
both.
A portion of this land is level, another
portion is slightly rolling, while still another
is picturesque aud hilly. Our railroad passes
through it throughout its entire extent
about mile and quarter--and there are on
ii several suitable points for the erection of
stations and platforms. Light trains for the
exclusive accommodation Of visitors to this
park could be run through the tunnel at such
intervals as experience should indicate us
proper, which could deliver the passengers
either way in about seven minutes, and at a
The grounds are susceptible of great embel-
lishment, such as fountains, fish-ponds, &c,
and not the least among them is one which,
in the Central Park of New York, is a prin-
cipal attraction, especially during the winter,
to-wit: an extensive basin.
This company proposes to procure a con-.
veyance to the city of this tract Of land in
fee simple, and free Of incumbrance, for the
sum of $420, 900 in bonds, to be issued in per-
IF fha los OH ta1 Nha
liar adaptation of these grounds for the pur-
pose here indicated, is Of itself, it is thought,
sufficient to warrant their purchase; but us
an inducement for the city to become the
owner thereof and thus to apply them, this
company offers the further advantages and
reasons hereinafter named.
A larger and more reliable supply of water
for domestic and other purposes than is now
furnished, and more comprehensive system
than the one now in use, to meet the de-
tnands of an increasing population, as we'll in
the city as its surroundings, has long engaged
the attention, of our citizens, and those hhv-
| ing charge of this vital interest, have from
| time TO time called public attention to the
subject That the present provision is in
adequate, or soon will be, is conceded, and
1.-The policy of its extension by the means now
employed, and in its present direction, Is
| thought to be more than doubtful. Very re.
y
reportto the Board of Trustees, recapitulates
these difficulties he points out the expen.
| siveness Ofrthe machinery, and calls attention
to the necessity for its frequent repair; to the
heavy cost Of fuel and service in raising tht
water into the reservoir; to the insufficiency
Of the reservour Occupying as it does les'
than an acre in surface, to the dangers tc
which the city is exposed by reason of break
| age, or submersion by freshets in the river
and then suggests the policy of looking else.
where for a supply; but beside the expensive
ness, inadequacy and uncertainty of the pres
/ ent provision, Mr.. Phillips remarks "that itS
| impure and turbid condition is canse o.
1 continuous complaint on the part of the citi
zens, requiring resorts to cisterns, filters" &c
Experience shows that water when aggre,
| gated in large masses, drawn even, it may be
| from stagnant pools and marshes, if suffered
| to remain thus for length of time purifes
under the chemical action of the sun and at
mosphere, the denser matter precipitates
/ while the lighter Vegetable substances rise Il
| the surface; with wasteweirs to dispose o
the impurities of the top, and by inserting
the draw-pipes, or mains, at proper high
in the reservoir, so as to leave the sedimen
at the bottom undisturbed, we may hav,
water pure and limpid as that from th,
mountain spring. Not SO with that nov
used; it is consumed in just the condition
in which il flows in the river. with al
the impurities which it gathers from
distant points, together with the sewerage
| and gutter-filth from hundreds of drain
| along the river, from the Water Works to tn
upper end of Pendleton, and these disgust
ing discharges above the point at which ou
supply is taken, are to increase as the cit.
expands in that direction.
Mr.. Phillips intimates that supply ma,
be obtained from the great Miami River, AMI
points out the water levels at several place
on that stream; among others that of tn
canal .feeder-dam ut Middletown, which
l04 63-l00 feet above the canal water line Il
this city, I'D .is.tinrf al Ilttae
1t is known that the descent from tina
point TO this, following either the canal o
Millcreek, is continuous, and of course for
bids the delivery Of water along that lin
into reservoir of sufficient elevation 3
supply the upper plain Of the city by mean
Of stone culverts; or, indeed, any materia
other than iron mains in the form of inverte
syphons, for. such distance as will force tn
water by the head TO therequired hightf
unless the conduit is elevated on immens
embankments or archways. Fluids pas
from one point to another Of like elevation
only upon level less the fall necessary 70
flow; hence open canals, or cnlverts, ca
only beI used where this law Of gravity
observed. Ii is doubtless owing TO this an
parent difficulty, the supposed heavy, cos
supported by the enormous outlays Of othe
cities f0t like facilities, that has heretofor
prevented even an accurate survey or est
mate being made to supply us from the Gres
Miami. t-l ttrtt 3
New York, In the construction of her Gre
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