Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-03-22
Report of the Water Works Commits
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Report of the Water Works Commits
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AT the meeting OF the City Council on
Monday evening, the following report was
submitted:
The committee heretofore appointed to
enquire into the practicability of supply
ing the city of Columbus with water" deem
1t necessary for the continuance of the
question before the Council to make the fol-
lowing report: tr e.- q -..-...
Yotir committee fully impressed with the
magnitudeof of the question, have given it a
thorough examination, and have visited
several of the most important water works
In the country, including those of Louisville,
Cincinnati, GAINESVILLE, Cleveland, Chicago,
Buffalo, Jersey City, Brooklyn and Phila-
delphia.
Their visitations and researches Conduct
edpartially at the expense of the City, but
at a very considerable expense to your COM
mittee, both in time and money! have been
fruitful in the attainment of much valuable
information, such as statistics, reports, de-
tails of management, &C., which having
been carefully filed away and preserved in
the Civil Engineers Office, will be valuable
when needed.
After making themselves as familiar with
the subject as possible, by visiting the best
works of the Kind on the continent, your
committee have caused surveys to be made,
streams to be measured and careful analyses
of the waters. The results of these exami-
nations have been, in an eminent degree,
satisfactory. rsl rN
The measurement of our streams has
demonstrated that they yield an abundant
supply for the present, or any probable pop
ulation of Columbus; the analyses have
proven the waters to be healthful, and suit
able for culinary and domestic purposes, and
the typographical surveys have determined
eligible sites for ample storage and distrib-
uting reservoirs of sufficient elevation to
deliver the water at any height desirable
in the city. l .ea-tc .s7
The very ample notes and data upon
which the foregoing statements are based
(and tor the acquisition of which the Council
are indebted to Phil ID. Fisher, Esq, City
Civil Engineer) have been carefully pre-
served, and will be of greatvalue when the
construction of water-works may be deter
mined upon. .cvvr Ht V-rI ~
An elaborate and highly interesting re-
port has'been prepared by Mr.. Fisher, City
Civil Engineer, and statement in detail Of
the analytical examinations of Prof. Worm-
ley has been made; but it is not deemed ex-
pedient to publish these reports at this
time, as your committee believe that final
disposition of the question is not practica-
BILE now, owing to the unsettled state of the
country and impossibility of making relia-
bic estimates, while labor and the iron man
ufactures Incidental to the construction Of
water-wOrks, are in such fluctuating and
abnormal condition.
Your committee would, therefore, earn
estly recommend that this matter be, con-
sidered among the unfinished business" of
this body, and that Immediately upon the
organization of the new Council, the sub
ject be referred to new committee, and
preserved in such condition of vitality
that when the times are deemed propitious,
the question can be. Submitted to the peo-
pie, by whom, when fully advised Of Its
merits, there is little doubt of its approval.
.tAll Of which is respectfully submitted,
OF ftAa' T'ia i. B. ARMSTRONG,
2 y.ng. JOHN GRAHAM,
fi-.s tlf a8ulyW G. DoUTY, n
JOHN G. THOMPSON. !