New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-27

Among the public works executed by Rome,
whether republican or imperial, me [ellatius VI
her aqpednos impress tine modern Li NM
wheimingly with a sense Of hermaghiheehGe. Unc
of them conveyed water for a Issuance Oh sl4t5
three and another containing heariS tVuo aaIneSS
of thirtv-eiuht miles in lehSth' 1he supply VI
y,st6T IL poTae from these sources, was estimated
~ tift y,iilior erIic feet day which, consumed
nv nne million Inhabitants, averaged 5l2 gallons
The Romans being ignorant Of the principle in
brdrsHlcs that water always finds IFS own level,
sygS t,of knowing how to make strong iron pipes,
had "a build the stately water roads, cut through
mountains and crossing valleys, the very remains
OF which are so picturesque and grand and one OF
which luow called the Aqua NTgine, and con-
structed over eighteen centuries ago by M. Nip-
sauius Agrippa sOn-ln-law of the Emperor Angus
tns still supplies Rome with its purest water In
Peru probably at an earlier period, this mode OF
conveying water was. still more largely used,
though the manner of constructing was not so
solid. 1t is said that one aqueduct in Peru, cross
ing valley, was between four and live hundred
miles in length.
The water with which the city of Marseilles has
been supplied, since 1852 twhen the works were
completed, at cost of Sl0,000,000,l is conveyed
by an aqueduct sixty miles in length, passing
through forty tunnels in the mountains, and across
a ravlne over five miles long. New York is sup
piled with excellent water from the Croton lake
Tan artificial reservoir, covering over four hun
bred acres,) distance OF near forty miles 10 tne
reservoir in Central Park, and the successful exc
cution of this great work has justly been copsld-
cred as great triumph OF science, enterprise,
capital and perseverance.
Still more remarkable is the supply of water to
| Glasgow, the commercial metropolis OF the west
| Of Scotland. Good water being much needed IN
that city it was determined to tap Loon hatrlne,
at a distance of twenty-five miles. Inc water Is
$40 feet above the sea level and its quality very
/ fine, having only one degree of hardness, and in
all only two grains of solid matter to the gallon.
The water is first conducted by tunnel $3.50 feet
| 4 u. 4ls.,1 pF raf1 limit
pipes and tunnels to the reservoir near Glasgow
| a distance of about twenty-five miles.
| These are great works and worthy OF the adj
vaneed civilization which characterlzes the age
But efforts are now being made, in England, to go
| far beyond any previous achievements IN tins
| respect. Most probably, before iiteenyears nave
| passed, London will be supplied with pure Watel
| from the lakes and rivers Of North Wales, dts
| lance of one hundred and seventy miles, and 9
| bold engineer has proposed that Manchester anC
the leading towns in the cotton-spnnng districts
Of Lancashire shall get their supply of water from
the lakes of Cumberland ana Westmoreland.
There has recently been laid before the towI
council of Liverpool plan, which was first pro
4 posed to that body twenty years ago, for supply
1 ING Liverpool with water from Lake Bala, II
Wales where the river Dee has its rise, distance
Of seventy eight miles, and it is probable thai
| this great work will be accomplished. w.
i It has been calculated on very close examina
ton, that the Bala Lake can supply 3,469,554, OO(
| cubic feet of clear and pure water every year
equal to 81 ,622 ,60f ,4S3 gallons-being minimum
| yield of 50.O00,000 gallons each day, As thu
/ population OF Liverpool is now about 500 600, thi
would give one hundred gallons of water per da,
to each man, woman and child, which is verl
much more than theyca consume, the number 9
baths in private houses there being very small
chiefly owing to the present inadequate supply o
water.
/ If the Bala lake be tapped, Liverpool will have
sufficient water therefrom for double her presen
population. The present average consumption o
-, ,Ir- II
/ Ions of water per day. Liverpool is not much o
a manufacturing town, and therefore not muct
| water is used for trade purposes. The engineer
| ing difficulties are few--onysa few aqueducts in
GLIDING one over the Mersey far below the town
Il and about one and quarter mile of tunnelling.
4 Either this plan will be accepted, or another
most costly aud difficult, for getting water iron
A Cumberland, at q greater distance and through
mountainous district. The cost Of Bringing waite
Il into LIVERPOOL from the Bala Lake is estimated a
| 81 5000 00 but there is SO much guess work il
these sort of rough calculations that 1t will proba
Ibly amount to Sl0690000 or even as much q
$l2 900 900; not too large price to pay for goot
water and abundance Of it in great city.
4 II is admitted that the supply Of wa5er IA Phil
adelphia is inadequate. In tue SIMMER there j
not enough of it, and in the winter it is muddie
from the rain and foods Besides, few will main
tain that the water of the Schuylkill, at FAN
mount, is pure. 1t has been proposed to tollOT
the example of New York and other great cities
and bring sufficient supply of good water iron
some distance. What has been done, With
living memory, in Marseilles New .Yor
and Glasgow, and the propositions (almos
certain to be acted upon) Of supplying Londo
and Liverpool with water from North Wales
ought to quicken our action for the same purpose
The next census will show a population of owe
eight hundred thousand in this city, and its il
crease may be relied on. 1t is absolutely lneces
sary to provide good water and abundance of il
even if we must go olthe expense of conveying
} some distance from the Delaware Phila. Press