Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-08-28
LOCAL NEWS.
CHURCH SERVICES. DC, TOMORROW

Christ CAureh.-No service.
81 PauFs Chirch.-Service ~ II y IN. b
Rev. w. F. Gardner.
Grace Chxrch.-Seryice Al IL q m. and !
tn. by Rev. ID. +. Sprgg.
Sc. Mary Mass al and IL n snd Ves
iers at p. M.
F,'st Pres6y terjan No service. aud will b
closed until the lst o. September.
Second PresbyteriGn.-Sermon iii the mora
inx and st night by Rev. A. ID. Pollock
Methodist EpiScopdt Church Sos.tA. --Seraiu 81
IA the morning and st night by Rev. i. =. Msr
IN. p Z.
Methodist EplScop1i. Sermon, IN the mora
ing and a. night, by Rev. Mr.. Haynes.
Methodist Profession. Sermon in tho niorn
ing and at hight by Rev. Mr.. Benson.
BAPTIST NO services.
Village ChdDsf.- Service IN the morning sn,
AZ night.
Alsre7ei,ia Christian AsSocie fion-Genera
Prayer Meeting in the I'd Presb. Church. al 4
clock p. m, ana every evening during the
orling week in the Assoc lations new room, Sc
cond hoor Of No. %} King street. at . o'clock
Sordis' welcome will DO given TO all who
will attend upon these means of grace
Bethel SSrr.ceS-At King street wharf, II
p. m, weather permitting.
Noun CAMERON WATER WoRKS.-Not.
wlthstandinG the prevailing severe and pro
,racted drought which has withered and blast
ID the corn6elds and baked aud cracked open
the thirsty earth, the water 10 the Mount
Cameron reservoir is still kept at its ordinary
height 81 sixteen ieet--six days supply for the
whole city-and no diminuton in the necessary
use of it has been cniOined upon the renters;
and ~ excellent aud we'll devised have been
the precautions taken against a short supply
by the energetic and efficient president OF the
Water Company, George II. Smoot, esq, aud
50 well have these precautions been attended to
BY the Superintendent Of the Works Mr..
Frank Powers that, even should the prophesy
OF MIR David Watkins, that no rain will tall
until the Eth proximo, be fulfilled, no tears
are entertained OF such contingency as long as
the miuu;eSt stream gurgles down the bed Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS that has never vet gone
dry. Surveys aud the necessary plans and draw
ings Tor al additional reservoir OF the capacity OF
thirty days supply tor the city, adjoining the
present reservoir on The norlh, were made by
sAilGul engineers sometime since, and tue
work of constructor would have been in pro
press ere now but for the exorbitaut price
asked for the required land 500 per acre
and though the present pump is IN excellent
order, and after thorough inspection has
been almost warranted TO continue so ten years
longer, still as its machinery may become dis
arranged, aud to avoid all possible danger OF
short supply OF water, the careful president OF
The company is now maturing plan by which
TO procure its counterpart, and by which, in
the event OF the drying up OF Cameron Run. q
suficency OF water can be obtained from wells
10 be dug near the site Of Cameron Mills
During the few years that Mr.. Smoot has been
At the head of the company, its affairs have
materially Improved. The dam has been
thoroughly repaired and strengthened, aud the
main pipes extended i'll various directions, and
the public convenience and the accruing rents
sreatly increased thereby. financially the com
oapy IS in better condition than it ever was
before