, 1869-08-21

| The Drought In 1htIndclnhfu-Th
Fntrmount Water Works Giro Oul
only u Dny or Tsro's supply LET,
-Aatonishmcnt OF General ehcx.
nlnns
From fht Philadelphia Enquirer, Aa7utfl7
a ehort time slnce, the entire city Of Philalel.
phia, with tho exception of portion Of the old
DAtnct Of kensingtou, was without Ras lor ono
night and nil our citizens will remember tho IN.
convenlenceA, annoyAuces and the BtfaIis they
we're put 10 SIMPLY, IN one form or another. tho
deficiency. The Present indications are that un-
n i9ss shn ~ pToEdcass
tie,J minus supply OF TINT Indispensable article
Some portions Of the cit, particularly elevated
positions. are without supply Of water al tho
pIcsent time and the hydtant rtTeauaA all over tho
CITY arc hourly growing wcakar and weaker.
IhA Impending Calamity Is owing 10 two cAuses
1nsss. the unparalleled ioHncAs OF sne water IN
inc rvsr Scha5!k1llt md second the tncapsb.lity
OF the Paramount Water WORKS 10 iofoe Wa,cr IN
10 the reservoir tur.pE The present dronSht n
nay he ncnt.oned, however, ns a sort Of sdc Is.
sue, that the unnecessary and cuIrabie waa,e or
they have becn publicly advised Of The fact TINT
the supply OF water has bccu very limited for some
TeeA past haa greatly added TO the present
unfortunate as 10 be denied water privileges en-.
fifcly for any elvcn length Of time, our ci.ikena
maE. IN measure, thAnk themselves for the same
LOT the FAef th1t was used in this CITY on SaiRr.
ua@ Iast Tor washing pavcNeats alnno would have
lasted for several days for drinking, cooking, anI
Ol1eF indispensable purp0Ets-
Tho memory O! the Oldest fuhAb!tant caunot tc-
cal the time when the luxcr Schuylksl from FAIR.
mount dam. as far mp A. SorTtsto~n, and pronably
TURNER, presented such AdeaF1h Of water a. Ii
~ 10 nun over the lam At Fair1nouui, but 50 low
Ia It that the emhankmenr OF stone and earth thnt
srPpus1s tho dam on lha north aide In al plainly
VlAlble, and bruad "Trip OF Er1sE, stretching the
entire length Of tho dam. from shore 70 saorn can
he kccn. This would be enough of itself 70 tel the
story about the scarcity Of watet but y,at to tbs
feacrvoF A. Fsitmount dis7tsJs tie nnnsual light
Of near5 an the rcccpiac1es for wa.e1 bc!nE almost
entirely empty. Thc western section OF the reset.
voi, known a. the "Icedcr, md which Is tho nrst
Foffou OF the basin or aucce1sloo Of baA1ng to re-
" orka, contains small quanlitJ OF water bpt It
is 70 low that the ripeealing Into tuc other sec
lions sre high and try, and what, r.rhana, has
ossI sssnn, ns.oae PLAINLY ps
muddy bottoms can be seen In some Of them.
Chlcf Graf succeeded In getting the active CO.
operation Of The schuylEui Navigation Company
not only waved fer the time beiog The priority Of
right rerpctua!J granted them by their charter 10
ihc use of. Schuylsill water. bus permitted tho
Chlci EoEinee! 10 teles7npa 70 the keepers or
oTcrKccrn OF the dam nj SorT1stown and further
Up the HEer, TO throw open the fates OF those |
dams and permit Al the water confined there to
md its way to Fnirmouut dau- |
AZ mentioned thts viii af1oe1 temporary relief, |
eGt only fsr day or two, for, 1t tho exhaustion
OF The wnter thus obEaincd, have no additional
sources OF tcncf Of m artificial Character and |
mass depend entirely upon the oreniua OF tne /
proper act.on TO The machinery Of the rAlrmoant |
. The present IL had time 10 hhow 10 strangers
tne nc, beauties q on: Fatrm ount Water Works s5a
Of Fa!r1Donns rast, and on tc.ns shown Fnir.
psesen ne ma a .hSy tsoss ~ =
ENTDp1nt Water Work."