The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-04
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tenant Smith, of the Delaware Harbor Police
force, handed into Chief Mulholland his semi
annual report for the months OF January, Feb
ruary, March, April, May, June, and July, 1870.
The number of drowned bodies recovered during
that period was 43; number of persons rescued
from drowning, II; suicides, 4; persons pre-
vented from walking overheard, "a; bodies not
found, 4. The Lieutenant recommends that, for
the better protection of life, hooks, lines, and
grapnels be stationed at the various docks, also
that the heads of the docks be better protected.
Also that the river front be lighted. At pre-
sent no lights exist thereon from Coates street
to Mead alley, and to the darkness many cases
of drowning may be attributed. The Lieu
tenant further that stations be
established at Reed, Washington, South, Spruce,
Walnut, Market, Vine, Noble, ShackamaXOn,
Otis, and William streets, and Bridesburg,
wheTeat may be kept all things needful for the
saving of persons, and all necessary means for
restoring persons rescued. He likewise recon-
mends that each man on duty on tn @ river front
be furnished with q real with ten fathoms of
light line attached, and makes mention of the
saving of five lives during last winter by one
officer who carried one of these articles. Fire
alarm boxes along the river front are also asked
for, none now existing within several squares
thereof.
THE New GAsoMETER FOR GERMANTOWN
The new gasometer of the Germantown Gas
Works at Duy's lane station, on which work was
begun in May last, is now rapidly approaching
completion. The capacity of the new structure
will be about four times that of the old ones, on
the former site of which it will be located. The
mason work is now nearly finished, and the
tank for the holder, to be built of brick thirteen
inches in thickness, will be completed in a few
weeks time. The foundations are mostly built
in the solid rock, and, as a consequence, much
blasting is required 10 the construction, The
tank will be 100 feet in diameter by % feet in
depth. The holder will measure 100 feet in dia-
meter. 1t is supposed that the whole thing will
be finished about October l. There are now
about eighty masons and laborers employed on
the foundation walls and tank, and the work is
being hurried forward as rapidly as possible.
THE CENsUs.-The census is now progressing
at a rapid rate, and the returns are already
being completed and handed in.
Philadelphia has the honor of being the first
city in the Union which has had its returns APP
proved in Washington. This is proven by the
fact of the reception of check No. 1 for pay
ment for services in taking the census by Mr..
George w. Gamble, who is the enumerator of
the Thirty-eighth district of the Thirteenth
ward. This check has just been received, and
proves cOnclusively by reason of its numbering
that the returns of that district of this city were
the first that were received and approved by the
department.
THE DISTANCES IN THE PARK have been ac-
curately measured, and are as follows:-
From Green street gate TO east end of Girard
avenue bridge, one mile; to LawnsdoWne en-
trance, IA miles.