St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-01-10
Report of Water Committee.

10 the rioters Of tie village Of st. John<-
bury. GcnhcmrH
Your committee appointed May 30.
lS72. to ''inNcStigatc AZ t" the Necessity
of bringing a larger supply of water III
tn the Village. the best place from W irh
to get water. the expense which would
be incurred. and what arrangement
could he made with the present water
company i'll regard Ia their aqucdurt>
supply pipes. reservoirs &C." have Il"
report as fellows:
We directed our attention To Stiles
Pond a. Il source from which to procure
water. and with results which lead rs
to recommend that point a> most dc>ra-
bile from which tn obtain the needed
supply. Procuring the services of Il
civil engineer. surveys were. mad"
which resulted thus.
lIeighth of Stiles Pond above
X. K. St - # .
ieighth of stiles Pond above
Main -. Ia IT,
Mr.. John Higgins house is ten to if
teen feet below the level of Stiles Pond.
The distance from X. X. st. to stiles
Pond is 33 miles. The area of the
Pond is - 40 acres which az Il dcpth
of one foot would furnish 1881. 3:}O
gallons. and dcducting 3 acres from tn,
area for each foot i'll depth. We have at
Il depth of fiji .6o- .-O4 gallons. which
would supply Il population of I5.000
persons at ~ gallolsspcr head per ,av
for | ~ days allowing nothing for re
plrniShing.
In ease water should ever bc brought
from this source into the village your
committee would advise that it hc
brought into reservoir somewhere
near Mr.. John Higgins house and thence
into distributing pipes. 1t seems de
sirahlc that the main pipes should he
large enough to meet all probable flu
ture demands and we would suggest
the use of II inch pipes from the Pond
to reservoir near Mr.. Higgins. and
not less than inch pipe from that
point to the Village.
The estimates which we present very
probably might hc leSSencd hy letting
out some parts of the work to reliable
parties.
The following are in main the csti-
mates which we have obtained.
Cast Iron Pipe laid. includ-
ing trenching and back
filling, SG6.l77 90
Perpetual lease or deed of
Stiles Pond, 1900 %
Reservoir on Higgins hill. 1910 90
Making ii total by use of cast
iron pipe of, &7I.977 90.
If an iron lined pipe were used, the
expense would be. for
The pipe laid. including
tenching and back fill
ing, S49,I72 90
Lease of Pond and Reservoir
as above, :J.:1OO OO
Making Il total of S5l.972 90
These estimates do not include any
street pipes. The present aqucdurt
company do not care to sell their pres
ent works, but perhaps would do so if
the village should vote to bring Il sup
ply from another source
They decline now to state any price
at which they would sell. but we are
authorized to say that if no other ar
engagements are made by the village.
the present acqueduct company propose
to make such additions to their works
as will give an adequate supply to our
village.
WV. p. FAIRBANKS c.;.
DAVID BoYNTON 'i'i''i'''''
st. Johnsbury, Dec. 81. 1872.
Between Dec. |, 1872 and Jan. |
1873. two hundred and sixty-tive as>is-
tant assessors i'll the internal revenue
service were discharged. The remain
ing 100 are to be dispensed with. by a
gradual reduction till July |, when all