The daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1874-1883, 1874-12-18
SECOND EDITION
Our Wdte = Supply.
now THE pIsTRIBUTtkG MAIfb ARE PIX
plaEn To ne I,AJV,--,FuT II ATT \. fs0arr

now THE Ol5TRIbU4IkG MA1h1 ARE PRO-
POSED TO BE LAID -EsIINsTID coaT.
At recent meeting of the. City Coun-
cil, Mr.. Farrell offere ed the following res
Olutionr- .;1 1~r s,..t .-.-'- mr.
Eesolre.l, That the Water Committee
be and are hsreby rsQnssted e. report 70
Council at Our next meeting tbs reason
for the dslay1n the laying Of mains to
connect with the new bAsin - "-
In answer to this resolution tia Con-:
mitteo presented q lengthy report, in
which they referred to the act Of the
Legislature authorizing the 500, 900 loan,
which act provided te: the laying Of wa :
ter pipes along Tenth stseet 10 lomha ard,
down Lombard to Front, oilt ftoDt 10
Maryland Avenue, and theAce to tha
westerly Limits OF the city; aloAg 18th
street ~ Ma-lst. and ont Market to thu
ninth W.aSd; and on Market. u. and
CLymont streets. South Wilmington.
In lieu OF. this Route OF distribution.
the Committee RECON- ue nded tue follow.
ing: -----.--- 81, .,.,-.--,..,
Fiyst. eoltinue Tie thirty; inch main
from Eleventh and 1sdsrsoh strectsto
the new basin. On. ~,
Second. to put in d twenty Inch main
from Jefferson street, along Second ct.
to Lombard, and up Lombard ~ Thisd;
thence to Eleventh. and along Eleventh
to King. q siEtesp-inch main.
Dy this plan the report states the dfs-
tributiOa will be more equal and oonve-
nieut. The estimated cost OF the work
thus recommended ID as follows; .Yt.
! 1858 feet OF twenty inch pipe,
FROM Jefferson to Lombard.
along Second street. ,,,g..." .sle,sl6 81
Stops for the same &c.,. Ia 4,01U 90
Laying and other e1 p'nFe' 1885 ,0o
Total ....:a..... ..,,.a- ssi.gZa "a
4.7l6 feet Of lc-inoh pipe from sr.
Second street to raselvoir by
way OF Eleventh and Lom-
bard streets. :, 80. ne... =, $1,000 &c
Stops for same 4 .,.1i.sA. 2,AaD 90
I Laying and other expenses G.2ol So
Total. ......,.,s .-.,, SlS.72b II
| $50 feet Of 30-incL main on
| the line OF Eleventh street S9,I52 90
Stops for sauna 49,. ...a.a...4 1000 90
Laying and other ex penses 4.4S3 90
| Total ............. ...., ...... Sl4.G15 20
| Grand total. ....... .......,.....,. 1880 IS
AIN regard to distributing the water in
South Wilmington, the Committee re-
commend the laying OF a 20-iDch main
from Third and Lombard streets. along
| Ihlro 70 point near the bridge; thence
crossing the creek and continuing with
o l6-ineh pipe along Christiana Avenue,
Heald street and New Castle Avenue to
A street; from this point onward n L.
inch pipe would be sufficient. with dis
tributing pipes 8, 6 and inches ia di.
ameter.
The estimated eI penses IF this work
are as follows:
| l, 628 feet Of 20-inch pipe, stops,
laying the same. &c...........,..S9 81. 7Gl "
LIZA feet of l6-inch pipe. do, 8,l58 ~
$50 feet Of 12-inch pipe. do, do, 2.438 q
Other pipes ...,....... l............... 5000 Of
e-inch pipe and small pipes from
A street to Market. .............. $500 vi
Expense Of crossing the creek. 1000 OK
Total. ,....,...... $39. 1858 81
The assessments would amount
to........................ ............. 5000 o.
Leaving a net expense of ~ $50, 85S s.
In supplying the Ninth Ward, thu
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