The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-12-08
Mr.. Johnson's amendment was again p Il,

Mr.. Tower, moved to amend the amend
iment 80 ass to appropriate SIC, 900, or 81
fmuch US may be necessary, for the purchag
1 OF the thirty-ive acres eofshnd byappraise
raent or condemnation. .'-s-,s'
| Mr. Tower y amendment was adopted. -
L The question was then upon. the resolu
ton as amended, and being takenS the yot,
$1,000 as foiioWs: s5aHTOaa t4.I.,Ys III b.,
AxEsa&sssrs Babeosk; Freshman: Bright Car
aims, johnson Of Jackson Ward, Klein, Mstzger
and Johnson q 6i sys WstaHso
NoEs..Ms ssrsl Christian! Davis OF Madison
fMard, JenKins, ,Lauer, Manson 3Pnrceil, ant
tSFans-7t 19q = .i;s ...3G f5st .e7 III, %. g
I; The Chair announced that the, resolution
as amended bad been iadopteds twoAhirdi
! voting Ia the ef1irmattye.1nr s,.ns- hlAJ.lA
I The rest 3of' the report of the Finance
COMMITTEES was adopted. c-3a1jtt .<@H3n
7 THs NEW AEsKRyolR- IT'S eosT, ETc. :
| Mr.. English, from The Committee or
Water, submitted lengthy report, prepared
by the City Engineer Colonel Cutshaw) D in
response to q request made at q recent meet.
ing of the Council in reference to the new
reservoir, ts'cost, &c. After introducing the
tsubject appropriately Colonel Cuts ha " gbes
| back to the time when the question, Of in.
CESasIuS IuC WdtSlsSQpp'y was, uCSL dSlLdtcu,
and says that the plan of bringing water by
conduits from a point on the James river al
such an elevation as to supply by araYitatiop
distributing reservoir near the city viii re:
| qpire line Of pipes or other kind of con-
To points on the streams forming the head-Na.
tiers of the Pamunkey, and there :formlarge
storage reservoirsyta collect enough water at
4 OF on m hr{r in ho
way to- che city will require a Hue Of con:
| quit from twenty-five to thirty miles in
| length: "A little reflection must convince
every intelligent man, that neither Of these
| plans are practicable to our city for many
years to come, and that the present system
of pumping from the river near the distri.
b1ting reservoir is, the best, and most eco.
nomical one that can be adopted. -. "a.
! The extension Of the .ipump-works was
therefore7a necessity, which has been me,
and provided for by construction of new
pumps at the old works !; and although q
point bigherinpI the river, near theathree.
mile locks, would have been, perhaps, the
best position for these newpumps, to change
all the pumps Ito this new site will notbe off.
tfeult when an extension shall again become
necessary. 49," q - 10 ia H"l M' . "
| + The introduction of new pumps recently
completed gives, with the. others, q. full
pumping capacity Of nearly double the con
| umplion; and untilthe consumption equals
their capacity Of supply we have provision
for rest to parts of the works, which, in the
emergency of accidents, will permit repairs
to be made, without rissing constant and
tsufficient supply OF water. .at2;a,. 's,y.t ,.e
"A new reservoir at sufficient elevation has
BECOME necessary to give storage enough to
meet the ordinary demands of all parts Of the
city should the condition OF the river or the
Istoppage of machinery prevent the supply OF
water, but to be especially secure against
lsudden and destructive conf1grations| we
need storage capacity largely In excess of
these ordinary demands for water. - = =
a capacity. of $4,000, 900 gallons was re-
commended for the new reservoir in the be.
| lief that this would be sufficient for popula-
| ton during period within which the work
would have realized the, outlay in its con-
strucsion. 1t was decided, however, to
| limit the size of the reservoir to zone
of 100000 gallons, making, with the
old one, about q two : weeks storage
capacity at the present rate Of :consump-
ton of 100000 gallons per day. LAS the
consumption increases of course the storage
supply is Diminished, and this will be re-
duced to about a weeks supply when our
population shall have doubled ITSELF 1t is
tolbe regretted that the larger size was not
adopted, for we shall be compelled to add
another reservoir within the. next twenty
years. Imperfect arrangements in Its con-!
structon, as we'll as greater COST pre-
Guided the idea of building upon the old
| reservoir. 10 accomplish what we needed,
and it was therefore necessary to look else
| where for site. Surveys OF several sites
were made, and this new one was selected
! as the bestunder all circumstances, notwith.
Standing the additional cost of increased
pipelines rendered necessary to connect. it
with the pumps and the mains already laid
| in the city. ~--~--7----- ------- '
| A reservoir near the old one requires such
an increase in the height Of embankments
as TO make its cost greatly in excess Of one
on the new site with its high natural eleVa-
| ten; and when by such q location an inter-
ference with the extension of the streets
of the city is considered, together with its
circumscribed position for future additions
| to the work, it would be short.sighted in the
extreme to think of putting this work with.
| in or close to the corporate limits.
| A wise foresight has been shown by
| the Committee on Water in thus Sc
Letting an excellent position for the
work. Its advantage of elevation, Civ.
| ing it when completed surface Of water
when full of ,thirty-seven feet above the
highest water-surface of the old reservoir,
| must appeal with great force to those of our
citizens who are now deprived of supply
of water to the first story even Of their
houses. Besides higher elevation, the posi-.
ton of this reservoir with reference to an
| extension or change Of the pump works fs
one better located, considering Its distance
from the pumps and saving in the difference
Of their lift, than at any point to be found
along the river for some distance from the
city. 81 r. T., !" 5l'1,.t. ~ " = - ~.
| With this reservoir complete we shall have
the opportunity of efectiBg by simple de-
tail OF pipe.dissribution what has been but
partially considered before; chat is, we can
divide The city into three districts, and have
high service, q middle service, and q low
service, giving better flow of wafer to each
| from the two, reservoirs. u 3'.
The pump main now being laid from near
1.-the old reservoir to the new one will IN time
become supply main from the new reser'
yoir to the old one; and instead ofultimateiy
becoming loss to the City, its location is
piece Of practical economy which must COM
mend itself to every one who looks to the
| future Of our water-supply. tasr' 81
The plan adopted for this work Isl rectan-
gular.sbaped basip,to be formed by earth
entertainments raised to aheight OF twenty
flour feet above the natural ground, and d. ,
vidcd into two equal compartments by a.
vision embankmept joining the middle OF the
| two longer sides. Below the natural, lnte-
rior surface the basin is to be deepened a hit
tie TO form settling space for mud and other
impurities, and drain-pipe from each viii
enable the compartments to be separately