The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-02-24
TN. wArEs WORKS QUESTION

Az improvement; in the quantity and
toe cs,tzi5ty Of the cisy's water supply
i conceded by sll VITO haIe giTsa the
s1tisc. a.y a:;estioa 10 b usttsr OF
prime importance ssd Of pressing ne-
easily. The cspse;;! o. The present
works = inaiequsse 10 :u-ai.a no'e
;aaast.suty-.oG. hours supply ssssd
Q ,ae daily co.somP :ioo, aad, II the
;.oa uills s-a :uau:n., 70: no:e iaao
nine hours srpPl! c,u bs scca1u'a'ei.
O:,Le two pruFiog engines II toe
works, oaly oos Is il good .o'.:os o.
der. Any seeidea! that wooid resn!'
in tie s.opysge OF this engine Dung
s:sgls Jaw would io.vissbly p1; our
c:t1.zs aed manufacturing establish
meats upon : short allowance Of vassr
a,i much pscaria,y loss AID ps'sonsl
.eI.r;rg would $: orce ensae. These
are rsc.s which will 60: be denied By
a.1 vsrsoa who is acquainted with iae
ci-.ums;arcs OF the case.
TIE question arise: "hst shall
xsdo? We ..gre, to ste ,iss the Ia
.s,T7zc- proposes TO solve the difhcal-
~ ty tie erection OF 6 ue- water works
a:a ccs: tbs. Is scaresly ca,calsble ST
,:ss.-t, IN: which IS net likely
10 al below $4,000. We say
,hs, re regretthis suggestion, because
re ZEE: assured ,ha, there is tet.e!
sd : cheaper way on: OF the preset
d.:F.alty than this would sfo'i.
TO fad q rev locsiion TO. lie Ho:ks
,aat would te Tree from tie objections
u:Zei against tie p:e=sat oue, We would
have 10 20 sbove the Top mill s: les,t
TO $ poiut opposite tie uaPsE PORTION Of
tie tozu Of Martins Ferry, ear mile
sai bal: ADORE tie present. site.
Taere wo1,d thus &c s mile ar nall
0: expensive msin pipe to lsy, inc'Eding
al sq1educ. over JonsihaO's Gni,
which nigh, &c avoided BY retaining
The preaeu; location. A. the ssne
time sll OF the advantages sought BY
cu,,iny the water vogks above the
uU-thern limit o; tie city Gay &c hsd
ty letting them rsms;n where they are.
TEE washing. from toe hi! sd the !n'
pQ-iSies and sewage aid ooZs that
f-i their way into tie river in North
Wheeling. may be avoided by extend
iaz the supply PIPE to 3 Poini near the
eastern ihore Of the Island ard thus
drawing pure water from resr the mid
Re 0; The river Tee washiUg5 from
North Wheeling viii thus be avoided
o. tbs side with 70 dagger OF eccoua.
,.riag those nom Martins Ferry on tie
o:aer the latter passing down Back
river. Tbi. nigh; be done 8: less than
one-,sn,h Of the cost Of tee additional
ns;n pipe ,bss would be rendered nee.
.ssary BY a re" locssion.
4 larger and hishs, reservoir OF
bssin is also need. be; VIA, better
place for tits csa be ioupd ihsa ca the
top OF the bill directly esss OF the pres
cot ~o-ks1 Nature could scarcely
have furnished better or more COT,
reni.u; cite, AID We have always von'
der.d why the presen: basin was locas'
ei on the side OF tie hill instead OF on
the Top where il. construction weuld
have teen easier AID chespe: and
would have afforded pressure enough to
cayry the water to sll parts o.
the city ard 10 the top Of lis high.s;
building. The present reservoir need
10; be abandoned, il it is thought pru,
dent or important to keep j; ia nee s,
supplementary to the larger one which
nigh, be constructed above il
The Improvements necessary to be
made upoa tie works themselves srs
the placing in position o. 9 new aud
more powerful pumping engine, and
then the erection Of 9 new house over il
and the engines now in use. By thes.
means, AID the drawing Of tie vatel
from q point near the Island, and th'
construction OF g new reservoir oa the
top OF the hill, the water supply may b
made ample fOr the supply OF all oul
wants for twenty years to come, and TIT
cost need no. greatly, il At all. e1ceec
the seventy-ive thousand dollars stas.c
10 cur article in reserenc. to this suSjec
afe. days ago. The erection Of entire
lynew water works at roiu, beyons
Toe northern limit Of the city Cal
.carcsly fail to cost mere than fou
times this sum. and the advantages
gained thereby would be no create
than would be afforded BY the plar
ou,liced abo'e-