The daily gazette., 1875-10-05
ARTISAN WELLS.
The hsrac.er OF the wafer Which
they Kteld.
Letter 10 the Philadelphia Times.l

Letter 10 the Philadelphia Times1
In reference to the subject of artesian
wells. and especially as Regards the
purity of water obtained by deep boring,
would remark that there is no water
chemically pure found in its natural
state. Even when prepared by distilln-
tion it becomes necessary 10 Keep II
from the air to maintain its purity. The
water most pure from all foreign sub.
stances is that which Is preclpltated
from the clouds and collected away from
the contamiuatiug Influences of cities
and towns, hut even this is never chem.
ically pure. Npyi to this are mountain
streams, then Gene creeks, rivers and
lakes, then springs and shallow wells.
Tho water containing tho largest per-
Cnutaoa of foreign matter is generally
that brought from the greatest depth,
and the reason tor this is evident. The
water. in percolating a great distance
| through the earth. is almost certain to
come in contact with mineral or other
substances. which 1t dissolves and holds
| IN solution. The most remarkable arte-
sian W u III This section Of the country
| il the one owned and bored fer Fred,r-
| lex Tauer. Of Reading. II is located i'll
| that city at one # Ina hrawcries. This
well is , 800 tept doea, entirely through
rock, and cost 22,b'1. AIR. hlner had
| specimens oi la. t.llnes caIefnily col
| ltcsed and place, j.. 30 TO loo glass bot
lie. Th,3.are noW deposited III lIrhigh
| 'niyetslty. ih' water rises to within
| Is feet vf the surface. Among other i'm
pu.itice tho water contains AZ grains OF
| Tp5om salts tsulphato of magnesial Ia
the gallon. Itc water from the we'll at
Hort smann 3 factory AT Fifth and Cher
ry streets. contain he grains of foreign
matter @ the gallon, and cannot be used
tor any other pUrpo5e than condensing
! steam tor the engine. The water from
| the w1ll at \ ounR'1 diatillery, in South
-trcct Is ohiy used for condensing, but
not in th' boilers # II can be prevented
| At the sugar refinery of b. H. Bartol, at
Seventh and pasSyunk road, there are
two artesisn wells. each eight inches in
diameter and loo feet deep; they yield
800, 900 gallons per day. This is not used
for making steam. but for condensing
The temperature of the water is the
same a that NJ Youug'E, Is degrees Ii
is, thel af0re, more valuable fer this pur
pose than the city water, but the amount
of Impurities contained in the water i,
nearly tenfold greater namely, 81 g
grains to the gallon. The well at the
! Continental hotel furnishes water which
is not n pure chemically as that taker
from the city mains. Then the quantity
furnished is but forty gallons per min
ute wien pumped, not more than one
third that necessary for so large an es
=, tahishment. Large sums of money hav,
been spent in some of the Western cit
les in tie hopes Of securing a supply O
potable wafer, but generally withou'
success, Iu LouIsN .lir, kentucky, ther,
is Z. well bored 2643 feet deep, one in st
LoHs 2,o9G feet deep, one in South Bend
ana, Ail oi There Weld water so strong
= II illpregnatpi with mineral enbstancs
/ a. = ia unfit fcl any but mediciugl pur
/ n1-a~ Tra water from artr3ian wells
I 1ItL ueh generally containing very iarg,
sE7uuJ i foreign matter. il almost al
i nay ciasl AMI c3to:9a5s