The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-10-22
Arfcsinn Wells.
rur CHARACTER or THE WATER wBIcB THEY

YIELD.
rf.e,t.r to the philadelphia Timesl
Tn reference to the subject OF artes'an
xpc,Is afd especiaily as regards the purify OF
water obtained by deep boring, wouso re-
mark tha, there is no water caem'ca"y pun
found In its natural state. Even "nen p,e
.s,sred by distiation It becomes necessary "
keen Il from the cir to MAINTAIN us PURIFY
The water most pure from al io.esu suu
stances Is that which Is prec'pllateo ilo'n tue
clouds md collected away from tue contaml'
~a,;ng influences OF cities and towns, but
, aren This 10 never chemically pure. Next
tn this are mountain streams, then come
creeks rivers. and lakes, then springs
md shallow wells. The water contain
inc the largest percentage OF foreign matter
Sc generally that brought from greatest
,Ianth and the reason for this rs evident.
The water iu percoating great distance
through the earth is almost certain TO come
in contac. with mineral or other substances,
puh;ch H. 6issolves and holds in solution. The
most remarkable artesian we'll In this section
Of the country is the one owned anu ooIeu
. for Frederick Lauer, Of Reading. IL $50
Gated IN that city at one OF his ore"eries.
This well is 9 600 feet deep, entirely snlousn
rock. and cost $4,000. Mr.. Lauer hau spe
cimeps Of the borines carefully cofRcteo anu
,,,annd IN ninety 10 one hundred glass bot
fles These are now deposited Sn Lenlgo
TIniversity. The water rises 10 within
e;ohtsen feet of the surface. Among 'otner
S,enur;,ies the water contains iorty-se'eu
n,o;rs of Epsom salts (sulpbate OF magnes'a)
p tho Gallon, The water from the wen al
Torstnapn's factory, at Fifth and CHERRY
straets contains one hundred ana slA-
teen grains of foreign matter 10 .ne
Gallon and cannot be used 1or any
other PURPOSE than condensIng SIeanl
for the engine. =" he water from tne we've aI
Younp's distillery, in South street, GUY
used for coudepsiDg, but not IN inc Dohels u
II can be avoided. At the sugar'rehneiy Vi
BIB. Bsrtol, at Seventh and raSs'uns roau
there are two artesian ~el's' eacu e'gn .
;nches in diameter and one hundred ieet
deen. they Weld three hundred aud sixty
thousand gallons per day. This is not 0seo
for making steam, but for esndensing. The
Temperature of the water is the same as tna'
atYouue's-forty-t degrees. IL Is, lneIe'
fore. more valuable for this purpose thaa ine
city water. but the amount of lmparhiess
contained in the water is nearly teniotd
arcater-namely, 51S3 grains to the gaIon:
THE well at the Continental Aotel
furnishes water which is not as pure
Chemically as that taken from the Guy
mains, Then, the quantity furnished rs out
Forty gallons per minute when PumTee-hot
more than one third that is necessary lot SO 80
large an establishment. Large SUMS OF
money have been spent in some OF the west.
ern cities in the hope OF securing supply
If notable water, but generally without sue.
cess. In Louisville, KY, there is we'll
bored two thousand six hundred and forty
nine feet deep. one in st. Louis two thou
sand and eighty.siX feet deep, one In Soutn
Bend, Ind, and one at Terre Haute, lud'
All Of these yield water so strongly impreg.
mated with mineral substances as to be unflt
B., for any but medicinal purposes. The water
from artesian wells, although generally con-
aaining large amounts OF foreign matter, Is
almost always clear and colorless.