The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-02-02

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taihs more Hlt than the 0ath Atlantic
probably due ~ the prevailing influence
~ the gulf stream, One ~ the pufest
waters known Is the water a the river
f5ka IN sweden, which contains only
one twentieth II q grain u impurities w
IL gallon. The watof ~ che Mississippi
contains forty grains u mud per gallon
Water Ia The great mechanical power
in nature, and is merely the suns agent.
n Ia a b%0untlfnl gift Of the Creat0f
Almost the first thing that IL mentioned
In the bible f. the well Of water which
Abraham digged and weeping HOgar a.
forward saw in the wilderness OF Beer.
sheba. Moses is represented ~ appearing
in the ulness Of bis power and majesty
when shifting the rock to let the living
waters oush forth. The koran, in its
description Of Paradise, numbers foun.
tains pouring forth plenty OF water
among its main attractions. The Two
fountains in the gardens of A%lcinous were
deemed worthy OF being sung by Homer.
In the ruins Of Pompeii and Hercula-
neum fountains were seen in nearly every
situation; and from the number OF eaden
pipes also found, it seems that every
house was provided with one. Hawthorn,
the great novelist, is peculiarly happy IN
describing the fountainsof Rome. The
pleasant, natural sound Of falling water,
not unlike that of q distant cascade in
the forest, may be heard in many OF the
Roman streets and piazzas, when the tu-
multi of the city is hushed for c%onsuls,
emperors, and popes, the great men OF
every age, have found no better way 0
immortalizing their memories than by
the shifting, ln~destructible, ever new,
yet ~unchanging upgush and downfall OF
water. They have written their names
in that unstable element, and proved 1t
a more durable record than brass or mar
BILE" A writer says that the French
and Italians are more celebrated for the
taste and beauty displayed in their foun-
tains, whether they be simple jets de0@
or elaborate pieces of architecture sub
s~ervient to the purpose OF supplying
their cities with water.
In the United States, within the past
twenty. five years, the swift progress
which has been made in population and
wealth has ouickened the demand in all
large cities and in many smaller towns
and villages for a copious supply OF
water, not only for all the exigencies OF
public health and domestic and indus
trial use, but also for purposes OF beauty
and delight by means of public and pri-
vate fountains. Philadelphia, with its
famous Paramount water works and its
excellent fountain society Baltimore,
with its extraordinary water power,
Sufficient to work million looms" and
its incompatible lakes, reservoirs, and
conduits New York, with her Croton
auueduct ; brooklyn, with her vast re-
s~ervoirs on Ridgewood hill and Prospect
hill Boston, with her lake Cocoituate
Chicago, with her immense tunnel under
the level of lake Michigan; Salt Lake
city, and, in short almost all American
cities, are vigorously carrying out the
wise suggestions made by Benjamin
Franklin, so long ago as l765. I'm the
odd world even the highways offer, at
regular distances, fountains of fresh
water to the weary traveller and his
thirsty cattle, while with us the large
cities begin 10 be adorned with public
fountains, the gift of benevolent persons,
among which one in Cincinnati stands
pr~e-eminent, as its water is artificially
cooled in summer by passing. through
many miles of pipes packed IN Ice, SO
that it never rises above forty degrees"
Villages and even secluded tarm-houses
might well be encouraged to follow the
example of our cities, for artesian wells
can bring an abundance OF water where
natural sources are lacking.
At Grenelle, near Paris, an a~rtesian
well was bored down 1000 feet, or nearly
one-third of a mile. The water rose
eighty feet above the surface and flowed
at the rate of ninety feet per minute.
| At Rochefort, in France, is a well 1876
Ieet deep, or more than half a mile. This
is the deepest well in Europe. At Louis
vile, Ky., there is one ZOOS feet deep.
At Charleston, S. c., there is a well l.
$50 feet deep. There are many other
deep artesian wells in this country.
Nearly 1000 years ago Charms and
Antonius Musa prescribed cold water In
ternally as we'll as externally, and that
in large'doses. Water is a most etfica'
cious medicine.
The water-works of Troy compare IA
vorably with those of most other cities
in the country of the same size. They
were established in 1888, but the law
forming the present commission was not
passed until 1866. A water-works com
pany was organized in the village of Troy
as early as 1912, but after an unsuccessful
attempt to make the effort a financial
success the plan was abandoned. The
cost of the present water-works to date
aggreg ates about $3.50, 900, not including
ordinary repairs. The storage capacity
of the various reservoirs and lakes Is
nearly 500, 900, 900 gallons and the daily
consumption between 5000, 900 and s.
O00, 900 gallons. The height of the dis
tributing reservoir above the level of the
Hudson is ninety feet, while the Bruins
wick lake is 800 feet above the SAM
level. This growth of the city and the
demand for increased supply demonstrate
the fact that the founders of the present
water-works erred in not taking water
from the Poestenkill in the first instance