The daily gazette., 1880-08-28
FOR SHERIFF,
PURNAL j. LYNCH.
FOR CORONER.
JOSEPH YARNALL.


1t is a great matter for growing city to
be assured of a sufficient supply of good,
wholesome water. While the most of
the Eastern cities are now fearful of
water famines Wilmington has its usual
copious supply, and her reservoirs are
well filled with stock of water purer
and more wholesome than 1t has been
for twenty years previous. Our atten-
tion was called to this matter few
days ago by gentleman who is exceed
ingly carefal of the beverage that he
drinks, using only cold water he is the
better able to distinguish the quality,
and he was decidedly of the opinion
that the Brandywine water was purer
and had been improved in flavor. This
is what might be expected after the re-
fuse dye stuffs of the factories had beer
turned out Of the stream and a sufficient
time allowed to elapse in which the bed
Of the stream and the crevices in the
rocks had been well cleansed of the ad-
herring poisonous and dsleterious sub
stances.
Our sister city, Reading, Pa, is every
year alarmed in consequence of
water famine. 1t is in distress now un-
der extreme apprehension, that, unless
rain should come to the rescue in few
days, the factories and shops that are
driven By steam will be compelled TO
close up entirely. Reading is a manu-
f&e11rlrg city. and contains q popula-
tlon u ss,tJJ- Tbe result Of az entire
failure IL The vAtsf supply. would, there
lore, Oe olsEsur1ut IL ihIs regard a. wei
as eAiEmitous il other respects 70 The
nealIn Of Jhe psopie, End iudest rue. i've
i'ess 10 property should FIRE occur. sud
there De No vEiRr 70 Dc used by ils en-
gine companies. Wiimingtous situA-
ton IS particularly favorable in this
regard. Ii is OH tidewater and should
necessity require, 1t could draw sup
ply OF tidewster fol- culinary purposes
from the Brandywine and for steam
purposes resort to the Christlana which
fows through the whole length of the
city; as it advances to the Delaware
should that be necessary, water could b,
drawn from that noble river, as is don,
now BY Chester, our smaller nelphbo
In Pennsylvania. Thus the manufac
turer who seeks to found great work.
need fear no failure in water at viii
mingtcn no matter how large his shop.
may grow in the future.
The city has power at any time tc
reserve all the Brandywine water foI
beverage; and require those who us,
large quantities for steam purposes t,
use water that could be drawn iron
either of the three rivers that may il
future wash past its streets. To til
pure fresh water of the Brandywin
We might when time requires, resor
70 the Red Clay Creek and Mill Cree
for an increase in our supply of drink
ing water. Now, while PHILADELPHIA
New YORK, and all the eastern cite
are alarmed in consequence Of the
short supply Of water, Wilmington ha
great cause to be we'll satisfi d wit
her more favored privileges. whe
New York introduced the Croton W;
ter in 1887, that city INDUCED the ide
that a supply had been secured for
hundred years, but quarter Of a cer
tury had hardly passed until this wa
seen to be q mistake and now, afte
expanding the Croton, several time
that city is reaching out for anoth,
supply, at cost of $4,000 900. IL
plan is to erect dams on Rye Pond,
feet high and make lake of $50 acr
in extent to store ,052, 900, 600 gallon
= dam on Bronx River, 45 feet hig
making n reservoir of $50 acres,
store 1870, 900, 900 gallons; a dam
Byram River, Is f-et high making
lake covering 70 acres with capaei
for 1sO, 900, 900 gallons; giving a tot
capacity for the storage of $500, 00t
QUO gallons. And all this in additit