The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-24
resolved sbeuseIvs. iulo a brisf shower

resolved themselves into q brief shower
about $50 O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
II was hoped that though We got 90 little
rain there was Eore Of IL in the up country,
bot 81 ? p. NJ the telegrsphic report from
Willsmson's lrezr Clifton Forge) was
g. eiear snd hot" At LynchDurg, al the
same hour, she weather was reported
% clear, warm, and sulfry."
Nh AxTsLL's vTEws.
The following IL from Mr.. AxfeIl, and is
10 relation to Whist be said 20 the coIference
Nondsy sbout ihe prsciicability OF letting
the water into The canal from Bosber's dam /:
The Dispatch is wrong in saying / bad
10 practical information a. TO the AMOUNT
OF rsisr that would come through Bosher's
dam, and It's efecf, and deferred 10 Colonel
Cutsbsw. ] differ with him. ! proposed
using full besd from The canal TO the wheels
IN The pump-house II the water was let In
st Bosbsr's. Colonel CuisbAE said Il would
take two months TO sprangs for IL. ] said
Colonel Cutshsw should know ss 10 is prae-
ticshilify. I bad no technical information
about II personally, but had been told by
engineers that # could be done in q week.
II zezlously tried, I believe, every wheel
could soon be put in constant and reliable
motion. The company's action Is depend
snt upon the consent OF the Tredrgar and
other mills, unless the water Is enoggh for
sn.
ITEHs.
There has been a noticeable diminutIou
IN lhe number OF hies insesting dwellings
within The lasi week. Msny have estimated
the decrease at rs much as 81 per ceaL
The irrepFessible small boy comes again
10 the front. Water. or rather the want OF
Il, was the subject of conversation At the
bFeakfsst-isble. when Johnnie remarked,
=. wish the Council would hurry 10, for
we all bave 10 wash our faces in the same
water, and a. j am the youngest, my turn
comes last"
ANOTHER sCGGssTIOS.
Nessrs. Edtofs.-While there Is 40 much
discussion on the water question. | would
beg leave 70 ssk II the Richmond and Ale
ghauy railroad who stand in the shoes of
the old James River and Ksnasbs Canal
Company, and are, as We understand, liable
for The. fuhlmeDt OF said compauy's con-
tTscis-esunot manage TO keep the canal in
tact from here TO Maiden's AdVentUref i
know that pending the Improvement now
going on between The Sine-Mis locke and
the new pump-works there may be some
delsy IN getting the use Of ihst much Of the
canal as an squeduct. but this must, or
course, only be temporary.
When this part oi the canal is deepened
and widened il seems 10 me thai the safest
plan for the Richmond and Alleghany Rail-
road Company, and for sll thsse corpora
tons dependent upon Der for = wster sup
ply. would be 10 reopen the esusl for the
whole distance from Richmond 10 kaiden's
Adventure. Here the whole volume OF
water 10 james river is collected 10 one
BODY above Msiden's- Adventure dam, snd
forms 4 natural reservoir, presenting the
appearance OF q beautiful lake for distance
OF more than two miles.
With proper canal communication this
splendid sheet Of water would be az our
command at all timer, sud we should DOT at
low water be compelled to see millions Of
gallons Of water running by u smong the
rocks 10 the falls oi James river while our
expensive reservoirs are empty and our
people can get no water.
There msy be weighty objections to keep
ing open this canal fer distance Of thirty
miles, when FOR more than one third OF this
distance IL must Of necessity be kept open.
II II is iDprAelieable or undesirable. We
would like 70 know Why. II.