The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-21


project having long sgo been extIuguished
ana abandoned. II remains for Us now. In
our hour OF distress, 10 look TO other expe-
dients.
Iaere is DOW no water drawn into the
csnal at Boshes's dan (Nine-Mi Loeks).
The dsm at the Three-Mile Locks (which
supplies the Tredegar. Gailego Mills, SC. j
has recently been repaired-thst ia 10 say,
II has not been raised nor extended, but It's
leaks bave been stopped.
This Three Mile Lceks dam, now that the
river IL so very low, catches no Q volume OF
water thst would otherwise reach th, pump.
house dam. Usually there Is enough water
for both. No water now flows over the
Thrte Mile Locks dam; on the contrary.
The waller is eighteen inches lower than tbe
top OF is. The city dam (st the psmp-bouse)
and the Belle-Isle dam secure such water As
10 beyond tie reach OF this dam.
4 PARTIAL REMEDY.
On The 18th instant Superintendent Davis
wrote General Walker. diyisioo sUperin.
tendent OF the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad Company, telling him that the re-
cent repairs 10 the dam az the Three NJ lie
Locks bad materially diminished the supply
In the forebsy at the pump house. and asked
him 10 aid the city by IesseniDg the quantity
IN the canal, thus Increasing the volume in
The river.
Not bayipg beard from General Walker,
Superintendent Davis Saturday wrote a let
ter 10 General Manager Axieli asking bin
TO allow the water 10 be turned out Of the
canal at Rutheriord's Mil, or some other
convenient point above the pump house.
and said Superintendent Davis "The water
10 the foreOay at the pump-house is nov
below the suction pipes"
Mr.. Axtell replied to Mr.. Davis that the
rsilrosd compsny would, as far ss possible,
extend help In the direction suggested, pro.
vided the city would liit the Injunction
prohibiting the railroad company from get.
ting water into the canal from Bosher':
dam.
HUNG Up BY Az INJUNCTION.
II is not necessary TO 60 into the lega
history OF this iDiunstiou. Suffice 1t here
to say that the railroad company wished 10
get more wster land consequently more
power into the canal by catching up the
water, as formerly, at BOsber's dam. II
would then have supplied The canal botn
from Bosber's dam and, to some eIie nt also,
from the Three Mile Locks dam. The city
epioined the company chiefly because the
nO1 Of water would have driven the men
from their wsrk on the waterway 10 the
psw pump-house. In other words. men
could not dig IN ihe trench while the waiei
wss flowing down il from BosheT's dam to
the Three Mile Locks.
SyPBoE ARRANGEMENT.
The Allegheny Railroad Company want
more water. So does the city Of Richmond
lst, 40 ~ M q al.
lego Mills, The Paper Mills, DC. The latter
10 relieve families who are now forced 10
go 10 tie mucb-despised weliSand springs
10 put in motion stssLo-eDgines now idle;
10 cleanse the water-slosets and foul sewer,
/ and, generally, 10 put The lpeopls back into
Q toIertble condition OF life.
Mr.. AxteIl says the Tredegar has CON-
planned not once. but repeatedly snd not
the Tfedegsr only, but the Gallego- and
Psper-Miils, that the supply Of wster fur.
nisbed was not adequate. Further, be
would hsye 1t understood that the Aid.
ghany Company is not seeking TO enlargs
their canalsupply. What they want is the
quantity OF water they have always had
had for years and years prior TO The in
| iuation Of work by The city between The
Three and the Nine-Aile Locks. With that
old supply be thinks he could keep the
mills going and aid the e.ty too.
With the injunction lifted. Mr. Axtel
says bis compsny-with the belp OF the city
| IL II could be - cured il not, without it
would arrange TO let tie water in from Bo.
,her's dam. Then all that the two dams
would catch would pour into the canal, and
| ia this great emergency be would, as far az
possible, relieve the city and the mills too.
BE and Gspersl Walker think that it would
be a waste OF wafer 10 give sn outlet for II
from the gates OF Ruiberiord's old mill
site; but that the same object could be bet
ter accomplished by an outlet from the cs.
nal opposite the pump-house. There might
be q sypbon arrangement from the canal 10
the pump-bouse forebsy.
General Walker and Mr.. Axtel are conf
dent that all this could be done in few
days. Bot the Injunction must be raised
frst.
FOR SUNDAY.
To. dsy The mills will not be at work. aud
the water they use every other day OF the
week will isll 10 the city. The turbine
wheel will be able 10 move quicker aud
pump more to-day than il could do Satur-
day. 1t will be but drop in the bucket,
but nevertheless drop that is greatly
needed.
THR WELLS AyD SPRINGS.
While the discussion is going Oh about
the purity OF cur WELL and spring-vster
Thousands and tens Of thousands are drink
ing it. For a great host there is no other
water TO drink. The people take their turns
at the wells and draw them dry. At the
springs nearly every drop that falls finds
soms one there with a bucket TO catch IL.
IL is hard 10 tell what We would do without
these.
II ever they are TO be condemned aRd
closed. Il must not be until the city has sn
assurance OF an unisiilng river supply.
QUESTION.
"Why 10 not the wafer shut OF from the
eiiy at night and saved in the reservoirs for
use 10 the dsyi' is q question semetlmes
asked.
The answer OF the authorities is that ii
will not do, because fires may break out at
night.
Yes. tbey msy break out day or night, and
in most sections now. day or night, there
will be no water to eXtinguish them. III
the Bosher's-dam remedy could be spplied
we would still be very short OF water. Ii
would. or should, then become the duty Of
somebody to see that the enormous waste OF
water is stopped. The reservoirs would all
be full today bad the consumption OF water
this summer been limited TO actual Deees-
sIty. But the probability is that for every
gallon really used ten were actually wasted.
Wster-closeis are allowed TO run ali day aud
all night. and lesking pipes are not novel
ties. We are only II the beginning OF the
dry season. 1t often extends over Septem-
Der and OctobeG snd into November.
Prompt, prscticsl Iction 10 needed; From
whatever direction it comes II viii rejoice
ali householders and businessmen.
PROM TBg RECORD.