Morning journal and courier., 1881-10-05
sournaI arI0 COurier.
Wednesday Morning, Oct. 5. 1881
The Beaver Ponds.
Another Careful Examination By the se-

Careful Examination By the Se- lectmen, with Several Invited Guests.
 About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon the | s'carry alp of Smedley Brothers, drawn by | four fine horses, drove up to the City Hall and Selectman Reynolds, accompanied by Messrs. Foote Cooper, Andrew and Hart, of the Board of Selectmen; Mir. Feldman and Prof Brewer, of the Board of Health Will liam J. Atwater, Charles Fabrique and John son T. Platt, with the Hon. Sidney Deane, Benjamin Moves, General Merwin and Mir. Gilbert, started on an inspection tour to and around Beaver Ponds
 Arriving at the south end of the Beaver Ponds the party alighted and viewed the de- pression and water course then they pro- ceeded to Munson street, where the water was terrible and the muck depth very great. After spending some time and hearing what Prof. Brewer had to say, and hearing views from others, they resumed their conveyance and passed up the road. Noting the Potter plantation of dead horses they came to halt at the meadow crossing known as the old dam road.
 After viewing the stream and muck beds at this point the party divided and crossed up at the stream crossing made by MT. Farnam as a place to wash his vegetables. Passing the conveyance and horses around the stone Fa-nam barns, a great array of pig pens and compost heaps, which were emitting favors which could be cut with 8 knife. | The gentlemen then passed northerly in l their conveyance, turning and reaching the | mill pond, once used by MT. Harrison. Here | they discussed the quantity of water passing | out and decided that it was too small to set at defiance two and half or three horse | power engine; consequently not too valu- | able to be obliterated, if necessary, for 8 | small consideration.
 Leaving this locality they drove north to Pine Rock, and passed over the stream from Hamden, which empties into the Beaver Pond section. These waters they found very Him. | tied, the which, when contrasted with what 1 emptied into the Harrison Mill Pond, sup ! piled not much more than one-tenth of these waters.consequently the bulk of these waters which passed out of Beaver Pond Meadows were spring waters, defled by artificial ma | terials capable of being abated. Continuing over this northerly Hamden stream they kept on down the east side of the meadows, viewing various points of inter- est, including various high ridges of sand, ! almost crossing the meadows, and capable of
 being availed of as roadways with limited filings to make good highway.
 Much of these meadows were shown to
 have been partially graded up and producing
 grass, also vegetable gardens for the coarsel
 qualities.
 The gentlemen expressed their views free
 ly, and seem to be of one opinion in this
 that however desirable and beautifyine
 it might be to make 8 lake by flood
 ing these meadows, such use of then
 involved much consideration and many
 computations before doing SO, for there is nc
 southern outlet whereby to. keep the lake
 waters lively and prevent their becoming
 stagnant
 Both Prof. Brewer and Mir. Moves were
 somewhat decided in this view of the case
 and were not ready to say what conclusions
 they had come to as to the best and mos
 economical mode of remedying present evili
 and establishing proper sanitary condition
 After driving around to the starting point
 the gentlemen terminated their inspection
 and were driven to the City Hall, much grat l flied with their afternoons work, and prom
 ising to think it over for the benefit of tht
 Selectmen.