Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1882-04-07
hrR WATER SUPPLY.
E MEETING OF THE noARD
.~u,nELAsT EVENING.
If the Committee ON WI"
ora.s.o,uio.s Adopted In
-sst,ug Report of'he h"r'
.o" "Co,pmittoe-Pro poets
W. a, a new Enterprise.

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,,,or monthly meeting of tht
y ,a,,on r's Board of Trade was mel,
Pen evening. The president being
la', r r Cotton was on motion O
ny ..si, Warner, called to the chair
s,pn Sai'on for the Committee on Room
WI AoI th,t they had purchased Q
t'sS sSs Of Of Samuel Murphy u Son, at
"stS, and also some hat and
racks ,..oo roror,ed tba,
tas.ments had nearly all been
sod tha. the rent for the room
been settled up TO Mareh Zo'h'
t,Iloving report was presented
y. y 'S''u 'TS"mmittee on Water Supply:
n.y. e cnmmittee on Water Supply
aC,Iully C present the following pre-,
,.rv report: 1t is an undoubted
.Sa! ." the city must in the near fu'
'r !" axe some provision for an in
"a A. supply of wafer, and in consid-
tbe subject due care should DC
n 10 get purer water than at the
m, ,me Your Committee recon.
Il ,akiug water from Rockland
! or some other point on the Bran
;ra above .he present pumping sta
'HI patore making a full report on
;mror,snt subject We desire 10
'naae for comparison all analysis
water at the present ulnping sta
.t tbe Rockland dam and at inter
iate points during thelcoming sum
Ubru the stream is at its lowest
= and we recommend you TO ask
NM Council 10 have this analysis
a As additional legislation will
onbt be necessary before any i'm
ami changes can be commenced we
Ava that no time will be lost by
fipr until the information asked
an be Oblaiued."
bo report was, on motion OF Mr..
Fper, adopted, and the suggestions
he committee endorsed.
e following resolutions were otf'9l-
by j. Ii. hotlecker, ESD, and
pied;
tso,yed, That in order to ascertain
cOmparison the relative purity OF
water of the Brandywine with a
to improvement in the character
quality o, the city's supply, the
Council be requested TO have an
,ysis made by competent chemist
De water of said stream, the water
9 taken from various points be-
Zen the present pumping station and
/ R0ckland dam and at such times
ling the summer season when the
lei is lowest in the stream.
Resolved, That the secretary be re i.
sted 10 lorwarei a copy of this.reso-
On to the City Council before the
h meeting thereof.
be Committee on Sewerage reported
they had held a conference with
L. 2. Bush, President of the Board
Health, and that they had agreed to
te in asking the City Council to
pt tue suggestions of the committee
be Beard OF Trade and OF the Board
Health, AMI that the City Council
in conformity with their request
)Vinud a Ommitee 10 consider the
Ter.
be Committee on Harbor made the
owing report:
I0Ur committee Reg leave to report
! III view Oh the rapid growth
the city and the consequent
feaSlng value Of its water frontage
Pie Delaware, Christiana and Bran
pine rivers, they deem it important
aAl your attention to the necessity
providing Tor supervision of its de.
|ppment and protection tor the best
ffests of the port and city. Upon
tluL examination of laws and ordi-
Pces heretofore enacted by the State
lefty we do not find them to be such
1 eytario, u n,hon w ,nHov ,; plo'onC heous.
pmlssioners created by act of the
elslature, February &, 1866, plans of
pen are GU file in the ,Chiet Engi.
Prs office, Is unreliable by reason of
4 0t wa1I dat.,a n'Ia' lA =, , oinon'' anu anu
(jcb maas,ranle'', @ uenneu ianuu'aikS rom rom
M any dsgrea ~ ,oo,n Icy oo '"Aon
(s the whsrvas sva " aoo'lacy; u.
u been AMI m i 'i7tS ha , auu puIhheaus t,
|OIly cons,,nctad " - y" w.. no,Gai'o' 3 "inos'
|se, il Ssams uv.ea ,,aoa, py private eh i9r-
li1ss ininrinus ''nn,y "aSos Qua. " Ppo',ho NV .
to mato a rn' az" ''en1 owners, as weil
buId bs ,Uui ay p'rI ueslraoie, care
Tough its an,h,risu, ,r?,u ny ane pubic '
/ sacb nurno.ao Inou Iuta, Plesoulatives, uas .
|aiped AZ a,rI, ~ s'sla'ion shoa'o 10
wering tba ."tts u as Practicaole EN-
wariers y, an, na'ooi noaru OF boatu
harbor Mao,au .' III oohJ uhc.ioh WIN
to reviss ana WY .n,i si,ai, nave pow
Ike rules and ' rn'a,!, o'oaolian pier lines
halties for ",iu ~ia,.ttarn tteu,a'lohs, provide
be hlisa ~ fos rioIa'i'ns, oIi REQUIRE plans
|rs Or @ strno,,, nur al proposed wharves,
proyai ',IIiures ui,% ,'a ior examination and
Id G~en,au ..n power 10 grant or with
uc,urrs ps opd lor sGch erections or
quept cam "nH generally supervise and
Ii the IGn,erehces Ilni,nt should be had
arge of cbaeno, I,'eu states engineers IN
fmopize '' with cb, e,ei Do mane lt. 10
and maintainI, 'n cllahheis @ as establish
Ar, vor,or r.
e'.on, ohairman of the Harbor
lich he nraoh maue a brief address, in
abIishiauu Urged nls' the Importance of
linp ii'"s rhs.s statement Of the laws gov
tha heu"hel ,'. SAID that our laws relating