Smyrna times., 1885-07-29
Water Works.

Our Town Commissioners are thor
Onghly alive on the subject of wafer
works. On Wednesday evening last
aIter transacting some routine business
is town Board they adjourned as
such and organized as Il Water Com
mlttee. The law delegates to them
the authority to make the water com
lnitIee, They accordingly decided to
constitute the entire Board of Com
mlsSIoners the Water Committee. On
FRIDAY last the day was spent in max
ing bOrlngs for water i'm the town lot
back OF the mill. Cooper Brothers of
MOortOn, driving the wells. Several of
these bOreings or wells were made and
win the same unvarying success. They
sIrucK, ABOUT two or three feet below
the surface, a strata Of sand and gravel
winch was thoroughly saturated or lil-
leu win most clear and excellent
water. They only bored down a dis
lance OF Il feet and We're still in the
same gravel bed and had solid
column OF water standing i'm their pine
OF l|2 feet. This test far exceeded
thelr brightest anticipations and would
seem to indicate an unfailing supply of
water at very slight depth below the
surface. The Water Committee met
again on Monday evening last and ap
pointed committee to collect sump},.s
OF water from various points of the
town and send the same to DR.. Wolf
the State Chemist for ANALYSIS. These
several specimens or samples were
sent yesterday. They also decided to
secure the services of some thOrouohlv |
competent civil engineer, one who is |
not Interested in any particular system |
of water works, who shall thoroughly |
and carefully examine and survey the |
several proposed sites and make plans |
and specifications of the one or ones |
which in his judgement would be a |
suitable and proper place for the loca- |
tion of the works. This step was taken
IN order that the committee MIGHT
have the unbiased and disinterestei
opinion of an engineer, and they could
then advertise for bids. ANY one of
the several systems would gladly send
an engineer here to make plans and
give estimates in favor of that particu-
lar system, but it is an unbiased esti.
mate that the committee seek and ev-
pect, by the plan proposed, to secure
AT the meeting on Monday evening
they also appointed IL committee to
visit several towns and cities for the
purpose of investigating or INSPECTING
the systems employed in supplvin9
these particular places with water
me gentlemen constituting this COM
mlttee (John NanGasken. J. b. Coonor
and Geo. W. Taylor is guarantee
That the work entrusted to their care
VIII be well done. Among the places
they will probably visit are Chester
town, Md, Frederick City, Md, Allan
TIC City, N. j., where the stand nino
system is in vogue and other places
using different systems. This com.
94lttee left to-day for Chestertown
Qur Board wish to profit by the ev. !
PeFiehee OF other places and thus puard (
against their mistakes They are nnsh !
ing ahead as rapidly as possible bnt !
what they do they propose sboiI " =
wen done. All the steps thus far takcpp on i
nave nave certainly been cOmmendobIe =
w nat particular system will he odont y
5d Is now mere conjecture bnt H. =
board are in favor of the direct n',,,aO s,io \ \
ng ana stand pipe" system if tbis LII Il
De found to be practicable Tb;s 'a'a'i a.' =,
,vm ,no,naa WIN save the expenses of a niSbt =
fuel, &c. Il may cost m6ma '6m1 O
. put IN, but will be less exnensinn n,ofe p p
.uh' Our Water COMMITTEES aro ,s'to t1 70 u
!. y work and in due time we sbaII , naru
uo aL malured fruit of their a., oa,I neaI u!
water supply, ' ""oiesome