The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1885-07-23
Drainage and Water Supply.

FROM A FORMER RESIDENT.
| To THE EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL. The
morning papers herald another visitation to
twice tire-scourged Belfast. AT the risk of its
being considered inopportune may | call at
tention to an article | furnished my friend, the
late w. ii. Simpson, and which he published
in the journal some years ago, upon the ques-
ton of water supply for Belfast, which at a
comparatively small expense would materially
lessen the liability of such destruction of prop
| erty.
| The people of this State (Mass.) are awaken
| ing to the fact that a copious supply of pure
water is no longer 10 be considered IL luxury
but as necessity; not only so far as health is
| concerned but rs safeguard from fire. The
first question asked by those contemplating
making residence in town or village is
''have you water supply and drainage facilir
| ties"; and the imperative demand of those who
are importuned to erect manufactures is 1--WE
must have generous water supply to protect
us from fire.
Villages and towns much inferior to Belfast
in wealth, situation and population, have eX-
pended large sums of money in perfectng sys-
TENS of water works, and as a result are reap
ing benefit, denied to others who have neg
leeted so doing through fear that immediate
and large dividends would not be forthcoming
/ There is such Il thing as being too conservative
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thi' Ill a0d'lioh TO lilP FISK OF destruction by
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too late-of providing pur" water for house
hold purposes, before many Years. The oc'l-
ton of the city. placed as il Is on The side of
. hill with streets and residences tprr9rp1
one ABOVE aho'her from lhe water OF Tue oaS 10
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drainage WIZ become c'oSSeu ahd laii 70 ari,
ana the poisonous "IbumlnohSS always present
in sewerage. will pass through to the water
VEINS carrying not only their poison germs
but II opportunity offers the microbes Of dis
ease also. Thus think 1t can be shown tn At,
both As a protection for life and health as well
as property, Belfast requires system of water
supply. know OF no city with so great natur-
al advantages for perfect and reliable system,
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| tnat II would DE OF any rfattlcai uIliltE IN Bv-
| last; certainly not until more water could be
mad Tor Its ust. II might bt available near lAe
water front, but no hose that | have eyer
| known of would resist the pressure it would
have TO stand with the engine on one of the
wharyes and the fire on High street, while in
outlying districts, with neither reservoirs OF
salt water to draw from ii would be useless.
And again my experience has been, that a little
water III the right place. and at the right time.
which Of course means the difference in time
between jumping Old or out, rs the boys
useu 10, ana mat OF getting horses hltehed up
| TO engine ana nose cart, starting steam, &c.-,
OF Il large podY OF wafer m several places, II
what IS needed IN >updulhT q hre. Fof inc