Year: 1870




The Present Scarcity-Its Cause.-The


Proposed Remedy-PrOvlsiOns Of the


Bin which passed she senaae.


The limited supply Of Potomac water in this
District is not owing to any scarcity in the
reservoirs, a. they are constructed on Q scale to
supply Washington when it has ten times as
many inhabitants as at present, and are fed by
an elliptical conduit with interior diameters
Of 8 and feet. The trouble is in the incapacity
of the mains from the distributing reservoir to
furnish to the District cities q suficient supply
therefrom. There are now two of these mains,
cylindrical in shape, and with interior diameters
Of 30 and II inches respectively. The bill which
July, provides that the engineer officer in
charge of the Washington Aqueduct shall cause
to be furnished, and laid from the distributing
reservoir to Capitol Hill, in the city Of Washing
ton, along such route as he shall determine, an
iron main of thirty-sx inches in diameter, con-
nected with the present mains, at such points a.
he shall direct, and the entire cost thereof is to
be borne proportionately by the corporations OF
Washington and Georgetown, and i'm order to
provide for such cost, the corporations are en-
powered to increase the present water rates
sy ss the@ Se deemed rof
the purpose of enabling these corporations
to carry out the provisions of the act they were
row, in such proportions as thew might deem
necessary, sum of money not exceeding
900 for the city Of Washington, and $50, 900
rcuccmaDlo
a period Of ten years, out Of any revenue to be
derived from water rents but previous to the
passage Of the bill it was amended, on motion
of Mr.. Hamlin, so as to change the proportion
between Georgetown and this city. Ii Is now
s400 900 in Georgetown and S26O 900 for this city.
The new main, after crossing Rock Creek along
side the present one, Will probably be carried to
the Circle, and from thence eastward along the
high ground in the northern part OF the city, SO
as to furnish an abundant supply for the dwell
ers IN that section who suffer most.


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Potomac water, and In order to more fully
enforce the laws of the corpOr rations of Washing
ton and Georgetown in relation to the distribu-
ton of the same, the engineer officer in charge
of the Washington aqueduct is authorized and
empowered by the bill, after giving notice, to
shut on the water when such notice shall be dis
IS Rhe use Of s'e water
for mechanical and manufacturing purposes,
for private fountains, street and pavement
washers, s to be allowed only when in the
opinion of the engineer 1t will not be detrimen-
tai to the general distribution OF water in the
two cities. The supply Of water to all m anufac
and other places requiring a large quantity, is
to be determined by meters erected and main
tanned at the expense Of the consumer; and the
corporations Of Washington and Georgetown
terpned at q price not exceeding three cents
The Chinese and the Labor q uestiOn.


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resisted, win people this continent on their own
terms, and not on ours Their children aud
their children's children will be Chinese, and
not Americans. Theft industry, their skill,
their frugal abstinence, and their exclusiveness
will enable them to drive the natiye American
and the European American out of competition
In the industrial pursuits. Yet these, the work
ing people Of our country, who speak our lam
guage. who conform to the religion of the Bible
and who understood and practice the principles
OF republican equality and fraternity, are the
only people to whom this land has been given.
rule; and they win then prefer to rule without
voting. The people Of all other nations hold
our republican institutions in admiration, and
this admiration brings tens of thousands of them
annually to our shores, and causes them to
gratefully make their homes among u.s. and to
teach their children that they are Ameri-
cans. The Chinese are all Of one nation,
and they are determined to preserve their
nationality and their Pagan worship: and
they will always disdain afiliation with us.
No experience will teach them that we are not
outside barbarians. An absolute government
may tolerate, because 1t can control, a limited
but must. be controlled BY them; for, having
numerical power, they cannot be either mercie
ful or just: China can spare without missing
men enough to vote down or to fight down our
whole republic The working men-who are
TIE ONLY MRN-of the United States mutt be
prompt to meet this question: they must proffer
to the government Of their country their advice
every franchise, even Of asylum itself, all whose
presence shall be held dangerous to the public
safety; and the assistance OF their substance and
OF their personal service In expelling and repel-
may desire servants; but the welfare and the
happiness Of every community are in direct
proportion to the approach to an equal distribu
ton among the people Of labor and OF its pro-
duct-weaith. Very respectfully, youn,


Washington, July I, 1870.