Nuhou, Volume II, Number 22, 10 October 1873 — Water Supply [ARTICLE]

Water Supply

! • na': ; cliipf eousklcratioDS in the m'nid ; o' ;i ui' a clty, and Bhouid bc ;a;v€ry para:u.)unt ♦ juc~i:- , >n fbr oar tropical to'\Vn. . Bnt dc our cdilcs car'', or botlicr iheir hcads mueh aboui our proic:;t arid fufcuro supply ? r Fhoy noein to rest coinciit long as thcy cati gefc;t!it.Mr v;isli!)owlb iille'i and thclr flowcr bcds sr>rinklc 1. U r atcr supply is a suujcct th'a-t shoull h. 1 thoroughly studicd by ihone in charge of or,r iQCDt 5 artd thcy should be held culpoblf ior nny aōgīcct ia tlic matter. Our well woode 1 clouded. . and moistencd mountain ratige affords abuudant indaccmcnt3 for thc construcfcioo. : oF ar;fcifieial ponel? or lakcs 3 ; whieh shouid be sourcea of supply to a * distributing resctypir. And ifc eeema. to ua that such ponds or lakes could be constructed without mueli cost beyond thafc of labor. Ccrfcuin!y if a taro patch by tramplng aud tampiug ean be made water tight, we oughfc to Bucceed in poutiding thc soil of the lakes or ponds into a water tight bottom; and as regards the objectloa to evaporation, whieh miglit be great at the eea lcvcl, perhaps an ineh or two a day 5 it would nofc be the fifth parfc of thafc, or perhaps none afc all near the eloud leveL We believe tlaat pa!olo f a kind of Ine saponaceouB and fatty earth found .here very pleatifully, will make a T>erfcetly tight bottom to a pond, . īf thc Hinistcra wished fco do "justicc to this " su!)jc€t and to satisfy thc public demand '!a fre6peet to w at°i supply, they would go and esamine our ravines and moūntain ridge for tliemselve3 and spend days in the esamination, and give us an cshaustive reporfc on the eapaeitiea of the island in rcspeefc to the water supply of t!iis eity, Thafc'S whafc we would do.