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ROSTER OF CITY OFFICERS .- Following is a roster of the principal city officers up to and including 1857. For the officers of the different city departments, see their history, given else- where:
1837-Mayor, William B. Ogden, elected May 2 ; City Clerk, 1. N. Arnold ; George Davis appointed in October; City Attorney, N. B. Judd ; City Treasurer, Hiram l'earsons ; Aldermen-(1) ]. C. Goodhuc, Francis C. Sherman ; (2) J. S. C. Hogan, Peter Bolles; (3) John 1). Caton (entitled to only one Alderman until IS39) ; (4)
Asahel Pierce, Francis H. Taylor ; (5) Bernard Ward (entitled to only one until IS39) ; (6) Samuel Jackson, Hiram l'earsons.
IS38-Mayor, Buckner S. Morris, elected March 6 ; Clerk, George Davis : Attorney, N. B. Judd ; Treasurer, Hiram Pearsons ; Aldermen-(1)Eli B. Williams, E. H. Haddock ; (2) John S. C. Ho- gon, James Curtiss ; (3) John D. Caton ; (4) Francis H. Taylor, Asahel Pierce ; (5) llenry L. Rucker ; (6) George W. Dole, Grant Goodrich.
1839-Mayor, Benjamin W. Raymond, elected March 5 : Clerk, William H. Brackett ; Attorney, Samuel L. Smith ; Treas- urer, George W. Dole ; Aldermen-(1) James A. Smith, Oliver HI. Thompson ; (2) Eli S. Prescott, Clement C. Stose ; (3) William H. Stow, Ira Miltimore ; (4) A. Pierce, John Murphy, Jr .: (5) H. L. Rucker, John C. Wilson ; (6) John Il. Kinzie, Buckner S. Morris.
1840-Mayor, Alexander Loyd, elected March 3; Clerk, Thomas Hoyne ; Attorney, Mark Skinner ; Treasurer, Walter S. Gurnee ; N. H. Bolles appointed to fill the office in April ; Alder- men-(1) Julius Wadsworth, Orsemus Morrison ; (2) Augustus Garrett, James Carney ; (3) John Cage, Ira Miltimore : (4) Seth Johnson, William O. Snell ; (5) H. L. Rucker, William Allen ; (6) William B. Ogden, R. J. Hamilton.
1841-Mayor, Francis C. Sherman, elected March. 5 ; Clerk, Thomas Hoyne ; Attorney, George Manierre ; Treasurer, N. H. Bolles ; Aldermen-(1) Charles Follansbee, John Darlin ; (2) Peter Page, Jason McCord ; (3) Ira Miltimore, William HI. Stow ; (4) William O. Snell, - G. W. Rogers ; (5) JI. L. Rucker, Samuel Greer ; (6) George F. Foster, James L. Howe.
1842-Mayor, Benjamin W. Raymond, elected March 7; Clerk, J. Curtiss ; Attorney, llenry Brown ; Treasurer, F. C. Sberman ; Aldermen-(1) Norman B. Judd, John Calhoun ; (2) Caleb Morgan, Charles. McDonald ; (3) Hamilton Barnes, Alson S. Sherman ; (4) Daniel Elston ; Eben C. Chaloner ; (5) George Brady, Edward Carroll ; (6) George O. Bryan, George W. Dole.
1843-Mayor, Augustus Garrett, elected March 7; Clerk, James M. Lowe ; Attorney, George Manierre-Henry Brown ap- pointed to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Manierre's resignation, in July ; Treasurer, W. S. Gurnee ; Aldermen-(1) Hugh T. Dickey, Cyrenus Beers ; (2) Charles Sauter, Jason McCord ; (3) Azel Peck, Charles Taylor ; (4) John Murphy, Jr., William S. Warner ; (5) John Cruver, Samuel Greer ; (6) Joseph Marbach, George W. Dole.
1844 -* Mayor, Augustus Garrett, elected March 7 ; Alson S. Sherman chosen at the new election in April ; Clerk, E. A. Rucker; Attorney, Henry W. Clarke ; Treasurer, W. S. Gurnee ; Aldermen -(1) John P. Chapin, Asher Rossiter ; (2) Samnel W. Tallmadge, William Wheeler ; (3) George Davis, Ira Miltimore, Hamilton Barnes ; (4) John Murphy, Jr., James Poussard, Asahel Pierce ; (5) Thomas Brown, Elihu Granger, l'atrick Kain ; (6) B. S. Mor- ris, Michael Diversey, + J. H. Rees.
1845-Mayor, Augustus Garrett ; elected March 5; Clerk, Edward A. Rucker-Wm. S. Brown appointed to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Rucker's resignation : Attorney, Henry W. Clarke ; Treasurer, William L. Church ; Aldermen-(1) J. Young Scammon, Thomas Church ; (2) Robert P. Hamilton, James H. Woodworth ; (3) Francis Edwards, Francis H. Taylor ; (4) Asahel Pierce, Thom- as McDonough ; (5) Elihu Granger, Samuel Greer ; (6) Mahlon D. Ogden, Richard C. Ross.
1846-Mayor, John P. Chapin, elected March 3; Clerk, Henry B. Clarke ; Attorney, Charles H. Larrabee ; Treasurer, William L. Church ; Aldermen-(1) Geo. Manierre, Levi 1). Boone ; (2) N. H. Bolles, Andrew Smith ; (3) Michael Kehoe, James Curtiss; (4) Henry I1. Magie, Joseph Wilson ; (5) Samuel Greer, Elihu Gran- ger ; (6) Richard C. Ross, William M. Larrabee.
1847-Mayor, James Curtiss, elected March 2; Clerk, Henry B. Clarke : Attorney, Patrick Ballingall; Treasurer. Andrew Getz- ler; Aldermen-(1) James H. Woodworth, Peter L. Updike; (2) Levi D. Boone, Isaac Speer ; (3) B. W. Raymond, J. Brinkerhoff ; (4) Robert H. Foss, Charles McDonnell ; (5) Thomas James, John Sheriff ; (6) A. Pierce, A. Smith ; (7) Elihu Granger, Charles Sloan; (8) William B. Snowhook, James l.ane ; (9) William B. Ogden, Michael McDonald.
(The act of 1847 created three more wards, and provided that two aldermen should be elected from each, who were divided into two classes by lot. The second class held over, and thereafter one alderman was annually elected from each ward and held his office for two years.)
1848-Mayor, James H. Woodworth, elected March 7 : Clerk, Sidney Abell ; Attorney, Giles Spring ; Treasurer, William 1. Church ; Aldermen-(1) Edward Manierre, l'eter L. Updike ; (2) Henry L. Rucker, Isaac Speer ; (3) William Jones, J. Brinckerhoff;
* Flection of Mayor and aldermen of Third, Fourth and Fifth wards de- clared illegal. At the new electum, held April 2, A. S. Sherman was chosen Mayor vice Aug. Garrett ; (3) Ira Miltimore and Hamilton Barnes, vice George Davis and I. Milrimore : Gi John Murphy, Jr., and Asahel Pierce, vice John Murphy, Jr., and James Ponsard, and (5) Thomas Brown and Patrick Kain, vice Thomas Brown and Flibu Granger.
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(4) Robert FI. Foss, Charles McDonnell : (5) John C. Haines, Thomas James ; (6) Asahel Pierce, Henry Smith : (7) Peter Turbet, Charles Sloan ; (S) William B. Flerrick, James Lane ; (9) Samuel Mckay, Michael McDonald.
1849-Mayor, James J.l. Woodworth, elected March 6; Clerk, Sidney Abell ; Attorney. O. R. W. Lull ; Treasurer, William L. Church ; Aldermen-(1) Peter Page, R. C. Bristol-{ James Carney elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. Bristol) ; (2) George W. Snow, II. L. Rucker ; (3) William HI. Adams, William Jones ; (4) A. G. Throop, R. H. Foss ; (5) E. H. Chapin, John C. Haines-(A. S. Sherman elected to fill vacancy caused by resigna- tion of Mr. Chapin); (6) Daniel Richards, Ashael Pierce-(G. W. Weatworth elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Pierce's resigna- tion) ; (7) George Brady, Peter Turbot-(Elihu Granger elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. Turbot); (8) H. R. Pay- son, William B. Herrick ; (9) F. C. Hagemann, Samuel Mckay- (R. J. Hamilton elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. McKay).
1850-Mayor. James Curtiss, elected March 6 ; Clerk, Sid- Qey Abell ; Attorney, Henry H. Clark ; Treasurer, Edward Man- ierre ; Aldermen-(1) Peter Page, James Carney-(E. B. Williams elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. Carney) ; (2) I. L. Milliken, G. W. Snow (A. Loyd elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Snow's resignation) ; (3) S. J. Sherwood, W. H. Adams ; (4) R. H. Foss, A. G. Throop; (5) John C, Haines, A. S. Sherman ; (6) G. W. Wentworth, Daniel Richards-(E. G. Meek elected to fili vacancy caused by the death of G. W. Wentworth) : (7) Elihn Granger, George Brady : (S) John C. Dodge, George F. Foster ; (9) R. J. Hamilton, F. C. Hagemann.
1851-Mayor, Walter S. Gurnee, elected. March 4 ; Clerk, Henry W. Zimmerman ; Attorney, Henry FI. Clark ; Treasurer, Edward Manierre ; Aldermen-(1) John Sears, Jr., Peter Page; (2) Hugh Maher, I. L. Milliken ; (3) William Wheeler, S. J. Sherwood ; (4) A. G Throop, R. H. Foss ; (5) J. L. James, John C. Haines ;(6) Daniel Elston-(James M. Hannah elected to fill vacancy caused by ineligibility of Daniel Elston : James M. Hannah resigned, and Henry Smith was elected to fill vacancy), Read A. Williams ; (7) Charles E. Moore, Elihu Granger ; (S) Robert Malcolm, John C. Dodge ; (9) F. C. Hagemann, W. L. Newberry.
1852-Mayor, Walter S. Gurnee, elected March 2 ; Clerk, H. W. Zimmerman ; Attorney, Arno Voss ; Treasurer. Edward Manierre ; Aldermen-(1) Eli B. Williams, John Sears, Jr. ; (2) I. L. Milliken, Hugh Maher ; (3) O. J. Rose, William Wheeler ; (4) Charles McDonnell, A. G. Throop : (5) John C. Haines, J. L. James ; (6) A. C. Ellithorpe-(MIr. Ellithorpe's election contested and T. B. Dwyer elected), Ilenry Smith ; (7) Ezra Taylor, Charles E. Moore; (8) Andrew J. Brown, Robert Malcolm ; (9) John H. Kinzie, W. L. Newberry-( Henry A. Mitchell elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. Newberry).
1853-Mayor, Charles )I. Gray, elected March 14; Clerk, H. W. Zimmerman; Attorney, Arno Voss: Treasurer, Edward Manierre; Aldermen-(1) A. D. Taylor, Eli B. Williams; (2) Joha Evans, I. L. Milliken; (3) J. H. Gray, O. J. Rose; (4) William Kennedy. Charles McDonnell; (5) William H. Scoville, John C. Haines: (6) William Carpenter, Thomas B. Dwyer; (7) Michael O'Neil, Ezra Taylor, (Maurice Evans elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Taylor's resignation); (S) Francis A. Hoffman, Andrew J. Brown; (9) Ilenry A. Mitchell, John H. Kinzie.
1354-Mayor, Ira L. Milliken, elected March 13; Clerk. H. W. Zimmerman; Attorney, Patrick Ballingall; Treasurer, Uriah, P. Harris; Aldermen-(1) Eli B. Williams, A. D. Taylor; (2) L. D. Boone, John Evans; (3) William L. Church, J. H. Gray: (4) J. C. Onthet, William Kennedy-(Robert H. Foss elected to fill va- cancy caused by death of Mr. Kennedy); (5) J. D. Ward, William H. Scoville; (6) William Wavman, William Carpenter: (7) Elihn Granger, Michael O'Neil; (8) W. H. Stickney, Francis A. Hoffman. -(B. W. Thomas elected to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Mr. lloffman): (9) Morgan I .. Keith, Henry A. Mitchell.
1855-Mayor, Levi D. Boone, elected March 8; Clerk, H. W. Zimmerman: Attorney, J. A. Thompson: Treasurer, William F. D)e Wolf; Aldermen-(1) Sylvester Sexton, Eli B. Williams-(James Long, elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Williams's resigna- tion): (2) R. M. Haugh, Thomas Allen: (3) I.orenzo Fleicher, William L. Church: (4) William Colby, J. C. Outhet; (5) C. N. Holden, J. D). Ward; (6) A. C. Ellithorpe, William Wayman: (7) James I .. Howe, Elihu Granger: (S) Samuel Ashton, William 11. Stickney-Stephen D). LaKne elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Stickney's resignation); (9) Samuel Mckay, Morgan I .. Keith.
1356-Mayor. Thomas Over, elected March 10; Clerk. 11. W. Zimmerman; Attorney, J. 1 .. Marsh; Treasurer, O. J. Rose: Al- dermen-(1) James long, Sylvester Sexton: (2) Lucius .A. Willard, Thomas Wen-(Owen Kendall, elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Vlen's resignation); (3) Calvin DeWolf. Lorenzo Fletcher: (4) Samuel Myers, William Colby; (5) Russell Green. C. N. Hohlen; (6) Henry Greenebaum, A. C. Ellithorpe; (7) John Dempsey.
James L. Howe; (8) S. D. LaRue, Samue. Ashton-(Conrad L. Niehoff elected to fill vacancy caused by Mr. Ashton's resignation); (9) Michael Diversey, Samuel Mckay.
1857-Mayor, John Wentworth, elected March 3; Clerk, H. Kreismann; Attorney, John C. Miller; Comptroller, Samuel D. Ward, appointed March 19; Treasurer, C. N. Holden; Aldermen- (I) William Bross, James Long: (2) O. Kendall, L. A. Willard- (Jacob Harris elected to hll vacancy caused by Mr. Willard's re- signation); (3) Hiram Jny. Calvin De Wolf; (4) J. M. Kennedy, Samuel Myers; (5) Artemus Carter. Russell Green; (6) George Sitts, Henry Greeoebaum; (7) John Dunlap, John Demsey; (8) Christian Wahl, S. D. LaRne; (9) Philip Conley, Michael Diversey; (10) Dennis Coughlin, J. Schmidt.
WATER WORKS .- The first public effort made by Chicago to assist her inhabitants to a supply of fresh water, dates from November 10, 1834, when the Board of Trustees paid $95.50 for the digging of a well in Kinzie's addition. But the settlers early cast longing eyes towards the lake, realizing that that source of water supply was the true one and not to be compared to the sluggish and unprepossessing river. For some years private enterprise reaped a comfortable little financial harvest in the operation of water carts, which ran to and from the lake. These carts were two wheeled vehicles, upon which hogsheads were mounted. Having driven into the lake, generally at the foot of Randolph Street, the watermen loaded up their reservoirs by means of pails, and then commenced their journeys "around town." Backing their carts up to the doors of their customers' houses, with a short leathern hose they filled the barrels or other receptacles placed there for the purpose. The price per barrel varied, according to competition, from five to ten cents. But there came a time when water-carts, tin cans, wooden pails and bar- rels were deemed too crude as "water works,". and when even such persuasive and enterprising carriers as Peter Wolfe were thought to be behind the times. January 18, 1836, the State Legislature passed a law incorporating the Chicago Hydraulic Company. On March 19, an organization was effected as follows: George W. Dole, president; Gurdon S. Hubbard, David Hunter, Gholson Kercheval, William Forsythe, direc- tors; and Edward W. Casey, secretary. The other in- corporators were James H. Campbell, R. A. Kinzie and Solomon Wells. The capital stock was limited to $250,- ooo. The charter was to continue in force seventy years. The company was allowed four years from the passage of the act in which to commence the construc- tion of the necessary works. Although incorporated, the panic of 1837 so disarranged the affairs of the new company that it did not get fairly to work until 1840, when the four years had nearly expired. Ira Miltimore was then appointed machinist and superintendent of the works, and commenced at once to build a reservoir at the corner of Lake Street and Michigan Avenue, on the ground afterward occupied by the Adams House. Not until the spring of 1842 was this first water works sys- tem completed. The American of May 24 speaks in glowing terms of the purity of the supply. The same paper of June 10 gives the following interesting facts in regard to the completion of the great undertaking:
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" The whole outlay of the company has been about $24,000. A large two-story brick building has been erected with a pier run- ning into the lake. The steam engine is of 25-horse power. The working-barrel of the pump is fourteen inches in diameter and forty-four inches stroke-double action. The suction pipe by which the water is drawn from the lake, is also fourteen inches in diameter, and three hundred and twenty feet in length. The pump raises upward of twenty-five barrels of water per minute, thirty- five feet above the level of the lake. There are two reservoirs, cach of the capacity of one thousand two hundred and fifty barrels, one only of which is complete. A space of about fifty minutes is re- quired to fill each of the reservoirs, equivalent, of course, to raising une thousand two hundred and fifty barrels in fifty minutes. The
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reservoir is of sufficient elevation to throw the water into the second story of any building in the city. About two miles in length of pipe are now laid down. The machinist under whose direction these works have been put into such complete and successful opera- tion is Mr. Ira Miltimore. We allude to this gentleman with the more pleasure that it was for a long time confidently predicted that his undertaking would prove an entire failure. We know that though he had perfect confidence in his ability to accomplish his task, these predictioos were to him a source of constant and harass- ing anxiety. It can scarcely be imagined how keenly intent were his feelings when the works were upon the point of being put into operation. The triumph, or it might be the disgrace, of the ina- chinist was at hand. His feelings at that moment were assuredly not to be envied. They were to be envied when the regular evolu- tion, the easy play, the harmonious action of every part of the ma- chinery, announced the complete triumph of skill."*
Elsewhere, and officially, the old hydraulic works have been described as consisting of an 18-inch inlet nearly seven hundred feet long, extending from a crib in the lake to a well fifteen feet deep, the inlet bending down nearly to the bottom ; of pumping works on the lake shore at the foot of Lake Street; and of wooden supply pipes, of which latter, before the abandonment of the works, there were several miles, none of which exceeded six inches in diameter. The wooden pipes were frequently dug up, in excavating for the laying of sewers and iron water pipes, and appeared to be per- fectly sound, twenty-five years after they were laid.
The Common Council in December, 1841, contracted with the Hydraulic Company to supply the city with water for the extinguishment of fires. The schedule of rates for domestic and manufacturing supply was pub- lished in April, 1842, and ranged from Șio per annum for a family of five persons, to $500 for large services in manufactories. The pipes from the mains to buildings were furnished at private expense.
In 1842 James Long entered into arrangements with the Hydraulic Company to do their pumping for supplying the city with water for ten years, without cost to the company, in return for the free use of the surplus power of their engine. Subsequently Mr. Long referred to the difficulties of his post in the following words : "In winter the pipes would be disarranged by the heav- ing of the frost, and I had frequently to spend hours at a time to caulk up the joints by throwing on water and thus freezing up the cracks before we could make the pumps available. When the end of this pipe from the pier was first put down it was three or four feet below the surface of the lake, but in 1842-43 the lake had re- ceded so far as frequently to leave the end out of water, particularly when the wind blew from the south." In addition to the work which he accomplished for the city, Mr. Long erected the "Hydraulic Mills," corner of Lake Street and Michigan Avenue, which he operated with the " surplus power of the twenty-five horse engine." The building cost about $12,000, was of three run of stone, and the mill did good business until the second water works were constructed, in 1853, when the enter- prise was abandoned.
The great expectations entertained regarding the blessing which was to be brought to the homes of the people of Chicago were not realized, even within the next decade. During the fall of 1847. especially, the water supply was of a quality which called for purifica- tion. In August, ex-Street Commissioner Phillip Dean cleaned the works and repaired them. He was then acting as agent. But citizens were already putting the pertinent inquiry, "What good can Mr. Dean do, unless the pipe is extended out into pure water ?"
The matter was so serious that everyone took part in the discussion. In the spring of 1848, at the season
"Captain Miltimore, to whose judgment and engineering skill early Chicago is greatly indebted. died in Janesville, Wis., June 9, 1870).
when little fishes were generally pumped into the reser- voirs and thus distributed over the city, to the horror of the clean and fastidious housewife, the public prints were full of " water works," and many shafts of ridicule were leveled against the primitive system of supply un- der which the city was suffering. A committee was ap- pointed by the Chicago Mechanics' Institute, consisting of S. D. Childs, A. F. Bradley and W. H. Kennicott, to suggest a plan for getting water from the lake. They reported in May with a diagram, and proposed to lay down a pipe three feet below low-water mark; to extend it out into the lake at a point opposite First Street to a sufficient distance to pass the muddy water, and then to continue the pipe down the center of said street, cross- ing the Chicago River near Mr. Gage's steam mill, and continuing it to the western boundary of the city. At the crossing of each alternate street lateral branches might be taken ; the pipes to be of wood and to cost about $2,000 per mile. By carrying the pipes into twenty feet of water and attaching an elbow to that end, at least ten feet from the bottom, the water so drawn would be equally free from the floating impurities and the disturb- ances of the bottom ; the water thus drawn to be intro- duced into two reservoirs, to be erected at the margin of the lake. each capable of holding twenty thousand cubic feet of water. Into the one nearest the lake the water should be first introduced, drawn off from the top and carried by an elbow to the bottom of the second reservoir, from which it should be drawn off again near the top, to be carried through the city by wooden pipes running down First Street. The works then in operation ( so it was computed ) were throwing into the reservoirs a column of water equal to twenty-eight thousand cubic feet every twelve hours. This was drawn from the bottom of the lake, poured in- to the top of the reservoir and taken- out at the bottom where the sediment must, of necessity, have been thrown.
Another influence, besides the quality of the water- supply, was at work to bring the life of the old Hy- draulic Company to an end. A portion of the South Side, and a very small part of the West Side, were well supplied with water, while the whole of the North Side, and large districts of the other territory, were obliged to depend upon wells and the watermen, a number of whom were still kept busy bringing water from the lake. Many poor people, who were not able to take advan- tage even of these necessities to health, drew their sup- ply from the filthy river. During 1850 the company laid one mile of pipe, making in all nine and a quarter miles in use. Of one thousand hydrants, eight hundred were used by families, the remainder by stores, public houses, livery stables, etc. It was estimated that not over one-fifth of the city was being supplied by the company. For a large and rapidly growing city this state of affairs was alarming, especially as the general health was perceptibly suffering. In April, 1850, a meeting of citizens was held at the city hall for the- purpose of devising means of supplying the city with pure and wholesome water. The following gentle- men, with the chairman of the meeting, Peter Page, were appointed to obtain facts and suggest remedies : South Division, R. H. Foss and T. M. Moody ; West Division, A. S. Sherman and Luther Marsh ; North Division, R. J. Hamilton and William E. Jones. It was through the efforts of these gentlemen, sustained by the general public sentiment, that a company was incorporated by the city during the succeeding session of the Legis- lature. The act approved February 15, 1851, to incor- porate the Chicago City Hydraulic Company, provided for the organization of a board of water commissioners,
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comprising John B. Turner, Horatio G. Loomis and Alson S. Sherman. This board entered on their duties of office June 16, 1851, and ten days later William McAlpine was appointed chief engineer. Under his directions the second water-works of Chicago were con- structed. To point out distinctly the reason which the city assigned for the construction of such expensive works, an enumeration of buildings, etc., in which water-pipe were proposed to be first laid, was made in July, 1851. The total amount estimated to accrue from water-rates for the year succeeding the completion of the water-works was $37,366.
" The commissioners stated that the water will be taken from the lake north of the pier, at or near the termination of Chicago Aveque. There will ultimately be required in the carrying out of this plan three reservoirs, one of which will be located in each divi- sion of the city. The water will be taken from the lake at a dis- tance of about six hundred feet from the shore, and conducted by an inlet pipe to a well, which will be within the engine-house, on or near the beach. From this well the water will be forced into the reservoirs, to a height of eighty-five feet above the surface of the lake and about seventy-five feet above the surface of the general level of the city, by a non-condensing engine of about 170-horse power. The pipes used will be of iron. Iron tanks will be used for the reser- voirs. The estimated cost of constructing the work upon this plao, including the cost of about forty-eight lineal miles of distribution pipe, which it is supposed will be adequate to supply the inhabitants of the city, when its population will be one hundred thousand souls, is $570,000."
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