Argument on behalf of Joseph Tilden and others, remonstrants, on the hearing of the petition of the mayor of the city of Boston : on behalf of the city council, for a grant of the requisite powers to construct an aqueduct from Long Pond to the city : before a joint special committee of the Massachusetts legislature, March 6, 1845 / by William J. Hubbard.

  • Hubbard, William J. (William Joseph), 1802-1864.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Argument on behalf of Joseph Tilden and others, remonstrants, on the hearing of the petition of the mayor of the city of Boston : on behalf of the city council, for a grant of the requisite powers to construct an aqueduct from Long Pond to the city : before a joint special committee of the Massachusetts legislature, March 6, 1845 / by William J. Hubbard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    whole city, without making any allowance for the supply al- ready furnished by the Aqueduct Corporation from Jamaica Pond. Mr. Treadwell estimated that the maximum amount then needed to supply all the inhabitants, including the ordinary demands by the trades, for watering cattle, streets, &c, togeth- er with the loss by leaks, allowing every family to use the water, would be 1,180,000 gallons; and making a necessary provision for the increase of the city within a few years, the supply ought not to be less than 1,600,000 gallons. Stating that there were several places within the neighbor- hood of Boston, from which 1,600,000 gallons of water or more might be obtained daily; he adds, Two which appear to possess advantages above all others have been examined, and a route from them surveyed, with sufficient minuteness, to esti- mate the magnitude and cost of works which will be required to bring the estimated supply from them. These places are Charles River, above the falls at Watertown, and Spot Pond in Stoneham. 2. Col. Loammi Baldwin was appointed in 1834 when Gen. Lyman was Mayor. He made an elaborate report, giving an account of the aque- ducts of ancient and modern Rome, and in other parts of Europe, and of some of the most important aqueducts in this country. He also enumerated and gave some account of the various sources of supply from which water might be procured for the city, and in conclusion says, From a consideration of all the sources I have examined in the vicinity of Boston, as before stated, the most eligible are those of Farm and Shakum Ponds in Framingham, together with incidental ones dependent upon them and Long Pond, in Natick, and the mode of bringing water to the town is by an aqueduct, without the use of pipes, to the nearest point of suffi- cient height to allow it to flow through cast iron pipes to the highest land in the city. 3. R. H. Eddy, Esq., was appointed in 1836, when Mr. Arm- strong was mayor. He recommended Spot Pond and Mystic Pond combined, as the permanent sources of supply, first introducing the water of Spot Pond alone, and using this as the sole source until the