ARTESIAN BORES IN LONDON.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 143, 12 June 1903, Page 2

ARTESIAN BORES IN LONDON.

j r seems that the day is not far distant when a water famine will be an impossibility in London. The completion of the first two artesian wells at Salisbury House, London-wall, has proved con- ' clusively that there is practically an inexlaustible supply of water under the metropolis. The two boreholes are 7£in. in diameter and 450ft. deep. After 148ft. of clay, there was a bed of grey sand 56ft. thick, and below a strata of chalk and flints of 248ft. The springs were struck below this. The water level has risen to a height of 133ft. from the surface. . The deep-well pumps are of special design, so as to be noiseless, and they will run with electric motors. An elaborate system of storage has been provided at the top of the building and in the basement, the water being kept in circulation with duplioate sets of electrically driven pumps. JEWELS PHOTOGBAPHED, ' The custom of wearing jewels when being photographed ie to a certain extent prevalent among some society women, but the habit is not so general as it might be, especially for our purposes.' So said a detective friend of the writer's during the course of a conversation the other day. 'People don't think of it, but euch photographs again and again prove serviceable as a means of identification, should the gems be stolen or lost.' *As an instance,' the detective went on,' I might mention a certain noble lady, who is constantly going to* the studio of a well-known photographer for fresh sittings. This lady is never photographed unless she's wearing at least £20,000'Worth of jewellery, including a dozen rings on one finger. I was sent to her house one morning; a robbery had been committed, but fortunately the thief had only succeeded in annexing a number of rings. Thanks to the photograph, I was a bit? to identify and recover the stolen property almost before the thief had been able to realise the value of his booty. ' Nor is this an isolated case. When people oome to the police for information as to stolen jewels or lost trinkets, more often than not they are too agitated to give clear and definite particulars of exactly what has gone. And even if they remember that, they cannot give sufficient details as to the stones, the style of setting, xnd the like, in order to help ue. The production of a photograph showing the jewels is at once a valuable clue. «In fact,' said the officer, before leaving, 'if every woman had her jewellery, and any other valuables, such as silver plate or ornaments, carefully photographed, it would be ttte to«aae o£ overtaking- lnany a thief and burglar, as well as leading to the restoration of his booty.'