DEEP ARTESIAN WELLS.

Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10871, 22 January 1901, Page 7

DEEP ARTESIAN WELLS.

to Ttr?. irurroit or rnsi —furss. r-lii', -I have ju>it seen in tbe "W,eikly Ill.*, tlie photograph of tlie Council's :-.rte_i_i «- , i*ll i" C—li-dr— sijtutre. which in c.rt—tily a good one, but 1 qui*tit-n ii the 42„ feet wed at Yv'urd and Co.'s lulinot give it a few points. I have bcloh- in. a •■hot..rap!i oi it showing a great flow »,_ Utt above the top of the derrick. How uiudi higher it would go I cunnot say, but I _; know thiit it supplier, water all over llii- brewery und up the second iloor of tlie brick part. There are fifteen or sixteen wells Ui*in . fed by tho 400 test stratum, ,_kl,if th. _" — t is to reduce the flow oy itiffciif.itlg the number, it seems a pity such „ krj£« quantity of the water is wasted. Six "f these wells would supply tl'.r. whole «f Christ church for domestic purposes if •ir-jxrly handled. There are also tit d—-i iirst stratum deep well.* about 2-"0 /hi within 300 vurds of the Bank of New Zti.aird. You ufate that tha well. 720 feet, a. 1-iiiiigtiin, is tho deepest in Canterbury. 'Hii.i i.- "not so, as Mr Job Osbonio put one il.-.vf. Nt Cheviot to the depth of -*- feet, In*, kith th- Islington and Cheviot have vi f.rr (ruled to find a gocd supply of water. MiotiUl not these wells be under some Muni-cip-.il supervision? Nature has been good in i.i gift of water to us; do not let us _b.«o it, Every well with a ram wastes tour or,—itities against one that it uses.— Voiiru, etc., FAIR WATER.