THE WATER-SUPPLY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 74, 20 February 1883, Page 2

THE WATER-SUPPLY.

(TO THE EDITOR O^ THE STANDARD.) '• Sib, — Perusing your journal lately, I find that at a meeting of the Borough Council tbe artesian well question was thoroughly discussed and ventilateji, the upshot of; which was to obtain theboring apparatus and an experienced man to superintend the, work,. It jwas mentioned that £250, vrould test it, and if it did not ,1, suppose another call would, be made on the ratepayers,, though heaven knows they have enough to be responsible for already; and besides it is a mere, chance, and a sight one at that, considering tbe volcanic formation of the country, and should jit turn out a failure, it would be a dead loss to everybody concerned. Would it not be far more feasible and more cer* tain, and at the same time ornamental, and though last, but not laust, useful, ty tbe objoot they havo ia view, to (aka

one-fonrth of tho San are m either •.{uarfer, and hays a fino large ovalshap«^d reservoir, if not too great a depth. The material that came from it would metal the streets, an esplanade round it, would be anything but objec* tionable to the wearied business people of an evening ; a neat rail round it, and a row of willows, would have a lively effect, and the cost would not exceed what they would expend on an artesian well, and besides, it is a certainty for onerwell and a- good sized windmill .wp.uld.s.nppljuLwith water. The great* eflt expense would be the cement the excavation could, be done by the Borough laborers, for metalling jstreera, &c, but it would be a certain y, and I doubt whether there would be found a man m Palm' rston who would object to give his mite towards it. The other arrangements is 'a chimera* — I am, &c, ; A Ratepayer. Palmerstdn'N., Feb. 19. 188 S.