262 Supply of Water to the Metropolis, 



" The water, from the time allowed for repose, will be bright at 

 all seasons, whilst from the ample reserve at either end of the 

 line of communication (Chelsea and Paddington) the supply of the 

 town will run no risk of being disturbed by accident to any part 

 of the works/' 



Lastly, the directors state, and our analysis of the water 

 proves them correct, that all that has been said respecting 

 the influence of the Ranelagh drain upon the supplies drawn 

 through their Dolphin, is either utterly false or grossly exag- 

 gerated. 



*' 1. The Dolphin is so placed with reference to the Ranelagh 

 Drain, that it cannot possibly be affected by the drainage water ; 

 during the ebb tide not a drop can come near it (unless it were to 

 flow against the stream), and during the flood, the rising water of 

 the river stops the egress of the current of the drainage. 



" Sndly. If the water delivered by the Company were affected 

 by the Ranelagh drainage, it would be more affected in summer, 

 when less water came down the sewer to dilute its impurities, than 

 during the floods: — on the contrary, the water supplied by the 

 Company in winter was turbid in common with the supply of the 

 other companies, and now, in common also with their supply, it is 

 bright. 



" Srdly. If when the Dolphin were first placed in its present 

 situation, it had been supposed that the supply of the Company 

 could be affected by it, is it credible that men of sound mind 

 would have permitted it to be so placed? or what temptation 

 could the Company have had strong enough to induce them to dis- 

 gust the town, which it was of such paramount importance to 

 them to conciliate." 



We shall now offer a few brief remarks upon the above dis- 

 cussion, promising to keep an eye over the parties concerned, 

 and to resume the subject whenever occasion requires ; pre- 

 mising that we are actuated by no kind of antipathy to Mr. 

 Wright, nor affection to the company. We trust, in short, 

 that we are, and shall remain, " candid and unprejudiced ob- 

 servers of passing events." 



First, we must in justice allow that the supply of the Grand 

 Junction Water Company is frequently unexceptionable 

 that it is abundant, clear, and free from any smell or taste, 

 and quite fit for all domestic and culinary applications ; and 

 we set out with this statement, verified by repeated trials, and 

 analyses, to show that, if they choose, the Company have the 

 power of supplying unobjectionable water. To what extent 



