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Baths, where, for a very small sum, if I mistake not, l£d, 

 each individual can procure plenty of hot and cold water for 

 all the purposes of washing. 



This great benefit cannot be too highly prized by those 

 for whom it is chiefly intended, and we hope that they will 

 not fail to use the advantages thus held out to them. 



Notwithstanding this improvement, in the provision 

 of water for washing and baths, a vast deal more has yet to 

 be done, for I do not think the fact can be questioned, viz., 

 that the town of Liverpool is not sufficiently supplied with 

 water, nor is it at a moderate cost, as compared with the 

 cost of it in some other towns which I could name. While 

 stating this, I by no means wish it to be understood, that 

 I impute any blame to the Water Companies for this defi- 

 ciency and high price, because I am inclined to believe that 

 both Companies have done their utmost to give to the town 

 the greatest supply, and at as moderate a cost as they pos- 

 sibly can, consistently with their own immediate interests ; 

 and there are few men so unwise as to suppose, that 

 those public Companies would be likely to enter into 

 such a serious and onerous undertaking as the digging 

 of wells, the erecting of steam engines and pumps, and 

 the laying of pipes, without due compensation for the 

 capital invested, and the current expenditure incidental to 

 such vast enterprises. No, on the other hand, let us rather 

 be thankful for what they have done (and that has not been 

 little), considering the difficulties they have had to contend 

 with, in obtaining their present supply of water ; but, while 

 we are disposed to give to the two Companies all clue credit 

 for proper feelings and general good conduct, hitherto, in 

 the discharge of their most difficult duties, under the cir- 

 cumstances in which they have been placed ; still we cannot 

 owrlook any attempt on their part to oppose a measure 

 which contemplates a better supply of water, and at a 

 cheaper rate than it is in their power to furnish ; and 



