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AUTHENTIC HISTORY 



John Mathiot. 



M. Carpenter. 



1831 



1832 



1833 



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1838 



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18431 



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1853 \ Christian Kieffer 



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 1867 

 1868 J 



Jacob Albright; 

 John Zimmerman. 

 Thomas H. Burrowes. 



George Sanderson. 



Patton Ross, 



2 

 fo \ Jiio- K. Findlay. 



William Jenkins. 



1831 



1832 



1833 



1834 



1835 



1836 



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1838 



1839 



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18411 



1842 



184 



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1852 



1853 



1854 \ Vacancy. 



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1856 



nil J. F. Reigart. 



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"William Carj^enter. 



CITY WATER WORKS. 



Tlie city of Lancaster is supplied with water from Conestoga creek. The project of 

 its introduction was started in 1836. In that year, a Reservoir, of the capacity of 

 2,700,000 gallons, was erected at the eastern extremity of East King street, distributing 

 pipes laid in tlie streets from the Reservoir, and a pipe of 8 inches calibre for supply- 

 ing the Reservoir laid from the works on the creek. From the Water House on the 

 Conestoga, the water was pumped, by means of an undershot wheel, a distance of 3,800 

 feet. Water was first received into the Reservoir on the 27th day of February, 1837. 

 The entire cost of the works was about $106,000. 



In the year 1851, a second basin, of the capacity of 4,475,000 gallons, was erected, 

 adjoining the one described on its East side and on the same level. Water was first 

 pumped into it on the 1 1th day of June, 1851. It was constructed at a cost of $13,700. 



Both basins have an equal depth of 16 feet, and their united capacity may be stated 

 in round numbers at 7,000,000 gallons. 



Since the completion of the original works, an additional wheel and pump have 

 been erected, ond a main, of 12 inches calibre, laid from the Water House to the Res- 

 ervoirs. 



About the year 1856, a high pressure stationary steam engine was put up at the 

 Water House to propel the pumps during low stages of water in the Conestoga, at 



