78 HAl.IKAX WATER WORKS. — JOHNSTON. 



Witter tor the eitv. After coiisidc^riug- several prop(J^;itions this 

 (•omniittee reporicil to the council r<H*onHneiuliiig-'the purchase 

 of the coui])any*s works l>y the city, and also that the Birch 

 C'ovie Lakes \)v aecpiired and connected to,., a '/reservoir on 

 Shaffroth's J I ilk from whence the water he distributed l)y 

 three lines of pipes, one supplying the ncjrth, one the south 

 and the other the middle district of the -city. Tins scheme was 

 proposed and advocated hy Mr. K. J. Longard. .Vcting upon 

 this re|)ort, the council again approachedthe conlpa'.ijy, aiid a' 

 a special meeting 5f the latter it was resolved to sell the works 

 to'tlVecity for £52,000, which otfer the city accepted, .deliyery 

 tO'tie'niade on the' first of May. 1S()0 ; l)ut as the city neglected 

 to'st'ci'ire the necessary legislation,, the agreement fell- through. 

 In the following year, however, the sale was ■made to the city 

 for £;■)(■>, 000. The transfer of the works was made on the 30th 

 Juno, the fornuil transfer of the'deeds, etc., being mad(! o'n tl;e 

 nth Aiu^st, 18G1. 



The water company's capital when the woj'ks were taken 

 over hy the city was £44,000. There were 1)00 water takers at 

 an average rate of £13 per annum, with special rates to the 

 military, breweries, bakeries and distilleries; and £700 was 

 l)eing paid by the city for rental of fire and street hydrants. 

 There was about 21 miles of pipes Igtid for the supply of the 

 city. After the transfer, the works were nianagred on behalf of 

 the city by a board of three paid water commissioners under 

 authority of ah act passed 15th April, 1861. The commission 

 was composed of J. A. Hell, chainnan, and Messrs. d. L. Barry 

 and E. J. Tongard, the latter taking the pia<'e of Mr. J. R. 

 Morse, who was elected by the city couiudl hut declined to 

 serve. These gentlemen continued to act u'ntil the control of 

 the works was vested in a committee of the council (the l)oard 

 of works) on the 30th September, 1872. 



Heiore the purchase of the works a coniniission on watcr- 

 fiiPPJy, with Mr. Henrv E. Pugsley as chairman, was appoint- 



