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Arterial Drainage 
evidence given before the Floods Committee by Mr. G. G. 
Macturk.* This gentleman has executed works for the supply 
of a village of 800 people, and has found them remunerative and 
very acceptably received by the inhabitants. At a cost of 
lOOOZ. he has laid down about 3 miles of iron pipes, con- 
nected with a brick reservoir receiving its supply from a strong 
land-spring. From this main the cottages in the village and 
the farmhouses are supplied. There are altogether 120 tenants 
using the water, the charge varing from 5*. a year for a cottage 
to 20s. for a farmhouse ; the total rental at present being 70/., 
sufficient to pay 5 per cent, and provide for a sinking fund. 
The pipes were laid along the roads, with the consent of the Sur- 
veyor of Highways, and the supply is not confined to Mr. Mac- 
turk's own tenants. 
Another illustration of the method of supplying large man- 
sions and of affording a complete protection against fire will 
be found in the description given by Mr. R. B. Grantham, 
before the Institute of British Architects, of the works designed 
by him at Somerley for the Earl of Normanton.t The supply 
is obtained from a stream fed by strong springs from the 
Bagshot sand and gravel. The water is collected in a service- 
tank, whence it descends to a pumping well and is forced to a 
high-level reservoir, 100 feet above, by a steam-engine, which 
is also used for sawing timber and other purposes. The reser- 
voir is upwards of 2 miles distant, is built of concrete, and is 
capable of holding 150,000 gallons ; and the bottom is 7 feet 
above the tops of the roofs of the mansion. The main pipes 
from the reservoir are of iron, 6 inches in diameter. From the 
main are laid service-pipes to the house, flower- and kitchen- 
gardens, stables, laundry, and cottages. Hydrants are attached 
to the house-service, and the whole forms a most elaborate and 
complete system of domestic supply and fire-service for the 
protection of every part of the house, which contains valuable 
collections of statuary, paintings, &c. The total cost of the 
whole service of pipes and reservoir, but exclusive of the engine, 
which exerts about 4 horse-power when pumping, was 2000/., 
and the annual cost about 40/. 
In this case the valuable nature of the property to be protected 
rendered an effective fire-service necessary, which added very 
materially to the cost. A simpler case, which will be repre- 
sentative of the requirements of a much larger class of houses and 
homesteads, will be found in the neighbourhood of Grantham. 
The premises consist of a large farmhouse, farm-buildings, and 
* ' Report on Conservancy Boards, House of Lords,' 1877; Q- 2143 et sea. 
t Grantham on the 'Water Supply of Country Mansions.' Stanford and 
Co., 1874. 
