MICHIGAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
109 
MUNICIPAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WATER SUPPLIES- Continued. 
Town. 
Popula¬ 
tion 
1900. 
Owner. 
Source. 
Remarks. 
922 
M. 
1,421 
600 
4,287 
513 
M. 
Newberry State Asylum.... 
St. 
P & M. 
DW, 186-245 feet, RW, 457 feet. 
Lake for private waterworks; 
drift well, 110 feet for city.... 
Water chiefly from drift wells; limestone 
with water at 320 feet. 
Private system installed earlier, still in 
use. 
M. 
1,755 
4,170 
M. 
Gravity system. 
Also supplies Vulcan. 
Partial system. 
Wells from limestone. 
M. 
fioo 
1,204 
1,267 
1,109 
2,073 
1,293 
8,696 
1,172 
799 
P. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
Fire protection only. 
M. 
M...... 
Some flowing wells. 
M. 
P. 
Partial system; for domestic supply. 
1,465 
5,285 
446 
M. 
M. 
M. 
1,061 
M . 
DW, 16-24 ft and Lake Michigan. 
Lake for fire and sprinkling. 
729 
M. 
Private flowing wells. 
For fire protection. 
Gravity system. 
1,318 
1,474 
9,769 
t1,450 
19,158 
1,874 
1,563 
f600 
fl,200 
M. 
M. 
M. 
Pontiac State Asylum. 
St. 
M. 
M. 
M. 
Quinnesec.. 
M. 
Chiefly fire protection. 
For fire protection; flowing wells from 
sandstone. 
Rapid River and Masonville. 
M. 
1,096 
2,051 
416 
M. 
Flowing w r ells from sandstone. 
Flowing drift wells. 
M.. 
Ponds, springs and drift wells.... 
Reese. 
M. 
Republic.;_ 
f2,500 
1,133 
1,748 
1,535 
711 
M?.... 
Installed in 1906. 
Also supplies Lenox. 
Supplied by Detroit. 
Flowing wells; gravity system. 
Mainly for fire protection. 
Water supplied to school and a few 
dwellings by windmill. 
For fire protection. 
Richmond. 
M. 
River Rouge. 
M. 
Rockford. 
M. 
Rockland. 
fl,000 
544 
P. 
M. 
1,580 
465 
M.... 
Roscommon. 
M. 
Chiefly fire protection. 
Flowing wells piped by natural pressure 
to residences. 
Numerous wells for drinking. 
300 
P. 
Saginaw. 
42,345 
2,543 
2,271 
3,388 
5,155 
1,989 
10,538 
M. 
St. Clair. 
M. 
St. Ignace. 
M. 
M. 
Wells in sandstone. 
St. Joseph. 
M. 
St. Louis. 
M. 
Chiefly for fire; flowing wells (private), 
for domestic use. 
Sault Ste Marie. 
M. 
554 
M. 
Shelby. 
1,081 
437 
M. 
Sheridan. 
M. 
Chiefly fire protection. 
Filter galleries in lake bed. 
For fire protection. 
4,009 
1,126 
M. 
P. 
Stambaugh. 
695 
M. 
Standish. 
829 
M. 
For fire protection. 
Flowing. 
For fire protection. 
Stanton. 
1,234 
250 
M. 
Stevensville. 
M. 
Sturgis. 
2,465 
398 
M. 
Drift well 140 feet 
■Suttons Bay. 
P. 
Fire protection only. 
