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washing, for culinary ] purposes, and for 
the processes of bleaching, dying, &c. in 
manutactures, : 
Tn its usual state, however, river water 
contains certain earthy particles, which 
give ita muddy and unpleasant appear- 
ance. In order to get quit of these, fil- 
tring stones, and other contrivances, have 
been long ‘in use. But in this part of 
the kingdom, the filtration of the water, 
on a more extensive scale, has been the 
subject of much attention, and has for 
several years past been successfully 
practised. 
At Glasgow, filtration on a very 
large scale has lately been conducted at 
the Cranston-hill water-works, for sup- 
plying that city with water from the west ; 
‘executed under the direction of Mr. 
Robertson Buchanan, civil engineer. 
There is reason to suppose this 1s the first 
instance in Britain of filtration being 
accomplished on so. large a scale, with 
sufticient purity. The effect is such, that 
though the Clyde during floods is very 
mi uddy, the water even at such times is 
rendered as transparent as the purest 
spring-water, The construction of the 
filter is extremely simple, and might be 
easily acopted in any other situation, 
where a large supply of pure water is 
required. A plentiful supply of good 
water to bleachers, dyers, &c. begins 
already to be powertuly felt about 
Glasgow. 
In order to procure | good water, ma- 
nufacturing establishments have often 
been erected on remote situations, la- 
bouring under great disadvantage, ‘pat 
want of hands, carriage of goods, &c. 
Manufacturers are now convinced, that 
it is a very great advantage to have their 
works near the market. Hence, cotton- 
mills are now almost confined to the 
manufacturing towns. Those operations 
which depend on good water, such as 
bleaching, dying, and callicoe printing, 
will, of course, also be brouglit to the 
towns where good water can be pro- 
cured. ‘This Wwill naturally have the 
effect of increasing the riches and_pros- 
perity of such places. 
' While the public are benefited by such 
undertakings, it is satisfactory to ‘observe, 
that when judiciously conducted, the in-' 
dividuals more immediately concerned, 
receive ample returns for the capital 
which they embark. For example, every 
one BOWS the very great rise which has 
taken place on the New River Company, 
whose shares, Ww me originally cost only 
Queries, relative to Plans for the Formation of [Sept. t, ~ 
one hundred pounds, have rsen to the : 
enormous sui of. thirteen thousand { 
pounds. Yours, teay 
} Lee fy 2 
To the Editor of the Mouthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
FEEL very mach obliged by your | 
giving the earliest publicity in your : 
interesting Magazine to my communica- 
tionand queries s onthe subject of Friendly — 
Societies, which appear in your number, ) 
published 1st of May last, page 304, and | 
by W. N’s. speedy communication in | 
return, which has place in the followin 
number, page 413. W.N. seems to be . 
similarly circumstanced with myself, in 
regard to an earnest desire to procure : 
such information as may lead toa speedy 
and effectual correction of the errors a 
which have hitherto proved: so fatal to ‘ 
these societies; and to have the subject 
brought under that consideration which 
its high importance merits, Weare. 
therefore under the greatest obligations —~ 
o Mrs. Cappe, and to P. for the very 
valuable information contained in their 
able and intelligent communications in 
your two numbers, published ist Sept. 
and 1st Oct. last, pages 117 and 209, 
which are evidently the dictates of minds, 
whose laudable object is the amelioration 
of the condition of mankind, both with 
respect to their present and future con. 
cerns. 
The information is valuable and 
highly interesting to me at least, who am 
interested in the formation of a society _ 
on a plan of permanent usefulness, but 
totally unacquainted with political arith- 
metic, the doctrine of probabilities, &e, 
(nor have I leisure or ability te study 
them,) and who had not seen Dr. Price’s 
Treatise on Reyersionary Payments untl 
after I addressed you on the 17th March 4 
last; nor have I yet been able to avail 
myself of the suggestions contained in 
Mrs. Cappe’s publication, to which she 
refers, it not yet having come.to my 
hand, though ordered from London two < 
months since. “The information’ is vat ; 
luable also to the public in general, as it 
throws great light on a subject treated. i 
with much indifference and neglect, a 
though of first-rate importance and : 
seneral utility—a subject which appears - a 
not to have met with its merited consider- 
ation, excepting from a few individuals, 
whose labours are not sufficiently known, 
or their value ‘sufficiently appreciated ; 
and whose opinions and advices have 
Ht i ‘ neh } ¢ 
Le en ee 
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