Boston illustrated; . sive and costlywork is. The original public introduction ofwater, which dates from October 25, 1848, is_ mentioned in the descrip- ~~ ~^ tion of the Common in preceding pages. Thegrowth of the city hasbeen so rapid that whatwas originally calculatedto be a sufficient supplyof water for half a cen-tury was, in a few years,found to be and again havemeasures been taken tomake good the 1872 a comprehensive Consumptives Home, Dorchester District. Scheme waS entered upon which, it was hoijed, would avert for an indefinite period all fears of a wat
Boston illustrated; . sive and costlywork is. The original public introduction ofwater, which dates from October 25, 1848, is_ mentioned in the descrip- ~~ ~^ tion of the Common in preceding pages. Thegrowth of the city hasbeen so rapid that whatwas originally calculatedto be a sufficient supplyof water for half a cen-tury was, in a few years,found to be and again havemeasures been taken tomake good the 1872 a comprehensive Consumptives Home, Dorchester District. Scheme waS entered upon which, it was hoijed, would avert for an indefinite period all fears of a water famine. That this hope has been disappointed and that a still more extensive and expensive scheme has been adopted, namely the introduction of the use of the Sudbury River, is matter of history. The necessity forbuilding a new reser-voir, for the pur-pose of storing thewater that usuallyran to waste over thedam at Lake Cochi-tuate during and af-ter the spring andfall freshets, wasurged by the WaterBoard in 1863. In. Entrance to the Reservoir grounds. 1865 the Legislature gave the necessary authority to the city; purchases of 136 BOSTON ILLUSTRATED.
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