Boston illustrated; . ttle distance, from whichan uninterrupted view of the entirereservoir can be had. The sceneryin the neighborhood is so varied thatit would of itself make this region adelightful one for i)leasure driving,without the added attiactions of theeharming sheet of water, the grace-ful curvatures of the road, and theneat, trim appearance of the green-sward that lines it throughout itsentire length. Before the introduction of waterfrom Lake Cocliituate the city wasdependent upon wells and springs,and \ipon Jamaica Pond, in WestKoxbury, whit-h is now Ward Twen-ty-three of Boston. A
Boston illustrated; . ttle distance, from whichan uninterrupted view of the entirereservoir can be had. The sceneryin the neighborhood is so varied thatit would of itself make this region adelightful one for i)leasure driving,without the added attiactions of theeharming sheet of water, the grace-ful curvatures of the road, and theneat, trim appearance of the green-sward that lines it throughout itsentire length. Before the introduction of waterfrom Lake Cocliituate the city wasdependent upon wells and springs,and \ipon Jamaica Pond, in WestKoxbury, whit-h is now Ward Twen-ty-three of Boston. A company wasincorporated in 1795 to bring waterinto Boston from that source, and itspowers were enlarged by subsequentacts. It was for a long time a badinvestment for the the e o m p a n y had agreater degree of prosperity, and atone time it supplied at least flfteenbundled houses in Boston. Thewater was conveyed through thestreets by four main pipes, consist-ing of pine logs. Two of these were. BOSTON ILLUSTRATED. 139 of four inches, and two of three inches, borethe city was carried nearly as farnorth as State Street. In 1840 aniron main, ten inches in diameter,was laid through the whole lengthof Tremont Street to BowdoinSquare. But the prospective wantsof the city were far beyond thecapacity of Jamaica Pond to sup-ply, and the Lake Cochituate en-terprise not only prevented theacqueduct company from enlarg-ing its operations, but renderedall its outlay in Boston uselessand valueless. The city, h o w-ever, made compensation by pur-chasing the franchise and propertyfor the sum of $45,000, in property, minus the franchise,which the city of course wished toextinguish, was sold in 1856, for$32,000. At present the chiefpractical use of Jamaica Pond isto furnish in winter a large quan-tity of ice, which is cut and storedin the large houses on its banks, forconsumption in the warm is a great resort for young andsome older people in the winte
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