. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . e there obtained for reservoirs ;good engines, that will pump, can be placedon the south side of the river, and the city ofCincinnati get what she has long sought butnever obtained, good pure water. This workcould be constructed in from twelve to eigh- teen months, at one-fonrth the cost of carry-ing out the plan of the Trustees, and wouldalso enable them to make customers of theneighboring cities of Covington and New-port, neither of which cities have at presentany sapply of water. The following diagram very cl
. Railroad record, and journal of commerce, banking, manufactures and statistics . e there obtained for reservoirs ;good engines, that will pump, can be placedon the south side of the river, and the city ofCincinnati get what she has long sought butnever obtained, good pure water. This workcould be constructed in from twelve to eigh- teen months, at one-fonrth the cost of carry-ing out the plan of the Trustees, and wouldalso enable them to make customers of theneighboring cities of Covington and New-port, neither of which cities have at presentany sapply of water. The following diagram very clearly illus-trates both methods of accomplishing thesame result. The practicability and probablecost of both needs no further demonstration. The necessary legislation, State and corpo-rate, can readily be obtained, that will obviateall the squirmings relative to spending moneyout of the State. As to protection in case ofcivil war, the city was protected from the veryspot where the reservoirs should be built; andit could be as readily protected there as ifwithin the city DESCRIPTION OP DIAGRAM. A Ohio River. B Water Works. C Tower. D Garden of Eden. E Conduit to fill Gardenof Eden Reservoir from tank in the tower. F Main Pipe to supply City from Garden of Little Miami River, J Proposed Buction pipe. G Proposed Reservoir on high ground on theKentucky shore. H Conduit aoross Peninsular of Campbell Co., Ky. K Cincinnati. L Cov-ington. M Newport. Neosho Valley Railroad.—We learn thatthe Neosho Valley Railroad, from JunctionCity via Council Grove, Emporia and Bur-lington, to the north boundary of the OsageIndian lands, is contracted for to A. P. Beach,of Balston Spa, N. Y. ; I. P. Baker, Troy, ; Wm. McMichael, of Saratoga Springs ; Crane, of Ballston Spa; Mr. Born, CanalCommi-sioner of New York, residing in Sche-nectady; Jas Gowan and J. Dull, of Harris-risburg,Pennsylvania. Messrs. Dull & Gowanbuilt the Harpers Ferry works for the Govern-ment, and the lake
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