. Essex county, , illustrated . conclusively that the driving must continue to a point far beUuvthe tide level in order to get the benefit of natures tiliei^.After expending nearly $50,000, the wells w^ere boarded up inorder to keep man or beast from unwittingly or unwillingly Uik-ing their death of cold through a bath taken out of season, .imlso have remained as a monument to mark the beginning of .1project (however meritorious it may have been) in a hurry, .iiilleft to moulder away like all things earthy and the recollection-,thereof left to fade through the lapse of time. BRANCH BROOK.
. Essex county, , illustrated . conclusively that the driving must continue to a point far beUuvthe tide level in order to get the benefit of natures tiliei^.After expending nearly $50,000, the wells w^ere boarded up inorder to keep man or beast from unwittingly or unwillingly Uik-ing their death of cold through a bath taken out of season, .imlso have remained as a monument to mark the beginning of .1project (however meritorious it may have been) in a hurry, .iiilleft to moulder away like all things earthy and the recollection-,thereof left to fade through the lapse of time. BRANCH BROOK. THE first supply which came to the people of Newark wasgathered from a pert little stream, known as Branch Bnnik,which gathered the waters of many springs w hich abounded in 111 rregion lying to the north and northeast of the Morris & Essi \R. and when the little reservoir on Orange street, and theother reservoir—a combination designed by the architect aiulthe builder—the latter making sure in laving its foundations and. ON 1 r\l;K AND \V A-II I N. I iN- sii;i:i r, N. J, used until 1828. when steps were taken for subslituling irontherefore. Under an act of the legislature, approved March , the Newark board was constituted, and by that authoritythe transfer was made to the City of Newark of the capitalstock and all the rights and franchises, lands and property, realand personal, of the Newark Aqueduct Company, the con-sideration being $100,000. About this lime the drivcn-wcll came into vogue, andthe company, anxious to advance the best interests of the city,had about forty of these sand crabs driven, varying in depthfrom forty to forty-eight feet. By dint of extraordinaryexcrtin/is they managed to make them yield about 100,000gallnnsevcry forty-eight hours of what was doubtless , though somewhat improved by being filtered through thebed of sand »nd gravel provided by the river. The water wasclear and had a pleasant taste and wo
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