The Bay State monthly : a Massachusetts magazine . ed they have bought land, andbuilt such houses as were suitable to their means, obtaining loans of thesavings-banks, which they have paid off gradually. This has beenespecially the case the last few years, during which time the city has ex- THE CITY OF WORCESTER. *57 tended in every direction in the manner indicated; and it is said thegreater part of the deposits in the savings-banks, as well as theirloans, have been made by and to people of the laboring class. Thisshows a general prosperity, and indicates a permanency of populationnot seen in
The Bay State monthly : a Massachusetts magazine . ed they have bought land, andbuilt such houses as were suitable to their means, obtaining loans of thesavings-banks, which they have paid off gradually. This has beenespecially the case the last few years, during which time the city has ex- THE CITY OF WORCESTER. *57 tended in every direction in the manner indicated; and it is said thegreater part of the deposits in the savings-banks, as well as theirloans, have been made by and to people of the laboring class. Thisshows a general prosperity, and indicates a permanency of populationnot seen in many cities. During the last twenty years many people whobegan life with the most modest means, or with none at all, have becomewealthy; and in almost every such case their prosperity has been dueto their connection with manufacturing interests. Worcester is exceptionally fortunate in its water-supply. This isderived from two large reservoirs fed by running streams, each aboutfive miles distant from the citv. One of these, called the Lvnde-Brook. THE PRESENT ANTIQUARI Reservoir, is situated in the township of Leicester. It was built in 1S64,has a water-shed of 1,870 acres, and a storage capacity of 6S1,000,000gallons, and an elevation of 481 feet above the City Hali. The dam ofthis reservoir gave way in February, 1876, during a freshet, and the im-mense mass of water was precipitated, with an unearthly roar, intothe valley below, destroying everything in its path, and carrying rocks,earth, trees, and debris to a distance of several miles. The other, calledthe Holden Reservoir, is in the township of Holden. This was built in1883, has a water-shed of 3,148 acres, a storage capacity of 450,000,000gallons, and lies 260 feet above the City Hall. There are also three dis-tributing reservoirs at elevations of 177 to 184 feet above the level ofMain street, and supplied from the two principal reservoirs. Thirty-inch mains connect the reservoirs with the city. The height of the THE CITY
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