saturday: morning: there was an' ion of the new City Watorworks, h the representatives of the Press were invited.. Yang Taotai and Mr. tong Kid-son, the: two principal Directors, were present, together with Mr. Lehmann: of Messrs, Arnhold, Karberg & Ca., the Messrs, Atkinson and Dallas, the Engineers; Mr. Fowler of the: Laidlaw, Dunn, Gordon Ca., who will be the Engineer in charge of the Waterworks upon its onmpletion, nnd Messrs, Blechynden and Ord, of the Shanghai Engineer Shipbuilding and Dock Ca. Ld, contractors for erecting thew and water it After visiting Chinese Bund, the foundations of the wuter tower were inspected. The tower, which will he constructed of steel, is 80 feet high, supporting n tink 20°feot in: diameter, capable of holding 50,000 gallons. The water tower has linen constructed by Messrs, Ritter nnd Conley, N.Y.
The pumping. station ix witunte about two miles further up the river and a little less than w quarter of a mile beyond the French Waterworks, There will be two settling tanks, a secondary tank for feeding the filter beds, of which there will ba three, and a clear water reservoir. At rangements have been made for " consi able extension of the works us occasion arisen, The engine nnd boiler house. are well forward, ay well as the godown and engineer's residence. The engines have been supplied by the Laidlaw, Dunn, Gordon: Company; the cast-iron pipes are from the! well-known firm of R. D. Wood & Cv., Philadelphia, and the hydrants and valves. lave been purchased from the Kennedy. Valve Cv.
The main, fromthe pumping station to the water. tower will, for the first section, the Inia across country for a distance of 1,000, yards, connecting with: the-Arsenal Road. abu -point 250 yards from -the Chinese: Bund, it will then be reid along the inner side of the Chinese Band us far as the Tanat'ou (Big Jetty) where the water tower is situate, After the inspection of the works, the party adjourned to one of the buildings, where the torist of snee-s to the China: Inland Waterworks was duly honoured in bumpers of champagne. The success of this enterprise, the first native waterworks. in China, which lias now been successfully Inunched, is Largely-due tothe ability anu, energy ut Mr. Tong-Kid-son, who has.snez cessfully contended with the difficulties
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