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...original plans of the building, could probably be put in for $3,000. If it should be impossible to supply it with city water, which we are told was what prevented a pool being placed in the Gymnasium, then there is all the more reason for having an artesian well with a good supply of good water for the use of the Union. By this again two objects would be attained, namely, furnishing the Union with water which every one would be willing to use, and obviating the necessity of paying a large sum each year for the water supply...
...Memorial ice-chests are the only means for reducing the temperature. A disadvantage of the ammonia process in use at Randall lies in the immense quantity of water needed in the condensers, which makes the cost of water over $10 per day. To do away with this expense an artesian well was bored to a depth of 57 feet, but work has now been given up as no water was found. The cooking at both halls is done by means of steam from the boilers of the engine rooms. The washing, drying and ironing is also done by steam...
Professor Putnam has received an image from Idaho taken from an artesian well at a great dep h. It is considered by good authorities a specimen of antediluvian...
...sufficient quantity when the gymnasium is as crowded as of late it has been, it will be necessary, before another year, to have a larger pipe put in. Another plan, however, has been proposed by the engineer - namely, to supply the gymnasium with water by means of an artesian well, and it is possible that the latter plan may be adopted as the most feasible...
...university buildings are so largely dependent upon Fresh Pond water for their supply, it seems strange that no plan has as yet been discussed by which a plentiful supply could be obtained independent of the Cambridge Water Works. Recently several factories and private citizens have caused artesian wells to be sunk, and the result has been so favorable that the idea of such a well for the yard naturally suggests itself. We all know the disadvantages of Fresh Pond water for drinking purposes, but the most urgent necessity of a plentiful supply of water is in case of fire. During...