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Having now dealt with the campaign in the Transvaal down to the end of 1901, it only remains to bring the chronicle of the events in the Orange River Colony down to the same date. Reference has already been made to two small British reverses which occurred in September, the loss of two guns to the south of the Waterworks near Bloemfontein, and the surprise of the camp of Lord Lovat's Scouts.
The weightiest and most important of all political truths, and worth half the fine things that poets have sung about freedom if it could only have been respected, how different the course of the Revolution! But the engineer who attempts to deal with the abysmal rush of the falls of Niagara, must put aside the tools that constructed the Bridgewater Canal and the Chelsea Waterworks.
The question has arisen at the present time because of quarrels between the mayor and aldermen, because of the petition of the city government to the legislature to issue bonds for new waterworks above the authorized debt limit, because the tax rate last year was higher than ever before in the history of the city, and because of the formation of a citizens' association which has been instrumental in securing from the legislature a bill authorizing the citizens to vote on the adoption of the proposed plan.
Carl Clapp, superintendent of the Municipal Waterworks at Everett, and commander of one of the squads of deputies, followed with testimony to the effect that sixty rifles from the Naval Militia were stored in the Commercial Club on November 5th.
This necessitated the troops east of the Canal being put upon a very restricted supply, and they were accordingly rationed at the rate of a gallon of water per head per day for all purposes, including washing, cooking and drinking. At the Kantara waterworks water was drawn in from the Sweet Water Canal, mixed with alum, and pumped through settling tanks into filters.
Dead horses fell upon living oxen; wheels and axles were thrown on the backs of donkeys, and plunging mules dragged heavy waggons over great piles of débris. The cannon on the southern hills became more active and their shells caused the landscape surrounding the waterworks to be filled with geysers of dust.
'Other things, continued Owen, 'are private ownership of land, private ownership of railways, tramways, gasworks, waterworks, private ownership of factories, and the other means of producing the necessaries and comforts of life. Competition in business 'But 'ow do you make it out? demanded Crass, impatiently. Owen hesitated. To his mind the thing appeared very clear and simple.
The telephone bell rang violently while Dillingham was puzzling over this matter, and one of the employees started to answer it. "No, you don't!" shouted Dillingham. "You fellows are dispossessed." He took down the receiver. "Waterworks engineer's office?" came a brisk voice through the telephone. "Yes," said Dillingham. "This is the Chronicle. The Bulletin has an extra "
Now, let's have no waterworks, he went on, for Mattie had got the corner of her apron up and her mouth screwed down at the corners. 'I've known what poverty is, my girl, and you shan't never have a taste of it with my consent. 'I don't care how poor I be, father, said Mattie, 'it's Jack I care about. 'There's a girl all over, says uncle, for he was a sensible man in those days.
Just below the Newport waterworks are several coal-barge harbors mooring-grounds where barges lie in waiting, until hauled off by tugs to the storage wharves. In the rear of one of these fleets, at the base of a market garden, we found a sunny nook for lunch for here on the Kentucky side the cold wind has full sweep, and we are glad of shelter when at rest.
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