University of Virginia Library

Water Question.

The report of the Committee of the City Council, on Increasing
Water Supply, January 25th, 1905, including a Report
to that Committee by Mr. Rudolph Herring, and also a letter of
Mr. George Perkins to the President, which has been referred to
me by President Alderman, are herewith handed to you.

It seems to be the consensus of opinion that the Dam
erected at Mayo's Rock, 2385 feet below the dam now used by


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Reservoir on Ragged Mountain, will give temporary relief, but
many believe Moorman's River will ultimately have to be brought
over in a pipe 15 miles long, in a few years, to furnish an increased
supply. Mr. George Perkins will appear before the
Board to explain position of City, and Mr. John B. Moon will
show contract now existing between City and University in regard
to same.