1843-09-14_WaterfromFreshPond-Report-p4_1831_034_008

An acre of land contains 43,560 square
feet. A Lot at Mount Auburn contains 300
square feet. The former sum divided by the
latter gives 145, the number of lots in an acre -
Throw away half this for paths and passage ways,
and it leaves 72 lots in each acre, which at $100.
per lot, (the present price of selected lots) given 7200.
dollars as the value of each acre. Suppose that
three acres are given up for ponds and channels,
it will leave five acres, which at the above
named price will be worth $36.000, in return
for the outlay proposed.

The objects attained? in an ornamental
point of view by the proposed operation, will be
the introduction of a constant stream of pure water,
flowing over a gravelly bed through any parts of the
ground to which it may be though proper to conduct
it, interspersed with ponds of the same description,
-- in the place of the present stagnant, impure
and muddy pools, which in dry seasons become nearly
or quite exhausted of water

Should the project now proposed be
favorably entertained by the Trustees, there are
obvious reasons for why an early [period?] should
be chosen for carrying it into effect. -