220 [June
1776] I visited the &
took a full view of
the Waterworks that are making
to convey Water through the City, (that
from the Pumps being very bad, & unw
unwholesome to that degree, that the
Inhabitants buy Water for Coffee, &c
from Carts that are employed to
Carry it about the City) These Works
were began about 12 Months Since
at the City Expence, to defray which,
they issued Bills that are Current as
other Money; A Dutchman undertook
the Jobb for a certain Sum &
hath
already performed the most difficult
part of the Work, tho not with that
Success that was expected by the Citi-
-zens, as they Say, he Saith he hath
done as well as he promised; The Wor-
=k that is already done (the most
difficult part) is to convey Water from
the Side of an hill nigh a Pond to the
top of the Hill which being higher
than any part of the City the Water
is to be conveyed in Pipes through
the City-- As the Man that atten-
-eded spoke very broken English &
the Machiene was not at Work