1843-09-14_WaterfromFreshPond-Report-p1_1831_034_008

The subscribers appointed as a
committee of the Trustees of Mount Auburn, to
inquire and report on the practicability of
introducing water into the grounds of the Corporation,
respectfully reports.

That they have employed Mr Waldo
Higginson as a surveyor to take the levels between
the surface of Fresh Pond and that of different places
in Mount Auburn and the intervening land, and have
obtained from him the following results

The surface of Fresh pond at its
ordinary summer level is about one foot above
that of the tide at high water

The water in the meadow west of the
gate was found July 27^th to be eight feet 35/100 above
the level of Fresh pond; and the level of Garden
pond six feet and 85/100 above the level of Fresh pond

Two methods are practicable, by which
the water of Fresh pond may be conveyed within
the inclosure of Mount Auburn

1. The water may be raised by a
steam engine, or other power, to a reservoir on