The Daily Madisonian

Fresh Water from the Bed of the River—For some weeks past, as we learn, the process of boring for fresh water has been in progress at the end of the steamship wharf, at East Boston, only a few hundred feet from the main channel of the harbor and every three hundred feet from the shore of East Boston. After boring ninety feet it was feared that water would not be obtained, and the workmen commenced taking up the tubes. Some twenty or twenty-five feet of the tubes had been taken up when a powerful spring opened into the tubes, which bids fair to supply an abundant quantity of water. A twelve-inch tube is to be sunk in this spot, and it is expected that water of an excellent quality will be obtained in sufficient quantity to supply the steamers and other shipping. The boring was carried on where the water is from fifteen to eighteen feet at high tide, and probably four or five feet at low water. We presume it is the only instance where the water has been bored for at sea.—Bankers' Hit Aurora.