Daily Republican

The water in the Brandywine has not been so low as it is at present for at least thirty-five years and much inconvenience is experienced by mill owners owing to the scarcity of the supply.

On Saturday Messrs. Jessup & Moore were compelled to shut down, and did not have enough water all that day for bleaching purposes. The same day the water works had to temporarily suspend operations as there was not enough water to run the pumps.

This shows rather clearly that at this time there is not enough water running down the creek to supply the city were the city dependent upon this for its supply, and demonstrates the fallacy of securing the supply from further up the creek as proposed by the Messrs. Bancroft some time ago. Had the plan proposed by the Messrs. Bancroft been adopted and at once put into operation the city would now have an inadequate supply of water, and some sections would be experiencing a water famine which would last during the continuation of the present dry spell.