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Show r : Halrr hapiilr ror Jrrnillfni, Tho commltlct) formed to I rovldn an lm rovisl water sti ply f r Jerusileni, havo obulntd tho necessary cimcttiilon from tho retleitiabllng Hunt to proceed pro-ceed wllh the radical work connected with the Bchcut". The lmortaiice of thltonwardslttiwlllborccognlieil by everyone who knows nnylhlng of the illlllciililee which beset all attimpU to secure otTlclal sanction for contemplated contemplat-ed lni rovemenU In oriental countries. To get the heedful couceealon la usually usual-ly a matter requlrlbg considerable time, tact and patience; and In tbla Instance, at any rate, It maybe re Kirdeel as half lliu battle, lu rsuad-lug rsuad-lug tho Turkish government to grant the concession, thu committee nave unqutatlonabiy accomt llsbed their hardest bit of "engineering." Though thrru are dlfllciiltles still to lw over coruo, Ibey are sue has can be readily made to yield lo Kogllali earnestness andtarsevcrancc. Theunleitaklng Is not hltanthro-pic hltanthro-pic lu His ordinary accctamo of the ierm.biit a ttrlclly commercial venture. Homo kcen-elghted men have perceived, perceiv-ed, not only the newel of purer and tnoru abundaut water for the Increasing Increas-ing population of Jcrusalom, but the los.ltilllly of tallsfylug Iho want by iilllUliig the old ton rcesol supply, and of securing thereby a remuutratlvere-turn remuutratlvere-turn on Ibelr caillal. Nevertheless Never-theless Iho Idea Is philanthropic lu a tense, hi lug that a belter water tu ply for tbo lfoly City will mean an Improvement lu the heulthof llaipti-Isllon llaipti-Isllon and a corresponding diminution of human sufleilng. The e-onimltli-e propose, moreover, to make a free gift uf tbo preclout element ele-ment precious Indecet In the east to the tourer classes. Ocvulersofliouesi supplied direct with water will have lo lay for It, tail, for the benefit of the iwor, stand pla aro to be erected In various nana of the clly, from which watt r will tw obtained w llhoiit charge. At lrisentlhe water tiiiply Is Insufficient In-sufficient and Mil. ltlsaferlllesxiurco of illu-omfott and disease. The scheme bat helped to bring Into relief the remarkable nature ol tho provlslonmadforsulylugJerusaleni wllh water In aucliut times, Tbocom-mttleedo Tbocom-mttleedo not Intend to open up any llewsuu rcea of supply, liut to lliako the old ones, which have been neglected for crnlurli, onco more available, Jerusalem It at resent dependent for IU stock of water u pou the rslufall; but In former ages, at rsmote as that of the Kings, water was brought Into tneciiy by subterranean condulu Iron) sou revs oiiltldt tho wells, and stored In huge cisterns. To these seciet coudultt Jerusalem owed IU ability to stand pro-trade pro-trade 1 sieges. lu rectnt timet cxcavallont have dlKloscd clsterus or reservolrtcutout of the rock beneath Ibo templo pre-clncu, pre-clncu, and connected by ntiueducU with tho pool or tilloam to the north or the clly. A similar i-onttlvanco brought water from Holomott's Tools still further away. Tho excellent water supply txclted remark from Tacitus, Tac-itus, who speaks of Jerusalem as containing con-taining a perennial underground spring. Thlt favored conJItloti tho comniltleo iroposo lo restore to the Holy City; and now that the Initial and the greatest Uifllcully baa been removed, re-moved, there cau be little iiucttltn that, aided by modern engineering skill, their eilbrU will bo crowned Willi success. Kveryonu who la Interested In Jerusalem whlc li mcantivery devout de-vout Jew and ChlltUan will follow the next aiatea of the enterprise wllh sympathetic attention. VeicW CAron-loft. |
