Show THE WATER WORKS we hear a 3 great deal of talk about the city water works people are lanheady crite criticizing izing it for not having enough water to last the winter that we will mill be oi out at of water before february 1 etc now the fact we will have about 2 12 1 2 feet more water in the reservoir this year than we had last five men were on the ditch the past week keeping it open and letting a good head of water run into the reservoir all week and the water master informed us that he believed it would stand about three feet more water vater than it hid had last year if the weather permits the water will be kept running a few days more and if we are a little saving there will be enough water in the reservoir to last until early spring water was sh shut ut off for three days the past week and the old main taken up for two blocks on lagoon street and relayed about ten feet north of the old line the old line taken up on account of it being under the sidewalk contractor lym found the old po in ip jilly filly good condition conditi oh and nd is being relayed with a new joint added every other one of course cours se several of the new joints need new collars there are very few but what can be relayed water is now on again and you can be served at the corner of lagoon and first east streets it will take about a week longer to finish laying the whole system and it looks as if we v e were getting good work out of contractor lym and a water system that the citizens of roosevelt will be proud of the question of paying a back water tax came up before the council at the last meeting cr but it definitely settled how far to go back some thought t to ki fro back as far as january 1 1916 but it will probably be compromised to july 1 1916 A M v f |