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Show 3 DEHWQRKS SrSTEM HELD I r WOT FOR CITY AID T If 11EI1TS flRE PLANNED f4?'011 f Additinal Supply Mains From Reservoirs EiSr Wlth Mcre AmPfe Distributing System Would1 Reduction in Fire Risk, Officials Say; City Receives fS hr or Four Petitions Each Day for Extensions That Will p for New Homes, But Funds Are Inadequate. mzy a.,,, ; thl. liori,, KB'bhS P ir th 1"lc rousump-IMprmontt" rousump-IMprmontt" J "UT"'K W7C.f HvetM, , and --mS the cl,y u ununnl "r ' "'k Jori-!,'' "' n'" I'nii" in' o'r- flK hlch S"f "'""rahle two JKJUun ualJ,lltn'"d lo .-i ' '"''Ur';' : now being poorly served by the distributing dis-tributing system, and If they arc to continue growing It ls absolute!) neceB-sary neceB-sary that additional supply mains be constructed to serve these districts. EVEN WITHOUT EXPANSION, liven should the city remain Just as jit Is now and not expand any further j In area, in order to adequately sup- ply the city with domestic water and' furnish proper fire protection, largeii an. i additional supply and dlstrlbuUng I mains should be constructed. In the summer months. If the city 6hould happen to bc so unfortunate as to; I have ft large fire when Uio maximum I consumption was on. It Is questionable,! I In fact, we know that the present sys-1 tern would not be able to furnish wn-l Ut in sufficient quantity and pressure to successfully tight a large conflft-l (gratlon If the city proceeds to install additional addi-tional supply mains from the rcoer-) rcoer-) voirs nnd construct larger and more ample distributing pipes throughout. the city there Is no question but what a material reduction can be secured In 1 fire rates. "Jils alone would pay the lrpfli on considerable Investment m the construction of additional water wa-ter supply mains throughout the city If we arc to construct new modern I homes, we must construct sanitary Sewers and In order to operate sewer systems we must have water, the two going hand-ln-hand (Signed) JOSEPH M TRACY, Cily Engineer. |