Show GOLD SNAP CAUSES F FEAR OF SHORTAGE IN WATER SUPPLY Officials Urge Practice of LeaVi Leaving T Taps aps Running Be Discontinued S RIOuS h o 0 water ater supply ta Ii L O threatened by br the present cold weather and ft was s announced l yesterday yester or- or day by the superintendent of or water water- waterworks works work C. C F. F Barrett tt that If It the cold period continues the tho department nt will 1 willbo willjo bo jo forced to th the noc necessity of ot s securing curin an additional supply somewhere without without with with- out delay Freezing of ot the can canyon on streams has cauRe caused tho the city's cUrs supply to decrease a million or more gallons a n. lay day a In the lat last t few tew da days s 's and unless there Is a thaw conditions will Mil become worse Mr r. r Barrett ann announces that there Is sufficient water Yater for tor all present needs an and a reserve supply 0 but not enough to meet such an nn emergency as would be caused b by a continuation of ot the present freezing r weather As a 0 result of or existing conditions an and the fear that no Imme Immediate late relief relict from frum rum the cold period may come com the superintendent was ns authorized yesterday yesterday yester yester- e ter- ter day by the commissioner to take taio o Immediate Imme diate steps to pipe thu th gallon million a 0 day flow from the water ater tunnel in iii Emigration ml canyon Into tho the city torn tom om and ond store It In the ro reservoirs for tor forise use ise If Ir nee needed cd Enough water waler can be bp secured from this his source alone lon the tue water a LEn officials claim to make up U for fot the present de decrease do- do crease In supply but 6 should the tho tree frees Ins Ins- ng continue other water will havo to toLe tobe tod Le be d arranged cd for also The flie department has sent forces of or men out In the various canyons to cut Ice cc and keep keel th the tho flow of or th till tho streams as free Cree from iron Impediment as possible But a as all tho the Ice leo that Is cut ha has to lo lobe tobe tobe be dragged drag out of ot the stream to prevent pre pro vent It washing down and forming Jams th the removal is a slow proc process ss A great reat deal of or water atel Is being wasted said the superintendent yesterday yesterday yes yes- S- S because people are their taps run all night to prevent freezing of or the pipes Hun Hundreds reds of thousands of gallons of or water a nl night ht will run to waste through open taps laps and with the flow low Into tho the s system so- so r reduced b by freezing of the supply sup sup- pI ply streams thiM thi amounts amount to more moro than can cati be imagined If It tho the public will Ill realize that it ft Is protecting Itself by protecting protecting- the water system from wast wo We will avoid an any serious trouble trou trou- ble The superintendent of ot waterworks called attention to the tho tn fact t that the City and ond County building Il is one oneo o of tho the biggest wasters of water In the city and aud although he has complained of It Innumerable times nothing has been done b by the proper authorities to remedy the condition |