Show The Water Row San Francisco 17Thewaterim broglio is almost the sole topic of conversation today The water company announces that the water will be shut off from 0 pm to 6 am until furthur notice beginning this evening The stock recovered to 82 today Many look upon the whole affair as a stock jobbing operation The Bulletin which nas been a steady advocate for the reduction of rates claims since that this is an exceptionally ex-ceptionally dry year a fall of twelve inches of rain having already fallen with more in prospect and calls attention at-tention to the fact that the reduced rates do not go into effect until next July The company meantime mean-time are drawing the full previous rate A correspondent of the Bulletin Bul-letin reminds the public that if the comnanv refuses to so on erate its works as to furnish fur-nish a sufficient supply of water it incurs a forfeiture of its franchise fran-chise and he intimates that a ring has been formed to depress the stock for speculative purposes The Bulletin further asserts on the authority of a wellknown citizen that the true reason the water company com-pany has ceased to pump from Lake Merced is on account of the worn out condition of the machinery The boilers need patching and the cylinder is unsafe The Evening Post which favorsjthe water company com-pany says the indiscreet action of the board of supervisors has forced the company in self defense to its present action that the company by refusing to pump and abandoning abandon-ing the proposed connection with Crystal Springs will save 300000 which brings the outlay within the reduced income that the whole matter ought to be adjusted between be-tween the city and the company without the slightest trouble and with satisfaction to every fair citizen citi-zen |