Show TURNING MUDDY WATER IN MAINS CAUSES DEATH OF FISH IN RESTAURANT WINDOWS Here is su m problem for those thoe who enjoy reasoning from cause to effect or from effect back to cause uA A large number of fish on exhibition In restaurant window tanks tank were killed kled last lat night by reason reon of ot the tho fact that the streets were sprinkled A plague seemed seamed to have fallen upon the te trout that had disported themselves in inthe inthe inthe the window tanks of three downtown cafes late yesterday afternoon In tho the thre tanks tank there were probably fine brook brok and mountain trout The attend attendants at attendants nd ants in Iii tho the restaurant noticed that the fish were sluggish and attributed it I to the fact that the water flowing into the glass tanks was slightly muddy mUd The water steadily grew gew more and nt more murky until finally it assumed the color of insipid coffee colee with a dash of skimmed milk mUk This was more than tha the fish sh I could stand and the mortality among the pis piscatorial catora beauties was w great for a short shot time One On saved a few by taking ting them out and putting them In a zi vessel of filtered water One old mon monarch monarch arch who had been the king of ot the pool I for seven seyen years rear could not n stand the in 11 Y dignity of ot having his speckled sides side con contaminated laminated by dirty water and metaphor cally caly speaking turned up his toes Superintendent Frank L Hines of or the waterworks department said that the wa water water water ter was wa roiled role by the street sprinklers sprInkler A small amount of sprinkling had been beel done dOle for several days since the last big rainstorm and the tle water in the reservoir had begun to deposit the tho sediment carried c from rm the hills his on the tho bottom of the res reservoir re reservoir When street sprinkling was re resumed resume resumed sume on a general scale yesterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon the water was stirred up in the res reservoir reservoir by the frequent filling of the many sprinklers and the tho sediment on the bot bat bottom torn tom was forced Into tho the mains mains The re resul suit sul was that all aU of the tho mains were filled fied with muddy water All Al of or that th t will have hav been drawn off or by noon Tuesday and a athe as the streams are becoming clearer In th the mountains little further trouble will b be experienced eX until the next big big storm In addition additon to the l fUng of ot the fish in inthe inthe the th restaurant windows window some come 1 e lance fence was caused c in the downtown bar barrooms barrooms barrooms rooms Men who had been accustomed t to taking a chaser of or water water after arct partaking para partaking ing of a social socia glass of whisky wore were forced to fall fail tal back on mineral water o or ginger ale |