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Show 10 Kl SISE Thirsty People Incensed at the the City Over Water Famine. MANY ATE COLD MEALS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY In Some Residences the Boilers Were Drained and Lives Imperiled. Gront Inconvonlcnco was experienced by ninny citizens tho lat day of loot week, and thoso residing west of Seventh Knst and youth of Second South seemed to bo particularly af-lllcted af-lllcted by the wuter famine, which began noon after .1 p. m. on Friday nnd lasted until nenr midnight. On tho caet nldo of Sovcnth Easl tho ilrst row of houses had no water for several sev-eral hours. Absolutely without water. For Instance, Mrs. N. Hodcoman, who resides re-sides at 701 East Second South, could obtain no water from tho tap nearly all of Friday night, and could eut enough to drink at 7 a. m. Saturday only by letting the faucet run for rovcral minute), whllo tho noxt family ent, living at number 712, hnd experienced no inconvenience. in-convenience. Mrs. Hodgemnn hnd prepared for th! waterworks water-works famlno that she knew by oxpcrlenco wos comlnjf, by nlllne n few utenells with wator to lido over tho scarcity. Brained Boilers Dry. Mrs. F. T. EaR.-in, who resides at CM East Second South said: "People In this ncljrh-borhood ncljrh-borhood wero thirsty. When tho famlno ataried, hot wator camo from tho faucet, nnd wo soon found that wo could got no water from tho boiler Thin condition has been Intermittent for three wcekn past." In this enso tho water Jacket nnd boiler were both drained dry whllo a hot llro was In tho rnncc. Carried Pitchers of Wator. At tho renldcnco of H. Toungberc supper hnd been propnred at tho time the water gavo out Friday, but many neighbor wero not so fortunate, and several families availed themselves them-selves of tho hospitality of Mrs. YounsbcrR to partnko of supper, but most of tho KiiestR camo carefully carrying pitchers of distilled water belns- the only kind obtainable and It Is not likely that tho host nor cuosts drank to tho health of tho cl'.y administration, nor thoucht grnco for tho water department. Ato Cold Dinners. Other cltlzena In that neighborhood wero rot eo fortunntc. Many nto a cold monl and went above Seventh East for drlnklnir water Others camo down town in quest of food and wntor. Somo laboring men arriving homo altor a hard day's toll found no supper and children crytne for water. Mr. II. L. Driver, a carpenter. rnldlntr nt 023 South Seventh East, had cold lunch for supper after a. strenuous day'o work. Mr. Driver explains why thoso llvlnc nbovo him on Second South had plenty of wator Friday nlfrht whllo ho nnd his western neighbors hod none: Driver's Explanation. A six-inch main runs to Seventh East nnd Second South, where It dead ends and houso number 704 Is furnished from tho old four-inch four-inch main which extendw on west from Sovcnth East, and all houses east df 701 aro suppltod from the six-Inch main. Old, Rusty and Clogged. Tho four-Inch main hns been down for mnny years and Is very likely clogced with rust nnd debris, nnd, besides, a four-Inch main in thnt populous pnrt of the city Is Inadequate lo supply tho demands for ordinary uso. Mr. Driver pays thnt ho has been told by a water official that tho "olx-lnch main Is connected to tho four-Inch main." but If such be tho cn?o. It Is clogged at that point so as to form a dead head, and that thoso citizens who aro supplied from tho four-Inch mpln get a bock pressure from tho lowor part of tho city. Pertinent Questions. So hero Is ono part of the city that la neglected. neglect-ed. Why should this llttlo old rotten, clogged four-Inch mnln be left here, whllo six-Inch mnlns on tho west side arc being replaced by twelve-Inch mains? Why Special Privileges? Why should Ferny Fornatroin bo granted the special privilege for somo of his brethren of having nn extension of a main on tho' west side, costing thousands of dollar? Fcrny's improvement bring In a revenuo of $60, whllo theso cast sldo ueoplo nro paying thousands Whllo Morris Is do Juro tnyor. Forny gets to acting do facto, nnd tho peoplo must lay tho blamo whero It belongs, |