Show wooden pipe brov m a failure MANY LEAKAGES constant repairs a necessity should other and hotter pipa be substituted apparently that portion of ha provo waterworks water works extending for several miles from the river is a gigantic gie antic failure the wooden pipe of which this portion of tho works Is cons is entirely in adequate ad quate to the areat pressure pres sure tb at ib brought to badr and is constantly div ing aft ay frequent repairs and considerable expense the attention of TUB ha jereral times been called to the ot affairs of our eystein of sand yesterday a couple of representatives ot the paper visited the wooden pipa portion ot the works As far as was bubser linkages lenk ages had all been repaired but frequent cuta in tha road marced eliare tho pipes had been vaya large portion of the pipe had been entirely uncovered gone over and repaired A number of residents route were interviewed and the statements were made and verified that all alone as far aa the wooden pipe the water was continually breaking and flooding the road at one place quite a large stream bad been thrown up a couple of feeland fee tand in many other places the water has beadi thrown up a distance of from tn to fifteen feet men had been constantly at work re pairing the pipe for the past month according to contract eliodes brothers bear the expense of the works the first year but if the wooden bips pips broye BO unsubstantial and weak while it is new what will be its value in a few years hence the tien arises whether it is not very poor pipe and had better be replaced with something more substantial before a ml settlement is made with rhodes brothers |