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Show WATER DEPARTMENT HOPES FOR STORMS Supply in City Service Pipes Is Lower Than Last Year Pressure Is Minimum. Halt Lake s Water supply s steadily growing no better Late yosterdaj ofte 1100 the pressure at the gn fce the water office had fallen to sevont 11 oio nds as compared to a normal f ninety five pounds and in some of the d st eta along the upper edges of the middle distr buting system th turn ng of a tap became an dlo and fruitless thing There was no water This lasted only during the sprinkling hours however, and was not general over tho city In the lower system an I n most of the high 1 ne system a fa rl g o 1 ross re was n ntain I L st ght tl e water oftl aid adopted the oxpe I ent of sh tt ng off somo of the val es onnecting tno lower an h gher d visions of the middle systen bo as to keep as much water as possible n the h gl er districts It s hoped that th s w II remedy the s t at on to son o extent today Wo i ro g tting just abo t halt as m ch water now as we ha I a this t ne last year Bail omm ssionor W 11 Shoam an We are doing evervth ng that can le done to keep the pressur up b t unless a storm ntervenfcs th shortage w 11 become even more serious |