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Show M SPRINKLING IS -FURTHER RESTRICTED ( Water for This Purpose May Be Used Only Three Days in Week INCONVENIENCE FELT Some Districts of City Hav Been Deprived on Several Sev-eral Occasions o Lawn sprinkling in Salt Lake Is fur ther restricted on account of the watei shortage according to an order issue last night by C F Barrett, superlnten dent of the city waterworks system. Such sprinkling may now 6e done onl on Tuesdays Thursdays and Sunday during the hours already named 6 80 to n the morn ng and 6 30 to 9 i I the even ng for the respectiv d stneta and the limitations o davs and hours applies to those us nf meters as well as to those operating un cfer the flat rate The o der ssued by Superintenden Barret fol ows Owing to the continued decrease in the water supp y the department Is D ob gd o fo b d sprink ng of lawns on Monday Wednesday Friday and Sa u day unt 1 further notice Th s restriction applies to mete ed prera ses as wel as those on flat rates The usua hou s must be ad hered to on spr nk n,, days. Th s res ric on takes effect at once. Fire Supply Safe Wh le three ligh power pumps can be used to force water through the fire hose and the e is Utt e concern fe t b he department the homes and apart ment houses on the north and northeast benches have for the last week been at times enti el without water and sometimes w th such low pressu e tl a he supp was entirely inadequa e The normal pressu e through the wate ma ns s be ween 90 and 100 pounds For the last few weeks t has been be ween fifteen and twenty five pounds The low pressure reco d was reached Eaturda when it fell off to twelve pounds. Fau cets in the apartment houses on the north bench were dry A. street sprink 1 ng wagon was taken to the Richmond apartments n the afternoon, f ed wit water from a f re plug The tenants came from the r apartments and carr ed water to the r flats n buckets A house ho der with n ght of the Richmond apartments lost popularity when he sat on li s f ont porch and sprayed a st earn of the prec ous water over b4s lawn. He entered the house after an hour and propped the hose up to continue sprink ling for some time longer Co operation Needed Speaking of the shortage of wate Al en MacQuarr eas stant superlnten dent of the waterworks sa d We ha e regulated the lawn sprinkling and the citizens know how necessary t s to conserve the water supply The long dry spell has dimin ished the water In the canyons. Par ley s canyon has been rendered al most dry There is but one-half the amount of water that there was at this time las year The new rule that sprinkl ng must be done only on Tuesdays Thursdays or Sundajsap plies to the hose on meters as weQ as the others. There wi i, of course be many who will -violate this rule for a while but there will be city ra plojees out looking for them contin ually and v olators win be prosecuted When Salt Lake people realize the gravity of the water situation I am sure that they will be gad to cooperate co-operate with the dtj The fire dan ger because of the water is not e rious but we are watch ng that close ly Chief Bywater has at his com mand three pumps that can be tiu ck ly attached to the feed pipes or used in ditches and there is now about f fty pounds pressure In the business d strict. , If the people of SaJt Lake will co operate with the city in conserving the water this stringent Ume will be passed without great d ff culty |