Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-06-05 | Page 13 | Water Rules Changed by Low Pressure

WATER RULES CHANCED CHANGED BY BYLOW BYlOW LOW PRESSURE Force orce in Mains Drops Far FarBelow FarBelow FarBelow Below Danger Point in Many Areas Water pressures depicted to a hazardous hazardous haz- haz point in let many sections of ot the city ity last night caused officials to r revise re revise re- re vise sprinkling regulations Tuesday as follows 1 1 All premises with even street numbers ending 2 4 6 8 0 will sprinkle between 5 p. p m m. m and 8 p. p m m. I 2 All premises with odd street numbers ending in 1 3 5 7 9 have been assigned the time between 6 a. a m m. m and 9 a. a m. m 1 3 No changes were made in areas I and sprinkling days heretofore by the mayors mayor's proclamation I 4 Revised regulations become effective ef cf- j Wednesday morning under a anew anew I new proclamation issued by Mayor Mayo Louis Marcus at the request of Water Wate I Commissioner George D. D Keyser and i iH H 3 H. K Burton superintendent of w wa- wa In explaining necessity for lor th the changes Mr Burton pointed out Water water wa wa- j ter er main pressures at Fifteenth East and Ninth South streets d dropped from Crom pounds to 25 pounds during during dur duro ing Monday evenings evening's sprinkling hours At Ninth East and Twenty first South streets pressures slid downward downward down down- ward from pounds to 30 pounds and at Stratford avenue and Highland High Highland land drive the point where pressures are usually at any place In the city outside the thc business district district dis dis- dis meters showed a drop from pounds to 80 pounds per square inch A formal form l protest city activities activities ties in drilling wells to increase waler water wa wa- vater va- va ter ler supply was referred to the legal department when received by commissioners com corn missioners from George W. W Bruerton chairman of the Salt Lake County Water Conservation association The I petition stated city well drilling ac ac- are arc depleting wells operated by several hundred signers of the document Similar action was taken on a petition peti peti- tion lion filed by Arthur A. A Callister Ness building who ho represented himself himself him him- self seIt along similar lines set forth in inthe inthe inthe the association petition petitions Commissioners likewise ordered sealing scaling of several city owned wells near Lehi and the Jordan Jordan- river These wells were sealed several years ago ngo but campers maliciously shot holes h ome of the caps leading to toa toi i a wast ot water it Il was claimed by Robert All l M. M.-Allred ed Lehi