Show W WATER AIER SITUATION HAS REACHED ALARMING STATE Council Is Called in ll Extra Session and the Mayor Issues s Proclamation Restricting Lawn Sprinkling hUb The water situation In the city has become so o threatening that the City City- Council was convened In special session last evening to take action regarding the matter and It was determined to put a sudden stop slop to the wanton waste of water for or which the people of ot Salt Lake have always been famous Thirty days ago the time flow how from r Parleys Parley's was waR gallons per day while City creek was furnishing gallons allons per tiny day hut but now the time now flow has diminished until the amounts received from torn the two sources are arc gallons per day a respectively As this his f situation Is alarming the time Council determined to adopt vigorous measures which was done at last meeting Hereafter the tho use of water for Cor or lawn and md garden arden will be limited to Tuesdays Tuesday and Fridays and no street sprinkling will be done at A proclamation to this effect has hns been Issued b by Mayor Thompson and tho the Waterworks Waterworks Wa Wa- department has orders to see that the proclamation Is respecter Every person found Cound violating the time orders will viii be arrested the time penalty upon conviction conviction con con- being not to exceed 10 for the first offense e and f. f 20 O for the second It It is nl also o feared that the situation may h become lecOnie come still more serious unless the fall fail rains begin hegh eRr early but hut according to the predictions of at the weather bureau bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau there Is li but little hope of rain Inside o of two weeks However the city officials of of- hope by hy limiting the use of the water and and stop stopping pine pine- the waste that th- th city will get through without further urther difficulty When the sprinkling carts went nent out yesterday e there was anI only nine feet of water In the Thirteenth East Kast street reservoir and b by night there was less than three feet This leaves no Tep er on hand in case of fire and Is hut but little more than enough to assure normal pressure throughout the pipe distributing system The cIt city canal Is running full lull however and Is an abundance of or water for Irrigation Persona In the upper district will he be allowed to water their lawns on Tuesdays Tuesdays Tues Tues- days das and Fridays between 7 and 10 o'clock p p. p m m. rn and tho those e In the lower district between 5 and 7 clock p m m. of at the same day days |