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Show . . . . ... ...... , ; I ! , ' , 111. il. ! ' j . i .... . ' , i. v . . II, j . It. Ly t X. L f .! " A. ' i . . .I i . ... it L!: :;;7iil I:: 1 - . 7; i Y" ' 'Tien jrcsfnt l:.:.:::.t::.-.i, tbtra 1' iu! 1 1 no a-arc!' cf T.-st-r, for all j li-.Ecnall li Cilt Lak d ji'liij tl. eon.lnx auniner." Tlila autiMixnt vua mnd ty Trank 2 lllnea, ynprrlr.fr'ruJrnt of Water w orka, to Tlf;;rnM rri'Orler t'xtay, "Theia hou!4 t water aoufh to iriert averjr (It: and cf tli renljrnta of tl.la city an 1 If th v titer la not pr. inltted to run to aat thru will t no li(rty to j;a.ri any reatrlrtlona up. m on It uan," (cntlnued th uvrrlntn flTlt. , t'lortajf Eai to Vait. . Iferrtofora It baa ben found nee. ary for th d-i artmrnt t limit ron. aninera to at rrruin Unfth of tlm and In certain lioura nf th day In whUtt they Tnltit anlnkla their Uwna, owing to th InalcquatnirM of th watrr up. yiy. "Tlier riaa alwaya been plenty of ter," aald Mr, llln-a. "Th avN.rr.lt y Iin hnen Imaaliutry, Th troubl Ilea In th fart that lara; numher of ieraona wantonly turn th water to wnnIn, They u a murh water In th nlfht . aa In tti Cay tlm and th reivrvolra a-r kept drained with no tlm In which to flu up. They nine th hoa In tha Itraaa tr turn th water In th garden and lt It run full fore all ntaht. "If tb water aupply were doubl It rreeent volum there would not t enotiah to meet th dnmand of auch waatefulneaa. A a reault th reaer-Voire reaer-Voire run low and th department haa been obliged to restrict other cltlaens In their sprinkling. ! Oxv. V7atcli for Violatora. "The authorities are constantly on 1 the watch for all violations of the ordl nances In this regard, and will severely severe-ly prosecute any and every one caught wanting the precloua liquid. "The city haa grown more In the laat two j-eara," continued Mr. Illnes, "than ever before In Ite Malory for a like period; the population haa been nearly doubled since 1900 and la rapidly . In creasing. The water of Parley's canyon can-yon which was got in 1893 haa been the only Increase to the supply and -although there was a scarcity of water last year, the greatest famine was In 189 and 1890. "The trouble at that time was that the feeding pipes were' too small and the water ran to waste at the reservoirs. reser-voirs. Many of the feeds have since been enlarged and this source of the trouble overcome to a great extent, but there are still thirty-eight miles of pip- Ing In the system that Is four Inches and under that ahould be replaced by plpea of not leas than six Inches In diameter. Where the population Is thick a small pipe, no matter what the pressure pres-sure or volume of water may be, will not supply them. Present Water Supply Large. The water supply ia very large at present and the heavy snowfall of the past winter ahould keep It' well up. The twenty-five sprinkling carta now In operation op-eration have a scarcely noticeable effect In pulling down the water In the resef-voira." resef-voira." In thla connection lit Hlnea say that all the sprinkling this season will be done In the day time. There will be altogether, al-together, with the ten new carta provided pro-vided for by the City Council, thtrty-eight thtrty-eight sprinklers In dally use this summer. sum-mer. There has been much complaint to the department In the past In regard to night sprinkling, but that Is not the only reason for abolishing the practice. It Is a question of economy to the city. Many persons in th district sprinkled at night complained of the noise, say. Ing they were kept awake all night. One man swore that a cart had loaded water from a hydrant in front Qf his houae fifty tlmea during the nlgbt, when by actual count the hydrant referred to had been used but sixteen times. Admitting that the noise may be dls. agreeable to light aleepera It la not all that It la Imagined to be, Th depart-! depart-! ment, however, haa found that 90 per rent of the accident! to horsea and wagon hav happened at night and that th sprinklers, owing to the dark . fiesi and th fact that the drivers ar not watched, accomplish but half aa much aa by daylight. And for that re, son as well aa th other, ntght aprlnk ling will b don away with this sum. mr. |