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Show City Creek Water, for domestic Use ; Turned Into Pipe Water for domestic purpose which haa for more than forty year been exposed to contamination contamina-tion aa It ran a diatance of 1000 feet down City Creek canyon, waa diverted di-verted Into an Inclosed conduit at noon today when Mayor Neelen In the presence of city officials and several gueeta turned- the valve at tho head of the new pipe -lino. Juat before the water was sent Into the new conduit Superintendent Superintend-ent of Waterworks H. K. Burton explained ex-plained that the Improvement recently re-cently completed will eliminate one screening station and ehlorlnation station and sav the expense of everel caretaker and at the aame time insure pur water for culinary purpose to the user In Bait Lak. Th installation of th new vaiv dnd pipe line was done at a coat of ftlS.00 and wilt pay for ItaeJf In five yeara by the saving to the city la maintenance alone, it 1 said. Th valv wa opened In the presence of the following city officials offi-cials and other interested spectators: specta-tors: Mayor Keslen, Commissioner T. T. Burton. Dr. U. R. Stewart and A. R. Barnes. City Attorney W. H. Folland. City Tree surer Robert X. Youcy. Superintendent of Waterworks Water-works Burton, P. J. Mo ran. Chief of th nr Department W. H. Bywa-ter. Bywa-ter. Chief of Police Joeeph E. Bur. bldge. other officer and employe of the city, newspsper men and others oth-ers Invited a guests ef the, city ; commission. |