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Show MUST BE SEVERE TO END THE LUST Of WATER HOGS For th pur oss of devisina' ways and means to prevent th wast of water a meeting of th waterworks committee of tha city council will b held tomorrow afternoon, at which tlm tt I expected an ord Inane will b drafted for submission to th city council next Monday Blent. - Bom tlm ax Superintendent Hobday mad an appeal to th water uasrs of the city not to wast water. This was responded to by a number of users, but others failed to take inv notice at It. Within the last week or two the situation situa-tion has become serious. At times there Is scarcely a drop of water to-h had from th tap on th north and east benches, and In case of fire the department depart-ment would be serlouslv crippled. Superintendent Super-intendent Hobday has announced sprinkling sprink-ling districts, but this does not seem to meet the situation, people continue to wsste the water aa In the past. The superintendent su-perintendent haa suggested that an ordinance ordi-nance be passed Imposing a Ane for the first violation of $6 or $10 and Imprisonment Imprison-ment for the second and subsequent of-Tenses. of-Tenses. Members of th. committee as well as members of the city council ere understood to bs In favor of th proposed pro-posed ordinance, and tt la believed that II will b passed with but little opposition. opposi-tion. The cttv Is now divided Into two sprinkling sprink-ling districts, the eastern and western. The former district eovers all that part of th city seat of the east aid of Third Bast from the city Mmlts. oa the south, to South Temple street, weet to State street snd north to the city limits. In this district dis-trict sprinkling may be done bewecn the hours of 3 and p. m. The western dls-trice dls-trice comprise all that part of th city weet of the boundary named and In It prink ling may be done between the hours of I i. m. and 11 a. m. Thirty minute min-ute ar allowed - to each 100 yards of lawn. |