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Show TEST LIBERTY PARK WATER. I rr, . . I i.l : 1 1... jne wsiennasier siispentis sprinKiinj; ana oe-secehes oe-secehes the people to be mont economical in the use of water. In view of this it is' clear that the city engineer should be sent out to fix reservoir sit.'s to catch and hold water when there is a surplus. This city is only jimt beginning to grow, and the water supply must be kept in advance of the growth. And right now is the time when h Ihor-ougTi Ihor-ougTi lest 'should de made oF the water hiippTy alxive Liberty park. It would not cost much to set and operate night and day a pump there for a month. That would demonstrate whether there is an inexhaustible supply there or not. If there is. it should be so fixed that at any time when needed it can reinforce the natural flow of the present water supply. Suppose a case. Suppose we have but little rainfall for two months to come. Then supposu we have a cold snap like the one we went through some twenty-four or twenty-five years ago, when the gas froze in the pipes. What would become of the water supply and what would be-come be-come of the city if a fire should start when heavy gale waa blowing T That Liberty park water might, if available, he the salvation of a dozen blocks of the city. That water supply should be tested, on the same principle that a man insures his prop, erty. |