Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-01-26 | Page 10 | Frost Troubles Make Water Scarcity

FROST TROUBLES MAKE WATER ATER SCARCITY SCAR TY Water Department Gets Appeals for Help Thaw Hinders Hinde s. s I At noon today thero there s still T remained 47 41 cares ot of frozen water mains m and t con connections n. n to bo be thawed by th the tha waterworks del department The work of or tho the thawing crews yesterday was offs oU t l by by additions to the tho list reported this morning Warmer means mens a a. thaw and uch such a condition means n continued trouble I fear feare e are not out of ot the woods yet said sald F F. F C. C Darrett Barrett superintendent of tho the Warm arm weather I city's wat water r SY system rn drives drivE's the frost trost lower In round ana mains mama arid and connections connection that have havo not pot been frozen will wUl be then That will mean another an an- l other uther temporary ni rueh i h This Is condition I Is sr greatly to be he re- re doing nil all that thal we MB l d hut but we are to remedy It It saul said Commissioner hue Shearman Up to 0 o'clock lust lost night there thero were sixty eight ht cases W eat it of ot Main street to tobe tobo tobo bo be thawed One thawing crew started d working In that t section this morning anti ami will remain there until every ery case caso has lias been attended to There are cases north of or FI First st t South and antl ast of or Main street and cases I routh of ot First South and cast east of oC Main aln street requiring atten auen ton tion Reports received until noon today had bad not been segregated These figures do not Include two blocks on on Roosevelt a avenue that t are arc reported frozen It Is estimated that about p people and probably moi-c moi have c be been n arce affected b bythe by bythe the freezing of or mains and house Where blocks have havo been frozen up the inconvenience Inon has h been great and the tho carrying of or water for household use has become come an nn absolute necessity during tho the past few rew days dars One Ono machine machino is at work in the tho northeast part of or the city today toda find and tonight two 1 wilt will start thawing In the tho southeast Today's Today's To To- days day's addition to the already long Ions list will probably make It impossible for or the tho waterworks department to reach everyone every every- one this week