Show ANOTHER LEAK LEAI IN CITY'S BIG BIGOne NEW NET RESERVOIR One more l leak ak has developed inthe in inthe inthe the Fifth South new reservoir constructed con by the city on the Fort Douglas military r reservation at a ac acost acost c cost st of As a result of ot the discovery of this leak the engineers are gradually drawing off art the tw twenty nty feet of at water in the reservoir reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir through the waste gates In this way the city officials hope to determine Just where the leaks are They have already drained five feet of the water from the reservoir reservoir reser reser- voir taking It down to approximate approximate I ly the tM ground level Repairs they I Isay say will wm be made as fast as the leakages leakages leak leak- ages can be definite located The first leak in the reservoir was discovered several weeks ago when water was turned into the new reservoir for the fi first t time At that time a crack developed In the southwest side of ot the reservoir and anda a big leak resulted The waste gates were opened and the water hurriedly drawn off Repairs Repairs Re Re- pairs were authorized and carried out under the direction of the city engineer S Since then the he city en en- eL nas conducted tn 1 I nas conducted tn a close inspection in with the view to locating any other possible detects defects The second leak was discovered yesterday According to Sylvester Q Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non city engineer this leak is nothIng nothing noth noth- ing lug unusual and might be expected in preparing any new reservoir of the same type for useI useI use I 1 have not been to the reservoir today said Mr Cannon but I presume presume pre pre- sume that they are experiencing no nomore nomore nomore more trouble The leak discovered yesterday is nothing unusual Simi Stint Similar Similar lar leaks would be encountered in inthe inthe inthe the expansion joints of any similar reservoir The first leak might have been caused by filling the reservoir too I rapidly for the first time Ume Some of the work of the contractor too was not satisfactory and this might have been responsible in a way for the leak leale i There is ia nothing to tobe be alarmed about It is necessary to go over the reservoir in filling mUng it so as to see that all of the Joints are water watertight tight |