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Show Sea Water for Street Sprinkling. Many Europenn cities on tho sea-coast sea-coast uso salt water for watering tho public thoroughfares, calling It a waste to mako uso of fresh water for this purpose Thoy aro tho moro satisfied sat-isfied becauso certain properties of sea water ellmlnato the necessity of frequent fre-quent applications. On tho othor hand, salt water exerts a very destructive Intluenco on tho paint and varnish of vehicles and merchants affirm that tho salt Is found overywhero and that Its dellqucsccnco Is attonded with hnrmful results. And again, salt water Is destructive to tho pipes and metallic fittings, and tho leakage of tho pipes kills vegetation In streets, parks and gardens. |