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Show WATER WORKS TEST. ft Takes Two large Shams Six i!n:ir.s to fmpli lhn Iti'Ni'toir. The other morning when the firemen were out they gave our water system a thorough test. Kor between live and six hours they had two streams from inch nozzles constantly pouring on tho streets before there was any perceptible diminution of the force. It took that length of time lo exhaust the 150,000 gallons of water in the reservoir. Thai would have knocked sky-high a pretty good yized fire. There was but a very small stream Mowing into the reservoir during the test. |