Show c t. t HYDRANTS ARE DRY t ON CAPITOL HIll HIlli I t i Residents Get G No o Water to tc Drink or for Other f Purposes t IS IS WORSE THAN A YEAR AGO Hobday's Men Give Many y r J. J Answers fc for Lack of I I Moisture t I If you ou 11 live 0 on Capitol Hill and w want wantI nt tk I a 11 drink you ou can cnn bless the American i party and anti go 0 thirsty t 11 I i t. t Al t least that i Is the way the former ti-i ti water users are arc feeling about the matter matter mat mat- ter now no antI and have been for Ot moro more than thana r l a week They tiro called former wa- wa c users for they the have seen little to I- I use foi fOJ about ten days dayH and no lie hopes h are arc held out by the tho minions who are arc J 1 over o the Iho city waterworks department t. t More than half haIr a n dozen families on a. a 0 bot both boti l si sides cs of or Ill I street ct from Second t r North orta to Fourth North have havo been without water for Cor ten days das except at al p odd times limes through h tho day when a afew 4 few drops camo came out to lo show that tile the I N J t. t pipes arc are not entirely dry r The are aro dry r and amI becoming yellow un under tinder cr 1 tile burning rays o of the sun there is uio ho no water for or cooking purposes unless is you roLl ou walk down dOl to lo the thc little store a at i Apricot PIlcot and Center streets where water water wa wa- ter is running all right c Get Gel An t u Mil y Tho residents along Wall Vall all street are arc 14 about out of patience The They could I stand It for a n few days thinking that tha something had liati gone hune wrong somewhere t w but bUl when It kept up for more than a week with no satisfaction from the waterworks wa wn- f. f tern department and no apparent consideration from tho the officials thereof t j 1 wives began to talk louder and lon longer er J L J than usual and husbands began to bestir bo- bo 1 r stir themselves f E There was not nol much concern on the I part of the husbands husban R so lon long as dinner 1 was there on time lime The did not nol think much about the fact that the wife had harl I to walk a n block or more to get water for that inca meal But nut finally the wives t tI i revolted there was no supper and no nu water to drink and then thell the thc husband took look notice Many Ian were the Iho protests sent to lo the city waterworks department and for or er c every kick there was a new answer It Il should be remarked at nl this stage that each and e cr every o of the waterworks waterworks water water- works department especially those of the office force orce should receive a CarS Carnegie Car Car- S nc negie negle lc medal meritorious lying S hr Used it All One Olin woman called that department departmentS t S over o the telephone and Indignantly de demanded tic tic- to know why she and aid her husband hus lies band hand were paying a l water ta tax and andS S were not getting water Its Ils too bad ball said the waterworks I. I clerk cieri but the people below you arcS are arc S S using the water vater I 1 We 0 know that hilt but h why cant can't have c sonic too They're- They're paying no ii U irl Mc me are S No 00 But lut when they arc using it we cant can't force orce It Il up to you Of course that thai helps a whole lot when good mone money has been paid fur for or water vai wa wa- i ter anti and nothing comes in return r Another clerk cleric told an Inquirer that on Center street people were letting S water rater run tin ough h ho hose o without and that there were hydrants along the street with water vater running full blast There was a troubled answer when the tho department was WI asked Wil why wy this IlLis was not nol stopped If It IL knew all an about aboul It Worm ur H 11 Y 14 r. r 5 j f. f Residents on Capitol Hill declare that S t the water famine this year ear Is even on i i m 7 worse than It was a acal ago It Il did kj t not start last year car late in Iii the 1 l S summer and the fact that the they are aro J A alrea already falling falling- to get et water In Indicates S. S i. i t. t to them that thal tiey will have none nono during dur dur- rz III lug ing the whole summer unless the waterworks waterworks wa wa- f. f department wakes up Ul anti and J docs does something for fOl tile the lesl residents In III 5 5 i that thal section of or the thc city cilY 5 S The Tue residents were ere toM lold that hint none of or of'S S 'S the the houses on Capitol Hill Hili were gelling getS get gel S tin ling water that thal It could not nol be hc forced forced'S v S 'S up p there And then the they gazed ga out outI I across their back bael yards and saw three large sprays on the Capitol grounds 5 That started some seine more talking S. S I The rite water waler goes 0 of off some limes times at 5 r I o'clock and sometimes earlier Then when It 11 j 1 needed most there Is la nothing noth noth- S big ing doing The rile residents either go goS o without or lIr walk onto some other S 5 where thc they find the thc water waier flow flow- r III ing Then the water comes back for 1 sk l spell pell at 9 tI o'clock und and sometimes re remains remains te re- mains on oil for or the rest o of the nightS night night- J that t Is 18 so far as ns the residents know S r S Many n complaints have ha been made malle but the users can not get gt lt even Veil promises prom troll from the tho waterworks department |