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Show COOL NIGHTS t If INCREASE J WATER f " Tho cooler weather of the past few jL ,f ! days has aided much in augmenting ifc j the water supply for the city and It HU . has also had a tendency to assist in Spr maturing of field and garden crops, HB '" The days have been comparatively 1 warm, but, the temperature falling In H the evening and during the night, has H. added to the humidity of the atruos- phere, and reduced the consumption of H , water In the city. B " Up to the time of tho change in H ,( temperature, the crops wero withering H i and the city water supply was so low H ; 'that the situation was serious. For a H : l ' number of weeks Ogden river has bcon HiK. j) as dry as a bono ,below the mouth of H r "1 the canyon and tho prospects have H j 3 been that thoro could bo no escape H j from loss of crops. There being no Hf.j reserve water In the country, it seem- Hl.fl 1 ed inevitable that tho drouth would Kjj J devastate the country to a great ox- i I j At one time there was less than '' three feet of water In tho cliy res- Kjg H orvolr, which would soon have been B I exhausted had a big fire started. B$ ' The supply at this timo, hovover, is Bf a little larger than tho demand and Ji ' the water is rising in the reservoir. H;'i '( There is a slight leakage In the old IS ' pipe at tho mouth of Ogden canyon ;j i I which cann be remedied, Superintend- Klr Dnt- Kircher says, until the water call - be turned into Cold Water canyon B i" conduit and tho old pipe cleaned and H , repaired. 1 The connection between tho new conduit and the old pipe will be made " at the mouth of Cold Water canyon as soon as there is a sufficient supply oi water to fill the two reservoirs. H i , Tills done and the entire flow of ij U water can be turned through the new B ! Pll'C and the old one slushed out and r; repaired Were it not that the city ft built the new pipe line this year, the i ' problem of repairing and cleaning the K ' old one, and still keep the water flow- K I ing through the city distributing sys- K! tem, would be a complicated and scri- Bj ! ous one. But with the additional pipo K j in place, it will not be difficult to H j make the needed repairs and still sup- H J ply the city with water. V ll nn |