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Show I EXTENDING I I THE WATER I : MAINS I ; i H , J The waterworks department is bo- H day 'making connections for the West H I Ogilec -water system and the main on H , Wall avenue, near Twenty-fourth H , street. The pipe lino to the west H i1 side of the city has been completed H and tho water will be turned Into H H hc.mnin within the next few days. H i Foreman Taylor says the West Og- H ' j don main will bo tested Friday or H I Saturday and that, by tho first of next H i ! v.-eok, tho main wf:l bo tapped to make H ' rcnnccticus with residences west of H , Use river. A number of applications H j ! for connections have been made by H H residents of the section covered by H i ,, the new main, but they could not be H j ' iL granted until such time as it is con- H !l I sldored proper and safe to turn the H -I ! water into tho big main. H 'I ' It is stated by Superintendent H ' Kircher that within tho next two 1 I f v;eeks the placing of the large water. H I main on Twenty-third street. bc- H ' a tweon Pierce and Washington avc- H ' Tiuca, will be begun nnd that it will H 1 be completed as early as possible. H J I Thjis mraiiB the double maining of H ( j he waterj-ptom from the reservoirs H at the hontl-of Twenty-third streot, to B 1 . the (center of the city, connecting H ' vilh the distributing system of the 1 I waterworks. H was- orlglnallycon- 1 Moinji'.atcd to builj this second main M l fi'nm; the reservoir to tho distributing 1 r.y.-.tem qn Quincy avenue. H Tito upper part of tjio main will B 1)3 20 inches in diameter, the biddlo H 1S inches, n-nd that connecting with M 11m Washington main will be 16 H ' i . luchos in bI.c. H J ; Water main extensions also are be- Hl r ins rnndo on Twelfth street, east from Hl T.Vcshlnrton avenue, Uterc being about M , ' j .h.flo blockpHx) be placed. The pipe Hj I r In thiu extension will be only 2 inch- M cs in diameter. H r' Artec tlie Twolfth street extension Hj 1? mflde, tho department will turn Its H n attention to tho placing of a (Much H mala in the Ogden cemetery. Hj J Other irrrprovements will follow dur- Bv 1 ing ' the soaHon. The superintendent H i ! and members of tho waterworks com- H , mlttoo say this will bo a very active H ; I year 'In waterworks extensions. Hl nA- |
