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Show RESTRICTED USE OF WATER " ', ' Superintendent Kircher of the waterworks wa-terworks department Btates that the Cold Water Canyon Bupply of water will bo turned Into the new conduit tomorrow. to-morrow. Tho conduit has beeu completed, with tho exception of a little work of readjustment It is expectod that j the pipe will be found to bo In perfect per-fect condition when tho wntor is turned turn-ed in, and that the backs-filling at places where the plpo has been left open for testing purposes, will be undertaken un-dertaken and accomplished immediately. immediate-ly. The Moran compnny begins the placing plac-ing or concrete In 'reservoir No. 1, and a double shift will be worked In order to expedite matters and finish the work as nearly as possible on contract con-tract time. Tho contract calls for tho completion of the Work Juno 11, but it is certain that It cannot be done earlier ear-lier than Juno 20. Some delay has been occasioned by the recent storms, and delays of other nature have slightly slight-ly retarded progress Tho Twenty-third street water main will be completed before the reservoir reser-voir is' concreted, the trench having been dug and the main laid to a point a half a block above Harrison avenue. There are about five more blocks of main to lay, and Mr. Kircher Kir-cher says that the fotce of men on the Job at this time Is placing about a block of plpq each day. Pipe connections and regulators are here, and a telegram this morning gives tho Information that tho valves have been shipped and will rench Ogden Og-den within the next day or two. Beginning Thursday, restricted use of city water will bo maintained through tho balance or the season. Mr. Kircher says that a great deal of wa-terl wa-terl s being wasted at this timo and that most of tho wator users are not comphlng with the regulations regarding re-garding the use to which tho cltv water wa-ter may be put He says that main-are main-are using the water for gardens, back yards and almost every other thing to which wator may be applied The single main along Twenty-fifth street Is taxed to Its capacity and It Is with difficulty that 80-pounds pressure Is maintained The superintendent eavs it is imperative that the restrictions designated by tho advertisement in tho paper and the printed notice sent to the consumers bo complied with. The officers of the wnter department say that a violation of the regulations will be the menns of the consumer forfeiting for-feiting his water right and tho taps entering his place will be closed. No-tlco No-tlco of an infraction of the regulations regula-tions will be given, but tho next offense of-fense will bo punishable by turning off the water. The regulations for sprinkling of lawns are as follows: All consumers east of Adams avenue, ave-nue, will Bpringle from C to S a. m and from 5 to (3:30 p. m. Consumers west of Adams avonuo, Including the west side of the avenue, will sprinkle from Slol0a.ni, and from 0:30 to S p. m. This regulation will be in effect until un-til October 1, 1911. |