Show OGDEN CITY WITHOUT WATER W A T J R BREAK IN THE RIPE PIPE LINE INTHE IN THE CANYON I 1 pressure in city mains was too low to serve for fire purposes A defective section in the main fe feed ed pipe of the city reservoir gave way at the oaks yesterday and unless it Is Tep repaired alred by night ogden will be without water at noon the pressure was only thirty pounds a decrease of fifty pounds the pipe burst without warning warn ing A great volume of water rushed down the mountain side carrying dirt and boulders into the river the city office of the ogden waterworks Water works company was at once notified and with a force of workmen manager larcher hastened to the oaks all last night work went on arid and this morning a new shift relieved the tired laborers mr krcher stated that he would have a naw ne w section in by evening so that it may not be necessary to shut off the w water ater from the city mains I 1 every water elevator in the city was forced to go to the bottom of its shaft before 9 a m office men climbed to their quarters by the old fashioned method and although there was much grumbling the stairways could not bo be avoided the pressure fell uniformly over the city the fire st atlon station except with tho the engine was useless at 12 as the hose could not throw a stream of water to the root roof of the first story sprinkling was discontinued last and the company is economizing and u aging consumers to bo be as careful as possible until the break Is repaired the level of the water in the reservoir fell gradually until it was feared that it would bo be entirely emptied from the office of the company word was wag sent out to users in the business district advising them to fill tanks and prepare for several hours of empty mains with kircher and a large force of at the oaks however it may not be necessary to stop slop the dran on the reservoir on account of af tho the air which fills thu pipes when the water wat er runs out it is a serious condition when a reservoir is emptied tho the pressure of the air and water when again a full stream Is turn ed in often Is the cause of many breaks in the pipes and dirty water for sev eral days rather ta than I 1 an run the risks attendant upon such a condition the company will shut the valves at the reservoir until tte new pipe line has be been on placed water was turned into the pipe line a at t I 1 p m at 1230 0 sections of ther the bench were out of water and below the pressure became decaine so BO low that it would hardly irce force the liquid to the surface the b abrich will not be supplied again until tonight as it will take hours to fill the reservoir air which was emptied before the break could be repaired |