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Show INSPECTING WELLS FOR THE CITY WATER The city board of commissioners is spending the day at the artesian wells near Huntsville making an inspection. in-spection. The commissioners will also al-so consider the plans for the Intake for the 36-Inch wood stave watermaln which will connect with tho 24-inch -steel main at tho power dam While the mayor has not visited the wells since he was taken ill last fall, it has been reported to him that tho flow in all of the thirteen wells has been constant, and that there is no evidence of diminution The commissioners will take into consideration the proposition of driving driv-ing an experimental well with two or four-inch casing to a depth of about 500 feet to determine whether there is a flow of water at a greater depth than that of the present wells. Tho city now has Its own well-driing ma chinery and can drive wells at a lesser les-ser expense than before. |