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Show START TESTS I AT CHY WELLS Preliminary Efforts Satisfactory Satisfac-tory But Work Will Be Continued With more than a 'score of engl- j titer, government representatives, and, l-i ofes!ors watching, the flrdt tests, to determine whether or not the city iter supply can be Increased through! ,.). i- i pnased air, were opened) i ilday aitrnoon at the city wells. , lie .tests have not reached tJio point Mher. any decided Indication of an ; liioraaaed supply us vlda'ct, but n .. i lls in cnarga announced lliat .'tilings lo'jkc I ironilsiiig." I LOW I.NCKI.AxKD. Air under great pressure was forced dowi one of ihc einallei wells during f.if afternoon and proved mat a greater great-er tlow can be given tmough ltn use. i he Iiuw from tne well was Imnitdi-itely Imnitdi-itely incr-ased to neat iy double, when Lh pressure was applied. This, how t. does not solve tne iiuestion which 'iiie englnceia want to determine. They v lint to know to what exte.it the flow Van be Inoroaaed for us..' tiuring a pc-. pc-. lod of years ana also endeavor to dc-i.-rminc how lurge :i body of wutei Jt locked in a subterranean lake which j oelieved to be below the wells. '1 he final determination of the size of ino body of watei below the wells will depend upon frequent tests made on the wells not being accelerated, i while compressed air Is being forced down unotlier well, according to L.. M. ' U insor, representing the go crnmciirt 'tnrough the L nlted States department! of agriculture. If the normal flow 1 1 oni tne tells not being forced Is, tously effected by the forcing of one j I well, it is an indication that the body j !u( water beneath Is not large, he sald.j ili they flow at normal for a long pe-i , mi while the tlow of ono Is oelug ! accelerated by conipiessed air, an in-.i in-.i .ation c-an bo had that the body Is jj ,i;;c and can be made to gle up an unlimited supply of water to Ogden ,,i future years. I . A. c. TAKES PART. The government experiment station .'t the Utah Agricultural college Is It iking an important part In the tc3ts land tne equipment used In pumping i lis loaned from this source. I-Jxpeitsl are also furnished by the agricultural! college and the government. With their co-operation, the city is com-I com-I pi lied to pay but a comparatively IK ma 11 Jum for the carrying on of the tests. The Ogden tests are considered Important Im-portant and nre being carefully waU lieu li-eu by tngineeis throughout tne country, coun-try, due to the fact mat this is the fust endeavor In the W'cst to increase the water supply of a city through the I compressed air pumping system. The: final results will probably determine whether other cities will use the Bame system to Increase their supply of . uter. CL.OSELY WATCHING TESTS, City oiflolais are iilno watching the tests with interest. Upon the results will be decided whether Ogden ran obtain a large flow of water for years to come at a small cost, or whether huge sums will have to be expended In developing a project in Soutli Kork I canyon. Monday the engineers will move the! machinery to the largest city well and! a spectacular sight is promised when the flow Is accelerated so that it w ill throw a larg stream of water In the au' no |