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Show INSTALL PUMP AT CITY-WELLS With the arrival Saturday of a large ! air compressor, the first pf trie machinery mach-inery to he Installed at ihe i rt--la n well- :n ugden canyon, to increase lgden'8 water supply, was placed In position todaj Additional machinery Is now expected to arrive dally from the east and cliy officials hop the equipment will he operation b June l Tests made by experts during the last three years have shown that the water supply can he materially m-cre.(sed m-cre.(sed through the forcing of air into th welli ;eologlsts are of the opinion that there is a large sui)-terranean sui)-terranean lake beneath the wells whit h contains an almost Inexhaustible Inexhaust-ible supply and Cgden will be provided pro-vided with sufficient wate fot ycHrt if the air ompresslon system Is in-' in-' stalled The system Is to be Installed at a cost of approximately $3i0fi which If it proVes successful1, will mean an Immense saving to the citj hi h would otherwise be forced to develop ,a costly project in South Fork n- 1 yon. it Is said I Inspector will be sent out through the city this week to check on water wastage and orders have heen issuer to shul off the SUP pi) from residences where violations of the sprinkling regulations reg-ulations are discovered. Inspector will report residence- where lawns are be-Ing be-Ing sprinkled without nozzles on the hoses and .shere water Is being used for lawns outside the regular hours set foith In the regulations. The large wooden water conduit which carries a portion of the ciiy supply down gden canyon to the t Ity reservoir will be i eady for action tomorrow, to-morrow, repairs having been made during the last two eeks. With this line out of order the water In the reservoir has rapidly fallen. Mayor Frank Francis said this morning that workers on the city pipe line bays discovered danger of a lami Slide I point just below the Hermitage Hermit-age where tons of earth slid into the road last spilng dammed the river for a few hours and dameged several cottages cot-tages The earth at this point Is said to ho alowlv sliding, due to a thorough thor-ough saturation of water which comes from 'he snow on the peaks higher up. |