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Show RESERVOIRS FILLED TO Ogden has more water today than ever before, 'in Its history, and the fl:c Insurance undenvr.ters may feel asMnVd that If a fire should occur today to-day Ijie fire department would have, the -l.e3t pressure and tbe greatest sr.pplv of water that It has ever had. . The new reservoir, recently concreted con-creted and placed In the best possible 1 condition for the reception of water from the mountains, is full to the brim, and it contains about 18,(on,000 gallons. Th? use for water has been greatly lessened during the past few days of o-ol nights and a little rain, so that the supply at the re?eru'r has been In excess of the demand. Tio reservoir has been filled and there is now a little water being tinned into the "throw -off" pipes. Tho city has never before had a reservoir capacity of more than 'i,,no,Of) gallons, and when the old reservoir was filled the lire lighters had only about a third as ir. ich water wa-ter at iheir comma ml as they have today. The waterworks department is rejoicing re-joicing ihat the pressure Is high and that the water Is plentiful. At no distant time a double Intake to the reservoir will be provided and a double conduit system will lead to the distributing system of the c.ty. |