Show city fres fresh water due to american ingenuity resourcefulness of an american will give aden arabia a supply of fresh water for the first time in its history heretofore the only supply for or drinking and household purposes pur posca ta in the settlement has been distilled tea sea water many attempts have been made to obtain fresh witter I 1 in n recent years but not until last february when an american well in the employ of the bombay government succeeded la in tapping an underground reservoir bag a R supply adequate tor for the needs of aden been obtained the american erected a large modern rn drill at sheikh othman a village on the arabian mainland malala od and connected with sith ad aden en eight ir miles illes away by a narrow esth isthmus mus dad and bored until water struck the present plan Is to pipe the water lato aden and store it in reservoirs for distribution to the city an adequate water ater supply and sewerage system eventually will be installed |