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Show Wnter Mciuiircmcnts Made. l'rlce Water company has recently cuunvd a measurement to bo made by an engineer from Halt I-nk City, sent hero for thin purpose He round that on tho rirnt or this month (August) the city was using I.O76.08O gallons or water or 739.0IS gallons more than It la entitled to. Tho water company states that when the canal Is running full the city Is entitled to 689.472 gallons every ev-ery twenty-four hours, while nt low wnter. which was the condition when the measurement was made this month, but 340,043 gallons In twenty-four twenty-four hours belongs to tho city. At full capacity the l'rlce Water company canal carries 33.91 second-feet second-feet of water. Of this I'rleo Water company owns 10.31 second. feet! All-red All-red Ditch company, 8.33 second-feet and Wellington Canal company, 6.30 second-feet. However, tho above are tho figures of the l'rlce Wntor company com-pany only. If tho city council causes a measurement meas-urement to be made and a weir placed to measure the city's water, there may be a different complexion to the entire water controversy. |