Show 1 THE CITY atkin WATER AT KIt there has heeti considerable talk on oil the streets the past week concerning the he city water so many ot of our hydrants are freezing and it is causing quite a lot ot of inconvenience the reasons are many and varied ono Js that ti the iq water is very low iu ili the reservoir which caused the pressure to be very light ond nd it is claimed that still water freezes more easily than water it has as a heavy pressure probably the main reason is we have had extremely cold weather and tile the frost has followed the metal pipe down to the curb evid no doubt you will lind find that it Is frozen solid the water main was opened on second north street last saturday in or order der to stop a leal leak anil and it was found that the frost within fourteen inches of the water main thus it Is easy to see that the frost has only gone down from two to three feet put but when there is an iron pipe to follow which is like a conductor the frost will follow it to lo a depth of from six to eight teet feet many more hydrants froze the past week and it Is estimated that there ar are e fully two thirds of the hydrants and taps out ot of commission in tile the city today let us all hope they will thaw out within the next few lays days for none of is as are aarin t to 0 pack water |