THE CITY WATER SUPPLY.
NEED FOR ECONOMY. A warning against the waste of city watei is seasonable jiist .now. ~.Mr. W. H. Morton, City Engineer, is afraid'that there may bo. a-, serious shortage if tho* present dry weathqi continues muijv,longer. His-department is doing everything "possible to-conserve the;.: supply,- but municipal effort- needs; toj >be : " backed by private carofulness. Consumers- '■ should soo that all ;their..-.taps and fittings " uro in proper order, and any necessary re-v----pairs should be effected .without delay. It.is, doubtless, generally known .that tho use of a ' garden hoso in connection -with -the city.; supply is a punishable, offence,; except where,' a motor.-is installed. , There strong temptation- to -pour tlio. refreshings spray upon one's drooping .'flowers' and lan- , guisliing .vogeta,l)|es, but, if. it is,.not possible,.to refrain, it ivould-- botjdvisablo .to.-use a watering-can. Otlierwiso there is .a /risk- of having to . face a pitiless Inspector: and a coldly impartial'Magis^rate.'',-Already, many., residents 911 tho higher Jovck.afo not getting water duriiig a part of tho. day. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 2
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164THE CITY WATER SUPPLY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 92, 11 January 1908, Page 2
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