CITY WATER SUPPLY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 132, 27 February 1908, Page 9

CITY WATER SUPPLY.

'V ' HOSING OF GARDENS PROHIBITED, 0 I OTHER RESTRICTIONS POSTPONED. "Tliowatei- hua .rccyclcd • inches- in tho ■Waiuiii reservoir,"jlßaid the Mayor (tho,'Hon. T.^W: ;j :Hislop); in;'rejily ; to' si Co.uriciilbf;No ; Xly-ertisempnt,;' he." !idded,; hafeyet' been" publj^tiecl ; . in. of aresohition passed at'-'the last meeting- of tho Council, and-ho'niilJod leave of ; the Council; To'iifxi'./Qidrki iCiJjr. liimtp 'use' ifbnio' ilispretion, iiy. tho enforce- : mont' of^tho.'T^solu.tian.' VHe foh'tinued. thit the\'rate,' .at V'wliicK ; flig: 'water had '.receiJed had teen ".-very, much in.o'ditied'.lby tho action, of ..tlio : cltiz'c'ns : iii • -drjhmisliing their' uso'' of, hope, to jndiice'r a'.further moderato uso of. it,", added the Mayor,i" by interviewing, thoso who havu liftfj' .and. suggesting, at all; ;events ■ iii ;;rcgard^;to : gpods lifts] that: thoy. should only ibOj .usod ouco or twice a day..''':;ln,jthat .way..wj-,liopo to be' able to save,, 0,.g00d deal .of. ,water." Tho Mayor proceeded:. that before tho.. passing ol tho resolution, Sir. J. . Pj .Firth, headmaster of the Wellington; College; li?d desisted from using "water "from J hq_ supply for' 'tho college bath; jn fact, water l)ad not been used for the baths smco Fobruary< 4. ' Tho citizens rally-had- responded "(to the request to cease from sC?cessivo use, ;though -no doubt, hero and. tlieroj-a- few .had.'failed to do so. .In those: cascs-.he; hoped ithey-would be quick to foU<?w/ {the rexampi (i -bf.^the. others,, becauso; oniithe.i.use.'of tnelrawateri . would - depend ''tho. privileges the.• consunjers enjoyed to' be continued, or not i Councillor. G. Slijritcl'ffo: With, tho preBept./ratev.ef long. trill-- tho /iratbrv >st?,;:: N -. : . Tho Mayor: Throe :weelcs. . His Worship added, lntvosplanofyon.-that-. tho would, not he emptied in thac time, becauso the stl'edm coritinndll'running in. ■. " Coilncillor; Murdol'h' suggested that plumhoi's'', should v : b'e,-;enf!:aged . to 1 ' search ''for 1 ..anB 11 attend-to •' '. C^6ancillot?^.fFi6bd^raised- i the "question citizbns usirig. wai.Bf' for their gardens.'-He--quoted o'n<i particutaf instance, where a ra^ 0 (ho: did Wot care tot give' his; name) •hosed'hiSr gardeh'' for : ' Sr ters ■of an houf - tfveff night. -' On inquir^-j ls he..'(Councillor Fish'fr) had;ascertained 'that-the man took thc'rHrater. throjiglv a meter,' t-hat -ho : wa's'-li^f[ly: withm -his 'rights: Fislier.tijcrjjttjht that under- the : pr#!erit ' should prohibit tho use of water even through -a, meter! '' ; .-7n •£•'.'• a''v i i ■ . •

, Tho; Mayor said -this was proposed in cajijifljl, at ';the. lasj 0 5}eeting. .Tli^.^Vnoti/to^^r,\want.-'to^ut'..it'fplly ( into. ,force>,_ ; -. fenpntiy;,.in : somj} wises.. ; ijan such/ asiihai:; cited ■bj iCpuncillor,; Signer;'. should • haye:his. . , lf iT " : ' ratlior■; unfortunate *'they' legally ; stop. the use' of wat-iirjinithisVay;'.' Ho had. tojdi they man . if/,h»-continued -to use thevwafer. he would;.publish* Mi' name;. The' positibh-'MSv-beSoiisi'lig <se'risQs; ' ;■ ) Councillor Biss>»&id. tliatflhciknowpersonaliy; of; a rnaiiAvhco'was l watchng- hiss garden bvery.v night'hvitWoK! hoMoibpis ■ neighbours,;seeing :that -he was? not "Stopped, thought. an ■ excoptioir-wag-ierap; irtddaju and' they were ■ saying that thcscc\v<irooii6t"goi»g'to econo-. mise?!the wateibilf thirttf<lnan.waS' not .com-:-' pelled to. l . :Hof>thotigliit:'tho Press should tako tlio-matter upU'l'ry.: strongly m regard to such>cases:'ld .'>t 1. • :.•

After consulting tho- by-laws, and conferring.: with Mayor moved:—:ii ' : . hereby prohibits tho use- .of 'watHr^j*watering •, gardens by V,! mcni'ns\of/^^o|e^-.this "resolution not to affect,the-.jg§plufip)i passed by tho Conn- . cil-:on F«ggaaj-y| 13, 1903, 111 respect of otrgprdjn^pjiupplies" a ■, Goundillir 'Gwilbor.isaid ho had heard 'a citfeen sayc'iihfit'ho 1 was not-going 'to stop •:gardeii : -'.' a &; long as, the; nater (Tally C > Tho tilayc/r tod the citizen referred'to had flpTbero- >rero *> somo valuable •pkl)M^|l»fe^t^3'-thiie'toUst - ;be\''HraWred JamMkwas: d(sQo;iii'^hci-public.:interest.- '■ ■ ' OWtecillor GirinicbilelShould not the Fire Bi'i{®do afiiJPlßlid>Bay-be asked to bo carcful offlfhe-waSem'.i : Tho Mayor:. Wo will ask everybody to be careful. ' r ; ' - . :ThO'resolutfou- .waiivcarried."' • 1