, 1881-08-12
THE WATER FAMINE.
The Town Of Lake People Still
Suffering for Lack OF the
Crystal Fluid.
The Maksshifts to Which They Are
Compelled to Resort-The
sprinkling-Carts.
il.aaeui for ths Psmins-orasii1tag Progress
with the Nov Pamplng.Werks-The
FulurA Supply.

,.,,. ~. x.,x n.~..n. ,y..t. ~.
Wlta tQe NOW rumpnB'HoskS-lao 81
fasuIa oaP2H'
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Tho unprecedented scarcity Of watcr at tho
and, what Is worse, n thero ' Il no in'ueis;o sD
prospect Of ehssse TOR m tic ., better. 4 rn.n.ss
poroo ., sbo city, city ,o.esy Ia fouud tho ss"o "e
week aro, The roposter's urst impression, when
he rcaehcd Tho stoor. Yards wa, Ihnt rcIiof I'M" ha
sotnehnw boon afforded, as cct-sprtnklcr
was buslty engaged III u1oIstouEnY tho dusty
streets, but inquiry OF NUMEROUS citizens cstut-
1uea ~. ~ s"o .aot sua. Nv w".or .s'nlno VIZ wne
carrying discomfort and Inconvenience TO thut@
sands Of people. Although an occasional f,re-
pug could ,.Ia bo fonna that would give forth
too feeble TO cRrry tho water oven into tho tlrst
ssor,cs NJ hoHsc.. and N" ,,eonia ,rcro i;,ni.nd
to what they could catch during tho night. In
many places nj water would run at all. and in
WIS M endcnyortnF Of AZ 10 rcuunS sho distress % to
minimum by furnishing families With watcr
1n9so Snas e easFs shem through tho Days rc9ufo'
~ "N'
a cuNlous s!0nr
@ Il %isnf e. xan III
mattn ca!L. Tnts. Of coursc, was dope without
coat 70 tho oons!lmcrs. as they had paid their
i,uld for culinary and abl4.onary parpo.os
peopie were t,tsposed 70 make the hest Sr tae
,lIetiop. . but therc wore many cotnpatnts that
tho drivos and tiowor-eods OF South pArk ought
70 ,4 eo p!'t On shortor allowance. The
yast nerds OF HYa-slock thRt Wcro
Snaaed 1ns9 soo Rens a. iae st9Ss. Ss.
motithcti tao WatoTtnT- teoughs. unty to IND ia
unsatisfyng drink, fdr tho sYater had boer cx-
posed e the tieres rays q . dos:day aun uat!!!
i,itoo,siy 40 shey turned ava away from % tho tanta.
liztnc titauVht, Hut oyon this vns eagerly swai-
fsou, tSg,s ia,pssoumont % II, thc crowded oattio.
flowing from tho nqas ar,esan m wois III 4 ehs con.
Tn,, W. ~, 70 urco,rTrn vor,,v .nry ,rss
TIiE FLOW 1s nEcoal1No No!lcEAnLi LESS.
my consiierable extont, tho Situation III at tho
snd Psoxs sSysrs Siox e @ {ast + aish,y \, , il:
works 10 meet its requirements.
on sss ssS S %heSa2 aS &c; ssc uS
w@sss Hns; to keep their onsIns aonx and ho" much
day. = o eet Ts cse1 eSss
we are almost afraid to AK for the blu"
r II J. Go11rnt ant T. snpqrntonopt tI ID ot tho
found ut his otlc0, figuring out some of tho do
tails Of the proposed increase In tho water sup
Ply What. l.. nm nroc,.o s,,,,. ., ~, xotor<,n.
ply, Mr. Coiburn7" askcd THE TM1nuNn HUME OK Ok.
ploTfprh. hov, booo NJ v,rk ,or two, .,,xs ,nd
n,rhta." wos he renly' Stryinr to solve tso Jjf.
niusint, ~ vat. 1 havo Gogn Of the unjnion that
tiora ,sas ~
e,,o,,,.ov r., ,r,,r ,,.rva
b!orfAoS ~ THE MAINS
hctweon M hyde Park md the Stock Yards. and
recent experiments. We thought II wo couid
shut on :llsde Park tor 9 few hours It
Yarsls, and we rcadlly secured !la co1poratlono Of
the Trustees OF tho Town Of HyIe Park. Wc
accordingly for tho last two nights shut OF tho
water fr1ta Hyde Park batWoen tho hours OF 0
Hnd alf; 70 ocLook Whss %skcs II Jf' ;n1
sno HE out;et' was in foroe The gage at tho Water.
tho proasurg ut EnEsnwood WIS eikhtcon, aud Ut
tao s!SoS Yards !; ns dow to sefo 80 our
our supply BY cutting on HYDE rnrk was con:
cerncd. 1 aha4 continue tho Investigation. and
nav tNlAxihlr find 0tStruEttuD, thOfO Ia n