Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-09
AS TO WATER.
The Mayor Issues Procla-
nation.
ON TIE SUBJECT OF SPRINKLING

An Exaggerated Report on the Actual
Situation Here-The City Well Supplied
With Water-Weyerhause Denkmann
Unable to do Any Pumping.
In order to prevent the indiscrim-
mate use of water for sprinkling pur-
poses at the present time, Mayor
Medill this morning issued the fol-
lowing proclamation:
Proclamation.
Owing to the immediate prospect
of a water famine in the city of Rock
Island, caused by the low stage of
water in the Mississippi river, and
the incapacity of our inlet pipe to
furnish a sufficient supply to meet
the demands of the water consumers,
we are compelled to take extreme
measures toward regulating the use
OF water until such time as we can
increase the supply. The city coun-
Gil will let the contract tonight for
the construction of 30-inch inlet
pipe to the main channel of the riv-
er, which pipe will be placed in posi-
ton as fast as possible, the contrac-
tors having expressed themselves
willing to work day and night until
completed. In the meantime the
city of Moline has very kindly agreed
to assist us by pumping water into
our mains during certain hours of
the day. and at all times in case of
FIRE, but we do not know how long
such assistance can be expected. as
they also, are threatened with
shortage of water.
Recognizing that during this
heated and dry season it is almost
necessity to sprinkle lawns and gar
dens. and desiring in every way to
accommodate our citizens when it
can be done without jeopardizing the
interests of the city. we have con-
cluded to allow sprinkling as fol-
lows:
The city will be divided into two
districts, namely: That portion
west of Twentieth street shall be
designated as district No. l, and that
portion east of Twentieth to be known
as district No. 2. Between the hours
of and 8 o'clock in the morning of
each day this week, district No. /
shall sprinkle, and between the hours
of and O'Clock in the evening of
each day this week district No 2
shall sprinkle. On Sunday. Aug. II,
both districts may sprinkle on both
morning and evening. On the week
commencing Monday, Aug. Is, dis
trlct No. 3 shall sprinkle in the
morning and district No. l in the
evening between the hours above
mentioned, but in no case shall both
districts sprinkle at the same time.
except on Sunday.
BY this system we think we can
tide over the present embarrassment
and trust and expect that the citi-
zens will assist us. by complying with
the above arrangements. Men will
be stationed throughout each district
with instructions to enforce this
order by turning off the supply of all
those who persist in violation of it.
Very respectfully.
THOMAS j. MEDILL, JR., Mayor.
Rock Island, Aug. 9, 1894.
Notes.
Weyerhaeuser & Denkmann are
unable to supply the city from the
lower end as was expected, through
their PIPES.
Some maliciously inclined indiv-
idual has sent from Moline dispatch
to the Chicago papers exaggerating
and magnifying the water situation
here. The city is not at the mercy
of the flames, nor is it in actual dis
tress. 1t may be said that the city
of Moline has come nobly to Rock
Islands aid, but there is no occasion
for disappearing the actual con-