The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-16

reg resusz-S 20 accept tbs Same 81 a ses-
siemen, and compensation for the prop
erty. secured ErcSn t7s court Ia which
the said condemnation sust was pending.
an injunction against the further use %
the water aforesaid by the city Of Ia
been restrained from the use OF The sas1
waters by the order Of the court
This - 20 notify yen that the city OF
Tacoma is over her constitutional isrnst
Of tEade ehtednsxs for q water supply and
can SPEND no more money cut OF her own
golfers fer that parpeSe- And IL Is
further 10 notify you that unless you
consent TO DO 30 by l. O'Clock on March
ys. fSS or unless by that tsrne you rav
into cogrt the said sum os TsD TO ffe
said Rlgr,ay. 30 that we may have the
Use Of the water purchased from you,
that the city af Tacoma VIII iFrsnedi-
ately thereafter. by ordinance, abandon
the whole OF the coadem mnatian proceed
inxs Begin against Rignev and wife. and
viii thereafter look TO You for all dam
ages arising therefrom. Respectfully,
EDWARD s. ORR. Mayor
All this goes 20 show that the question
of the moment Is water.
The board OF pGDifc works gives cut the
information thar some mtscreans shut
down the gate IN she city nume at the
fi,er AT . O'Clock last night. causing the
water TO overflow and partially food the
prairies The gate was down for two
hours, when Foreman James Smith dis
covered IL. and with the aid OF Engineer
John Thompson rcTHesfied the difficulty.
The water being shut or 50 song carsesi
the supply IN the reservoir TO sink rapid
iy, but before morning. II was hack TO its
normal elevation. ard tonight Is raising
slowly The board announces that the
present supply viii be maintained and
that there VIII be no lack of water In
any part OF the city. The mayor and
board visited the scene of last rights
mischief this afternoon.
Judge Fremont Campbell. Mr.. Rigney's
lawyer. politely notified Mayor Orr In
writing this morning that he had heen
reliably informed that rhe city had taken
Glover creek water IN the darkness OF
last night. and tha4 If any more OF ,he
water was made away with the recent
contempt proceedfssEs would be pushed
10 the limit Mr.. Rtgney claims that last
night the city reservoir IN Gaiiagher's
gulch was nearly empty This morning
IL was nearly full. lie says he is able 10
tell beyond doubt. from the depth of the
water In the creek. whether II is being
used by the city or not He says the
creek was tapped last evening and the
water allowed TO run until he reservoir
was full.
The board of public works denied this
morning that any water htl been Stolen
during the night TO fill the reservoir.
The board says Ii is getting enough water
to supply the city without stealing it, Mr.
Rydstrom. of the board. positively den ed
that any water had been stolen. When
asked IL Il were not possible that some
one of his men had turned on the water
during the night without Iesring the
board know about IL, he said it was Mr.
Rydstrom said also that 1t was possible
that an accident had happencd somewhere
out on the fiume to let the waser IN from
Glover creek, but he did not think 1t prob
able, or that any snch thing hal happened.
He reiterated that The city hai plenty OF
water, and was a long way from the re-
cessity of stealing IT, lie SAID the prss-
sure on the upper service Is three pounds
greater today than yes'crisy.