Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-06-04
COMPANY ENDS
WATER FAMINE
SERVICE IN EAST HOLLYWOOD
is RESUMED
BREAK IN PUMP AT SHERMAN
CAUSES SHORTAGE
Supply in Reservoir Furnishes Central
Part of City, but is lnsuffi-
cient to Extend to
Suburbs

HOLLYWOOD, June st was with
a sigh of relief that the citizens of
East Hollywood learned last night at
midnight that the water in the mains
had been turned on again after thirty
hours of water famine. The pressure
is low as yet, but every user is being
supplied.
The water being turned off without
warning caught great many persons
in a sad plight, and in. a number OF the
homes no meals were served. Water
had to be carried from the nearest
place of supply and numerous persons
were seen on the streets carrying
buckets or jugs of water to their homes.
Perhaps the greatest Inconvenience
was felt by the Grant and the Los
Feliz schools, as the children require
a large amount of water during the
day. At the Grant school, it is said,
no effort was made to supply the much
needed water and some suffering was
felt as a consequence. The children of
the Los Feliz school carried water from
the home of Fred L. Paul of Paul place
and suffered no great inconvenience
except from the reduction in the SAN
itary condition.
one of the luckiest men was NJ j.
Priester, who installed a pumping
plant with a large we'll at his home at
1859 North Vermont avenue last week.
He has a splendid fifty-foot well In
which the water stands eighteen feet
He installed the plant to supply MS
private needs, but during the water
famine yesterday he filled the jugs,
buckets and barrels of his nei$hbors
within a radius of one-half mile.
Parkers pharmacy at the corner OF
Prospect and Vermont avenue was
hard hit by the famine, although
Parker managed to get through the
day by saving the waste water from
the ice in his fountain. Through mere
luck he had filed his fountain the pre-
vious night and had enough for it dur
ing the day. He had to let his glasses
remain unwashed until a neighbor
found that she would have some water
to spare. and washed them for him.
Neighbors Share Water
The supply was cut from only about
half of Paul place, so that those who
had water divided up with those who
were deprived of the supply. The best
of feeling was shown toward each
other and everyone was looked after
and divisions were made so that all
might have a portion as they needed it.
So far as is known no one suffered
any great damage, although the lawns
suffered a great deal from the drought
through the hot day. Although the
pressure is low there is little prob
ability that the water will be shut off
again
o. E. Wern, secretary of the Union
Hollywood Water company, explained
today why the water service had been
cut off He said the biggest pump
owned by the company. that at Sher-
man, broke down Sunday morning.
ut was one of those things over
which we have no control and which
will happen at most any time" said
Mr.. Wern. LAS soon as the accident
was reported we put our best mechan-
les at work to repair the pump and
they worked night and day until the
pump was again in shape to give the
service. We spared no trouble or eX-
pense in getting the pump into shape
again. The pump is now working and
we are filing the reservoir from which
East Hollywood and, in fact, the en-
tire area cut off, is served"
Reservoir Full
If the reservoir had not been full at
the time of the breakdown the conse-
quences would have been more serious
according to Mr.. Wern, Central Holly
wood is the only section that was not
affected by the water famine, due to
through that section. Having the first
opportunity to use the water the resi-
dents of the central portion of Holly
wood were not without water at all
and only knew of the scarcity by re-
ports from other sections supplied by
the company.
The pump was repaired and was
working about 10 o'clock Wednesday
night. 1t required hours, of course, to
refill the reservoir, and water was not
flowing freely even late yesterday
afternoon. The section involved. in
Guided all of the territory west of the
city limits from the Southern Pacific
tracks south of Jefferson street, north
to Los Feliz street and west from
Hoover street to the Soldiers home at
Sawtelle.
1t will be several days before the
supply of water for irrigation pur-
poses will be resumed, as water for
domestic purposes will be supplied first
Until the serervoir is filled and all do
nestle wants are supplied adequately
the irrigation water will not be
turned on.