The San Francisco call., 1910-06-15
WATER COMES LIKE
A Thief IN NIGHT
West Sunset Residents Stay Up
Late With Pots and Pans to
Capture Elusive Liquid
Spring Valley Provides Only a
Few Drops at Midnight;
Mains Dry All Day

While the Spring Valley water COM
pany retains battery of clever law
yers busy before the board of super
visors expounding the virtues of the
company's service and fighting changes
in the existing water rate law. bucket
west Sunset district, where more than
$500 residents have been without suf-
ficient water TO meet the ordinary re-
quirements of house keeping for week
past.
Water is luxury, it is scarce and it
is elusive. 1t is elusive, avow the citi-
zens, because the eccentric flow may
come on suddenly for a few minutes in
the dead of night, wherefore watches
are organized, alarm clocks are set and
all available pots, kettles and pans put
beneath the various faucets.
CONDITIONS INsANITARY
But the situation presents it's serious
side also, and this is shown by the
charges that sanitary conditions are be-
coming so bad as to be a menace to
health.
The drouth has not been felt uni
formly because of the difference in ele-
walton throughout the district
Astute laundry drivers, aware of the
| SIludtiOH, are QOlilS d IllflN1nS DuSlH0SS.
Morning and evening regularly the
pilgrimages to the two windmills and
the single pump in the district are made
by men, women and boys.
With no water to answer household
purposes. it is impossible to water the
flower beds and lawns. The cutting
winds from the west and the strong sun
are parching and killing the greens and
flowers.
Co1 NAf1 n
property owner, makes his daily jour
ney with the pitcher to the windmill
So much Mrs. Getz, living at 1924 Forty
fifth avenue, admitted yesterday when
detailing how a vigil was kept late into
the night for the coming of the water.
Sometimes it runs at night, and then
we fill the tubs for the next day. said
Mrs. GetZ. my husband frequently has
complained to the company, but they al
ways say that a water main is out of
order, and that is all the satisfaction we
get"
NO WATER IN DAYTIME
Mrs. S. Michael of 1879 Forty fifth
avenue said that for a week past not
drop of water has been obtainable in
the daytime.
At Mrs. VOLTS, 1927 Forty-fifth ave-
nue., it is related how it was necessary
to utilize milk and make chocolate one
morning because lHeTe was HOL
enough water for coffee. V. Van VIE
of 1888 Forty-sixth avenue keeps two
big bathtubs full of water by watching
the flow and drawing in the still hours
of the night.
1.-The treatment of this district by
the water company is a shame" de-
clared DIR. w. NJ. Hilton of 1245 Forty
sixth avenue IF it were not for the
fortunate fact that there are wind
mills and pump in the district we
would find ourselves in an appalling
situation"
Louis Binder of 1900 street said:
81 left bottle under the faucet all
day yesterday and barely drew it full"
Il have been making inquiries
throughout the district and the water
situation in general" said A. c. Camp
bell of the Ocean Side promotion asso-
ciaion The company collects regu-
larly every month however, and shows
no inclination to better matters. The
largest main in the district is a four
inch pipe and this runs only a few
blocks The others are two inch mains.
The fire department will not give US
protection with such an inadequate
supply. Finally the pressure is so
weak that it will not carry to the sec
ton
Other protestants are: Mrs. r. E.
Brabhan, 1467 Forty sixth avenue; Mrs.
A. Jeans, 154S Forty fifth avenue; Mrs
j. G. Decatur, 1475 Forty fourth ave
nue.; Mrs Knutsen, 1881 Forty fourth
avenue; Mrs. Kaiser. 1886 Forty-sixth
avenue; Mrs. Isabelle Davis, 4125 j
street, and Mrs. L. Woodmansee, 1858
Forty fifth avenue.