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father'*$ house, A, Oneplpe -that Q$m&m the street is mi inch and a half the other mi in©] *ad a quarter i connect: on© into the main are m e inoil, |R, ct.M.liH, Hhat elfeev in this district has in&dqu&te water eervien resulted in that you ©an sec? In the Insurance you pay? «* I don't believe it has any. It may have in so far as the o osa**- pany is ©©aoer aed«» they may have taka it Into oon® id ts ratio», but '-.3 £-XX. ’0$ wo know, X don ^ t think so, SEXTOS’? Ton mean water ooiip&ny or insurance company? A. Insurance company. They may have eoneldored, They may b&v© ooneid-red it and adjusted it little by little, but the rote over the entire system and of town Is unifora, iIR. SIITh: You ci: n * t think that an adequate or better supply of water would reduoe the insurance rate© out there? A. I dan|t believeit would, x believe that they will get plenty of water in the event of a fir© in that aeotion with the aid of pumping,. I know that it is drawing water through the pipes all /right. The city ftalns axe a little email in that end of town. Q. Ts yc-ur difficulty in securing pressure from the city mains due to your small pj.p©a? A. 1 domt think so, X think that the trouble i© that the mains in that sect:on are too small for the number of ueere} eo many houses have beta built up in the last five ©r six and too much water is being drawn from hem at the same time* 5, But you do think if you would put in a four inch line you would have batter service? A, I think so* Q» And you would have more pressure? A, think go, -Q, Shat would you say-i believe you mid that the city declined to furnish uster on the ground that they badn*t enough water* A. Mr, Braonen-2 donft believe I quoted, him as saying insufficient water* It seems t© me that he said they had to conserve the water **Xcm*