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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MfU SMITH* Mayor Cragln, during this period of the short­age) during a certain period of the day* you had a restriction set up on water usage for lawns, A. They couldn’t water their lawns. I think it went on at either five or six in the evening until ten, and then early in the morning. All during the day, you couldn’t water your lawn. There was no restriction as far as domestic use was concerned. Q, During the day, they could use it? A, Yes, in their homes, hut not irrigate, Q. In your opinion, do you think it would help the situa­tion any if you could sone the City and permit usage of water for irrigation of lawns during certain hours in ©ne sene; then allow them to use water; then the next sene, restrict the use, and in that way go over the City, somewhat in the manner that has been done in some cities in regard to handling traffic at *?•*00 o’clock, when the offices let out certain groups, and then fifteen or twenty minutes later they let out another group, to enable the transportation system to handle the rush. A. Well, we had to pass an ordinance to set up the hours that the people were unable to use water for their lawns, and that created a shortage because everybody was watering their lawns at the same time, so no one had water, That went on for a month and it caused many complaints, fe had a committee of business men advise us, and they recommended that we take the restrictions off and put people on their honor, and see if we couldn't manage without restrictions, and it was the understand-