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    I*aa % s - June 18th-, ? 1938* I? B3—3—8 ' BMoaay,o r 1«o f1 *l aAsn fYeotgta s¥, las Yagas, Hcrnas. Beer * water aitmltolown iant tleantsi Yoang aiss, resfsopieecht fius lrlayp iidnvliyt ebde cotom inthge acuta, due to the excessive waste of water which is be- f lug permitted to run into the streets. during the past two or three years, m have beehoonM.3USsd.ly receiving complaints, fro® water con sms- era about their neighbors, permitting water to run over a long period of timer; flooding their streets end allays and causing deterioration of their street paving, as well as filling ditches at street crossings full of water, • splashing mi e a r n .aad causing a haaard :to pedestrians, Xmmmh. as - the water is sold to the people of has Yogas on a flat rate, m have found it is of no avail to oaks reqpstst on the purMe s who; cause those eoi^laints, and last year the1 City dossals do n passed an ordinance to prohibit ornate of w&t: r and to regulate epdnkliE^. tion, changeHosw etvoe rt,h e ase xtthoer tf thh&amt& t inpsr'otgoraeds soefs ,t hitsh ims ss itto uao­f water being a nuisance, it becomes, a serious menace to the water sup fly of the city, and inraediate action should be taken to conserve the- supply; of water# If arc now taking out about one foot per day from the reservoir# f|s| wife at least- two or three racre months of hot weather before ns, I respectf lly request that you and the City Coraaissionera pass an ordinance to prohibit this unnecessarywaaie of v?ater during the hot