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    49 Z, LVEGAS X 2X4P 4(J$ / FS la TWO WEEKS AGO I DIRECTED ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT •% WATER IS NOT BEING DELD TO US AT MAIN STREET UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO ADEQUATELY SUPPLY THE CITY, PARTICULARLY DURING THE HOURS BETWEEN 5 P AND 10P. I UNDERSTOOD ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE MADE TO CHANGE OUT THE RUNNERS ON THE BOOSTER PUMPS AS THEY DO NOT NOW HAVE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY TO AFFORD THE REQUIRED PRESSURE UNDER THE HEAVY PRODUCTION OF SUMMER MONTHS, BESIDES LOW PRESSURES IN HUNTRIDGE WE NOW HAVE COMPALINTS FROM ARMY HOUSING PROJECT ON NORTH SIDE THAT THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT PRESSURE IN EVENING HOURS TO OPERATE THEIR COOLERS, THE NEW HOSPITAL ON CHARELSTON BLVD IS ALSO INQUIRING WHETHER WATER WILL BE DELIVERED THEM UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE WHEN THEIR NEW LINE IS COMPLETED. WILL YOU PLS ADVISE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO INCREASE PRESSURE AND WHEN THE BOOSTER RUNNERS WILL BE CHANGED? MASTER METER READINGS YESTERDAY INDICATED CONSUMPTION OF 283 MILLION GALLONS IN JULY AN ALL TIME HIGH AND CONSIDERABLY IN EXCESS OF PRESENT BOOSTER PUMP CAPACITY, WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING PROPOSAL TO TAKE OVER DISTRIBUTION OF WATER IN BOULDER EYNDICATE AT REQUEST OF PUBLIC SERVICE COMM WHICH WE CANNOT DO WITHOUT SACRIFICING PRSSURE IN OTHER PARTS OT TOWN UNLESS RAILROAD CAN DELIVER US WATER UNDER SUFFICIENT PRESSURE AT MAIN STREET. WE SHOULD HAVE PROMPTY ACTION ON THIS AS RIGHT NOW IS THE PERIOD OF HEAVY DEMAND B X WR3.