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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ypty f & to me from tho Apache Hotel — they couldn’t get water m their second fleer. We will get the water fit put it op they because the pipe line i» e fairly feed ysorvoir — and with m ©wn equipment— as long aa there * s gravity flew into town* m. ISJfWlCIt Q. Chief Cye, assuming that the valves m the ylls were open and the booster pumps wey placed in ©permtie® at the scarce of production, there isn't any reason 'gfesj m adequate supply of water cannot 'he pumped fro® the under- gretrad reservoir to maintain sufficient pyssure at your firo hydrant in tho City, is they! 1* .As an example, at tho tine we found the valve closed, the water ye in the City was far greater than that being pro­duced at the time, so after they got their pumps started, they were still running out of water in the reservoir, and ho had to cloy the valy. i|# What hour are you speaking about. Chief Case, when you said you wade this test, and the water being used in the City was greater than the production of the wellft A, Probably, as l remember, about f*00 o'clock in the morning because we endeavored to mate they tests at Si©0 0*elect when we found out that 5*00 o'elect was too early* q, low did you measure the amount of water which was be­ing consumed in the City at that timet A« -By opening, a mosaic wide ©pen on a hydrant, and running fhe water through a potood tuba.