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I agree.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 and First—1 don't know of any corrective measures that have been made there. I think the others have been eorreeted. Q, Vow, Chief Case9 dlreotlnt year attention to the discrepancy on the West Side of 2000 gallons required flow and the 326 fallens available, if a major fire occurred on the West Side, would that be sufficient to endanger the entire section of that community? A. Yes| for example, that new school building—If there was a fire in that school, I couldn't got sufficiont water to handle it* Q. And would that hold true in these other areas in which there's e great discrepancy between the aetual and the required pressures? A. That's right. I would like to say, as sn example of this required flow of **750 gallons on First, between Ogdon and Fremont, and we show 3335 gallons — this is based net m ay figures but an engineer from the Board of Ohderwrlters, and that Is the required flow in that araa. If we had a major fire, such as the Apache Hotel, and got a big fir# going in there, with the equipment we have, we couldn't hope to cope with it. Q, In your opinion, does this lack of pressure constitute a serious hasard to the City of las Togas? A. It does very definitely constitute a serious hasard. We have been fortunate as we have ©ever had a major ecnfhgratien here*