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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 when the Underwriters * engineer comes down X go with him at midnight or 5*00 o’clock in the morning* Q. Ten realise there hare been changes since the tests? A* Tee, and Hr* Polger let's me know when the changes go in, and X generally knew before they go in, X know this, and yon said yourself st 5*00 o'clock in the morning that the booster pumps were not down, to might hare a fire at 5*00 o'clock in the morning, and the thing that worries me — this time w© went out we found the old reservoir almost empty to the point where the man had closed down the valve leading out of the reservoir coming to town because he wanted to restrict the flow of water. Hew, the local Power Company is in charge in this district. They go out: and pull the disconnects on the primary feeder. The minute they kill that line that opens the switches on all of those pumps. They tan dose the line five seconds after but the pumps are down. The man out at the well doesn't know that until he's notified of a low pressure. There's nothing to tell him that those pumps sire down. If he blows a fuse in the pump house, he doesn't know that because his house Is situated a long ways from the reservoir and the Charleston roservoir. That means the power goes off, not only the feeder Is down but also the feeder to the few wells that are being pumped. ft* lERilCI* Ho further questions. if MR. carhopt Q. chief Case, you. stated the day you made the test, you picked the man up. As a matter of fact,