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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 MR. ALLARD* Q. Mayor Cragin, you were present, mm you not, at the meeting held in the Fall of 19^9, which was attended by the CltysCouncil, the Commissioners, the officials of the Water Company, mashers of the Public Service Commission and ether Interested parties? A. Yes, X was| that was up at the depot* Q, If yon recollect, an agreement was reached between the Water Company and the City officials that a test weald he made to determine the waste of water or the nse of certain appliances or the lack of certain appliances, to conserve water* A* That’s right, Q* Will yon tell the Commission, for the record, the resnit of those tests* A* I don’t have them, hut we have them available here. We made that inspection** our men In connection with the men from the Water Company, and I think Mr. Folger has a copy on fileI and this year, we had two officers enforcing the water con­servation, and they made a record at that time, Q. Did those tests show that there was a waste of water? A. There are something like 2*KX> coolers here in town without pumps, and uptown, in several of the hart, they found where water was running with the faucet wide open. All those things have been checked. We have a witness we can produce showing how many of those things have been corrected. Q. fen don’t know how many gallons a day have been wasted by the lack of proper appliances? A* Wo, I don’t*