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* LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL Day Lawn Sprinkling Forbidden I Hit by, an acute water shortage as blistering jStemperatures sky- j rocketed usage to a point practi­cally matching output from com-' pany wells, Mayor .;E. W. Cragin todaly ordered sprinkling of Las! Vegas lawns be entirely discon­tinued between the hours of 9- a.m. and 5 p.m. Several sections of the city! were completely dry for periods ranging from three to 12 hours yesterday, mostly in the higher portions of the city where pres­sure was not sufficient “to force water up to the taps. Extreme caution was urged fSr I fire prevention by Fire Chief Harold Case who declared “the j water shortage in certain sections I of the city—especially the May- «fair addition—has created an ex­tremely dangerous situation.” 1 Mayor Cragin’s edict forbidding I day-time lawn sprinkling was is­sued under emergency powers j ? granted by city ordinance “in the i interest of public health and to j j insure adequate fire protection! during the present emergency.” He 1 ? asked that everyone co-operate in [ curtailing use of water and to ex- j ercise extreme care to avoid pos-J ? sibility of fire. 1 } Many citizens, alarmed by the water shortage, queried heating contractors to learn if there was ; danger of hot water tanks explod-iing due to lack of water. Con-j tractors reported the aquastat or i thermostat on the heaters auto-1 ' matically cut off heat at tempera- j turs set by the householder and there was no danger from this : source. Sears-Roebuck: reported no wa- ! ter at all on the second and third J floors of their Fremont slrdet; store, .]. ^ ’ P El Cortez hotel was. without water throughout the establish­ment last night and a number of first-floor patrons checked out when they, found their rooms, without satisfactory sanitary fa­cilities. The Las Vegas hospital had no water on the second floor where j most of the patients are accommo-; dated. This was pictured as a “se­rious condition” because toilets! mg? inoperative and all water! | # t(l|rbe carried from! ifcjynstairs. * KMMWEBls P U B L I S H E D JUL 1949 In the Kelso Turner terrace ad- j jdition, Grant Lytle, 527 North Eleventh street, also was without water last night. Mrs. Howard Cannon, wife of the city attorney, 715 Bell drive,: Biltmore addition, said at 7:15 p.m. there was only a trickle from i the faucets. . . ?. . . * On the Wcsisii c, SVIr s J* Da* in ? H o g g a d ^ pijifi, ‘ jSStetf pressure^ wa§..aoiow .that j Wn Bonanza Village, Mrs. Rob- Sert E. Jones, 1301 Comstock drive, jj reported water pressure “fairly good” but that a neighbor had to turn off her cooler because of the shortage. Mrs. Ted Werner, 800 Parkway drive, whose home is supplied by a private well reported pressure lower all week. In East Charleston, Mrs. Otto Pipher, 1032 Palm street, said eight families being served by a private well were unaffected. Meadow Acres addition, Mrs. M. Z. Ivy, 1021 June street, who shares a private well, reported no | water-last night. i In the South Meadows1 addi­tion, Mrs. N. D. Simpson, 1712 jFairfield, served by two private | wells, said the pressure was low last evening but normal this morning. For an approximate! period of three hours, there was absolutely no pressure in the Hrftitridge ad­dition as reported by Mrs. Alton R. Mayers, 911 Oakey boulevard. There was no critical shortage of water in North Las Vegas. The municipal water system there, according..da Mayor G. ,C. Mc- Da ^|I^ig^^dIing .. fheVs^tuation fewn$ sprTn-andrfos1 batemg iawlities, Sal Sagev hotel reported their booster pump had been in opera­tthee tthwir*d frlfoVoerr awl oudaldy sb ea nwdi thout service otherwise.. I the Las Vega.gse *Learnadl manadn aWgear t.eorf company, said this morning that JmL <T1S1S might contifee for a s^ibstantial ip Aiming to° S§vPq|'r yu s«ebrse,u:, tt.h'>ere was The _extrer^ % ot weather of the past several days hasicaused people to use water faster than jour wells can pour it into the j mains, Folger explained.-^.. | j,, ,ITh® Present consumption is a t1 the rate of 16,000,000 gallons ev- |ery 24 hours. This is 700 paI W per capita as E ii L ^ M ^ 1 4 0 gallSnsper^ cap- 1p J ^ M I c ly jr p h d e h iF w h e r e climatic conditions areTabout the •same^as here?’ ' - ! Maximum production of all' company wells is between 16 mil-hon and 16^ million gallons every: ,24 hours. With storage facilities | gallons, overnight lninmg consumption usual-y allows the reservoirs to fill I taking care of the peak , load the J next day the wateiv company ex-1 1 ecutive stated. - ; L , . 2 ° - e- , d u r i^ lp g hot spell night use is just as hlaVy as day­time and we h a v e # Wad i&ny 0n -; portumty -to fill upsfeufrojjt^ge ” ; ! Folger declared. ’ ?a hilttttllpeP, ewOPemll brei Ho vCelrftd Mhed,whnuNmipu s”t i’ hepredicted. - A-check by Review-Vnlfernal re-; f|i0 *3?, spetiofts-of the city,: with jpfrhdppile #bSt% P®iuth Tenth? IstM et'Tn^lm N unt ridge distncF which prompted residents there’ to wire vigorous complaints to j the Public Utilitiy Commission at Reno last night* 2 Mrs- Robert C. Kellam, 1709 South Tenth street, said her home was without water from 4 p:m. until 10 p.m. yesterday: She said , she was unable, even this morning to get enough water to fill herl washing machine. j In the Mayfair addition, Mrsd F. P. Worth, 1625 Carson avenue,! reported no water .available at 6 p.m; Mrs. Wendell Bunker, wife] of the city commissioner, 1506 Carson street, reported having to: turn'off! the water cooler at 4:30 j p.m. because there wasn’t enough] pressure to reach the cooler, atop the house. At 6:30 shesaid there was no water at' all.