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VIE Jo u r i j .VOL. XLI., NO. 170. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1949. |Water Pressure in Las Vegas Now Back to Normal After Shortage Water p r e s s u r e s in Las) I • Vegas were back to norm al' ' this morning as users cut back consumption and storage built ' up during the night. H A1 Folger, general manager of I the water company, described I public cooperation as “ wonder- | jful” and praised the Review-7 [ Journal “ for your splendid and ! accurate presentation of the sit- . uation to the people with such I fine results.” I Folger predicted there would be no more difficulty if t h e water users continued “ to play ball” for another 30 days. ! Meanwhile, Charles vV. Wil-l flams, member of the Nevada 'jpublic service commission, ar­rived in town to launch a thorough probe of * conditions which brought about a complete lack of Water in several sections of town on Monday and Tuesday. Williams was dispatched here by Governor Vail Pittman and Chairman J. G-. Allard of the public service ommission in re­sponse to telegrams from house­holders and business men who requested something be d o n e immediately. The commissioner said he would check into every phase of the situation and make his recommendations shortly. : In the Huntridge area, resi­dents reported that the situation was. “terrible” last night with laterally no water from 5:30 for sevaral hours. However,: this morning they said there was ex­cellent- pressure in the lines, Mayfair residents reported ' about the same situation, with water being extremely short until 11:30 p.m. This morning the condition was back to n o r-; mal, they said. In Kelso - Turner, residents . said the pressure was back to normal after a- bad night last night. Mrs. M. Z. Ivy, in the Meadows [Acres addition, said the water there was not off yesterday, but I the pressure was practically I nothing. She said she was on the I mutual water line in the area. Sears Roebuck and company, which was without water on the second and third floors yester­day, reported the situation im­proved today but pressure re­maining low. Hotel Elwell said water was available for all the guests last night but pressure continued low. affecting the cooling system. At El Cortez hotel there was n o t water early in the-evening but around midnight when the pressure came on, there was a miniature flood in one .of the rooms when a guest inadvertent­ly left a tap open and the drain closed and went out for the eve ning. • Norman Glover, 362 North Thirteenth street, reported the water shortage was nothing new (Continued on Page 2) Obey Water Rules —Or Else, Malburg Warns Local water users were warn­ed by Police Chief Robert F. Malburg today that his depart­ment will “enforce to the let­ter” yesterday’s edict by Mayor E. W. Cragin prohibiting lawn Watering between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. Today, however, violators of the mayor’s order will merely be warned. “B u t starting tomorrow,” Malburg declared, “ we will make arrests in every viola­tion observed.” Enforcement of the edict, the chief added, will be done either through warrants or on-the-spot arrests in flagrant cases. Water (Continued From Page I) to him and five other families on the same water line. Between the hours of 6 and 9 p. m., he hasn’t had any water since last May. The same was true last year from June until’ September, despite numerous complaints to the water company, Glover declared. Las Vegas Hospital water sup ply was reported much better today, in fact, the pressure was above average. The hospital had been seriously affected Monday when water was unavailable on the second floor where most of the patients are, accommodated.