500,000 Gallons Not Enough

The statement beiiig made by a contemporary that the water supply of 500,000 gallons per day for this city was all that would be neccssary foryears to corae, the Adrián Record tells a different 9tory : If 600,000 gallons a day is all the water whlch the Ann Arbor water works can cominiiinl, then Hought to be conceded that the supply wlll be Inadequate. We take it that the same proportion of people wlll une water 1 ii Aun Arbor tbat do In Jackson, Kalamazoo. Big Kapids, or that will In Adrián. Big Kaplds, for lnstance. Is a very rauch smaller place tlian Ann Arbor, but the supply whlch Ann Arbor regareis as more tlian sufticlent for years to corne has proven lnsufflclent for Big Kaplils. Here In AdrlHn, wlth a very mail proportlon of the city yet eonnected wlihour wnter-worhB. Il, was seen last summer thut a supply of 400,00Ugallous a day was exnausted and the reservoir was alinost dralned dry. Adrián can not do wllli less tliiui a mllllonor titeen hundred ttiousand gallons per day, wlth a reservoir to fall back n In case of emergency. And neltherran Ann Arbor. It should be remembered that during the hot, dry days ot tumnier when there ts ttie greatest need of water In case of Dre, and when the water supply from the nprlngs wlll be the lowest, the people who havelawns to sprlnkle wlll keep the hose In uie most of the time, that a vaxt quantily uf water wlll be wanted In the effort to keep oool, that the dry, dusty t reets wlll requlr a very large aii'ount, and that water for domextic use wlll be more largely ued and wasted. There is no way to prevent thlH. Nor Is It indeed dexirable. The object of water-works Is to allow more water to be used. Il Is a most declded luxuryand adds very much convenlence of the cltlzens. And lf In dry times, when the water Is mout neeci. d, the supply is lnsufflclent, it can readlty be seen that the works have not answeredllieenda for whlch lliey were In tended. The Deople ol Ann Arbor ahould be warned In line. iiiev ahould keep thelr e.ve open and Bot b aeedved by th Uteniant tont luü,000 galloni 11 H tilScieat water sapply.