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Mr* Sarmon: #8 July 10, 1935, A new llayor and Ooimi&estcttere were elected this' year, and when there were indications early In Jtai® that the water situation would becor» acute if waste % a not Checked, w© ashed then to protoot the city’s water supply w i & an ordinance sd. liar to the ©rm passed last year, I© &©ti©o m e taken on oar various verbal request®, and o m evening we secured automobiles and drove the Mayor and some of the ^omcdSBioner© up to the well and sprites end mlest dtrhoepmp isnege ifno r ttheh emrseseelrvveosi rho#* * •rapidly the water level ®ho ©lily result m got m s a "resol ution", c o w of which is attached, stating in effect that the water situation is ’our baby’ and if we can’t handle the mtter to tarn it over to the Olty, tions o£f th*e abdogahrtd saapyp etaor y- touo, bec omnefried enotri allelsys, ditrhaetc ttehde b ayc­the new City Attorney, iSr* Baylor, r,1i© has- an idea that’ the utilities in lrnm*n Should be mr®ielp&ily owned, although it Is not k&eun.nberc the supply of water for such purpose llgpi ligtf from, as the m i l ® now belonging to the City mold not fumiafc one tenth of the supply now being used# It ap­pears that he is using' this situation to force the issue, ' lraetgearr' dloens bs yo af wlhaactk ohafr wdastheirp.© may bo caused to the people' In addition to the normal supply Howiqg from the well and springs, which is ample for a city of twice our population If properly used, the flow is being augmented by operation of the punp in she railroad yards, twenty-four h o w s per day, and, this produces m~ additional 1,008,000 gall oca .daily. In response to our newspaper advertising, th© people in general have ostended their ^hole-hearted co­operation in reducing mate, but tbs civic-minded people of the © m s ^ l t y naturally feel somewhat discouraged in their efforts to cocserve the supply when they look over Into m e l r neigjfeber* © yard and see'a hose running full blast all day long, Whan they ©all at the office and' complain ©fr sach unfairness, there is nothing we ©an do; there is no