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b- 4LP. Railroad , cc^j fnuect from Page One) by wire today. In addition to these measures; a water company engineer will make an inspection of all water taps in the city to be sure there is no waste from leaky valves. 'Railroad company employees swere instructed ,,to make .similar tefts of all wafer taps in the rail­road yards, and all of the railroad load possible will be drawn from Me emergency well in the yards which has been pumping 10 hours a day and Will Start on a 24-hour ^schedule tonight. Bracken revealed that the 2,- .500,000 gallon reserve reservdir, .held for emergencies, has been half drained thru excess use of water, Which means that the wells are nbt meeting the regular daily de­mand, and that as soon as the res­ervoir is drained, there will be an acute shortage if steps are not taken to Conserve water. Aii emergency meeting of the Ras Vegap my Cpinttdssiijners has been called for tonight to consider -plans for meeting "the emergency thru proper legislation. I dust whep these measures will all be put into effect, will| not be definitely Known until tomorrow, .Copy said. The shortage is not due. to any dperease in the fjow-oi the artesian Wglls supplying the cify mains, Coey said, but to vastly increased usage. in 1928 the available supply totalled 5,783,000 gallons per day, anil during the past suininer the flow from the wells has been 5,- 442,400 gallops, 'slightly less, but hot. enough to make any apprecia­ble difference, Coey explained. Water supplied to the Old Ranch will be curtailed m favor of the city supply, Coey announced, and said engineers ^Pre being called in tb clean out the spring which is the source of this supply, so it can be turned into the city mains. JENSEX FOR ‘ SHERIFF. . adv. *** ? » ? ? ??????? ??»??»????? ^