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used for railroad purposes only but on occasion In past years, during hot weather perloas, brought into use to supplement the suoply avail­able for city consumers. It has provided a million gallons of water daily, but is now producing 65C,000 gallons. The production in gallons per day of the springs and wells has varied considerably, as may be seen from the tabulation below. 2-9-28 1938 9-13-39 9-25-41 Big Spring Little Spring Kell No."1 Well No. 2 Well No. 3 Well No. 4 Well No. 5 Well No. 6 1,100,000 970,000 3,100,000 1.045.000 1.001.000 2,114,000 3,278,073 878.000 878.000 2,005,000 952.000 677,160 709,560 1,866,240 978,480 907,200 447,120 3 8 1,024 _ 531.360 6 , 4 9 8 , 1 4 4 The yield of the foregoing springs and wells for 194c has been conservatively estimated at — — Additional water is anticipated from;— 6,00 0 , 0 0 0 G a l p e r da^ two Pumps installed in Wells Nos. 5 and 6 " . " Well No. 4 New Wells Nos. 7 ana 8 now being drilled " " 9 and 1C " " Add to the foregoing the dependable capacity of the well in the railroad yard Total available in 1342 (estimated) Last year's maximum city demand was Est. new services in 1342 may be expected ^to draw a maximum of Est. 1S42 maximum railroad demand is Contingency for Basic Magnesium, Inc. and cushion Frank Strong's est. of Feb. 5, 1942 This would Indicate that the present system springs are adequate for the needs of the city for 1 * 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 5 0 0 . 0 0 0 1 * 5 5 0 , 0 0 0 _1.550.onn 10,600,000 650 r 999 1 1 , 250,000Gal per day 6,100,000 1*692,000 _1.O8O0O0..n0n0r0 9,592,000Gal _ _ per day of wells and the 1942 and 1943, but