water shortage (cont,)
Seldovia Monday, urg
ing that, every pos
sible effort be made.,
to conserve on water,
and he has publicly
appealed to all homes
to economize in their
use of water.
Board members de
cided to attempt to
block the.leak at the
base of the dam, and
yesterday a crew of
cannery-loaned work
ers, ' headed by Joe
Anderson of AYR, went
to the dam in the
hope that leaks might
be plugged with oakum
for the present.
however Mr. Ander
son said- upon his rer
turn that it was not
possible to do any
patching until the
dam is drained. He
said there was pro
bably seven feet of
wat.er in the reser
voir at Its deepest
point yesterday morn
ing, when no can
neries were operat
ing, but that depth
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had been lowered by
at least an inch in
the short time the
work party stayed at
the dam.
Mr. English said
.last night that he
was uncertain, if the
Utility Board would
.make plans for drain
ing the reservoir at
this time, but the
work, if done, will
be scheduled for Mon
day. He promised a
definite announcement
next Saturday.
In the meantime
cannery operators are
making every effort
to draw as little wa
ter from city sources
as possible* : aYR is
‘rigging a salt water
pump with which they
expect to do a part
of their work.. Be
ginning today, Cook
Inlet Packing Co.,
expected to begin
pumping water for
canning use from the
fresh water lake be
hind the city.
. It is hoped that
this use of water
from other sources *
'combined with the
careful use of water
on the part of homes
and businesses, will
take c^are of the em
ergency, Mr. English,
said. However, ho
warned that the Util
ity Board may find .it
necessary to talce’
steps to ration the,
w a t or.
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W. A. Sstus of the •
Cook Inlet Packing
Co., returned to Sel
dovia last Saturday.
Mr. Dstus was recent
ly called Outside by
the illness of his
wife, and by the
death of the firn^s
bookkeeper in Se
attle.
”lf necessary, we
will simply turn off
all water in the town
and direct the whole
flow to the can
neries,” Mr. English
said. ”If that does
become* necessary, a
schedule will be
worked out • whereby
homes will get water
for a period of time
during the cannery
off - duty hours, but
we’ve got to arrange
to get enough water
to the canneries to
let them get their
canning done.”
Mr. English also
warned of the danger
of fire| for he said
there is not enough
water at the reser
voir with which to
fight a fire.
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