HE SAID NOT A WORD

McConnell Again Ignores Explicit Orders Regarding Lower Pumps

WEST SIDE STATION NOW IN USE

But the Supervisor Keeps it to Himself, Instead of Warning the Public.

Consumers of city water will have to boil their water a little harder than usual for the next two weeks or run the risk of serious derangements to their inside machinery.

One of the two pumps at the North Side station is out of commission again and both pumps at the West Side station are now in operation twenty-four hours of the day.

The North Side pumps broke down Saturday. Previous to that time the West Side station had been in use a few hours each day, just enough to keep the reservoir full.

Following the accident to the North Side pumps, both the pumps at the lower station were put to work and now more than half the water entering the city mains come from the river at the station.

It is said that it will take at least ten days to make the necessary repairs to the broken pump.

McConnell Did Not Report.

As usual, Supervisor McConnell did not think the incident was of enough public importance to mention, and the West Side pumps were working full blast for two days before the fact came out, and then it was only by accident.

The matter was kept so secret that even Registrar Moody of the water department knew nothing about it. McConnell had been explicitly ordered to issue a warning to the public when the lower pumps were in use. The water committee is inclined to ask a few questions regarding McConnell's policy.

The present situation only emphasizes more forcibly than ever the necessity of a third pump at the north side station at the earliest possible moment. The city engineer is still engaged in his investigations to determine the character of the foundation under and about the North Side station, but it will be several days yet, probably, before he can make a report.