According to statistics of the -
Water Department 88,546,000 gal
lons were drawn from the reser
voirs for the 24 hour, ending yes
terday morning at 8 o’clock.
All of the pumps are running
full fores 24 hours a day. and
whilw GiereJ4a.no indication.of a
wat# SHoVtadW. 1 D. W. Holton, act
ing superintendent of the Water
Department, explained that there
cannot be many days of such a
large use of water without reduc
ing the water level in the reser
voirs.
Mr. Holton said It would be well
for water consumers to take cog
nisance of the situation and econo
mise as tor as possible in the use
of water.
place# on the seaboard yesterday, but ,
top honors went to Charlotte, N. C..
with a mark of 102. and running a
doee second waa Raleigh, the North
Carolina Capital, registering 100.
No records were broken by the
temperature here, June, July, August
and September fer several years past
witnessing days when the mercury ;
touched the century point.
MIDWEST GETS RELIEF.
80 to 40 Degrees Drop From Peak of
M Recorded.
CHICAGO, July 10 tdb.—The sea
son’s first heat wave Is being swept
out to sea by a wave of cooler weather
80 to 40 degrees lower than the Middle
West peak of #O. Eight deaths today
from heat were reported In the East,
besides four deaths among the bathers
keeking relief from the simoon. Phil
adelphia’s W led the heat record re
ports.
Two days of cool weather were
promised tonight by the forecaster,
but he added that another warm spell
is collecting on the Pacific slope,
which may reach the Central West
by Wednesday.
