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The _ Gi~y 'V~eii.-
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- a!~lfred Gillett, who secured,the con-
tract for diving the tu~nela at the I
city welt, has had a full force of men
at work since last Saturday evening,
~workitag three shifts •of eight hours
each. The contract was"let for 25 feet
-of tunnel; but it may be extended to 50
feet befgre the work is stopped. When
the well had reached a depth of 50 feet
it was shown by actual measurement
that a flow of l80 gallons per minute
lead then been developed and s~rice
starting work on the funnels the
has been almost doubled. It
settled beyond. any question
abundant supply of the .finest
of water far a town several
large ns Central Point has n
flow
is now
that an
quality
times as
ow been
developed and it oftly remains to ~ get
the system completed and in operation
at the earliest possible morr~ent,
The matter of marketing the wAta,-
4oncis wilt be the next step to be taken
and the presence of an unquestioned'
water supply will make the bonds most
desirable to investors_ It is possible
that the entire issue will be taken by
Iocal people here in the valley.
It is expected that the .entire system
can be installed and in operation within
three or four months.