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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 04/13/1944~~arofl ~ruiMs WH~i IS BEINfi OONE~BOUIWE0.~ C. P. American .That is a rtueation that han been fn the minds of the.peo.plo of-Contra) Point for the past year. And e •'ryU,e9tton that has not been cleat, let ~ the minds of the mayor, recorder, -an`2i city couneii° - t - Iieglnntng of the first of the story: Thore has been n crying need of~more water [or Cetlu•al Point Yor years and 1 )about a Year ago the pr~,vent coun~tl decided to make un sttempt~'CO setts- I fy that need by drilling a new welt, 1-s'e~Tain°-Eha~LVTien you ~ic~c a rTi•IIT ' in the grounrt, no living human being knows .a~hxt the result wttl be wheth- er -it will be water, plenty of orate; good'n•1ter. Moor water, gas, oil or a dry .hole: The' well wns drilled. And the ~ driliq+ reported that we had a won- ' fler[ul [low eY tc star c~•hioh ra [seal. cut, hopes rtlmost to the exeftln=' ~ stage. Now the oni; rtueation ip our ~ minds ~v'ata the kind of ~v{tter as v! j «. purity aAd hardness. Thoso ~ tu•., testa were ordered by the count!!) si.nd the pu!•ity test a~as made tv~iieh !, Proved - "A". Rut .something }~ap- pened that we Yafled to get the e~em•• teat teap but it was guessed by somr. thaw it was soft and thnt lrjen Pre- it v811ed but waes nut substantiated. j Finally In sPlte oP our shortage of. help and supplies eve got the water into the mains. Tou ]cnow that part iof the story. Dld you lik¢ it••or~ctid f you not? Anyway at the meet-iing of the last coQncil It ryas ordered that Its use he dtacontinued except in`an ' emorgency until the cheml ,31 test is tnade and tt is determined, deftnfte- ly by.tbe hest su[hority and . t9sts }Phut k[nd atxl flow of ~ water we t-~Ve. ~,~• - P, a. BONNI;Y, /1tiaYor.