After 25 yrs., Far S. Siders get city water

Joe Walker waited 25 years for yesterday.

As a dozen people, including Mayor Washington, squeezed intohis kitchen on the Far South Side, Walker poured a glass of waterfrom the faucet.

"It tasted real good," Walker said after sipping the water andending a struggle that began during the John F. Kennedyadministration.

For the first time since Walker moved into 706 E. 134th Pl. in1961, his and his neighbors' homes have been connected to the city'swater and sewer system.

Since they moved in, Walker and his six Maryland Manorneighbors, who had been hoodwinked by a developer, relied on bottledwater for cooking and eating since the water from their …