Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-19
THOSE WILD WATERS
The Cold Spell Materially Reduced
Their Quantity.
THEY ARE NOW UNDER CONTROL.
Bingham's Dcva station. - Watching
Jordan, Tie Canals and City
Crcck.--Thc Weber Up.

The cold spell which came on with
yetterday's storm has proven a great
boon TO people in this vicinity. by
causing the rapidly melting process
that was being applied to the noun
iains' SHOWS to temporarily cease
operations, 30 TINT the volume OF
water In the creeks, canals aud river
has been materially lcsseaed.
In the canyons there was more dam.
age done durlng tho c1nunuancs Of
the storm. Parley's creek became
very high and ran over aud cut up the
road rather badly In places. A force
OF men went up las, night to make
repsirr. II was reported that the Utah
Central railway track hal been
washed out, but this was not a fact.
There were quite u number Of washes
by streams from the mountain sides,
but none OF these were serious, and the
railway traffic was not N itorlally In.
terfcIed with.
1n Bingham canyon, however, mat.
tiers assumed h different aspect. some
days ago tho floois 30 injured tho
II. q. w. track that trains mad to stop
mile below the station, and passcn.
gers and mail matter were unloaded at
Dry Fork. Yesterdays storm In the
canyon was terror. Tho wind
blew gale, aud the rain and
hail OF the morning gave way TO u
binding snow storm, which continued
till about elk Inches Of enow had
fallen. Bingham creek came up TO IN
alarming height, and considerable
damage was done. The railway track
II IN such condition that the com.
pany has had TO refuse freight until
repairs can be made. No ore eau bs
hauled out, ana some OF the mines are
stopped Tor lack OF fuel and timber,
which cannot be hauled 10 them In
the present condition OF the roads. la
some places where formerly there was
fair wagon road, IL II now almost i'm.
| passable to men on horseback. The
county will be- called Oh to expeud d
considerable amount la repairing
roads.
Tn. Salt Lake and Los Ang, lea
railroad people nave found 1t neces-
sary 10 raise their bridge over the
jordan, and n lnrg. force Of men have
been engaged NJ that work. The
bridge was quite near the water for
ordinary seasons, and too close for
safety for the present, but II Is now
being locatedh Ign ana ury.
City creek, the canals and the river
i Wafa I'm r. fiillv uulahaI lusf piuhf
aud with tue fall IN the water are now
under control. Mayor Baskin went to
the relief Of the water de-
partment by calling on the
other departments To send cut
men to aid In the work Of keeping tho
waters back. Under this order mat.
ters arr progressing nicely nj present.
! CITY creek In also being Relieved some
by tapping the water hydrants.
South and north OF this city the
people are kept ON the alert by the
rushing mountain streams. Weuet
and Morgan counties are having
some Of their old time experiences,
and Weber and Ogden rivers are yet
dangerously nigh, though II has gone
| down some win the cold spell. rhe
road between Weber and Morgan
county IL 10, ofiei under water, n sOme
places 9everaI feet. In Ogden canyon
the road Is submerged in place.;
| west OF Ogden the Ogden river has
overlooked its banks ut the Southern
Pacific bridge anu great streams Of
water are escaping over tho farms In
that neighborhood, doing great damage
10 the orchards, grain helds and gar
dens. At one point within half mile
Of the bridge two houses are surround
cd with lakes and the occupants are
forced 10 use rubber boots to gain access
TO the dwellings. High leve,s have
saved many OF the homes In that
vicinity from damage but those whv
we're caught unawares are sustaining
heavy losses. OLD settlers say the
rivers are higher this spring than for
eight years. Below the confluence OF
the Weber and Ogden rivers the
stream spreads out all over tho coun-
try and the settlement OF Marriots and
the districts surrounding are inundat-
ed. The country resembles u great
lake.
With the precautions now being
taken, however, 1t ia likely that the
principal danger 10 past, both ut Salt
Lake and elsewh here IN this vicinity.