Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-11
HAINT NO DANGER
WaleFmaster HarVey'S PaTalOsy on
The Water Question.
SPRING FLOODS ARE COMING IN.
Three Days Sunshine Sounds a Grave
Warning Break In the
Canal.

Warning.-Drcak In the
Canal.
Three days spring weather has
served istakablc notice OF what
may bo expec,ei in the way Of rush
Of water from tho mountains with o
continuation Of tunshiny days and a
rise Of the temperature toward sum-
mer's heat.
"rhere haint no dnuger," said
Matchmaker Harvey, on the Sunday
morning that ho put gang
OF mon and n number OF
teams at work to TX the Tenth South
street canal banks between Fifth anu
Eighth West streets. In line with
that position 1t IL now in order for him
10 go 10 Ninth and Tenth South streets
today aud assure the people living In
that locality that "therc haint no wa.
ter" ON their dooryards, lots and gar
dens.
He did not give this nssutau ce,
however, when his men were busy
this morning repairing the break In
the canal ut the corner OF Tenth
South and Second Westsire,ts. About
four O'Clock this morning the volume
Of winter became too great for the
cnual banks At that point, aud began
IL .I.s
n short time for the stream 20 cut away
aportion Of the banks, anu the water
was soon rushing into the open space
beyond. Quickly II spread over the
low rroun1, extending over grass plats,
gardens anu doorynrds up to the very
Foundation walla OF some OF the
houses. The people down there
received n taste " spring floods, anu
they don't Ike II u bit. There are n
good many OF them who would be re-
lievcd IN their f,eliugs " they could
epuso tue watermaster IN the ponds
about their houses until he came to n
comprehension Of the true situation
and either made way for better man
foe the emergency, or got u move on
him. Perhaps these feelings arc n
little extreme, anu the people mas. cool
Oh whom the water recedts. that IL, II
tho weather will cool sufficiently TO
allow It to 10 70. The watermastei
means well, whether be does 10 or not,
aud when ne learned OF tho break la
the canal force OF men was
! Immediately put 10 work and the bank
repaired. But there was no timber or
firm ballasung put In, ~ the people
are looking for tho soft earth
10 be swept out and carried into
their lots. al, may b. good lhing,"
said one ofthe Affected ones today, "lo
increase the altitude Of our property
beyond the reach Of floods, bus the
process il too slow anu damp TO be
comfortable"
The locality named II not the only
place that Ia suffering from excess OF
water. All along Tenth South, west
from Fourth Fast, excepting from the
State Road TO West Temples affected.
At Fourth East the water "a flowing
over the canal banks. The street
railway company raised Its track there
five inches, hut the water came UP
too, and was running over the
bed Of the track IN places. To add TO
tho trouble there, u ilume when Is ex-
pocted to carry the water OF Ia too
small for the purpose.
The Ninth South street canal Il
doing equally as much damage ns the
other. From First West street west
the blocks on the north side OF the
canal, NJ far north as Eighth South
street, are LARGELY under water. by u
sort OF "doughhead" policy the north
bank OF the canal was graded down 10
make the street appear more level.
AS n consequence, when the water
camo ~ It spread out, 70 much ~ thai,
II now makes level surface for many
acres that should be fruitful gardens
Instead Of huge duck ponds. The
residents there also feel pretty warm
over the matter; and when an official
comes down anu gazes upon the scene
from his buggy In the street, aud re-
marks that SIT ain't much, anu Will be
nil right Ia a day or two,"the warmth
occasionally Increases 10 fever heat.
The watermnster's department was
busy liking things today, and after the
poitering and patching that 10 going
on may push out for something bigger
and better. II is to be hoped 50; for the
waters haven't even made fair start
at coming from TIM mountains yet.
Some rnstling now might still be In
time. VIII 1t be done?
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