The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-07

Portland, Ore, June 6.-Latess reports
from the Cascade locks are that the
government works are still in great
danger The bul,zhead which keeps
the Columbia out of the upper end of
the locks is almost submerged. Should
1t go out, all the riprap work, and pos
sibly the entire works, will be de-
stroyed, entailing q Joss of over mil
lion dollars.
The Union Pacific is in very bad
shape near the locks. Where the cur
rentt strikes the bank alongside the
railroad, mountain is moving. re-
sembling a huge glacier. while masses
of bluff are continually falling into the
river. Big fir trees, as they tumble over
the bank. hang a little whlle down
ward. and then plunge !ato the torrent
below The river has cut INFO the
mountain for a quarter If a mile The
bluff where the railroad formerly ran,
presents a face 500 fec IN height
The weather bureau predicts tha. the
river in this city wj.l rei'n its maAI-
mum height at midnight, and remain
Sauonary TIL Thuls1ay, with d tend
GIcy to fall. When it commences to
fall it will be rarS slow, not ever four
inches day for at least ten days
At Ripafia, the Sn ike river has fai-
len ten inches IN the last :wentyfou
hours.
The Columbia is also reported as fslI-
lag st about lhe same ate at CMaiilla
Strengthening the Locks.
A telephone message received late
this afternoon from the locks, saws
that the contractors have succeeded
IN strengthening the bullkhead so that
At VIII not go out. They have had
Sarge gangs Of men working for six
days and nights, and immense quanti-
ties Of gravel, brush and stone have
been used. 1t is not believed that all
danger is past.
News from down the Columbia river
shows most depiorab bic condition of
affairs. Fishing has been suspended,
and the great stream has flooded the
whole country on both sides. Houses
have been carried away and farms in
undated and crops destroyed
There has been great loss of stock.
ANYTHING approxinlating an estimate
of the damage is utterly impossible.
Suavies Island is entirely submerged
and crops destroyed. The loss is very
neavy. and will leave a great many in
destitute circumstances. Suffering and
i@ant prevails among the families Of
many ranchers.
To Relieve Distress.
Al ponce headquarters, this morning,
C7lef OF Police Hunt detailed several
officers TO visit the northern part of
the city in boats to seek out families
In need or in distress. The poor, how
ever are mostly being cared for in
various parts of the city by friends and
charitably disposed people.
TFe suspension Of operations on all
nhey street car lines, excepting the
SFReond street road, is growing to be a
serious inconvenience to the thousands
of people and particularly those living
on the east side suburbs.
The companies will, directly and in
directly, suffer a loss of many thou
sands of dollars.
Chief Engineer Buchtel this morning
caused another engine to be placed on
a barge. This makes three engines now
so situated that they can reach nearly
every part Of the flooded district.
This morning the Southern Pacific
overland brought a heavy load of pas
sengers and mail. The Union Pacific
TFail was sent in over the Southern s
Ene, and there was fully ten tons of
Ntters and papers from the east, which
have beer delayed several days.
The condition of both the Madison
ana Morrison street bridges is serious.
Tbs pressure of the water from under
nesth has broken up the approaches
on eiuher side.