The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-13
Threatened District PatroIled
by Men, Who Are Watch
ing Trouble Carefully.
BANKS OF CANALS
RAISED BY AUTHORITY
City Administration Rendering
Every Possible Assistance
at This Time.

Fear of being flooded out is at pres
ent frightening residents along the
banks of the Ninth South canal, be.
tween First and Third West, and per
haps this apprehension is not without
foundation. Men now patrolng the
swollen stream, as well as those who
have seen conditions for several days,
predict that the canal will overflow
and inundate large area in the south
western section Of the city. At Z
o'clock last evening the water was
three inches higher than on Thursday
night at the same mour, and this
brings the rushing waters up to the
very top of the banks 1t has been
the experience that the water does not
reach its greatest height until between
2 and o'clock in the morning. On
Thursday evening the water was COM
paratlvely low to what it has been
since. IL was but little higher at mid.
night, but before morning it came ex-
ceptlonally close to running over. Yes
terdaY was a very warm day, and II
was evident from the condition of the
canal during the entire day that the
snow In tine hills is melting rapidly.
1t was nearly as high last evening at
Z o'clock as it reached on the Thurs.
day night between midnight and morn.
ing, so the people who live in the
threatened districts prepared last even
ing for the overflow
Water Rushed In.
In one place near Third West yes,
terday the bank on the south side gave
partially away and the water rushed
in and woull no doubt have turned the
street and the lots about it into "a lake
but for the timely prevention of it Ivy
the patrols who are constantly on duty.
A force of men was kept busy hauling
dirt and raising the bank all day yes
terday, and while several of the most
dangerous places were made safe. II
was impossible to fix them all The
greatest danger seems TO be now be-
tween Second and Third West on the
south side of the canal
When the first overflow came. two
days ago, the district about Washing
ton street. between First and Second
West on the sotuh side of the canal,
was flooded, and the water made it i'm
possible for people TO go out into their
back yards. The overflow in this dis
trict was checked, but the people were
worried as to what they could do with
the water 1t was impossible 10 drain
it any place. The fire. department. yes
terday afternoon solved the question by
going down with steamer and pumping
the water back into the canal. Five
hours of work was necessary to put the
street and the neighborhood into fairly
good shape. On Aberdeen and Gale
streets the water is still about foot
deep. The water is turning green and
is beginning to smell. This has caused
another scare among the residents. They
fear the spread of diseases is as seri-
Gus as the flood scare,
People Greatly Incensed.
The people in the threatened district
are greatly angered at the officials of
the Salt Lake Route i'll not complying
with the order which was given them
by the city to raise their bridge across
the canal, The bridge is the cause of
a good deal of trouble. 1t was built
ports extended very close to the water
The water has risen so high that the
supports are now covered nearly two
feet deep. The space under the bridge
makes it impossible for The water TO
go through as fast as is necessary, The
result is that on one side of the bridge
the water is fully eighteen inches high
er than on the other The railroad peo-
pie failed 10 get to work on the raising
Of the bridge until late last evening.
II would be impossible to do anything
that would prove beneficial before to-
dav. and, according to the general be-
lief OF those who have been watching
the water in its work, that will be too
late The residents along the canal will
consider themselves exceedingly lucky
if they have not been drowned out at
an early hour this morning, A force of
men went to work early yesterday even
ing, and up till quite late hour they
had the water still under control,