The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-16
Warm Rays of Sun Results in
Melting Snow and High
Water.
BABBLING BROOKS BECOME
DANGEROUS TORRENTS
Entire State Slushed by Swiftly
Running Rives of Mountain
Water.

The last four days OF hot weather are
melting the SHOWS in the mountains
and as result the streams throughout
the state are rising rapidly; in some
sections already overlooking their
banks and in others threatening to do
so. If the hot spell continues lew
days longer. Along the entire course
of these mountain streams all low
places in their beds are entirely filled /,
brooks have become torrents and
streams have become rivers. Meadow
lands adjacent the streams are Hooded
with water from depths ranging from
three inches to two feet. Along the
railway fills the water backs up for
nearly half a mile. This is due to the
fact that the culYerts are ordinarily
not made large enough to carry such
large streams OF water. The section
affected by the hot spell extends from
the extreme north of the state 1ar INTO
the southern end.
At Nephi the water has already
overflowed the banks Of the streams
in the city, and is flooding the streets
Nothing other than flooded cellars have
as vet been reported, but unless the
stream ceases TO rise several or the
buildings near may be partly flooded or
! carried away.
In Payson Canyon,
The stream flowing from Payson
canyon is reported to be ms high now
as at the period Of highest flow last
wear The branch Of the stream which
flows through the center Of town has
flooded into the roadways. AS 1t passes
beneath the barber shops on the corner
of Main street, there is n slight fall,
The immense volume of water leaps
over the precipice, producing n NOISE
that can be heard half mile away,
Spanish Fork creek has also risen
much higher than is the ordinary rise
at this time of the year. This stream
passes through the meadow to the
south of the city Of Spanish Fork,
hence but for the hooding of low mead
ow lands no serious damage can be
produced. Al the point where the
stream flows under the tracks of the
San Pedro the water has backed away
from the track for over TWO hundred
feet and extends parallel TO the fill for
over half mile
AT Provo the water from Provo can
yons seems to be under fair control. ii
is distributed through all the irrigation
bitches that draw water from the
stream in the summer, and is thus al
lowed 10 enter Utah lake at points
more than three miles apart
The meadow lands surrounding Utah
lake have been flooded from depths of
! four inches to three feet. Near Lake
! Point a promontory has been trans
formed into an island The water is
alarminglv close to the summer resort
on the banks OF the lake.
Water Recomes Dan rerous
So great is the flow from American
! Fork canyon, that the watermasters are
unable to completely control the water.
| The ST tream which flows through Center
/ street ordinarily carries about foot
and a half Of water This is also true
Of the one flowing down Second East
Sunday. however, both of these streams
were over four feet deep. From Fri
! day until Sunday there was raise of
one and half feet noted near the cen.
ter Of town. Old residents in this sec.
tion say they have never seen such a
large amount Of water flowing from the
! CANYON.
Between American Fork and Sandy
there ara few streams and here there
are more than enough bitches 10 control
any flow of water Both Big and Little
Cottonwood canyons are sending down
immense volumes of water The resi-
dents near Murray are working hard ia
! keep The water confined to the banks
Of the stream
Between Salt Lake and Murray, the
Salt Lake Route people have more than
dozen men watching the streams
| which pass under their tracks At night
the trains do not cross these streams
until slgnaed TO do so by tine watc hers