The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-05-21
CITY CREEK DITCH
{ RAGING TORRENT
Breaks Over Its Banks and
Floods Portion of North
Temple Street.
STREET CAR LINE BLOCKED
TWO HUNDRED MEN AND loo
TEAMS CHECK INUN0ATloN'

CITY Creek ditch on North Temple street.
between Sixth West and Ninth west
streets. burst over its banks carry MOI
dav morning. causing North Temple
street to be blocked to all traffic ana
the Fair Grounds car line to be out OF
commission " est of Sixth West street
The unusually warm weather of sun
day and Monday caused the SHOWS stored
On civ Creek canyon to melt rapidly.
The waters. rushing through the creek
went beyond all bounds while Gou Isle
down through the ditch on NoIth lUn
ME street The wooden trough-hke ullC .t
extending along that street az oeNel Severn
West street broke early Monday IhoIn-
flow down North Tempe sue'' INV
Seventh West to the south. ma
People residing on the street notlIieu
the street department ana an az diloD.N
men and teams were pressed b I,Iu0 of
street employees arrived the often prohe
I'm a number of other places bet"eeh
Sixth and Ninth West streets
nv 4 o'clock Monday morning Street
commissioner Raleigh had over 2lo men
and 100 teams at work bathing Wltn tne
flood The work commenced petM .
Sixth and Seventh West streets A ul VI
was made down North Temple. on the
south side of the street, and bikes were
thrown up to prevent the water from
flooding dwelling houses along the street
and to keep the water from courslns
down Seventh West
Street Cars Stopped.
The street car line was put out OF
commission on account of the bikes Whlch
on the north side of the street were
thrown up i'm the middle OF the track.
THE gangs of men worked rapidly down
North Temple street, throwing up uihes
and digging bitches. These bitches re
lieved the strain on the main or per
Rety-een Eighth and Ninth West streets
the situation is the most serious On the
south side of North Temple the Stree
is completely flooded to the terraces ledu-
ing ND to the houses along the way
The terraces act as dixie Al Nlhth
West street the regular ditch ana the
temporary ditch empty INTO large
channel. or artificial creek, winch lows
In the Jordan river, three blocks further
west. -.
Fortunately the Jordan river is not tur-
bulent at present.
An dav Monday Raleigh's men were
working diligently, scarcely taking time
10 eat. and they continued during the
night shifts taking only time enough of
duty 10 catch "A few hours sleep.
Between 5 o'clock Monday morning and
o'clock Monday afternoon the water
in the creek rose three feet At CLOCK
il commenced TO fail and continued TO
fall until about o'clock From ; o'clock
ing the water vas constantly rising.
BuIwarks Erected.
Raleigh kept his men at work during
the night and in anticipation of higher
water had extra bitches made. The
whole south side of North Temple street
from Sixth to Ninth West streets IS one
immense ditch. capable of receiving any
extra amount of water anticipated.
Where the pressure of the water was
greatest against the walls of the bitches
and bikes walls of cross-ties were erected
in the form of bulwaTkS.
This is the first time in eleven years
that City creek has broken over and
caused trouble IN that section of the city.
The vast amount of snow stored in the
canyon is melting rapidly.
Every water plug on mains supplied
from City creek was kept open all day
Monday and is still open. so as to ease
The pressure on the overflow ditch down
North Temple street. Mr.. Raleigh said
last night that there had been no tTou-
hle in any other part of the city, that
Red Butte and Parley's creeks were
operating normally. and that the Jordan
river was lower now than 1t has been
in six weeks.
Seventh. Eighth and Ninth West streets
and Chicago avenue are blocked by bikes
at North Temple 1t will be impossible
to resume street car traffic until the
water in City creek subsidies and the
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