Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-13
Citizens On West Side Alarmed
At Conditions Along
Aqueduct.
FOOLISH TRIBUNE STORY.
With street Department Out All Night,
Organ of Crooks Says There Was
No Overflow Yesterday.

the lives of people living IN west North
Temple street. The first serious over
now occurred early Friday morning and
the second and worse food came short
Y before midnight last night. The
proof of these statements is easily OBJ
taned by a visit TO the vicinity Steps
Il. procure assistance OF permanent sort
are being taken by the people OF the
west side. who insist that the city is
responsible for the conditions and must
be forced to recognize their rights and
prevent further flooding Of the vicinity.
An amusing story Is found in the
columns of the organ of crooks this
morning. Evidently It was written
by one of the Tribune star under o.
ders from an editorial executive. This
conclusion is drawn from the fact that
the truth is so carefully avoided or
recklessly handled The reckless sheet
SAYS there is no suffering and no foods
have occurred in the vicinity The
! Tribune story is to be believed no more
! than the greater number appearing III
I IFS regular issues story of Hoods
prove a canard.' IL the heading ana
1 then i, seeks to- rebuke tho News
/ for printing a true statement of af-
/ fairs-evidently In the Tribune's list OF
! high crime.
ANOTHER FLOOD
| Last night shortly before midnight
| there was one foot OF water over the
| car tracks. The creek had oyerfiowed
| its ban!l~ and had formed an i'll snell-
| ing stream twenty-five feet wide be-
| tween the piled up manure used TO Gull
| the strength of the rushing waters.
| John Reid, 765 west North Temple
| street is authority for this statement.
| He is corroborated by several others.
| Even Jake Raleigh. it is thought, VIII
| corroborate Mr.. Reid. The fact that
| Raleigh was GU. with a large force of
men all last night either indicates that
there Is food in that section Of the
city OF that the city's men and money
| are being used for a very strange pur-
4 pose, indeed.
| The waters subsidized during the day
| yesterday, and have again today, as so
| much wafer Is being used during the
day that the rush down the waste
| channel Is unlimited for the time be-
| ing. But at nightfall the general con-
| sumption Is reduced to its lowest terms,
| leaving the great surplus to escape IN
/ food through the west part OF the
| town. The rise OF last night began
| at 3 o'clock, and a / a. M. the waters
| were running over the flume banks
| again. Jake Raleigh and rs or 30 men
| were there to fight the flood, and the
| entertainments were further strength
| ened. But the water broke through at
| several points, requiring quick effort
| to prevent widespread disaster More
| and more loads of foul smelling manure
were hauled to the breaks, and the tide
| stayed. At O'Clock this morning, there
| was n foot of water above the wagon
hpf a
| In general the water was 10 to IL
| inches above the level of the street. In
| fact the streetcar tracks were IA inches
under water during the hight of last
nights food.
SITUATION DESPERATE.
Said L. +. Rich today: THE condi
tlons obtaining In the Third precinct
along the line of the aqueduct are des-
perate: and today is apparently warm
er than yesterday, the melting of the
SHOWS up the canyon will be heavier
than yesterday. so that tonight, We
are very apprehensive as to the out
come. | fear IL viii be worse than on
any preceding nights. Jake Raleigh is
doing the best he can under the cir
cumstances, but there Is no appropri-
alton by the city council. and he has
not much therefore to work with. But
we can't stan this sort OF thing any
| longer, IL IL the business or the OOun-
| ell to protect US; and there will be
from 80 to 100 citizens and taxpayers
of the Third precent present next M,bl
day evening at the council meeting to
demand in person the protection that
Is due us, Furthermore we shall tell
those cOuncilmen just what we think
| of them, in pretty plain English too.
| The stencil from that manure is some
| thing dreadful. and the swarms OF
mosquitoes are something unpreced
| ented. Betweenthe mosquitoes and the
smell il is impossible for people to re
main on their front porches, N 10
keep their windows open"
Councilman Holey Of the Third
J precinct stated to a "News' reporter
! that the people Of his precinct had
ample occasion for resentful protest,
| az protection from the city was GER
tainly due them He had often
brought the matter up, but could get
no satisfaction at all from the rest of
| the council a mistake was made in
allowing the Short Line 10 cut off the
sewer connection with the creek in the
Iemodellins of the yards, as that was
safety outlet no longer available. He
| thought the city MIGRANTS and the
waste gates should be left wide open
tonight, to relieve the situation Mr..
| Holey says II win cost $500 TO
| provide a new and proper conduit. II
| the improvement Is made, II VIII be
| cheaper In the end than for the city to
| stand numheTless damage suits from
| the west side, which are sure 10 be
brought He hoped the precinct
would be represented al Monday eyen-