Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-08
FLOOD IS NOW
WELL I. !: |. | IN HAND
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Cooler Weatheris Saving the City
From Threatened
Damage.
HEALTH is NOW IN DANGER.
Material Used for Lcvccs is Causing
lii Smelling and Germ Ladc, Lakes
TO Form About Homes.

Flood conditions on Mntlll TenSsl,s
street are much ilt!praNed today owe
ing to he low Temperature prevail
ing during tic last u hours, but d
VIII be some time before conditiuils
will become normal among the resis
denees west Of Eighth West street. Az
that point Il number of homes are
surrounded BY water which stands IN
some places on manure and refusa
caused discooration that looks
threatening to the health of the chill
Hdren OF the west side. This condi-3.
Eighth West, q distance of several
Blocks. On South Temple the side
walks on the north side of the street.
8 are impossible at 4 point about half
Nay between Eighth and Ninth West
streets, from which point a veritable
sea extends to tie Jordan river
Through all this district the low lots
are covered With water and those
VINO have built their homes high are
7 Very fortunate in the present condi-g
stion.
The water Is surging out of the con-
duit nj Sixth West with great force
and carrying, With it a great deposit OF
rocks. gravel and silt. which is being
deposited over the street. and from time
to time covering the street car tracks.
4frMo men Interchangeable clearing the
Nay for the cars this morning. The
gbg ditch is also nearly full OF Silt
causing the water to run over into the
sides of tire street. where 1t has alsp
deposited great amount of mud and s
gravel. This fact Will make the con.
sdition much worse 2if the recurring
warm weather should restore anything
hike the volume of water which has
been running for several days past.
Several men are ut work cleaning
out the ditch about Seventh West, But
tlieii.numbers are 9sintill compared With,
the gigantic task of removing the silt
Which has been deposited in the cham
| mel
The manure that has y seil used for the
embanklnents is very disagreeablc 20
4 the residents. but 1t has served a good
4 purpose in holding back the stream
4 of water, which, owing to the g,aeaa
deposits of silt over the street, appears
4 to besa almost as high as 1t has been at
| any time.
Tom Davis who has just come IN from
Brighton, Big Cottonwood canyon. re-
ports the roads down the canyon in an
almost impossible condition. He says
| rs men are wanted in the canyon a 8
once in order to prevent further dani-
age which viii cost: the county many
thousands OF dollars.
The River Jordan as seen from tho5
top CT the Newhouse building resembles
the Platte river in Nebraska. Parties
who We're up City Greek canyon yestsr- y
/ day report the snow practically gone
west of the north fork, but beyond that
! there are accumulated snowslides 40
feet deep. Just over the little divide
there ISIS, lake us long as city BLOCK
Land ! 0 feet deep seeptns through the.
ground into the creek further down;
| the canyon.
James Wolstenbelinc Of Marion. sum
HInlt county. IS II, the city today. and
tsays there is more snow back In the
mountains now than in 40 years at this
| tiIBo OF the year. so there Will not be
| any scarcity OF water this season. M
The Utah Light & Railway company
has 20 men protecting the Big Cotton.
wood plant from food disaster. So
4 far the plant has been able to operate,
though under great difficulties