The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-05
NORTH TEMPLE
Street IS NOW
RUSHING RIVER
City Creek Reaches New High
Mark and Serious Damage
Threatens.
LADS CAST FISH LINES
IN MIDDLE OF STREET
SOUTH CAR TRACK rs UNDER A
FOOT OF WATER AND is
ABANDONED.

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= At 1 80 o'clock this morning j. T. =
y Raleigh, supervisor Of streets. re-
= ported the water I'm City Creek =
= higher than he had ever known u :
: before and still rising. He said the :
= water was five inches higher this =
4 morning than on Friday morning, out =
= still within the temporary embank-
owe are doing all I'm our power 70 =
, keep the stream in check, but the =
2 situation is far more serious Inan
= I had expected said Mr.. Raleigh.
\ "All the men and teams from the =
= street flushers have been put on duty =
> along the stream and I hope we viii =
: be able to keep the water within It's =
y banks. Street car traIflc on Jne
= fair grounds line viii be tied up this =
y morning
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Never before in the history Of Salt Lake
has City Creek reached as high a mark
as it did last night and unless the water
|reCedes today the property along NORM
/ Temple street viii suffer considerable
damage NSeTth Temple street from Sixth
| West street to the Jordan river is under
I water which in some places is two Ieet
/ deep At midnight last night the highest
mark was reached and residents along
/ the street feared the temporary embank-
ments would give way and flood their
property.
/ At Sixth West street, where the stream
/ leaves the conduit and becomes an open
I ditch the water has broken out of its
/ banks and has made a river of the street
/ On both sides of the street from sixth
{ West on westward the street Is lmpas-
/ sable Last night the water was running
/ two feet deep down the roadway ana was
not lower than fourteen inches deep at
any time during the day.
| Temporary entertainments have been
| thrown up along the curb line from two
/ to three feet I'm height The water is
/ now at the top Of these new banks and
may break through at any time. The
Q street is tied up so FAR as traffic IS con-
] Cerned- The seepage through the en-
bankment has made the sidewalk impas-
sable
During yesterday afternoon the side
| walks were under several inches of water,
which gradually increased last evening
/ and began running into the yards All
I day Friday there were fifteen teams haul
ing material for the temporary embank-
ments and about fifty remained on duty
patroling the-stream last night watching
| for breaks.
Serious Loss Threatened.
The situation is now more serious than
I ever before and unless there is a de-
/ crease in the amount Of water today Sc
rious damage VIII result to the property
along the street. The sidewalks which
| were only laid last year, are already Sc
riously damaged by teams passing over
l them and being undermined by the heavy
flow of water. Business on North Tenn
pie street is at d standstill. Several gro
| Gerry stores along the street are isolated
by the high water and unable 10 do any
! business.
/ The street car company is also suffering
/ d heavy loss through the floods. Gester-
day afternoon the water was so high in
l the car tracks that IL reached the car
steps. Last night the south track was
under one foot of water and traffic over
this line was abandoned At the ter
miual of the line, at the fair grounds.
the loop is under q foot of water. not
| Withstanding the fact that a gang OF men
/ were engaged yesterday afternoon in rails
ing the grade several inches. The traffic
over the fair grounds line last night was
badly handicapped and visitors at the
race track today will experience some
difficulty IN getting to the fair grounds.
The water has ruined the ballast on the
south track and this line Is now unsafe.
The track Is within two feet Of the main
/ stream and the ground has become so
| soft that 1t may give way at any time If
the track is used to any extent
Water in West Temple,
At West Temple street on North Tenn
pie. where the street car company is in
/ stalling a new crossing and a new bridge
/ over the stream the water has backed uu
and is running several inches deep south
I on West Temple street. Early yesterday
morning the water reached South Temple
street and was running down the center
/ of the street to the depot. Third West
street In front of the Oregon Short Line
depot was under several inches Of water
yesterday morning
The water is coming down with such
| force that il is carrying with IL big bouI-
ders and rocks from the mountains At
[ Third West street. where the stream en-
tiers the o. $. L. conduit, a barrier OF
l heavy timber has been installed and "a
gang Of men are kept busy hauling rocks
from the stream with forks. Last night
there was a pile of stones at the corner
weighing several tons, all Of which had
been taken from the stream
The water from Sixth West to Eleventh
/ West street is running two feet above
: the sidewalk grade and should the en-
/ bankmc1t give way Will flood every ward
| along the street. The grade Of The road
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