Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-07
FLOOD SITUATION
sUNDE:.R CONTROL |.
iueroic Work Of Officers and citi-
zens Gets Upper Hand Of
City Greek.
RANGER POINT IS IS PASSED ;sI['
js., 4. /, oncc IN Canyon Iioad for q Time.
seriously Tlreatenc'l-cool
y Wca,ncris Favorable.

,,..,;n, saturday and Sunday, the
.....atest food city Creek has seen in
4 s.a,rs poured through the city threat
I'M obstruction to everything its
5nonrse But for the excellent Work OF
NJ men under. Street Supervisor Iea;-5
All and Superintendent Holiday OF
HI, wate,, department, the homes of;
s ~. re sidents on Canyon road would
IS Il Ill nroba biy nov be laid waste. AZ
q o,slork Saturday morning, the men
srom The street and watcrWofksi q eTa III
4 mont vent 10 work and stayed braYely
vi, With ii for 16 hours, When a new shift
z was put Oh. syi 4. TX,
From, West Temple 10 First West5t 7l
.ai,fnad track was torn up and retl-i
i tared utterly useless. Farther down
\ M stream again broke out ut Sixth
,ycst and from tlerc on TO the Jordan
& ,iscr. ls street Is Hooded. At the point
5shele the creek crosses Third West,
NO lire roadway is flied with gravel,
Ma teams arc still busy bringing in
( saSd bags, rocks, etc. building up
walls I'd hold the Waterfront of the yards,
5of the residences. 81
DANGER POINT PASSED:
Ali danger IS now passed, as far as
II thng,,ppcr creek is 5concerncd. Mr.. Hob
3 ,isv rs that With a few men to Guard
@the debris and Keep the aaueduct from
logging. there; is no more danger from
yyth5t section Between Third and Sixth
avenues on Canyon roatd, guard s. are
Stationed at intervals of hundred /
Yards and little debris Is allowed to-
mass them The banks OF the creek are
I walled up with sand bags and held with
nolcs anchored to the banks with ell 4
Tie rope that could be had on Saturday.
On North Temple from8 Sixth West
ID Tenth, the water cannot back To-
ITS original course for some days Banks
aFe made securely to hold the water
from flooding the homes on that $ rec
and Mr.. Raleigh says that hey have 5it
row under complete control. The waters
have greatly receded since YESTERDAY.
and around the oregon Short Line de-
pot little danger Is threatening now.
From Tenth West. no effort 10 control
tie stream Is heing ma de. ~ There Is lit-&
lie property inStilat vicinity that can be (
Injured, 50 I'LL the work Is. being cor q
Z Genttated in plptCcting The prop
further up the street.
sTnejbrdan river Ii doing its generpu;:
h share In the trouble. 1t Is at present
sa foot highct, han lis has ever BEEN
1 known to be III the last 20 yea Tile
& river has orerfioWed its banks and
8 many Of the people are completely S shut
IN their homes. The conditions in he
canyons q re now past danger. and tila2
nea in Cottonwood and City, Greek ,,r'.
u present able to handle the streams
With little trouble.
RESIDENCE IN DANGER.
The situation on CANYON road near
fourth avenue yesterday looked ratn-B
es serious. especially near the rcsid-f
+ dtnrc8cf V. L. Halliday. The retaiil-3
ins wall on the cast side of the house
which stands very close 10 the bank
was entirely washed away. and the
bank for 20 feet wont with IL. The
snail bridges in that ncishborhood
are standing, held BY ropes anchored
y tetle banks With crow bars Iii most
cases the banks have been washed
i away from the bridges for several
4 feet
II the tulvert near the o. s. L.
aenot there is less work being done
Today and only few men are sta
TENED Watching for rubbish that may
Clog the aqueduct. a strong high
( bank Of sand and Of stone holdstthc
\ water in control. a few cars that run
70 the Fair grounds are doing SO
Under foot OF Mate,;. Tho over
3 nov from Third West was turned into
E me J, $. Il, yards; last night. but by
!, o'clock this morning the force again
i iad y confined to the street and al
most the entire stream is flowing into
4 me u, cnlpcrt near the foot of the VIA
dNet N this point seems 10 be the
2 dumping point for the largest amount
: Of gravel & is5
As long at the weather remains cool
I, I, y has been this forenoon and ascheclS 4
Is made In the melting in the hills. the
men " az work viii beable to handle the
Z s s.lli The only thing now that
4 van handicap tho force Will be a heavy
8tuill IN tile mountains.
va settlers say that this is the big
ssst isoW from City creek, and that
z we wv. Jordan river Is higher than it has
s Y, ED. been since the awful spring flood
NAN OF the residents OF tile West
~, ,,' are III fear of more trouble in Gaze
!! a as zen porary banks break away. A
~ safatl iluinher of tho residences are
, galss on q much lower level than the
NJ NJ. and even now the yards of most
t ,rs'. arc Inundated With the seepage
, no.l me flooded streets But the SUI
9 H., A. 'sots OF the works assure that
my ,a.s IS no danger unless something
M, - eseen happens 1t has been a
( sa,a lgnf. but the citizens seem to have
M,e ssn me upper hand of the waters
ST. s, credit is due5.to the efforts of Y
. sas,leflntendents Holiday and Raleigh.
2nnt,i WIN y their men worked INCREASINGLY