The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-06-06
FLOOD CONDITIONS
ARE MUCH WORSE
Serious Situation Is Being
Fought at the Short Line
Depot.
HEAVY LOSS THREATENED
AT NUMBER OF POINTS
Large Area of Land Now In.
undated in Western POr-
ton of the City.

The Oregon Short Line railroad tracks
/ in the vicinity Of the Oregon Short
Line depot were covered with six inches
Of water at 1890 O'Clock this (Sun-
/ day) morning, This was due TO the
stream on North Temple, in front of
the old Silver Bros. Iron works, be-
tween West Temple and First West,
breaking through the banks and rush
ing madly down First West to South
Temple, and from thence to the depot.
! AZ the corner Of First West and
| South Temple streets, III front of the
Wellington hotel. the street resembled
river rushing madlv onward and bent
! upon destruction. As soon as the
trouble was overcome on North Temple
! street, where the stream had broken
| through the water began 10 rise at the
mouth of the concrete conduit, just
! below the yiaduct which crosses the
/ railroad tracks At ! clock this (Sun
day. morning large gang of men was
busy sacking sand and pling the sacks
around the mouth of the conduit to pre-
! vent the water from flooding the north
| western portion of the city in the vi
cinity of the railroad shops.
On North Temple.
North Temple street from Sixth
West to fhe fairgrounds, has
become the channel OF City creek
and this is due TO the fact that the
Jordan river is not carrying away the
! surplus water of the creek In some
! places on North Temple street the
water has reached beIght Of two feet
as it rushes madly along toward the
fairgrounds.
| The embankments along the sidewalks
arc about FIVE feet high at present aud
being added 10 as the conditions war
rant A large force of men is cm-
| ployed and doing everything possible
10 prevent the floods from doing further .
damage to the property.
Saturday evening. in spite of the seep-
/ age from tho cmbankments, the side
walks were lined with crowds of peo-
pie anxiously watching the water. Old
residents predict the greatest floods
in the history of the stream when the
Provo and Spanish Fork rivers reach
their highest points, which is expected
about June 10.
Dead Horse in Creek
Considerable discussion and coniec.
ture was caused by the discovery OF
the carcass of horse in the stream
on North Temple street at point near
Seventh West street, early Saturday
morning. The carcass was offering con
siderable obstruction TO the stream, be
ing lodged against one of the beams
Of the old plank conduit,
In many places along North Temple
street, temporary bridges have been
constructed from the sidewalks to the
street car tracks, the electric cars of
fering the only means Of leaving the
flooded district. In most of the dis
trict, the cars are being run very eau
tiously, due to the fact that the road
bed is unsafe.
The water has destroyed all of the
grade of the road from Seventh West
to Eleventh West street aud the car
tracks in many places arc undermined
causing the rails and ties TO sink into
tho ground much below the level of the
roadbed.
Wagon traffic along North Temple
street from Sixth West to Twelfth West
has been abandoned. Large holes have
been washed IN the street and filled
with water, and these places are very
dangerous. Either of South Temple or
First North streets are being used for
all wagon traffic at the present time.
Kids Not Worrying.
The Youngsters of the neighborhood
are having the time of their lives in
noon three boys bad on abbreviated
swimming suits and were splashina
around in the water while others of Il
less fortunate wardrobe had their trous-
ers rolled up to their hips and were
wading at the edge of the embankr
ments.
On Twelfth West the water of the
Jordan river has covered the street to
a depth of three feet and q large force
of men is employed in throwing up en-
hankments along the banks OF the
river.
From Third avenue north along City
creek the water is tearing away the
banks in "A manner that threatens Sc
rjous trouble, The bridge at Fourth
avenue and Canyon road has been de-
clared unsafe and late Saturday cveu
ing was expected 10 60 ont at any
the water having undermined
nearly all of the foundation. The foot
bridge between Third and Fourth ave.
nucs was washed out Saturday,
Emigration Is Lower.
Yesterday the Emigration csnyor
stream was lower than heretofore, but
the Pariey s canyon stream was at its
D CHEST point From Seventh East be-
tween Eleventh and Twelfth South
streets. TO State and Tenth South
streets the water is doing considerable
damage. Large tracts of land i'll that
vicinity are under water and much dam.
tge has been done to crops planted
llong the stream.
In the ueighborhood of Eighth West,
below Eighth South, the Ninth South
anal rose at such rapid rate that the
'ntire pcighborhood was flooded, In
pi,e of the efforts OF large force Of
nen to keep the water within thu
,ankS.