The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-07
IA CITY DREDGE
|READY FOR Use
|ork viii Begin Oh the Sur
plus Canal Tuesday
Morning,
|EANS MUCH TO THOSE
LIVING On WEST SIDE
I'LL Prevent 0yerfOHS and In
ia crease the Value of
Property.

is hig new city dreGce Will he az
nn the surplus canal tuesday morn
The new city drcde" is equipped
a!l of the modern dredging inachin-
and within a comparatively sbort
..Wll have ,widencd and deepenrd
surplus canal so that the west side
. will bc = thing or the past. The
How " the Jordan river. which III
Tcars hae flooded the homes Of many
le residents OF the west side of the
vill sll be cared fo? through the en-
u surplus canal.
r dredgc has been referred 10 h
Gimlet as IA rusting pile OF worth
tilnk.' In their blind political fenzy
churc,I Republican leader. have been
ring that the comparatively small
Of The drrdge Was n worthless waste
Icrey. However. Tie machinery has
placed in position and the dredge
be 81 work Tuesday. and from then
N industrious contra dlction of the
III remarks or tiiuse who have been
ding the progress Of Salt Lake coun-
ri since Sat Lake has been csiab-
D ihe residents nf th" west side have
! annual sufferers from the sprinE
now Of the Jordan river, II recent
the damage has been greater be-
Of the ci;!'s growth IN the Second
hirl wares. wnicu are the ones
enccied- To remedy this trouble the
'us ranaf was Quilt under the old
I'll partys adninistra hon
Hssult Of Church Rule.
Irirg several years OF church rule
7urplns canal fell into diausc and the
age by the food waters became even
& s iran ever. The water each spring
uowed from the river. filed base
. backed up In The canals and
g cmptying into the Jordan. Be
noinE g great deal OF damage 10
pIV' u was menace 10 the health
w -citlzsns and the ra ~nE"- OF tv-
lPVer. diphtheria, scarlet fever and
!. manenant diseases can be traced
ny to the overflow of the Jordan
4 american city council wisely de-
\ 'Nat this condition must be REM
!, no matter what the cost might
ssrottnnately II WAS discovered that
t,~oKhg TIE old surplus canal and
nas IL INTO use once more the flood
'e,n would be solved at Il cost far
wan the damage TO the stockhcld-
as were received for The construc-
y. ,ne dredge. but all of them far
.aeo IN" engineers estimate. Final
whs cce'ded to build the dredgc un-
~ direction OF the city engineer
1 'seoge Is now completed and will
4 operaton today. and its total cost
go machinery and equipment is
$4,000. less even than the city
ncers estimate,
i'm ~ tsurplus canal taps the Jordan at
',.n south and Twelfth West streets
l,e ',,Fnds In a straight limo through
~ 'sSf TO Great Salt Lake. twelve
q ne purpose Of the city is 10
ID us,, 'nis canal Wide enough and deep
rsr ~ W carry all of the water In the
"s ume from the Jordan III cN-
me normal now Of the river.
M "lai VIII he large enough. so that
ss nsst side residents so desire the
IN, ~ river I'VE may he diverted from its
a AN H. .nhhnel 10 tho new channel prv-
i oy the canal.
'o,,, u,'eneimg OF The new canal will
Gnss save the property owners from
dsn,' ,o Inc Hoods each year and the
ssnss ssi Of tho west side from danger
aII aIIsm.nss' ',,' put IL will double the values
4 n ~ Teyt Side property and make thai
4 othn' u'e cry almost as desirable az
p],,. part. The enlarging OF the
A. y, esiIai VIII mean thousands o.
ond W. every property owner IA the
q. ana Third wards In one years
& csn,, ,enori is being made TO drcdge
RAM as quickly as possible and a.
pernrs u!ne to make the improvemen NJ
ona.ent snent one. The canal will bs
ne nna s'on before the spring flood,
Inrdnu Ior IN" first time in year,
inr MI WI not leave IT'S banks mex
w Streams are