Show THE WASHOUT mm there vas a bad one four years ago ag lint but the lie flood of water which came tearing down box elder canyon last day morning and raged all through the da married more destruction than alij anthina an thing of ita atso kind that ever visited thir bec section tion it pairly snowed mowed down the canon can on rond in places cutting out the banki until tho creek bottom extended ironi from one side of the canyon to tile the other entirely eliminating tile the roadway tor out the city water works pipe line in many places putting tile the system entirely out of commission and where the line marts up tip tile the mountain side aide on the youth side of the creek from thi the puller power plant the sides aides of the hill were gouged to such nn an extent that the broken end of the water pipe line was left protruding about 12 feet a bove above tile the raging water tile the power house had tile the closest call of its history with flo floods odit the water c r doting the bank away to within four feet fee of the corner of the building before tho mad stream was headed off lvery bridge in the canyon and theone on second east forth and the fouth ward sleeting meeting house were carried away and the big rush of water was so great that it could not all get through tile the passage under the stone bridge on north slain milin street so that of the aqua anna purn pura hooded over tile the roadway roady ay to the north destruction Debt ruction was aas wrought at tile the railroad crossing and along tile the track running north the track was washed away uway in several I places laces and traffic was tied lied up the malad train which came down in the morning had bad to stop north of the bridge and the passengers had bail to tn wade through the water and mud to the other side tile the roadbed was washed out along both sides bides of tile the track front from tile the colpit a quarter of a mile merth and during tile the day any several trains were nere held at the depot and Ilone along about 4 by using rising bags of sand band nod scraping Ner out tile the channel cha lintl above th bridge I 1 railroad track arki L t M i w i i 1 it at a slow i 8 speed no k tie T ie new bridge on north 1 fifth west buol fat fatt t although tile water flooded I over tile top toll of it lew leading aug only the rail ing jib sible lc A big stream of water I along the street north from that hat paint into then west along the road cutting gullies ollieg and flooding the fields nearby dou don g considerable damage all along tha hi lin in tile the bridge on north third west i the angry waters and let the ill od pass pa under in splendid shape A As early an all 5 in the morning n v rd ird was phoned from the power house louse in file ho canyon saying that the creek wa mst rapidly raising raining and a hood flood was imminent imminent 1111 nent the word was passed around irl help several crow crowde of men went up till early in the morning un und about 8 a memi kage cause came tho the phonso phone that it more help hello did not come sit at once the power plant would lie be carried off its foundation the firo fire id summoned a lost host of men and jin im mediately wagon load after wagon load wn was heis headed dei de I for the canyon thi the bridge at the mouth of tile the canyon was already gone unc so ca cams ana had to go doun don to tile the bourth ward meeting house bridge wake their way over the old tr trail ail t the mouth of the canyon about W 90 9 0 0 clock the fourth ward meeting house bridge went out and tile lie rock flock bridge was tile the nearest cross crons OKI 1 p 1 nt at iho he power was wan sonic some strenuous exercise tile the nayor city cita councilmen bank clerks barber bario ers iner rise ch chant antol editors fanner fanne vc road builders builder ind and other harol hard working men were doing heroic stunts that would do credit to any organization fur for the pre lention ot durity to animals anim alx trees tree were pulled over and tied against aaen t tile the banks banka that were being cut away lien with tennis lnig kirum great creat boulders boul deri from the mountain kide and were dumped on top toll of the file trees bay bag of sand and were placed in in w order along alone the top of tile the tre teiei ind brn bril ti and nl the channel of I 1 fi it i resin vias a gradually ra dually worked out along the lie auth side of the creek KO th hi it ii toy bv late afternoon the safety of alit maut was wa au A bad feature of the washout was the filling of the city power pipe line alno with rocks and gravel which cut oft tile the water so that the city wras was lett left la in darkness and without power for 3 clays and two tuo nights nigh IB up at the dam where the water goes into the line the water tore the road away right over to the mountain side leaving pay the jagged rocks jutting out and making it impassible for anything excepting pedestrians woo who have to pick their way along a narrow trail to Is tween the rocks the over the pipe line was tors ton away dermitt continued on page pace four |