| Show OLD LANDMARK BEING HID AS CEMENT TUBE REPLACES AQUEDUCT I L LL I I c e R TN yr N yG yGE E c rn Ii i II G Gi L vrN rz Le LeI I ill B. B ii y i OLO cirr N Nr 0 WALL WALLY Y 2 t i v e I TN Ro a a 4 figs a y 0 ro f 0 UrN Where City Creek Flowed in Pioneer Days By DAVID B. B GILL Revivification Rc has come como to the tho half halt slumbering memory and the pioneer Is reminiscent Ho Is la awakened by the fact tact that strong but progressive hands have just begun beUn the tho obliteration of a landmark not to say watermark which holds mighty significance canco cance for tor the tho old Unto tIm settler ettler In f i lit alt lt Lake Tho last remaining stretch of or open aqueduct In North Temple street Is being removed to give place to a modern ce cement cement ce- ce ment tube extending from Main to Third West street stroet completing tho the burial of or the overflow o from CIt City creek At first glance glanco upon this destruction the tho pioneers pioneer's eyes moisten and tho the veteran Is b silent t In tn contemplation n. n Th Then n the the grizzled griz griz- grizzled old face slowly brightens Into a smile and tho the pioneer heart Is 18 made glad For Into th the old timers timer's mind comes recollection of ot stern battle hattle with the spring floods s that repeatedly ravaged aged much property property prop prop- erty and threatened many homes These came often but the tho most noteworthy noteworthy note noto- worthy was that or of tho the spring of ot 1862 the tho year Ilir or of the tho big water While vl viewing wIn the work of ot destruction and r near Third West Vest and North orth Temple Templo streets this morning one of or the veteran settlers gave himself up to description of or the terrible havoc wrought in that memorable spring Throughout the tho winter of 1861 2 thero there had been an nn unusually heavy snowfall ilen Ien who had lad been Into the hills said eald Id that the snow was twenty live feet teet deep on the level 1001 on Big mountain All tho the Wasatch Wa- Wa satch Eatch range was eo so o covered that many of or the smaller gulches 9 an and can canyons on were filled almost level the mountains a n comparatively smooth appearance Thoroughfare Is Deluged When the rays ras of ot the tho sun Iun grew stronger stroMer as ns the spring advanced the waters In City creek were swelled to almost bound bursting volume One especially hot day camo eanie toward tho the end of ot Ma May and tha the heads of wise Iso men who gazed cued upon tho the rising waters of the tho stream wagged with knowing misgiving Early the next evenIng evenIng evening even- even Ing the general alarm went wont out and men and boys boya swarmed to the creek The west branch had broken Its bounds and had rushed l northward into North Temple street That thoroughfare was torn and deluged ed beyond recognition except for tor the tho houses that stood tood bedraggled In the midst of or the flood Tho The waters roared out of City creek carrying Into the street hundreds of ot thousands of or tons of ot all manner manner manner man man- ner of or canyon debris The sliding grinding gravel grated and scraped accompaniment to the thunderous crashes of or the rolling and bumping boulden boul boul- der den the swirling onrush of or waters I lashed ehe tho the conglomerate ma mass l Into a foaming tOl and dissonant chorus of or natures nature's forces destructively rampant Down North T Temple mple street street the mad mod rush held heM sway for a week or more more more-It It seemed much longer to th the volunteer er men and boys s who as madly fought day and night to curb th wild Invasion of or homes neighbor to tho the stream am gone Insane When the tho workers had tho the banks banka temporarily tem tern secure a new cT cry for tor help h lp would come como from some somo point along the street sides and the little arm army waded and Its hurried way to to the fresh fight And so eo the contest was maintained until until un un- til the tho suns sun's hot ra rays s 's had finally sent Rent flown most of or tho the melted snows of or the tho Wasatch and the waters seemed to the tiro of ot tho the tl fight ht Street Deeply Gashed But Dut what a mh mighty swa swath th the rebellious old stream had cut In places North Temple street had been gashed tuh d to A B. depth of twelve to fourteen feet reet and tho the chann channel 1 thus mado made by re removal removal removal re- re moval of or the soft earth and small gravel Tavel was as piled tilled thick with boulders of ot all nil shapes some Borne of or them weighing near a a. ton hurl hurled down out of or City creek canyon But nut even this Hood flood brought Its for tor with th those o very ven boulders was later constructed the present aqueduct now being removed to make place for tor tho the modern cement tube which Is to render Continued on T paro 14 OLD lD lANDMARK IS BEING HID Continued from pa page e 1 North orth Temple street an a attractive boulo- boulo ft vard Besides a down in the tho block Mock on the south southside III side of N North rth Temple between Fifth Firth West and Sixth West the waters had deposited the finer liner ravel gravel carried we Treat arrest t In their springtime madness Also the rich riel silt was spread over much of the bottom lands a valuable pardoning gardening acqui acqui- For years rort the crave ravel el mine proved A R. boon to the tho elt city in its us Its street Improvement Improvement improvement Improve Improve- ment work In pro prosecuting street grading on the west side this deposit saved thousands thousands thou thou- sands IIA of ot long long- nn and 2 laborious hauls from the gravel beds at the fort foe of or the moun moun- tain bin On the Brighter Side The n north rth halt half of or tho the block hounded bounded by 2 orth Temple and South Temple streets and Fifth West and Sixth West str streets ti ras Tas owned b. b bv by Jesse W V Fox Daniel Daniels Daniels Dan Dan- Benjamin Bel folio Rolfo and lId John Jeremy The Tho city purchased the pro property pert from these owners and there thereby b rendered tho tiro gravel cra deposit available for Cor Its UN own use There in Is i an Int Interesting Incident to noto In this connection Wa Wagons on om In the old flays daye were not constructed as alt they are 11 now ow The bane of tho the summertime life of the farmer and teamster was the drying Up of hubs hUM spokes spoken and felloes fellows b by heat and aud the consequent loosening of ot tires tire and ominous creaking creaking- of spokes in n their sockets sock sock- ets th From miles around round came camo teams team and to be driven through the water of or the gravel gra sump ump to set the tires h by welling swelling Into security the felloe the spoke and the hub In when Presiding Bishop Edward Edvard Hunter had charge of the public works John Isaac Iaac was given the tho contract to Construct con- con a rock lined aqueduct down North Temple street from State to Third West cst street treet Associated with him was William Lewis father fattier of Walter J J. Lewis vi now and sod for tor several se years ear manager of the Deseret News Book store rhe These e. e with an on adequate force forc of men put In the open aqueduct now being torn out using the boulders rolled down out of or the mountains Into the street by the flood of or 1862 1362 for constructing th the bottom a and lining walls While part of or the street was WiS thus cared for tor the west side Hide still suffered every spring from overflow of or the creek creck George Tall a 0 pioneer and member of or the Nauvoo 00 It lesion n. l who Is yet et living a at t Sixth West Yest and North orth Temple TempI streets for tor years kept up a n determined an and finally successful ht t to preserve his property which was directly W west of the gravel gra aum sump He hauled birch brush from the can canyon on and with Ith It me and dirt and gravel grave he hc built a dike Around his lot thus keeping out tho the flood an and enabling himself elf and family to maintain maintain maintain main main- tain their homo Wooden Flume Built III In November of or 1891 was held a city election which resulted In tho the seating to put It In th the language of that da day of twelve o Gentiles two Mormons and one Democrat R R. N N. N Baskin was elected mayor The two Mormons and one Dem Democrat camo came from the Third municipal ward ard E E. I K Rich then and now residing on North Temple street between Sixth West Vest t and Seventh Sc West streets was the Democratic member of the council the council the 1 t ever aver elected in the territory under national nl party lines The two Mormons wore Eli Ell A. A Folland and Oscar Hardy Mr Rich a at t once s set t to work ork to re relieve relieve relieve re- re lieve his con constituents of or the damage to property recurring every spring from tram the high waters aters After a considerable struggle struggle v gle he ho and his lils friends fl succeeded in 1892 In bringing about construction of of or a wooden wood wood- en flume down North Temple Templo street from tho west end of or the stone aqueduct to the Jordan river Another J Improvement ement made trade by that council was at In n laying a covered aqueduct for City creek on North Temple street from th the cast side of oC to the west est side Hide of Main l AI Also o the and gatehouse now standing at the latter point paint were installed North Temple Is narrow between State to and Main and with the open creek running down own lt Itu It center It was Be rend rendered red almost useless for traffic This short bit of or er co covered d con conduit was therefore hailed with welcome elcome It was W built of hard brick and Is still giving 1111 good service Its intake Is Just of where here once stood the picturesque ore oia grist mill owned h by the thA late Francis Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong etron at one time mayor of ot Salt Like Lake F First st Cement Coment Tube Tuba Power Rower for this mill mil was supplied by a ponderous old fashioned overshot waterwheel waterwheel water water- wheel the water coming from City creek can canyon on and being returned to the North Temple street aqueduct after aCter its work had 1 peed heed done Later the mill property W was as 3 acquired b by tho the elt city A. A as a supply storage depot and anh workshop vol for Cor the waterworks waterworks water water- works t department Still later tho property prope prop prop- arty erty rt was wal bou bought hl UT us th the e board of education tc d tion Uon and on it n now now- w stands the Lafayette school The rile Ba administration under urgIng urging urs- urs ing b by Councilman n Rich also aleo widened all I the bridges across the old North Temple Temple Temple Tem Tem- aqueduct to the full Cull width of oC the streets Prior to this tho the street trel bridges were wide enough h to p permit passage pas path sage saga of one ono team at a a. time while the footbridges footbridges foot foot- bridges were fera little teeter plank affairs with side elde railings of questionable security security ity it which would accommodate pc persons persona one on only I in single file If It two approached a footbridge from opposite directions at atone atone atone one time one of oC them was obliged to walt wait until the other oilier cot ot across before attempting passage In Iq 1 1903 0 an American party part mayor maor and andelt elt city council were elected and during this administration the old wooden flume on the west aide e was removed and an eight eight- foot cement tube w was as constructed on North Temple from Fourth W West st to the Jordan river The wooden flume flum aside from the objectionable feature of being open had largely filled with gravel and alit allt washed down don into It during Its years of or use In times p of high water r it ft wee wan alt repeatedly J overflowed o and cellars were filled led and l lawns and flower and truck gardens g were ruined At nearly all times of ot the year ear th the lots along North Temple west of ot Fifth FUth West nest were vere in a miserable rable r state tate of Foggy unattractiveness and eel eel- Ian tars were Impossible Since construction of the cement tube tho the lawns lawn an slid and 2 flower car gardens garden en are made b beautiful and deep and commodious c cellars are the rule Finishing Good Work N w the ctt city commission is proceeding to finish h the good work With th the present present present pres pres- ent improvement completed eVer every liability lie lia to damage from flood or death from drowning will will have hav been removed and North t Temple emple street will m become the beautiful rul thoroughfare re It deserves to be Palm have ha the contract and th the work In Ie to be completed this ummer summer Prior to the construction of at the NorN Nort ort Temple Que aqueduct there were two to branches bf of City creek crek cr ek The Tho west bra branch ran rai through the temple block emerging about thirty feet north of tho the present west pate mite to to- the tabernacle le grounds Indeed if one be sufficiently Interested to look there on one ma may see an ol old stone arch li lithe In Inthe inthe the rock reek foundation of the temple block wall wan at the point Indicated It has b been ln filled in with lIh brick Tome pome of or which have deteriorated and fallen falln away From there the ve west t branch ran crookedly crookedly crookedly crook crook- I edly westward through th the tier of blocks between en North and South Temple streets passing behind the north side o of the Cannon Cannon Cannon Can Can- non house on First West nest est and South Tempie Tem Tem- T Temple m- m pIe swerving to the northward until I It crossed Second West Went just north of th the present fire station No o. o 2 2 and turning Into North Temple at Third West ut about abou where the east foot of the viaduct now IF he heOn On First West est street spanning the creek crek was 5 a a. stone Blane bridge with th a ford on each uch side aide of or It The bridge was as for u use e In Sn hig-h hig water time while the fords w were wre re for low Jow water and nd setting tires From Third West Welt tho the stream gen generally followed North Temple to tit the e Jordan river rival The south branch of oC City cre creek k came dow through the old tithing yard ard be t. t tween on the present pr pre nt Hot Hotel I Utah Uth yand and the theoffice office e of the first presidency of the Mormon Mor Mol mon men church It thero there crossed South Tempi Tem Tern pi pie II and ran Tan south behind the home of ot Squire Wells ella Daniel H. H Wells Well who ho w wa ah 11 once mayor of or Salt lAke Luke and who 4 was war father of Heber M. M Wells ell at pr present ent I elt city park con commissioner The Wells home was waa set lIet well en back In the corner later occupied occupied oc oc- by the Templeton hotel n now w tho the Templeton block arid and containing the guar guar- tern of the Zion Zions Savings 8 Trust com coma pany peny any t F From II this thu point the tho south couth branch ran i. i through gh the block immediately behind where Is now nOt the office of THE EVENING EVENING EVEN EVEN- ING TELEGRAM r crossed Second South about where the Wilson OlIson hotel Is swerved east almost to th the tho present Auerbach and OBrien O'Brien stores turned west through what Is ls no now place and down own past the south side of or Pioneer park that part of it not used up in irrigation losing Itself in do tho the old marshes south and west nest of the D. D It R G G. yards ards and finally oozIng oozing Ing ng and dripping to obscurity in the Jordan Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan river r. r Cit r City creek has hM its death record and es especially ell es- as to the canyon and tho west the ranch Branch tho south branch was the smeller smaller before ro and since the construction of or the open onon aqueduct Just after alter completion of or ortha ho the covered co conduit on North Temple |
