Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-08-15 | Page 12 | Washout Stops Jordan Pumps

WASHOUT STOPS JORDAN pOMPS C Construction of l New T Cw Flood FloodGates Ga Gates tes Halted While c Crews Bal Battle e Currents Special Lehl Lehi lug Aug u 14 Tho H.-Tho Tho great water pumps at the head of Jordan river rl arc are Idle today for the first time since sinco April and two dozen doen teams arc working work work- hl ing g da day and night In an attempt to lo e dam lIam J the deep current of the river rl h be before be- be fore tore It reaches rel the plant An enormous enor enor- washout under tho the pump house which causes more than half haIr o of oC the 1300 act feet dally daily supply to take talo an undercurrent route hack back Into Utah lake Jake is II the cause of or th the tho trouble Salt Lake valle valley farmers farmer and others whose ho Irrl irrigation atlon w water ter comes come from this source will be obliged to content themselves themselves them them- selves s with the gravity ra flow low of tho the river about sixty acre feet until the W. W A A. A dama damage c can be he repaired says sas Knight superintendent of the tho plant T Temporary Dam flout A hu huge e temporary dam made mado of dirt Is being built at a point about fort forty yards ard above e the tho pumps After ACter the Water water wa wa- ter Is shut off from tho the river the tho big machines will wUl a again aln be bo started to drain the he head d o of the stream Ba Bags s of or dirt and cement will be used to fill up the hole Superintendent Knight ht will push the work n as fast as a possible but It is scarcely probable that the plant will bo be In operation again before two weeks have ha elapsed Pumps Pump Delayed The misfortune will retard som somewhat what the installation Int of additional water pumps and the con construction of n nt new W flood floodgates floodgates floodgates gates g-ates and pump houses as planned b by the several se Salt Lake L. county canal boards hoards at al a meeting held heM here Saturday Satur Satur- cla day The entire building pro program ram costing approximately approximate will however howe he be effected as soon as the present difficulty Is adjusted accordI accordIng according accord- accord I Ing to lo the thc superintendent u perin L