Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-02-01 | Page 6 | Weber River is Rising

WEBER RIVER IS RISING Steps Will Be Taken to Eliminate Danger of Overflow Special to The Ogden Jan 31 The Weber river threatens to tear away the outflow fewer ewer of Ogden on lower unless u leSl immediate action Is taken by the city Already the stream is ris rising risIng na ing lug and beginning to eat away the locse 1 sa gravel bank where the sewer runs with the river A rise of ot two tw feet foet more will give the river r force farce enough It is said ald to reach the pipes causing the sewerage to be scattered that neighborhood This afternoon Mayor Glasmann and anda a number of city officials decided that tho tank bank of the river would have to be lined with rock and brush Already seepage from the river has made Its way into the outlet pipes filling tilling them to t capacity