Show JORDAN RIVER MAY OVERFLOW ANY DAY Water Is Already at Flood Tide and Residents Are Alarmed COUNCIL WILL NOT ACT I DESPITE REQUESTS FOR AID CITY TAKES NO ACTION With the Jordan river already at flood tide residents of the west side have appeared before Mayor John S Bransford asking for relief fearing the theater water ater will overflow the banks of the tho river almost any an day Added fear of the river is caused from the fact that farmers around Utah lake have threatened to tor blow blowout out the dam dam near Promontory Point because of the raise in the water of the lake this year The water Is now nearly 20 O Inches higher than it was a year ear ago at this time and is constantly rising Owing to the great amount of snow in the hills bills it is believed that the first real roal thaw will mean a flood more damaging damaging ing lug than ever before in ill the history of the city and the valley In spite of the condition on the west westside westside westside side and the many man requests for aid the city cit council still refuses to order the dredging and enlargement of the surplus canal running from the tho Jordan river at Twelfth South street treet to the lake Two weeks ago it was practically agreed that would be appropriated appropriated appropriated by the council for this work but Martin Mulvey and J B Mo Moreton re ton have held the matter up At the meet meetIng meetIng Ing leg last Monday night Councilman Moreton stated that two men had come cometo cometo cometo to him with propositions to dredge the canal one for fot 18 IS cents per cubic yard jurd and the other for 11 ii cents The coun council oil cil next Monday night will attempt to have these bids put through Under tru th proposed contract with the Utah Sa Sal d II Dredging Construction cOIn coni paLs Italy it would cost COt 25 5 cents per cubic yard to remove the dirt providing 60 00 cubic yards are moved It is now generally generall believed that the attitude of the council is to fight Mayor Bransford who wiio has been trying tring to have havethe havethe havethe the surplus canal dredged dr at once onee to take care of much of the water in Jor Jordan Jordan Jordan dan river rier and thus relieve the situation in the western part of Salt Lake Lale when I Ithe the floods come this spring Six members of the American pat paty patIn in the council have banded ler during the last few fe weeks In an at attempt attempt attempt tempt to force Mayor Maor Bransford to ac accept accept accept Frank Kimball as chief of the new neu license department if it is to be cre created created created There is a feeling that this mat matter matte ter tet te should be attended to at once but Mayor layor Bransford has told them flat flatfooted toWed tooted that he would have none cr of Kimball the present license assessor under City Auditor Rudolph Alff AUf it 11 1 Mayor Bransford refuses to accept Kimball an effort will be made to turn turndown turndown turndown down the plan to establish a license department unless some compromise can be made between the mayor maor and the license committee |