Salt Lake Herald | 1906-05-14 | Page 3 | Might Injure Cut-Off

MIGHT INJURE CUTOFF Engineers Examine Break In Pioneer Canal Intake Some Southern Pacific engineers City Engineer A F Parker and E W Wade commercial comm agent for tor the Utah Light Power company yesterday viewed the portion of the Pioneer canal where the water got beyond be ond the lessees control on Saturday A large force of men had ha worked with the stream the day previous and all of ot yesterday esterday with the result that tl ti i was a drop of four inches in the wt t r and it is expected that the stream will be kept under control from this time on unless there is a greater rise in the river The Southern Pacific people be became became became came interested as the breaking of the river into the canal practically meant the destruction of the cut cutoff cutoff off of at a point near the first bridge over the Weber river rier This company was pre prepared prepared prepared pared to take hold of the situation in case it might be necessary to save their line However no fears are entertained as a sufficient quantity of brush trees and sacked sand have been put In place at atthe atthe atthe the Intake to prevent greater destruction The loss will largely be to the canal proper although some of the land near by has suffered from the effect of the water flowing upon It I I II