Show I I I fLOOD mm WATERS i Will RESULT IN III U HEAVY lOSSES Every Stream Is Raising Havoc 1 With Communities in Va Various Various J rious Parts of City RAILROAD IN PROVO CANYON WASHED OUT OUTI BRIDGES WASHED AWAY POW POWER powER POWER ER HOUSE ENDANGERED PROPERTY DAMAGED f H 4 H MM 4 44 t 4 1 M 44 4 Every creek river and d stream Of ol Off f 4 water passing JIU Ia ng through Bait Lake Lab to is toon I II ison t on Oft a rampage rame and lid Is to carrying aboUt f r twice the amount of water flowing f I t last year during the high water pe period i 4 City creek Parleys Parley Cottonwood i and Jordan river are flooding the tM 4 i 4 districts through which they paw pass f and before the high water to Is 1 ever aver t 4 the loss loe to property will reach 4 many maR thousand dollars dollar T t Ht t t t t t t t t MM tit i City creek has hu ruined the roadway wa waon on North Temple street and 41 has baa caused considerable damage In washing away awa the banks of the stream In Canyon Canyo road The Jordan river Is to backing up and aad i i overflowing its iu banks banka In many places from Fourteenth South to North Salt ait Lake and flooding a large area of land The Tenth South canal and Parl Parleys Parla creek are way wa over their banks banu in sev mv several eral places pt but litti damage has hu resulted so 60 far from these theM two streams Big Cottonwood creek Is la now flow carrying of water just twice the amount of ot last lut year Every bridge b in the canyon has been washed out and power house No 1 of oC the Progress Power company Is out of commission The power house in Big III Cottonwood was wu threatened last night but was wu saved by many hours houra of hard f work Mill creek has hall overflowed Its banks at atthe atthe atthe the Church farm on Fourteenth South street and aDd has flooded two to square miles of or farming land The creek In Provo canyon has hu washed away the th roadbed of the Heber branch of the Denver it Rio Grande Grands railroad and traffic on this Un 11 line has bas been tied up for i hours houn Big Cottonwood Is flooding the entire district through which it runs ruM and causing a great gnat amount of damage Many homes In Murray are flooded with several everal inches of water and all the bridges bridge between the tile town and the mouth of the canyon are r rout out Ninth East street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth South streets a distance of half a mile tulle Is la covered with water end and many of the principal roads In the county A Aare are in an Impassable condition Willard WillaM Snow county Toed road commissioner said the tiM t water was waa being held in check I as II far as possible p but I VM was e doing a great reet deal at oC damage damase and a cJ the OM loss Iou would amount to ia t several thousand dollars donan f Mill MID Creek left ift Its Ita banks banu on Fourteenth Fourte South street west of Second West street J and flooded the entire district lying be between between between tween that street and the th river Many r acres acree of or farm land and gardens are all under underwater underwater 1 it water and the crops cro will be ruined i Road Out of Commission Th The Heber City Cit branch of the Rio Grande Western e tem railroad which runs ruM up Provo Prove canyon has been out of commis commission comm f aba sion for hours and according to reports report it will w l no not be possible to get gt a atrain atral train trails over It for two days day at least The Ibe I roadbed for the tile entire distance between mile posts polite seven and fourteen has hu been i washed away and the tracks are now suspended in hi the air or lying beneath the level of the stream str The most serious washout In the canyon is near Olmstead and at this point a great amount of toes loss will result 1 The water to still high and coming down with such force and violence that it tt has baa tt I been impossible to make much mu h headway in rebuilding the roadbed The rooter cooler 1 weather last night caused aused the water to drop several Inches and the reconstruction work will be pushed today and tomorrow Parleys Canyon creek and the Tenth South street canal are both carrying much mock 1 t l more water than last lut year ear but neither of or r t these theae streams has bas caused any great f 1 amount of trouble Several Sev ral bridges bridge over o r the streams have been n washed awa away and Bad j I breaks have occurred at several points lj 11 but the damage to is only slight Jordan River Lake L J The country In th the vicinity of or I the Joe Jor Jordan dan river from Fourteenth South street to North Salt Lake Is to one big lake The river to is 1 being taxed beyond ho yond its capacity J Jand and cannot carry the water which to pouring in inOn I 7 On North Worth Temple TempI street from Wt Temple to Eleventh West with the ex cx exception 1 of the two blocks between Third II and Fifth West streets the sidewalks are ant under UDder six Ills Inches of sand and and ant gravel and the roadways are covered with water and debris The manure used In building em along Ion the street st t to keep the tite j 1 7 water out of homes Is giving off a most moet 1 foul font odor and aDd unless stops steps are taken to remove this thia menace and the banks banka buRt bunt of some BOm other material the residents Of I Ithe the west side aIde are doomed to sickness of or j serious nature Menace to Health i iThe iThe The stench arising from the piles of ot ma manure Manure nure nute on North Temple street was WUI almost unbearable yesterday and will became become much worse w the sun comes out and hot weather begins again The water near the vicinity of Fifth South and aDd j 7 Eighth West streets Is III hacking backing up from the river where the gravity sewer and the stench at this point is as oad ead t ad adIt M as MIf 7 If It not worse than that on North Temple street atred The sidewalks on North Temple street and Fifth nb South street are In worse wone condition than any barnyard and there then 7 reems r to be no DO remedy for foi the awful cost con condition The TM force with which the water is to raging down the canyon still continues 7 to break and tear away the banks ef of the Continued en on Page 12 b 7 FLOOD WATERS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY LOSS Continued from Page Pane 1 stream and filling the waterway with sand gravel and even big boulders The conduit running from State street to Main Mam street is partly clogged up and Is ig only kept open by the strong rong force of ot the wa ter The bed of the stream from Main street to Third West is covered with a foot of sand and gravel and near the en trance of the conduit on oa Third West Vest est street the sand BAnd and gravel grawl has filled the stream within a foot loot of the top of the banks Beyond the conduit on Sixth West Vest and North Temple streets the sand and gravel has entirely filled the bed bad of the stream and the water in consequence is forced down the roadway The water in the stream proper is not four Inches deep on the roadway there are from two I to to three feet of water An attempt was made yesterday to dredge the creek but the effort proved a failure The water which was running In the creek was coming down at such a force that it was useless to attempt the work with scrapers The only way In which the stream can be cleared of its obstructions is possibly by the use of a steam shovel The steam shovel shoel belong ing to P J Moran was taken to North Temple street and Third West for an at tempt to remove the debris from the creek Residents Help in Work So violent was the water at 2 yesterday esterd y morning that the gang of m OO men of the street department and P J Morans construction department could not hold bold the water in check The residents along the street were awakened and set to work building dams in front of their homes to prevent being flooded out GUt One house houe h u at the corner cornel of Sixth Vest West and North N h streets was flooded with several s eral inches of water and a large gar den completely destroyed The water on North Temple street was fully two teet deep all day and breaks in inthe Inthe inthe the banks were occurring oc every few min raIn minutes minutes utes Where the stream leaves the con duit at Sixth West Vest street it has broke through the banks and carried boulders and gravel to the tracks of the Utah Light Railway company At this point three teams were kept busy yesterday afternoon hauling away the debris and only with much difficulty was the street streetcar streetcar Streetcar car traffic kept open The tracks for a distance of three blocks are under many inches of water Soon after dark last night the water In City creek began to lower and by 11 Ck had shown a decrease of almost oie e foot The rain yesterday afternoon caused the stream to raise e several inches but the cooler weather Which followed the storm stopped the heavy thaw of snow in inthe inthe I the mountains and the situation today wilt be much improved over the last three I days das on North Temple Tempe Tem street was I kept In in Its course last night and the over overflow overflow flow flew which caused so much trouble dur during durIng ing log Saturday and Sunday Sunda nights did not do any damage last lut night Saltair Roadbed Safe Owing to high water In the Jordan river the Impression was wu created in some quarters quarters quarters that the Salt Lake Los Angeles track to Saltair was In danger Yester Yesterday Yesterday day da many Inquiries were received at the Saltair office regarding the condition of the track and the officials gave ga e the In Information Information information formation that there was no danger what whatever whatever whatever ever The tracks in the high water sec section section section tion are well banked and firmly bedded with Ith heavy gravel The bridge across the I river has been Inspected several times since the high water began and there has been no damage done whatever ver An in inspection Inspection Inspection trip was taken yesterday and the bridge and tracks were found safe and sound j |