Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1909-12-29 | Page 6 | Utah Lake Level is Rising Rapidly

I UTAH lAKE LEVEL LEVELIs I IS RISING RAPIDLY Indications Are for Flood Fiord Con Conditions Conditions Conditions in Salt Lake Coun County County County ty in the Spring I In spite of the fact that the gates at the Impounding dam owned by bythe bythe bythe the board of canal presidents pre has haa been left open all this year the water in Utah lake is feet higher now than it was wasat wasat wasat at the same saDIe time a year Ear ago T is the information received yesterday by George O 0 Chaney Chancy city engineer causing no little surprise e In years yean of the past the gates have been little more than half open on an average throughout the year to furnish Just enough water for the sev several several eral oral canals which run off from the tM Jor Jordan Jordan Jordan dan a short distance from Utah lake What does coes it mean 1 echoed City En Engineer Engineer Engineer Chaney yesterday It means meana that the west side of Salt Lake will be a lake next spring what it means The water is higher than it has bas been for years and the Jordan river has haa as aa much muchas as it can hold now There wilt will be a flood that will make a new record when the snow in the hills billa melts melta next spring Inquiry at the U S weather yesterday brought the information that the water in Great Salt Lake at the lat tat latest latest est reading on December 15 showed a depth of plus 56 feet At the same time in 1908 1 the reading showed 33 SS feet teet showing that at the present time the water is 23 feet higher at the Saltair pavilion than it was a year ago During the last few months the water has baa been rising gradually nd it is believed that it will be at least four tour feet higher next spring than the year previous