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Show SMS ARE MELTED Jordan River and Other St renins Carry Immense Volumes of Wafer. STRKRT SUPERVISOR TAKES STOPS TO CHECK FLOODS Utah Lake Two Feet Above Compromise Com-promise Point, but No Dam-ago Dam-ago Has Resulted. Jordan river is now higher lhan it has ever Leon before at. this tlmo of Ihe year, according to Streot Supervisor J". T. ftaloigh. Tho rise in temperature, during the last two days has caused tho snow in the mountains to melt lo a large extent and all the streams arc carrying an immenso volume o water. The high water will not, liowe.ve.r, cause any damage, as the channels arc capable cap-able of carrying it. at the present stage. Saturday evening fho water from the Jordan river began backing up in the ditches on First." South street, but mon J'rom tho street department worn on hand and checked tho flood by installing install-ing da ma. Tim rain in tho evening increased in-creased the ilow of water in streams, aud floods were expected by .Supervisor .Super-visor Ifaleigh. Sklo walks Arc Flooded. Tho sidewalks in the vicinity of Tenth West street on 3rir.sfc South street were under several inches of water for a shorf time Saturday evening, but tbo embankments placed on fho shores of the river by tho men of tho street department de-partment stopped the flow and no dam-ago dam-ago was done. Uatk lake, is now two feet above tho compromise point established by the county commissioners two years ap,o. Tho condition last spring would luivc been tho cause of much worry lo the water works ofiiccrs here, but Iho streams now seem able to carry this additional load and no trouble is looked for. About Compromlso Point. Compromise point on Utah lake is a water level established by tbo commissioners commis-sioners to which water can bo raised without danger to the surrounding country. The water now is two foe-abovo foe-abovo that point, but no damage has resulted. re-sulted. Tho rivsr is enrrywig more wafer now than ever before, but men arc being kept on duty patrolling the banks and thus tar no serious breaks hitvc occurred. |