Show Streams Supplying City Fall as Icy Blasts Hold Sway Water Shortage Appears Greatly Feared Lakes at Brighton Frozen Over and Temperatures I Bel Below w 20 in All Local Canyons Are Reported Ears frozen from to I exposure an intensely cold wind encountered on I his way to th the Lincoln school Friday Friday Fri Fri Fri- day afternoon Dewey 7 I South Second West was taken to the county hospital for treatment With the thermometer ranging front from 15 25 to 2 26 degres below zero over oyer the city's watershed the canyon can can- yon ron streams frozen and the flow of or water steadily diminishing Salt Lake City is facing a threatened serious serious se serious se- se rious water shortage he natural runoff from the watershed into the streams has been so diminished by freezing that the streams are re reported reported reported re- re ported to be falling rapidly in flow Big Cottonwood fen felt fourteen points in less Jess than two hours Friday mornIng morn morn- ing Large forces of men are at work chopping ice In City Creek Parleys Parley's creek and Big Cottonwood in an effort to kep Jep the frozen channels open for free tree flow flo floor of or the diminIshed diminished diminished dimin dimin- I t streams but the most serious situation is presented b by diminution diminution tion of or the runoff through freezing conditions all an ovet the watershed it itis itis itis is said RESERVE CONDITION The Mountain Dell Den reservoir In Parleys Parley's canyon canon Is well welt filled and can be depended upon to take care of ot the situation water department officials sa say eay unless the extreme cold is of long duration In City Creek where there is only a small reservoir and the flow 1 i through the open channeL of the stream tream Lot lor a JJr a. a long Q IiI is more serious Ida It-Is reported Big Cottonwood stream flow had diminished to such an extent Friday morning that the upper power plant o of th the Utah Power Light company company com cons pany was forced to close down ac according according according ac- ac cording to report made to the wa wa- va I ter tel office at 9 o'clock in the th morn morn- ing The distribution reservoirs reservoir on the I eat east bench are fairly well filled it itis itis itis I is reported but are are frozen over over so so I that meas measurements could not be betaken betaken betaken taken jn In n some of or them Friday mornIng morning morn morn- ing SERVICE PIPES FROZEN Thirty reports of ot frozen service pipes in houses hO scattered throughout through through- out the city had been received at the I water office before noon Friday Frida and I others were coming in at frequent intervals The city has not yet put I the electric thawing machine Into operation but it is expected that it will have to be or ordered out during I the day Xo No reports have been re received received received re- re of or freezing pipes except withIn within with with- in the houses where the pipes are exposed In all cases where pipes I are expos exposed d the consumers are urged by water officials to wrap the exposed pipes with or ordinary ordinary or- or newspaper or th r hea heavy paR paper I Report ort from at 9 o'clock Friday morning was that the thermometer thermometer thermometer ther ther- stood at 26 degrees below zero at that lace The lakes lakes' were ere frozen over and nd the thc canyon stream was solid to a depth of or several Inches The freezing had practically stopped all alJ runoff from the watershed water water- shed INTENSE COLD In Parleys Parley's canyon the ture was reported as 23 degrees be below below below be- be low zero zeroS with the stream frozen over and the watershed a a. solid cake of of Ice In 11 City Creek the thermometer registered 15 degrees below zero with the same conditions conditionS' of frozen stream and watershed At an early hour Friday morning Superintendent H. H K Burton Durton of or th the water department gathered forces of or men armed them with picks and und axes and sent them Ino o in City Creek Parleys Parley's and Big Dig Cottonwood canons canyons can can- yona ons to chop Ice and keep stream channels as t free o as 88 possible under the reduced flow low of the streams that the supply of at the reservoirs reservoir's might be bo kept up as much as possible SOLIDLY FROZEN Reports front from the the foot fifteen weir In DI Big Cottonwood canyon at 6 o'clock morl morning ng showed I Ithe the flow low to be 64 points and two I hours later this had reduced to 40 points or more than one fifth of I the entire flow of the tho stream The Tho stream was waa BO so solidly frozen n that I It was Impossible to get sufficient nt water to the upper power plant of the tile light and power company to Continued on page 6 6 I i 1 I SCHOOL LANDS LOST TO STATE UNDER RULING Continued from page 1 1 eral supreme court would have e been Initiated Mr J Ir Williams stated In the complaint Carbon county was also named as defendant In the suit inasmuch a as taxes were claimed dai on the c coal al land lands The lands In question comprise sections 22 26 27 33 34 and 35 of or township 12 and sections 1 I 3 10 11 12 and 14 of township 13 13 I |