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Show WATERS' WAY UP7, 1 So Sajs Superintendent Rjf.n Cartlj jjH and Correctly, 1 9 tTATCIIMLX AI.OMI ITrY CltHUK H . rH An Tinplojo or a Local llnilncsi Firm ' H Trying loSato IIU Jlutlicr-Iu. .'fl Iju's Clilcl.cn. JH ill "How aru Iho waters today?" asked SlH oNmartorttrtoBupcrliitoiidout of ! jfl Waterworks llyon this afternoon. ! "Away up," wat lha brief but ox I .fl I rtitlvo reply curtly spoken by the bt- ! 499 nlgbtid cfllclal, whe wiped tlioperipl ' i iS ration from bli forehead and dashed j away to eictpo further questioning un j iH tbesutjec'. ' jjflj City Cleok gave the watormasler't, j (-fl street supervlior'j and engineer's do. tiflj pnrtmentsagool deal of trouble last IH nlghl. Mr. Dorcmm wat especially ', ;H fearful, vigilant and determined. An i i-H other v.tlt up tho canyon last evening WM demonstrated to lilm the urgent neces B illy if additional help. Hu returned ill to thu oily and Immediately wont In 1 search of tho Mayor, but at he wat I unable lo flud any trace of that olllclal jt be lust no time In hiring a gangol men whom hu stationed at all points o' !' danger along the stream with proi tools to arrest aud roiuovu all rub. 1 blth -wtelblf. Fuw reoplo rtallio A tho Immensity or velocity of tho ! 1, ru.luiiB, swollen und muddy ttttam j winch fjuud a tittntary in uvery f j ravmt and gorge on elthtrildoof tbo canyon fjr miles up the mour.laln. i I Tree teventy.llve ft el Ion, driftwood ami bouldeit welghlug lout wetu ll carrlid duwn Hit etretm nlruost as m easily n It they had been coiks. Had III these reached thu creek darut or tho ft head ol the culvert a Hood would have (VJ bttn raglug through the Lagln Gsta li? todsy while baseiiieiita aud cellars , Ibroughoul tho buslutti district would T' bavu been I I w ith water. IV Mr. Doremus's olllcu powers do l not glvo him authority to 1; bitumen at will nud those whom ho jl crgngtd list night Weru rmplojed on j hit own responsibility nud he iiy If , there It any complaint by the Council ' ' at to hit action hu will -ay tbtm ' Irom bla own private account. I - llerolo nnd immcdlato action ' ae ncctuary und bo therr- ,' fore lusl uo time, Mr. Doremus's 1 . nctlon will doubtless be endorsed by 2 the Council as It by tho tubllc. B This morning City Creek betwien Filth and Beveuth West un North ft Temple wat ton Inchet higher than yttlerdny although II ai contlned 1 lu the tlurae asunny mm nnd teama If baj been at work upon It since thu J break of Tursday night. if Parley's Canyon titek Is ad ling Itt ! tharu lu the quantity of water now , awtenlng tbrough llie valley toward if the lake. An Interc-tlug licldmlln If thl connection come lu the f Hawing J nite, rtcelved by u romluent buil. I nttt ilrm In this city today, from an I emi loye who wai nut at his usual post I at the hour for cimmeiiclug work: (fi "Ploato otcuso mo for not coming tn f work today. .My molhcr-lii-law re- I quitted mo, If I could Hilbly du .u, tu help her In the priseiit high trater f trouble, hholltes wcalofHliioul'a Park, whom Parley' t'unjnu creek runs j through her idaeo. llor property la Hooded tilth tho water, wlilon la uurlug oierjthhig In lit uay. '1 he loss li at ' ready eery groat, and It li pusilble Ihat ' everything ou ttio premise will go. ; After Iho Hood it over tho lot will look ' llkoarlier bid. A Ibo water brings ii duwn logs and lumber with It I Into no I doubt there aro brldgea guno luriher up -J the creik. 'ihu bridge on iliuvtnstut Hojior stroot bat been taken avtity to j allow tho wutorlupisiuumoloilod. My I moihor-lu.law owns quite number uf '1 chickens, aud wo aro trying tu save what 1 are lofi.M d Thoemiloyer says that under tuali lj circumstance It would bo injudicious font man to disregard bis muther-lu 1 law' request, to the young man Is fieu f tu try hi baud at battling, lu a rain j and hall storm audi us camo today, i with the angry wattrt of thu twolleu j creek, In hi efforts to prevent further J and more atriou Jamige, |
