Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-07-22 | Page 8 | Road Reopened after Floods

ROAD REOPENED AFTER FLOODS PROVO Cloudbursts In the mountains cast of oC Springville Tuesday Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- day afternoon brought down floods that that blocked U. U S. S highway No 89 in five places just jus north of or the city Preston G. G Peter Peterson on of the state highway commission estimated between between be be- tween veen O and yards of mud and rock was deposited long Llong the road closing it to traffic for four hours Commission crews working under the direction of Mr Peterson Gwynne Lewis district engineer and Wesley L. L Snow maintenance superintendent used bulldozers rs and heavy tractors borrowed from the contracting firm of Strong Grant to open the highway The water flooded the yards of f the Columbia Steel company at Ironton and the state fish ish and game hatchery at nt Springville An estimate of f dama damage e had hod not been made but it was expected to be several thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars State patrolmen and two deputies deputies' from the Utah county sheriffs office of of- flee fice were were detailed to the tho scene scene- to police tra traffic fi c Several cars were caught between the floods but al aU occupants escaped Injury and the cars were not damaged Channels hann ls and terraces terrace's construct constructed ed by C C C workers under the supervision of Charles DeMoisey Jr supervisor of the tho Uintah national forest proved valuable in Jn p r Ing lag damage Mr Pc Peterson sati v