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BELIEVED IMMINENT I TIlOu ands of Atres Along Alou Banks auks of Ik the Jordan River ivr Under Water With Rood flood leo Conditions Growing Steadily ily City Nors-City Crock tek and City Canals Threatened BIB Take Action Aion Floods that threaten to do considerable damage within the next nest few days lays are now nov ravaging the neighborhoods along the Jordan river from Ninth South to North Salt Lake and along the Ninth S 'S South canal from Fifth West rest to the river The reason of the unusual amount of water is the melting of the great abundance nce of sn snow SHOW V in fl the mountains luring during the last few lays of of warm weather At the present time the Ninth South canal the Tenth South Sonth canal capal capal and the Jordan river are to overflowing with the drain water wate water and the tile warm weather pr prailing pre prevailing railing ailing every wery indication is s for br a greater flow which will mean serious I floods In various various districts along the streams stream already the banks have given awa away and mcl hundreds of acres of land have been flooded One of tho the mains points threatened is il near Third North orth on the tho Jordan In that neighborhood tho the west b bank b. g S n avo I wa way cral days n ago o and aud has since dr driven dren en tho the residents of the tho surrounding s noi neighborhood from their homes bornEs Several Sev Sc eral r dozen lozen families ba have 0 deserted their houses because of the water and others other are ara expecting to bo ho forced to move in ina short time if tho the weather a warm con con- Along tho the Ninth South canal trouble of a serious nature i is anticipated West Vest of Fifth West the tho banks hanks nave have broken in in several places and let tho the water out into unto tho the fields flooding out lucerne patches patch s. s and driving maD many residents from their homes Between Botwen cn the tho Salt alt altI Palace on Main Iain street t and Third West street the tho water has baa hovered a afew few few- I inches from tho the brink of the tho sides of the stream for several e a days aY With a n. little littlemore more inore unfavorable weather r the canal will trill overflow in that district and andI I cause a great reat deal heal of damage o to new I houses and ot other er property I City Officials Roused t To prevent pre any po possible sible outbreak the city has several se workmen along the canal and along tho the river strengthening strengthen strengthen- ing D the banks and preparing for the preventing of ot the expected floods Along the Jordan many places in the banks ha have e given en way wayan and l have ha emptied thousands of gallons allons of wat water r onto s sur surrounding suu- suu rounding country Cit City workmen have hase been kept constantly on th the lookout and ba have o repaired the breaks with sandbags sandbag and other material m In tho the territory north of tho the outskirts of the cit citY city the banks ha have not been guarded at all aU and andas as a consequence tho iho whole district about Williams lake and the black blak sloughs has been Hooded flooded and formed into ono one great lake In there thero are Ire acres of oC land swamped which before the tho recent warm sp spells was entirely dry The great increase in the valley alloy water WIL wa ter tet supply is is shown also also in in Great Sat Salt lake which during the tho last fe few T weeks eks has bas ri risen risen en at nt the rate rato of nearly nearh an inch incha a 3 da day Durin During t the e past t three rt days t the therise c ri rise has been o over or r two inches It i is n no now non declared rl t to b bo hi higher her than thou at any anytime time tinie for several ral years Another rl danger tr which is now causing pome flom worT worry for forthe forthe the city administration is the chance hanco of Cit City crock creek overflowing aJ again in on the west st sido i lo along North orth Tel Temple street The work a hugo huge cement conduit conduit con con- duit to drain off the waters is ia now not in in progress The water at nt present is b be hc being log ing drained through h two t witches on the sides ides of tho the street These Thrle am are taxed to their capacity now v and nd with more moro wat water f they threat threaten n to result in some Forno dangerous dangerous dan dan- erous flooding before the conduit can be he made maJe ready I Danger Not a New One The whole district which is no now threatened was M flooded three years ago anti and considerable damage o done Tho The Ninth South Seuth canal overflowed o over oer the tho whole western end enil of town foWl tearing down th the banks washing a bing out bridges and otherwise destroying property 1 or 1 or several weeks it was necessary aT for th the city eity to k keep cp 5 several ral hundred teams team and men Inca bus busy keeping the tho floods under con con- trl During the whole of one OM night guards guard and workmen were wore kept on watch Since that time timo the canal has been deepened and widened but not Dot sufficiently sulk sulk- it is believed to answer er th the purpose Durin During the tho floods three years ago ace tho the district rt along the Jordan was also flooded Time The by b the floods at nt that time amounted to several thousand thousand thou thou- sand dollars |