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Show BIG LANDSLIDE FILLS THE CIlfJflL Davis-Weber County Waterway Water-way Damaged KATSV!I.!F.. April II On Tuesday the hill lyln- Immediately south of the Davis and Weber county cat.al In South Weber commenced to crack about 1M feet above the canal. The crack gradually extended east and eat. and on Wednesday It pushed the south hank of the canal In, fllllna; 'h canal with mud and clay for a distance dis-tance of about 500 feet After fllllna; the canal the remainder of the dirt passed over the car.al without break-In break-In the north bank.. Since then there have been two other stnaP slides In that vicinity, which did not break the hanks of tha canal, but filled the canal with mud. Todav some of the officers f the nnnl and also of the I'tah Mht and Power company, which la Interested In the canal, met on the canal baak and - decided to take immediate steps to I clean out the canal and repair the nonth hank. Tha pressure of the dirt against the bank of the canal at the i point where It give way must have I been great, as It waa relnforcrd with I eight-Inch concrete. The rnnal cotnpanv prior to this had ktTecMen To "make Tinfn'faTiwTTr-t7n I provements on the main branch to the extent of $7000 or t000, and on tha out h brsnrh It expected to line ths canal with concrete for a distance of one-half mile. |