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Show J ' ' "J ' . . i 1 l-l v j WW U W. Li k . . J k. j . 'i. L ,U L w.wLuh .i Ci '-. .'" - ' ' ,".' ' . 11 Ii? '.7cra Ueafr.er Ccntinces;Tv;o: Days Lcnr, ficcj D:mcge in Scltot-i cm Per? of Cily 7ill Reccli Tlicj-i s:s; Rc!2inli Herd at 7cr. Water, water, everywhere. This is the condition of v lhat part of the city laying between First and Fifth West and Ninth and Tenth South streets. From Ninth to Tenth is a half mile. In spite of the efforts of Street Superin-. tendent J. T. Raleigh, thirty teams and seventy-five men, damage is being done. .For the last forty-eight hours Raleigh Ral-eigh has kept men at work on the banks of the Ninth and Tenth South street canals. All last night he' superintended the work irr person." The flood waters from, Red Butte,' . Emigration and Parley's canyon were diverted as well as .possible. ( ' '.. . . , - " ,Meri have built banks on both sides of the two canals, : lut they have-not been able to overcome the flood waters, 'and the end is not in sight. If the present warm weather k continues for two or three days longer, the damage will or amount to thousands of dollars.' to seepage than to the overflow of the two canals. The banks of the canals have been raised from one. to two feet in the last three days. The property adjoining both canals is from one to two feet lower than the usual high water mark of the canals. Despite every effort of the - men in charge the water seeps through and floods the adjacent property. Superintendent Raleigh said this afternoon af-ternoon that, he had made such arrangements ar-rangements that the overflow waters of Parley's creek will not flow to this city through the tw9 canals... He also. said that he would trv to have the waters of Emigration and Red Butte diverted into other channels. - - "If the present warm weather continues con-tinues and mjJes. IcantuTO-aame-of " the water, the condition of this part of the city will be worse than at present," pres-ent," said Mr. Raleigh this afternoon. But if the: present warm weather does not pontine for a number of days we will have the situation well in hand. I will have a number of additional men late this afternoon to take care of the flooded district. The only thing to be feared now is a continuation of the present warm weather." t AS IT IS NOW, THE, WEST SIDE SAPID TRANSIT COMPANY IS ENTIRELY EN-TIRELY OUT OF COMMISSION. THE " TWO CAES OF THE COMPANY ABE . E3 UP BETWEEN THE ENDS OF ' vn: Lrrm. one of the bridges gelve TIIC CAR COMPANY ON NINTH tysrAjniA AND ONE AT TENTH JVJDUTH HAD BEEN TORN OUT. YES-rrZlDAY YES-rrZlDAY THE SALT LAKE ROUTE " e'liAIZD ONE OF ITS BRIDGES, AND THE COMPANY WILL BE ASKED TO EAIC3 THE OTHER THIS AF- . " ALREADY NO FEWER THAN TEN EZIDCE3 - ON THE TWO CANALS HAVE BEEN TORN OUT. IF NECESSARY I: WILL ORDER THAT EVERY BRIDGE BE TAKEN OUT ON BOTH CANALS," SAID RALEIGH THIS AFTERNOON, "RAILROAD OB NO RAILROAD. I HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THAT I COULD DO SO FAR TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE IN THIS PART. OF THE CITY FROM THE FLOOD WA- ' TEES. X WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST I CAN. WE HAVE NOT j HAD SUCH FLOOD WATERS IN AT LEAST ELEVEN YEARS. THE TELE-, TELE-, ORAM WAS RIGHT WHEN XT 8 AID TWO MONTHS AGO THAT THERE WOULD BE DAMAGE FROM FLOODS THIS SPRING." The residents of the flooded district . are trying to be composed though some ; of them nave to use boats in order to i I get to their neighbor. Thft condition however, in Ana mnr |