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Show two secm crrajn ICI Of lMLEY'S CANYON . 'WASHED OUT BY PL00BS Waters in- Canal Threaten the Rio Grande Tracks With Destruction; Destruc-tion; Dams in the Jordan River Blown Out. TORRENTS OF WATER ARE NOW COURSING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN SIDES ENDANGERING PROPERTY IN THE SALT LAKE VALLEY. THUS PAR THE CITY AND COUNTY COUN-TY AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE FLOODS WITHIN WITH-IN THE CANALS AND SCORES OF MEN ARE NOW PATROLLING THE BANKS TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY COUN-TRY FROM AN OVERFLOW. IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO REMOVE DOZENS OF BRIDGES FROM THE CANALS AND ALL THE DAMS HAVE BEEN BLOWN OUT OF THE JORDAN RIVER TO PREVENT AN OVERFLOW. THIS MORNING THE RIVER WAS JUST WITHIN ITS BANKS. A FEW MORE INCHES MORE WILL FLOOD THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY. Every available man in the employ of the street department, water department depart-ment and land an water commissioner's department has been pressed into service ser-vice in protecting the city against a flood. Supervisor of Streets Raleigh has been working nineteen hours a day since Friday. Two sections' of the flume back of Che reservoir at Parley's' canyon Went out last evening and the tracks of .the Rio Grande In the canyon are now threatened threat-ened with destruction. The Pleasant View ditch in the canyon can-yon has caved in. Two bridges went out the canyon yesterday and along the canals in the city, the railroad companies have been compelled to raise every bridge. The highest point that the water reached was at 2 o'clock this morning when for a short time the waters threatened to cover the lower part of the citv. This morning the water from Parley's canyon was slightly lower. There is fear that should not weather continue a few days longer the water will be almost uncontrollable. Highest in Eleven Years. The water is now the highest it has been for eleven years. In the following canals the water was above the high-water high-water mark this morning: Ninth South, Tenth South, Surplus West, Eleventh West and Jordan River. The waters began be-gan raising Thursday. Bv Friday Superintendent Su-perintendent of Streets Raleigh found that it was necessary to direct his forces toward keeping the water in the canals. Since then he and his men have been compelled to work night and day. In the southwestern part of the city the water that has seeped through from the canal covers large areas. Should the water once break its banks it is hard to estimate the amount of damage that would be done. As it is at present many of the cellars are filled to the top with water. Several Bridges Removed. As was stated in THE TELEGRAM several days ago the railroad companies com-panies have been compelled to raise their bridges over the canals. These bridges were box like and were placed iti the canals during low water. The bottoms rested on the bodies of the canals and were ballasted down, thus raising a harrier for the water to pass over and at the same time limiting the flow. The Rio Grande Western, the Western West-ern Pacific, the Oregon Short Line and the Salt Lake Route have all been compelled com-pelled to take such bridges out of the streams either by raising them to a sufficient height to allow the flow or removing them. Protection From Floods. The force of men that is working under the street department has ben shoveling the dirt up along the canal banks to a height sufficient to prevent an overflow. Already this has been raised to more than two feet above the surface, so that thousands of gallons gal-lons of water may pour out over the conntrv any moment. If the dam in the northern part of the city had not been blown out several sev-eral months ago by the street department, depart-ment, the entire western section of the city bordering on the Jordan river would today be under water. As it is, an unusually high stream is coursing its way along the river, with but a few inches to spare at most in an overflow. over-flow. The spending of $500 by the citv and $300 by the county in removing the dams and other obstructions in the stream a few months ago also saved thousands of dollars of damage. A number of small bridges went down before the rushing flood in Parley's Par-ley's canyon yesterday afternoon. Two bridges were washed away at the Yonngberg place. The flume in Parley's canyon back of the reservoir was threatened early last evening, and the city employees made a desperate effort to save it by Continued on page 6.). j SECTIONS OF FLUME. "(Continued from Page 1)' - hauling in- rock. In spite of the effort, ef-fort, the flume lost two sections. Word from Parley's canyon this morning said that, the tracks will not -withstand much longer the heavy flood waters that are being hurled against them and are liable to go down stream at any moment. mo-ment. ' . . . City Land and Water Commissioner Frank Mattews appealed to the .railroad .rail-road for several carloads of rock this morning. This will materially assist the city in saving, a. loss to the water service that will be nearly $1000. In coming from Park City last evening even-ing the Rio Grande train 'was flagged at the bridges on account of tha danger. dan-ger. A flagman was sent ahead of the train to cross each bridge and see if it was safe before the train would cross. In a number of places the waters nearly reached tho railroad tracks. City Creak High. The flow of the water in City creek began increasing today, but this will cause no harm, as it is easily controlled. con-trolled. There is considerable fear of the weir being broken in Emigration canyon today on account of high water. The weir is now bowing out. The waters of the Big Cottonwood have not sent down any great quantity of water yet, but it is probable that another day's thaw will brinr the stream up to the point where it will be exceedingly hard to handle. ALL STREAMS IN NpRTH AND CENTRAL UTAH AT HIGH POINT The streams of central and northern Utah are higher today than they have been for years. Pear is expreiised from Utah county to the Idaho line that If the present warm weather continues for a few more days thousands of dollars' worth of damage will be done. Already th streams are full to their banks and tn water Is still rising. This condition Is not confined to the short mountain streams which send down their flood waters on the first warm day or two, but to the rivers as well, tha present warm weather extending- over the greater part of the State. From Sanpete. San-pete. Sevier and Millard counties, as well as on the Green river and Colorado come reports of damage already done with the fear that the next fe days will see still greater damage. Every stream In Utah county Is at the high water mark. In Spanish fork and Hobble creek the water is now going tifr tha banks In a number of places. The waters of the Provo canyon creek are higher than they have been for years, and they are still rising. The waters of American Fork canyon are higher than they have been for years and considerable damage Is already al-ready reported. In Salt Lake county the stream of Big and Little Cottonwood. Mill Creek, Parley's. Par-ley's. Emigration, Red Butte and City Creek are higher than they have been for years. Every one of the small streams In Davis county is near the top of the bank and the resident fear that the worst is yet to come. Weber and Ogden rivers are rushing their torrents of muddy water towards the lake. Neither is believed to have yet reached its hlgn water mark. Reports from Cache county are to the effect that every stream in that county Is a torrent. The Logan and Blacksmith fork rivers, as well as Paradise and Smlthvllle creeks are out of their banks in places and are flooding the farms and destroying crops. From the north of the State comes the report that the Bear river is higher than it has been for years, yet little damage is feared from this stream on account of the high banks, except in the neighborhood of Lewlston, Newton' and Cache Junction, where it is feared the crops on the low lands will be damaged "By overflowing waters. wa-ters. It Is admitted by those familiar with the Bear river and its source of supply that should the warm weather continue for a week great damage will result re-sult in the northern counties of this State as well as in some places in southern Idaho. This damage will affect mostly the hay lands of Cache county and in the Gentile valley at Idaho. |