Show WORST fLOOD IN iNor HISTORY or Of CITY NOW THREATENS All Rivers Creeks Canals nd streams t Highest Point of Year nd Are jre Still Rising Some ome parts of Salt Lake City arc now threatened with one of the heaviest floods in the city's history Nearly every stream in the vicinity and contributing contributing contributing con con- to the watershed of Salt Lake valley has risen from one to to thirteen inches and is still rising Utah lake which contributes to the flow of the Jordan river is now several feet above high w hater ter mark and is still ris ris- ris ing FeAr is being entertained on the part of the city lest the Jordan river and the various canals in the city get beyond beyond beyond be be- yond control This would mean thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of dollars of damage and the water would flood the country so that it would be impossible for it to dry out this summer Great Salt lake isnow is isnow now five feet higher than it has been in years An appeal was made to the farmers at the point of the mountain to take more water from th the tha Jordan river if possible The Supervisor of Streets J J. T. T Raleigh has hu sent every available team and anan man that he could secure to the Jordan river wh whore where re the banks are bein being strengthened and the ditches blo blocked ked up to prevent the water from flowing back upon p Jn In already has places laces the water has already back backed d up three three or four our bl blocks cles and arid is threatening to fill fiU cellars and rid d' d dooryards All AU U Str Streams ams Rising The water began rising early yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day morning mornin and before before noon the Street Supervisor found i it necessary to put his men to work keeping th the water of the Jordan in its course Then City creek began to rise and a heavy stream came down clown from Emi Emigration ration an and Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Parleys Parley's Par Par- leys ley's canyons The district that is threatened with the greatest destruction from front the flood is from South Temple street to Ninth South street along the Jordan river The street department is tearing out the flumes on the the Eleventh West street canal which is draining all aU the water from City creek and a part pait of the J Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- or dan river Most of this work is being done at Fourth North street The flow of f City creek began ising rising ising before noon yesterday and last ni night ht it continued This morning it is within an aninch aninch aninch inch and a half of its highest water mark Residents in the vicinity are again threatened with floods in their yards and cellars Water Over Bridges All the bridges along City creek are again covered with water and the south track of the Utah Li Light ht and Railway company was put completely out of commission commission com corn mission this morning Tho The water now covers near nearly the entire entire street and traffic traffic traffic fic over the the immersed tracks is dan dan- The flooded district along North Temple street continues from Sixth West West to Ninth West street At 1 0 o'clock clock this afternoon Supervisor Raleigh and a number of men put in three more planks in the surplus dam damin damin damin in the Jordan river at Twelfth South street to throw a lar larger er stream into the surplus canal Any further attempt to torun torun torun run the stream by that way is not thought advisable Even with the three additional tiona planks the street department department department depart depart- ment fears that the dam may go out carrying all aU before it The waters of the Jordan rose six inches yesterday and nearly four inches more last night The ditches to the Ninth South and Tenth South street canals are being blocked up to prevent the water backing backing back hack ing up and overflowing the residence property In these canals the water is g getting higher every ever minute Heavy streams continue to pour into the canals today from Red Eed Butte Emigration Parleys Parley's Par Par- icy leys ley's s 's and other canyons Mayor Takes a Hand Th The floods assumed assumed such gigantic prop proportions today that Mayor l Ezra Thompson took a hand He directed City Engineer L. L C C. Kelsey to communicate communicate cate with the farmers farmers' at at the point of the mountain and get them to take ake as much water out of the Jordan river as they possibly could Up to noon today today today to to- day he was was' unable to hear from any of them although it is believed that they can take but little more water Figures secured from rom the engineers engineer's office show that Ut Utah li lake is now discharging discharging discharging dis dis- charging into the J Jordan river more than 1100 second feet of water which amounts to a figure in excess of of gallons of water a day This enormous volume is augmented by the rapidly-increasing rapidly streams along its course i All along the river the water is backing backing backing back back- ing up and dozens of telephone calls were received by the street department from fl frightened residents asking that some Borne assistance be given them It certainly certain gets next t to a fellow to o have a flood flood like like this said said Supervisor Supervisor Supervisor Super Super- i visor Raleigh this morning I am am afraid it is going to get the best of us usand usand usand and that is what makes me mad It ItI I I I i p iii k I I 1 4 I i. i J i L s l T i Lit t r 3 t i it CLARENCE DARROW Who will give the witnesses for the State in the Haywood case a a. severe grilling looks as if the flood is working faster than we can I have every available available man manat at work but the water vater se seems ms to tp be rising all allover allover allover over and there is no point J int at which work can be he directed It is spread out all allover over Second North Weakest Second second North looks molts like the weakest weakest weak weak- est place but there is no telling where it will start first r Reports from Big Cottonwood od this morning say that the stream there is tearing loose It is on a rampage and getting ettin higher all the time If it were only in one stream that the water rose roseI I would not care care but when it is coming up all over it seems almost impossible to know for a certainty what will hap hap- pen If the rains continue in in the mountains mountains mountains moun moun- and the water continues to rise it w will I soon be beyond all control It will flood all aU the western part of the city and some places laces will be so filled fined with water that that they will not dry out all summer |