Show WEATHER MAY ADD TO flOOD Two Cool Days Had Good Ef Effect feet but Water Will Again LiKely Rise MUCH DAMAGE IS STILL BEING DONE City Workmen Laboring Day and Night to Save Threatened Homs Hom s. s Flood waters in the various streams i of nf the tile city which drain tho the canyons and which have bees been 1 causing all kinds of trouble during the past two weeks are somewhat lower this morning owing owing ow ow- ing to the cold weather of yesterday but with the return of hot weather today to day it is expected that the conditions i of the past week will again prevail With this expectation in mind a ahun- ahun hunI hun hundred I dred laborers are busy today digging diggin out City creek on the west side so as asto asto as to prevent as far as possible a repetition tion tuon of the damaging flood of Sunday and Monday when damage amounting to thousands of dollars was done The terrific current of City creek has carried hundreds of tons of gravel ravel and sand and deposited it in various in-various various anous parts of the tho bed of the creek neek The result has been that the tho entire stream is clogged and the water has been forc forced d dinto into the street This is the condition near Third West on North Temple and arid also on Sixth West and North Tem Tern pie pe On Third West the the- rock is piled I about ten feet deep in the bed of f the stream and the water in consequence is driven out t to the sides It has has nas torn out the grade of tho the street for about fifteen feet and anel is only kept under sub Still subjection by bJ the use of heavy sand b bags 3 r stac stacked a along on the banks Jordan Overflows This mornin morning about S 8 S. S o o'clock lock the banks of f the Tor Jordan an at Fourteenth West w est cit and Fi Fifth th North orth streets gave avo way May I and as asa a result several hundred acres of lof land and are arc now under tinder several f feet fett of water People were tere dr driven from their hou es and arc are now no camped in tents lents lentson on hi higher ground Many chickens were drowned and cattle dr driven n far back onto the lowlands of the desert land west of the Jordan Most of or the resi residents of that district district district dis dis- dis- dis raise chickens and hogs and the animals and fowls for will suffer stiffer considerable consid I erable crable damage In many man instances the tue water flooded into the ranches so o suddenly stud sud denly and violently that chickens were unable to escape Shortly after the tho water reached a dan dangerous er us point the tile police were wore informed and the patrol wa wagon on loaded with officers went to the scene cene and carried many of the residents resi rest lents dents from their flooded homes The damage no doubt douht will be he great reat all through the district owin owing to the low condition of the land and the destructible destruct ible property which the water wati- can get getto et to to including among other things farm implements stacks haystacks barns and gar gai- ar- ar dens deus Sixth West Flooded On Sixth West where lucre the water is issues is sues sties from front the western extremity of the under underground round conduit the rock fock has completely filled the bed of ot the stream and as a result the water has taken to the road The water is till running in iii a fierce torrent down North Tern Tem plo street and continues to do much damage to the roadway and car tracks and still threatens to on overflow into surrounding suit sur rounding residences Traffic along alons the street has become so clan dangerous that it itha ha has practically been abandoned abandon d. d Several teams team have bave met with accidents acci dents in iii various parts of the road which i is covered with muddy water One of the these the c took place yesterday afternoon after aftel noon when on out of the McMillan Iv Co book supply wa wagons ono was being beins Continued on page pa c 10 WEATHER MAY HAY Continued from front pa page o 1 driven through the water near Eighth West The Tho horse suddenly stepped in into in to toa a deep hole and sunk almost out of sight eight It was with tho the utmost moat difficult difficulty diM cult culty that the animal struggled led out of the hole and dragged the wagon in Considerable dama damage e resulted to the harness and wagon an and l the horse was cut and bruised considerably After the tho accident a search was made for forthe forthe forthe the hole and it was filled with rock Similar accidents have re occurred in other parts of the street and hay have caused almost entire suspension of or I fic ftc in in the tIle street Street Railway Suffers This morning the street railway company com corn patty pany got busy preparing its tra tracks ks for protection from the water On Sixth We West Vest t where for several days it has been necessary to keep men busy shoveling rock from front the rails raUs to permit ernist the passing pass pass- ing log of cars to the fair grounds rounds the rails and tics have been raised up over two feet and the water is given en free flee passage under tinder the tracks At t the fair fairgrounds fairgrounds grounds the tracks have also been raised and by bv the use uso of platforms it will be poss possible ble from front now on to take the race rale track cars around around- the loop at the entrance to the track This part of the lino line has been put out of operation operation operation opera opera- tion since the floods set in O Another part of the tho city which is isnow isnow isnow now suffering l' l seriously from the tho Hoods floods is alon along the Tenth South canal west of Fifth West street Practically the thc whole of that country is under water People are going goin ab about ut the tho fields and even oven in the tho streets in boats The fhe tracks of the Salt Lake Valley Railway Rail Kail- way company are under about six inches of water from Fifth West to the Jordan river and the service has been abandoned until the water recedes Alon Along the Jordan river the country is practically all allinder under inder water ater varying vary vary vary- in ing in depth from a few inches to several soy sev eral feet The river is is getting gradually gradually grad grad- ad hi higher her instead of lower with the cool weather and the outlook is becom becom- ming hourly more serious There are s 0 of people alon along the river who have hae been forced to desert their homes and there are many others who aro are threatened Every effort is ss being made to check the thc fo foul l smells which are arising from the manure which has been used f for r banks along North Temple Tempe street The Theodors Theodors Theodors odors in the evenin evening are arc vile and fear I has been expressed that contagion will willbe willbe willbe be the result To eliminate this dirt is being hauled today and aud placed over the manure All of the debris will be removed as soon as possible but at present to move it would mean the turning of the water into the re residences on both sides ides of North Temple street There have been many conjectures today that with the return of iho bo sunshine sun sun- shine hino and heat the floods will be renewed renewed re reo re- re with more vigor than ever cither either tonight or tomorrow To this end a Jar large e force of workmen is today shoveling the gravel avel and rocks from the bed o othe or orthe of the stream and making a better pas pas- sage gage for the torrent torrents I |