| Show NO DANGER three days spring weather has served unmistakable notice of what may kye he expected in the way of a rush of water from the mountains with a continuation of sunshiny eun shiny days and a rise of the temperature toward summery heat beat there balut no danger said Waier master harvey on the sunday morning that he put ut a gang of men and a number of teams at work to fix the tenth south street canal banks between fifth and eighth west streets in line hime with that position it is now in order for him to go to ninth and tenth south streets today and assure the people living in that locality that there beant no wa ter on their doir yards lots and gar den abenr he did not give this assurance however when hla his men were busy this morning repairing the break in the canal at the corner of tenth south and second ta about four this morning the he eplum of water became too gret great for the canal banks at that point and began pouring over it was the work of only a short abort time for the stream to out away a portion of the banks and the water was soon rushing into the open space beyond quickly it spread over the low ground extending over grass plats plate gardens and up to the ve vey y foundation walls wall of some of the ane houses house tile the people down there received a taste of spring floods and they dont like it a bit there chere aie a good many of them who would be relieved in their feelings if they could souse the sater in the binds about their houses until he oam came to a comprehension of the true situation and either made way tor for a bettor better man for the emergency or got a move on him perhaps these feelings are a little extreme anu and the people may cool off when the water recedes that to is it the weather will cool sufficiently to allow it to do so the astei means well whether he be does so or not and when he lear learned lied of the break i 1 the canal a force of men was immediately put to work and the bank repaired but buc there was no timber or firm ballasting put in so the people are looking fur for the soft earth to be swept out and carried into their lots it may be a good thin 11 said eaid one of the affected ones today to increase the altitude of our property bayon A the reach of floods but the process is i too slow and damp to be comfortable the locality named is not the he only place that is ia suffering buffering from excess of water all Allu along team west from fourth kast fast excepting from the state ruid to west Tem temples pleis affect affected od at fourth east the water is flow ilig over the canal banks toe street railway company raised its track there five inches but the water came up tco and was running over the bed of the abe track in places placed to add to the truble trouble there a flume chion is expected to carry the water off is too small for tho the purpose the ninth south street canal Is ie doing e equally as much damage as 88 the other wrom from first west street west the blicks ou the north side of the canal as aa far north nonh as aa eighth south street are largely under water by a sort 0 of policy the north bank of the canal was graded dewi to make the street appear mure more level As a consequence when the water came up it spread out so BO much so that it now makes a level surface for many acres that should be fruitful gardens bardene instead of huge duck ponds the tb residents rebelde lits there also aleo teel feel pretty warm over the matter and when an official comes down and gazes upon the scene from his buggy in the street earet t and remarks that it aint much and willi be all right iti in a day or two the warmth occasionally increases to fever heat beat the water masters department was busy fixing things today and after the pottering lottering pott ering and patching that to is going on may push out for something bigger and better it la Is to be hoped so for the waters haven it even made a fair start at coming from thin mountains yet some rustling now might still be in time will it be dont done |
