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Show CANALS AGAIN FILLED WITH WATER As a result of efficient engineering, the pumps at tho head ot Jordan river riv-er aro ngaln running full blast nnd tho Salt I-i lo county canals are filled with water, following n four.day shut, down owing to n disastrous leak under und-er tho pumps. l.ait wcok tho leak wao (Uncovered and within n fow hours tlio pumps wero stopped and a temporary dam was put In tho river. Tho leak, or really washout, was over a hundred feet upioss and was caused by tho giving way of tho lumber and dirt Illlug tintlor the pump?. The cenienl floor on which tho big pumps stand Is so en feet below flu compromlso sur fuco point of tho hike, but the water of tho lnko Is now no low that tho Borvlco la fnr below tho floor hence when tho water was lifted out of tho lake Into tho river tho pressure from tho rlvor sldo pushod out tho wall. Forty.flvo inou and 12 tennis wero Immediately put to work and havo been successful In putting In a temporary tem-porary wall requiring over 1-1,000 feet of lumber and several hundred perch of rock. AV. A. Knight, tho engineer, says this will nnswer for thu remainder remain-der of this year, but aa soon as this pumping season Is over a complete now structure will bo built, necessitating necessitat-ing tho expenditure of thousands of dollars thoro this year. |