Show LAKE WATER YATER TO OVER TRACKS Expected Rise in Big Salt Sea Will Submerge the Railroad MAY CAUSE MUCH DAMAGE Weather Bureau Officials Say Snow Will Cause High HighWater Water later Unless s nature ohan changes es all It He its precedents precedents prece prece- dents G. G 62 miles s of ot the tho Western railroad crossing the southern corner of or Great Salt lake with the coming of tho the summer will be under water cater Tho lake I Is at a 0 higher point no now than at any time lime during last year 0 r. r and Dr R rt n. n J J. J Hyatt section director of oC the United States weather bureau says that from the tho snow reported to be Inthe in inthe inthe the mountains and taking as a 3 criterion criterion cri cri- terion tenon the riso In the lake II of other years between tho the months month of ot February February ar ary anti and July tho the lake will rise at least two feet teet The Western Vestern Pacific tracks crossing the southern portion of oC the lake aro now Just two feet teet above the water vater level le and the work of rip the portion of oC the road rond crossing the tho lake lako ha has already been started by tho thu Western estern Pacific engineers engineer The Tho measurements of ot tho the rise and fall of ot tho the lake which are taken at nt semI monthly Intervals b by by tho the weather wea wen ther thor bureau show that during tho the year year- of ot 1906 from February to July tho the lake lako rose roso 21 feet During the same months In 1904 it rose two feet In 1907 2 Lu feet but In 1907 It only rose rOle one foot toot which was caused by the un unusually tin un- usually small amount of ot precipitation nn and the tho large largo amount of water taken from the tributary rivers river for tor tion The reports which have e come into the weather bureau from all aU over th the s In which tributary rivers of ot the thu lake lako head and aro are fed Cede indicates that there is an nn unusually unusual largo large amount of or snow SHOW In the tho mountains mountain all ull of ot which leads the officials of oC tho the weather bureau bureau bu bu- bu- bu reau to advance the opinion that the lake v will rise at least two feet more during the present y yar ar The Tho official water gauge grange for tor tho the lake manipulated b by tho weather bureau now reads 41 feet which Is higher than tho the highest point last Insl year eor The Tho Saltair people arc are also alto In difficulty cult culty from the thc rise of ot tho the lake and are aro bull building to protect tho the bath houses nearest tho water from being wrecked b by tho the waves |