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Show BRIG-HAM CITY DAM NOW DECLARED SAFE I SALT LAKE. Dec. 7. Improvements Improve-ments upon the I "evil's en. dam ol" the Brlgbam 'lt Conservation company com-pany were reported completed yester-daj yester-daj lb a report to K K CaldWell slat. engineer. The Improvements ;.n. in conformity conform-ity with instructions issued by the engineer en-gineer Inst spring, when the flood conditions con-ditions were said to b beyond control and threatening considerable property damage to tin- line of the Pninn Pacific Pa-cific system and to Uruh.im The complaints w.r.- made by the (Oregon Short Cine and B number of parties in Brlgham and were indicative indica-tive thai there was a possibility of the 'iitir.- dam gMng way anJ inundating portions of the city and vicinity, The company now, however has raised the height of the dam some four and 'one-half feet and has removed about .'iron cubic yards of dirt covering a l id fault and .'topped up the fault, which has heretofore caused a ilous leakage In the reservoir, with the use of some COuu cubic feet of con- crete. The improvements were gone over v. stcrday at a n: . tins between Air. Caldwell. Lloyd Garrison, deputy state engineer and v. k. Armstrong assistant as-sistant chief engineer for th. Union I j Pacific system The Improvem- nts i will be Inspected soon by engineers for the railroad before being accepted by the engineer, it Is believed, how-ever, how-ever, that the improvements will ade- qiiately protect t lie surrounding country coun-try against flood damage. |