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Show abandoned house and that which the Rapid Transit company otters to haul from the canyon, will bo sufficient to build the needed breakwater near tho sewer. Mr. Barker states that when the work Is finished, the dykes and reinforced re-inforced banks will be strong enough to withstand the flood waters of tho rivers for years to come. PROTECTING THE SEM OUTLET Chairman Barker of the city street committee now has his men and teams at work protecting city and private property against tho prospective prospect-ive high water. The old levee on Og-il.-u river, near the Intersection of Grant and Lincoln avenues. Is being iftifcd and reinforced iu such way as to protect abutting property, and the banks of tho Weber river are being rebuilt so that the newer pipe of thi city will not be washed away, even If the water reaches a. higher point than It did lat year. The railroad companies are aidln? materially. The flouthern Pacilic company has furnished three cars of stone and the Rio Grande company has contributed two cars. This, in connection with other etone taken from an adjaceDt foundation of an |