Show FLOOD TS ITS MENACE ENACE M TO cold nights tn in high altitudes retarding the bolting molting of enoi all washout ashout on oil D R G interrupts Mill railroad road tra el the high water that has damaged sevier county farms and threatened destruction to buildings and bridges in the opinion of experts Is now pas past the danger point tile the snow in the mountains is practically gone from the edw lo 10 w hills and the big banks of snow in the high altitudes are hold held in check by the extreme cold each night it is ejected ev pecked that the present high water will continue for ten days more but unless an extremely warm wave strikes this valley the ater anater will be held in check by the cold nights that prevail in the high mountains this is a cheering prospect as conditions are such that a rise of six inches in the river would do much damage friday and saturday of last week there was a decided increase in the flood waters venice became much like the famous city at the head of the adriatic and gondolas could still be used at venice on street and farm A number of houses are surrounded by water and the river has inundated lanes gardens and orchards even the grounds to the west and north of the school house are under water the bridge is held by cables as a measure of precaution it is perfectly safe ag it is one of the old structures built with log cribs for abutments and these are solid enough to withstand anything short of an earthquake at sigurd the measuring stick on the bridge has recorded an all inch or two rise each day until the total for the past ten days has reached 22 inches tim timely ely work at this bridge on saturday arday saved it the river secured an opening on oil the east side abutment ent and had it not been discovered in ill time the abutment would undoubtedly have been washed out the only way to reach glenwood is to detour through sigurd and keep the old load along the east hills annabella too has had two of its roads hut off the one between richfield and annabella and the central annabella road the old road irom central to annabella which only serves as a shortcut t to continued on page S FLOOD CO ta TO MENACE 13 RIDGES Ef AND ROADS continued from page 1 farms is closed and the east section of the old bridge is washed out the monroe sugar factory road is under water and closed to travel and the elsinore monroe road was also closed but a levee was thrown up on each side of the river and two channels cut and properly bridged on 0 11 the west side have kept this road open the diute piute sevier valley canal diversion works have been in grave danger for several days sandbags sandbars Sand bags tees and hundreds of tons of rock and much energy on the part of the canal officials and a large force of men have combined to keep the cement works intact but it has been ja a strenuous time for those concerned the electric light company has had alot a lot of grief because of poles carrying high tension wires toppling into the river an ali unprecedented flood in clear creek canyon washed out the road in places last friday and spread tho the flood waters at the junction with the sevier over a large area completely surrounding the auxiliary steam plant of the tel luride company this plant has been in operation the past week because of flood water damaging the pipe line at the upper power plant on deaver beaver river which put that plant out of commission water covered tile the boiler room floor at the sevier plant to a depth of several inches but the plant hummed merrily on and only the uprooting of poles by the angry flood waters interrupted power and light service through sevier valley A force of men was put to work on oil the clear creek road on saturday and repairs were all completed by sunday the road through there Is just az good as it e ever er wa was tile the D R G has had its trials by flood as well as other folks A washout occurred saturday south of belknap after the northbound aral train n had passed the southbound train ran as tar far as the break where passengers mail and express were transferred to an improvised stub train irain with a freight engine and this operation has been repeated each day since tho the passenger train returning to elsinore each evening the water is reported to be well up on the railroad grade at but no darge is reported R D young returned from the pin pill s reer reservoir voir on tuesday after pe ling ing a week at the big pond he ap cair r s a 77 feet fact of water at the dam ith panty r nty of capacity for control n a flood alood waters he is sanguine bac tho the dinger point is past and that while high water will prevail for sonic tune time that no great rise in the river will occur at otter creek the reservoir shows 3 ag G feet of water at the dam and no danger is reported at that point so far all state roads are open and no further damage is anticipated but a strict watch is maintained at all points |