Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-10 | Page 17 | Water Main Undermined

WATER MAIN UNDERMINED Complaint Gravel I Hn Un Been Deen Taken From About City CUy Pipe Complaint was made to the street department yesterday by b the water department that a six-Inch six water main In the vicinity of or K street am and Twelfth avenue a has been undermined and left In a dangerous condition b by br men who havo have been permitted to dig gravel In this section T 1 i W. W Mellen ellen the tho contractor has the tho gravel s rights to this pit It Is la re reported reported reported re- re ported b by tho the water department am and his men It i is declared have undermined the main for a dl distance of ot twenty feet and left a joint exposed with a aLon aton aton ton Lon of oC earth resting upon the top o otho or of orthe the tho pipe The Tho water department feared yesterday eI morning that tho the pipe line ml might ht go o out at an any moment and shut hut tho entire north bench district out of oC wa water tel As soon as a report of oC the condition of or tho the pipe was received b by Superintendent dent C. C F. F Barrett of or the water de department department department de- de he and tho time commissioner went to th the tho scene and ma made e an nn examInation exam exam- Upon their return a complaint complaint com com- plaint was made to the street department department depart depart- ment officials and It was asked that the tho department see that tho time pipe Is placed In a a. secure position