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I -. I I . I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I .. II I - ;; , I . The newspaper issues published within the two weeks before and after the above mentioned dates were researched at the office of the Mountain Mail newspaper in Salida. Records of the past newspaper issues available at the Salida Public Library were also researched. A sample of newspaper accounts of floods in the vicinity of the study area is as follows: I I I From the "Salida Mail" July 20, 1923 I From the "Salida Mail" Tuesday, June 14, 1921 I Heavy Rains Cause Damage to the Roads I High Water at Monarch Damages New Bridge I I Rain is on the daily program in Salida lately but the rainfall in the city and immediate vicinities. comparatively light. Cloudbursts and heavy downpours have struck all arount Salida, washing out roads and bridges and delaying traffic. The farmers putting up hay have found it impossible to make progress and there will be some losses. Rains have washed the road tween Salida and Canon City cars are corning through. road to Buena Vista also is ed and Monarch Pass road 1S rou- gh near Maysville. A cloudburst Wednesday night washed out a bridge near Brown's Canon and filled the river with debris. The Ute trail is pass- able. The highest water for ten years began running at Monarch Sunday when Columbus creek and Boss Lake creek turned into torrents. The new government bridge on Monarch Pass road, a quarter mile above Garfield,was damaged by the flood and is closed for repairs. In the meanwhile traffic is being diver- ted to the old Monarch road. Garfield darn was opened 10 days ago. The water corning down is di- rect from the mountains where the snow is melting fast. The melt- ing season began late this year. It is expected that the high water will continue for two weeks or more. I I I be- but The wash- -11- From the "Mountain Mail!' Friday, June 14, 1957 City Water Supply IS Saved BREAK DANGER AVERTED AT RIVER CROSSING Spring floods down Little River just about took out most of the Salida water supply, C. L. Glenn, water commissioner, said today. Citv and county crews haul- ed in rock and apparently have averted the danger. "The city wouldn't have been entire- ly without water had the break occurred," Robert Brazil, mayor, told the Mountain Mail, "We would have been able to supply enough for domestic use from other sour- ces, but irrigation water would not have been available for a while." Glenn discovered that the stream was cutting beneath the concrete which pro- tects the mains. The 16-inch main and a l2-inch main are buried about five feet below the bed of the stream. If the cut- ting away had not been stopped, the weight of the water and of the water in the mains would have caused a break. County and City crews worked together hauling in rock from Brown's Canon. Two Army reserve unit dump trucks also were used after Lieut. Ed Touber made the nec- essary arrangements. -12- The workmen widened out and put in a pipe to divert slow down the rush of the hauled in big boulders to mains. If that wasn't trouble enough the water also had cut out the approach to the bridge across the river at that point and timbers had to be hauled in to repair the bridge, so that trucks would cross over to the south side. That is just Some of the city water difficul ties. Earlier this week a ,flow line from the wells to the reservoir broke when high water washed out a pier. This line is used only when heavy use of water lowers the level in the reservoir. Fortunately,the weatherman has been send- ing rain and cool weather so that irriga-. tioo use is at a minimum. "It has been 18 to 20 years since the city has had this much trouble with the water supply~ Ted Judge,city clerk, noted this morning. the channel the flow, to wa ter. they protect the