Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-21
The s. P. R. R. Open to Yuma, San
Pedro and Santa Monica.
ANOTHER VERY HEAVY RAIN

List of Losses-The River Rises and
Alarms the People and .s-
then Recedes.
A dispatch was received yesterday by
Superintendent Hewitt, Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company, from Mo
jave and Tehachipe, stating that the
Southern Pacific track was all right
from the Sierra Madre to San Francisco.
This is good news, since 1t was feared
that the Tehachipe grade was damaged
by the storm. These dispatches came
by the way Of San Francisco, Denver,
Deming and Yuma. making trip of
nearly 1000 miles to accomplish 1875
miles.
A heavy force Of men is at work on
the Mission street railroad bridge and
the prospect is that the repairs TO the
break will be SO far completed that
trains can cross tomorrow. In the
meantime passengers going east can
cross the covered bridge and take the
cars for the east just beyond the County
Hospital.
The Cotton train under the direction
Of Conductor Sippy came in yesterday
afternoon, being the first train from the
new railroad center since the Hood.
Sippy's train was valid evidence of the
fact that the railroad bridges were all
right to the eastward. on the Yuma
Division. The bridge across the San
Gabriel at El Monte was heavily strained
but maintained its integrity through the
aqueous ordeal.
THE oALIfoRSA SOUTHERN.
The track Of this railway through the
deep cut In FL Cajon Pass is reported to
be covered thirty feet deep by rock and
earth from land slides. The banks Of
this cut are l6O feet high, and slide
was expected when the earth became
well saturated with water. Land slides
have occurred in that cut before. and
will occur again until the slope OF the
banks is flattened largely.
The same road is reported washed cut
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wire at that place prcstrated.
THE L. a. & s. O. V. R.R.
Was repaired yesterday to the Los An
Qeles river. At the approach to the
bridge over the river the track will be
cribbed with timber for the present, and
il the city makes no levee on the north
side OF the stream the railway company
will add another span to the north end
of the bridge and let the water go
through on that side, SO it will continue
its terrible work in destroying the fine
land on that side Of the river.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE.
There was one wire yesterday opened
to Newhall, and others to Yuma, San
Pedro and Santa Monica. II the storm
abates to-day additional wires will be
put up. The telephone wires are now
open to San Gabriel, Pasadena, San Pc
dro and Santa Monica. 1t is very un-
certain when the telephone aud tele-
graph will be in working order to Santa
Ana on account OF the inunda-
tons along the two San
Gabriel rivers, Coyote creek and the
Santa Ana river.
The low country along the railway is
largely under water, so that repairs to
the railway along which the wires are
strung, will not be prosecuted. The
water in the San Gabriel river yesterday
was rising and the worst is yet to come.
Mr.. e. M. Skidmore, OF Downey, was
in the city yesterday aud reports great
destruction Of property in and about
New River. The railroad aud county
bridges are washed away and the streams
impossible. He could not tell the ex.
tent OF damage on the other side of the
river as there Is no communication by
telegraph or otherwise.
WILMINGTON AND SAN PEDRO.
These two places are highly favored
with railway facilities and were only
shut off for one day from communica-
tiou with the city. Owing to the heavy
rain last night it is feared that the water
will again 90 down Alameda street and
arrest these lines Of rail again.
THE soLEDAD CANYON.
A waterspout passed into the Soledad
Canon on Monday night with terrible
effect. Trees were uprooted and hurled
down stream ten feet deep running at
fearful velocity, rocks rolled down the
mountains aud dashed one another in
pieces as they came in collision at the
bottom of the cafion and cast the water
high in air. The savage stream struck
the track of the Southern Pacific railway
and tore its solid embankment away in
a short space Of time. The iron railway
bridge across the stream was lifted from
its foundations, whirled around and the
ends reversed. Several miles of road-bed
are carried away between Newhall and
Alpine station, and the water is foo
powerful to permit track repairing 60
proceed, The force Of the water must
have been terrible to wash away this
railway track. 1t was made anew after
the Hood two years ago. and was
made exceptionally strong to with.
stand ali ravages Of Hoods, but
the recent storm proved too powerful
for even this track Of wondrousstrength,
and weeks must pass before it can be
repaired. The track below San Fer.
nando is carried away for long dis.
tance, but work has been begun in
earnest to repair it. The work of re.
pairing the track around the bluff in the
city has been commenced, but It is hard
undertaking. owing to the river current
that continually interferes with the
work.
CITY WATER COMPANY.
The City Water Company cannot raist
their great 22.inch main that lie
by the side OF the railroad and is settled
and broken. When the railroad work has
commenced at that point, so that the
pipe may be raised aud supported by the
railroad track, both repairs will proceed
at the same time. Sixty men are at
work ON the tiume which is at the toma
where tho water is turned from the
river into the city ditch. The telephone
TO the toma wns repaired yesterday.
The loss to the Water Company will be
.heavy.
NEW PROJECT.
II has been suggested that the South
srn Pacific Company should use the L,
A.&S. G. ". r.. r. bridge over the
river, bridge the Arroyo Seco and then
20 onto the S.P track on the other side.
That would be much cheaper than %
keep up the present track along the
bluif and a river bridge. The i. A. y
s. @. V. X. h. bridge is a substantial
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