Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-01-22
AFTER THE DELUGE.
How the Flooded District
Now Appears.
RAILROADS, EXPRESS, MAIL
Work on Tracks and Bridges
The Work of Relief-Fur-
ther Losses.

tuOA AfcHH
yesterdav. the third after the bil
aood. was tho first on which reaiiy
effective work could be accomplished
Nothing could be done on Tuesyay, the
,water being too high. Wednesday
efforts were rather Of preliminary
nature ia clearing up the debris SO as to
get at the work proper.
The s. P. Co. have a large gang of
experienced track men, bridge builders
and graders now en- route from San Fran
cisco to push forward the work of repair
ing the road with oil possible dispatch.
The trains to San Pedro and Santa
Monica are running on time in and
ont Of the city. The track on
those two routes was little dam
aged and soon put to rights lar
enough to allow trains to pass. They
will be further siren gthened as time
will allow and meantime are perfectly
safe. The high water along the rivers
in the Santa Ana valley prevents doing
much in that direction yet. It VIII be
about ten days probably before that
local branch will be open for 'rafic.
The west-bound train from Yuma
came in yesterday a little before flve
o'clock, bringing passengers and a large
amount Of mails, details Of which will be
found below. These were transferred
from the east side Of the river in wagons
and carriages via the covered bridge.
This train went back east an hour later,
thus opening up traffic east for all pur-
poses excepting freight.
Men are hammering away pell nell at
the Mission street railway bridge and IL
Is hoped that by tonight this VIII De
nassable. and that tomorrow trains OF
ali sorts will leave the depot on San Fer
nando street taking passengers, malls, ex-
press and freight, via the Sunset Route,
70 all points toward the rising sun.
The C. S. Ky. officials report
the damage on ther track be-
tween Cotton and Bristow, or
Waterman as very slight. The trouble
was not in the Cajon Pass, but In the
approaches thereto. A gang OF men Is
at work at each end and it is confident.
Iy expected that by Monday this road
viii be open for traffic Of all sorts and
through connection made to all points
east by the c. s. and the A. Il T. sys.
TEN. By this route to Bristow and
thence to Mojave railroad communlca-
t;on TO San Francisco will be reached at
the sametime, making the delay OF on
Iy one week duration, whereas two
wears ago it was six before
The breach was entirely repaired.
As soon as the route to Waterman is
mt In order, that to San Diego will be
attacked in force, and by the middle OF
naxt week that town will also have rail
road connection with the world again.
SO 1t is to be hoped, although II may be
a dav or two later before this desirable
end is reached, as little has been
vat learned concerning the damage
done on that line in detail.
The road north OF the s. P, Co. Is the
most serious wreck. 1t begins just
above the depot at the bluff and
extends to the top OF the Sole
dad Pass. At the point hrst
named the company made good progress
yesterday. There is big gang cutting
down the bluff to fill the chasm made by
the current. At first it was hard to get
a start, because the river washed the
dirt out as fast as put in. There was
sufficient rock got down finally to defy
the lessening stream, and then the EN-.
bankment grew up rapidly. The big
force noted as on the way from San
Francisco will attack the wreck
in the SoIedad Pass and those here will
work on towards San Fernando. 1t is
boped that in two weeks the road will
be again in good order and open for
traffic. This will be much better than
hoped for when the food went down and
let the terrible effects Of its ravages be
inspected.
now TRAFFIC STANDS To-DAf.
Meantime, briefly summarized, there
are trains running to-day as follows:
Regular trains on time to aud from Santa
Monica and San Pedro. The Cotton
local comes and goes on time from the
east bank of the river, and will go from
the new depot tomorrow. The regular
train to and from the east via Yuma
comes and goes, although not certainly
on time. This leaves from the east side
to-day and will leave the new depot to-
morrow. The movement OF mails is ex-
haustively stated in another place in this
issue of the HERALD.
The Express Company post the follow
Tag notice: Express to San Francisco
via sea as follows; Santa Rosa, Sunday
"a; Los Angeles, Monday 25; Orizaba,
Friday 30; Eureka, Saturday 30; Santa
Rosa, Wednesday, Feb. g."
The L. A. & s. @. v. Ry Co. are also
busy putting their track in order. This
road escaped with only little injury on
the other side of the river. The trains
now come down to the east bank, and
a big gang OF men are busy repairing the
approaches to the bridge over the Los
Angeles river. Trains will be into the
west side next week early.
THE OTHER BRIDGES.
The East Los Angeles bridge at Dow
ney avenue is getting on well. A foot
bridge is rigged for pedestrians, and un-
ill the wagon way is up teams
ford the river at the old crossing just
below the bridge Of l.. A. 4 s. G. V. Ry.
There was steady double stream OF
thSm passing here all day yesterday,
one east and one west. There were no
quicksands aud the passage was made
with ease and safety. although the water
rose nearly to the bed Of low buggy.
Here in days of yore many twelve-mule
team with its big "prairie schooner" and
trail wagon went down in the quicksand
never to be seen again. The bridge will be
done probably on Monday and then this
detour will be avoided. Meanwhile the
street cars run to the bridge ON each side
and the passengers mako the transit on
loot.
At this point the Water Company
are still fishing for their lost pipe,
but so far there is not a bite.
AT this bridge there was rolled by the
food against one Of the piles a boulder
weighing not less than half ton.
AT the covered bridge the work Of re-
pairing the approach Indicated in the