Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-28
THE WASHOUTs.
The Railway Lines Getting
Into Shape Again.
SOME LIVELY WORK BEING DONE
San Pedro and RedOndO Lines Open
Eastern Passengers Getting
Through.

Eastern faSSeuSerS UcttluS
Through.
The railroads are pulling out of the
hole in which they were placed by the
storm more rapidly than might have
been expected, considering the extent
and severity of their injuries. These are
the times that try railroad men to see
what kind of stuff they have in them.
The local contingent of both the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe are showing
themselves fully equal to the emergency
The lines may be utterly demoralized
but the authorities decline to get 'rat.
tled," and with indefatigabls industry
and skillful management are rapidly
bringing order out OF chaos. The only
thing which is capable of causing them
vexation now is the thought that it may
begin raining at any minute, and undo
all the work which they have accom-.
plished thus far.
The Southern Pacific succeeded in get.
ting it's line to San Pedro open after a
fashion. The announcement on the bul.
letion board at the depot sets forth the
fact that passengers will be compelled to
walk about mile. Nevertheless the
train at 2 O'Clock carried down about
100 people, most of whom took passage
for San Francisco. A telegram received
late in the afternoon from Mr.. Hogwood,
who is experimenting the work,
says that the break in the line has been
reduced to about half mile, and that it
will probably be closed before this morn
ing, 80 that trains can run all right on
schedule time between the port and the
city today. The mail and express from
the north and east will come in by boat
today, and the people who were coming
down from the north last Tuesday and
were caught at Mojave, will arrive. The
walking over the break in the road is not
as bad as might be supposed, as the COM
psny sent down carload of planks,
which we're laid down to keep the pas
sengers' feet out of the mud.
The town of Long Beach is completely
cut off from connection with this city.
Passengers going there had to ws.k from
Thenard yesterday. Mails will be
brought in on wagons. .'
The line to Mojave will probably be
open by Monday night. The washouts
in the Soledad are bad, but not so bad
as represented. An immense gang of
men Las been sent down from the north,
and telegram received yesterday an
nounced that they had put in most OF
the 250 feet of the Tejunga bridge which
was gone. Some of che men now work.
ing between here and San Pedro will be
sent today to repair the upper of the two
bridges over the Los Angeles river, and
to work north toward San Fernando.
Perhaps also by tonight or tomorrow
morning work will be begun on the
lower of the two bridges.
The bridge over the Santa Aua river,
near Cotton, has been put in shape, and
trains from the East can now get along
as far as Monte. The bridge at the lat
ter place will probably be all right by
tomorrow, when trains can run through
regularly east and west as far as East
Los Angeles. Passengers will be trans
ferred from and to these in buses.
About seventy passengers got in from
the East yesterday on what the Southern
Pacific authorities are pleased to call
their ''hand. car special" A train will
leave for the East from Esst Los Angeles
today.
The Santa Fe is doing some very lively
work, as is evidenced by the fact that
they will have the surf line open and
trains running regularly by tomorrow
morning. The Santa Maria, which had
been specially chartered by the COM
pany, made trip yesterday, but will not
be needed any more. The bridge at Ri
vera is badly knocked to pieces for a
distance of about 500 feet, and it will be
necessary to carry passengers around by
wagon, through detour Of three miles
over the county bridge.
On the Orange line there are few
washouts between st. James and Yorba,
but the work train will probably have
these in shape today, and trains can run
over that division tomorrow. The work
of repairing the Ballona.d division bridge
is just about completed.
The worst problem which the Santa
Fe people have before them is the Caion
pass. The land.slides are large and
heavy, and it must be confessed that it
will take some time to clear them away.
1t was proposed at one time to put down
planks through the pass and allow the
people to walk over. This was finally
abandoned, and the 500 passengers
who have been resting for the past four
DAYS at Barstow were started back yes
terday to Albuquerque, and they will be
brought into this city by way of Deming
and the Southern Pacific. They will ar
rive on Monday, a week late. This is
shorter than sending them up to Moiave,
even if the northern route of the South
ern Pacific were clear, as there are sew
eral bad washouts on the line connect
ing Barstow and Mojave.
The line from San Bernardino to Pasa-
dena will be open today. The mail will
be sent out to Pasadena by wagon. There
are several landslides beyond Garvanza,
but the bridge over the Arroyo Seco is
now all right.
The Santa Fe people have had one
piece of good luck. Their freight bust
ness was pretty we'll closed up before the
rain came on. In the two days which
elapsed between the last washing out O
the surf line and the recent storm they
managed to get through thirty-fve car
of perishable articles into San Diego
much Of which would otherwise hav'
been q dead loss.
FOR FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
ID. A. McDOugall Wants S5O,OO(
From q Bank.