Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-10
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Detailed Reports Of the LOSStS 0CGa-
stoned by Oregon Floods.
SALT LAKE POLITICS RED-HOT.
An Earthquake Early Sunday
Morning in the Southern
Portion of the State.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIoS.l
SALT LAKE POLITICS RED-HOT.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoKD-uN1os.
AT THE FRONT.
superintendent Pratt Making Repairs
just Over the Oregon Line.

been deralled IN the cut was replaced and
by daylight point about two ard one half
miles beyond Siskiyou was reached.
Mr.. Pratt was up out of bed during the
starting and busily engaged giving orders.
At daybreak the plow with four engines
started ahead to clear the track of snow and
made rapid progress to where washout
was encountered in large fill. Mr.. Pratt
and Mr.. Wallace were on the plow during
the trip through show, and were well
pleased with the manner in which she
cleared the track of small slides and banks
of snow which was in the cuts to depth
of about seven feet.
at the washout, which is about three
miles beyond Siskiyou, the track had to be
cribbed with ties, and it was after O'Clock
in the afternoon before the work was COM
pleted.
The washout was about sixty feet long,
and the ground underneath the track,
which was hanging by the rails, was so
soft that shovelers had to dig down several
feet for q solid foundation.
About sixty men were at work, and your
correspondent noticed Mr.. Pratt himself
several times at work with pick or shovel,
or assisting in piling up ties so as to make
a crib.
Hydraulic jacks were used to lift the
sagged track, and, considering the fact that
ties had to be packed on mems shoulders
for couple of hundred feet, the work of
cribbing was accomplished very rapidly.
The station of Steinman could be plainly
seen from the point on the track where the
washout occurred, and the men, particu-
larly all the engineers. were eager to reach
the sidetrack, the latter having about ex-
hausted the supply of water in their
tenders.
By G o'clock this evening all the outfit
trains had crossed the track where it had
been cribbed and headed by couple of
engines with q snow -plow, the whole out
fit pushed on for the Ashland track, which,
though sunk in many places, was passable
all the way, and only one stop was made,
which was at Steinman, where all the en-
gines took full tanks of water.
When about three miles from Ashland
the electric lights of the town were
sighted, and these beacons were hailed
with delight by everybody on the train.
On nearing the station all the engines in
the outfit commenced whistling, and their
shrill shrieks were almost deafening. If
there were any persons in town who were
unaware of the approach of the trains they
must have thought that circus was COM
ing, or some grand excursion train like
that Of the "All-Americas" was about to
pull into the depot.
On the arrival of all the sections, which
came along together, hundreds of people
were found about the station, and when
the train stopped grand shout went up on
all sides for Mr.. Pratt's outfit. which had
just been twenty-five days in reaching the
northern terminus of the Shasta Division.
The homes of many of the train crew
were in Ashland, and each one Of them
hurried to receive the welcome from their
wives and children. All was commotion
at first, but inside of half an hour the con-
fusion settled considerably and the crowd
departed from the depot, leaving the trains
standing on both main and side tracks.
The RECORD U MON correspondent sought
Mr.. Pratt and learned from him his inten-
tions. II will remain here over night"
said he, land perhaps we will not get
started north before tomorrow noon. We
will have to take on a fresh supply of beef
here, rearrange our crews and have more
men before pushing ahead again"
Roadmaster Calvin, whose district ex-
tends from Ashland to Glendale, was in
conference with Mr.. Pratt tonight and de-
scribed the condition of the road within
his bounds. He stated that the track to
Glendale was in a tolerable good condi-
ton, and perhaps during the run to the
latter place, there would not be delay of
over half an hour along the way.
He had been working with crew on
the road and had just arrived here this
afternoon.
Mr.. Pratt intends to let good many OF
the outfit gang go, before he starts out
again, and will employ many more new
men here and along the road to Grants
Pass.
Fresh supplies are TO be taken here be-
fore leaving, and only two engines will go
from this place north with this outfit. The
rest will either go back with those OF the
gang who wish to return, or will wait at
Ashland for further orders.
There are five engines at Grants Pass,
forty-fve miles beyond here, and there
will be sufficient to carry the outfit
through.
Fifteen or twenty carpenters were en-
ployed tonight and they will work on the
disabled bridges and trestles along the
route. An additional number of men will
be hired SO as to make total of about 200,
and with these it is expected that the road
can be put in condition for travel as far as
Portland, $40 miles above.
The main difficulty will be encountered
between Glendale and Roseburg section
of country known as the Cow Creek Can
yon road in this region is said to be in a
very bad condition on account bo th Of
washouts and slides, and it will be diff.
cult task to get the track in shape again.
There are immense slides, in which trees
have been badly uprooted and carried
down on to the track, where they now
stand upright as though growing in solid
ground.
Cow creek was damned up by one oi
these slides and the waters raising, over
flowed the banks and washed out the track
for considerable distance, besides flooding
the region in that vicinity.
Mr.. Pratt has lumber and ties enough
with him to last until he reaches the lum.
ber mill beyond Glendale, and if the supply
runs short ties and bridge timber can bc
turned out at the mill in short order.
Active preparations are being made to
night for a start tomorrow, and your cor