Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-05
NEWS OF THE RAIL.
The Effect of the Storm = Many
Trains neiaVed.

uat10n. Inc ram, IL appears, was mucl
more serious all around this city than
was in it. Difficulty was experienced b.
the Southern Pacific in two or thre,
places. The most serious breaks wers
in the Soledad csfion, and on the line t
the East near Shorb's. In the latter di
rection there was very deep washou
made by the Christmas storm, which
was repaired in temporary fashion b,
crib work and sand bagging. This CAV,
way and stopped all trains Friday. Tn
overland lay at Cotton all night, and tn,
passengers were transferred over th,
break yesterday morning, and brought t,
this city at 10 o'clock. A pile-drive
was sent down to the place where th,
road was washed out. and permanen
repairs were effected. The first trail
got over at about o'clock, and sine.
then this division of the line has been al
right.
Number 10 to the East, which should
have gone out Friday evening, was helt
back unit. yesterday morning, and ther
dispatched for the East. This part of the
line is now in such shape that the road
can stand a moderate rainfall and still
escape injury.
The ravages executed by the
storm of Christmas upon the track
through the Soledad cafion have
already been fully described, and
it may be readily understood that
they were of a sort not to be easily mol
quickly repaired. 1t rained very hard
Thursday and Friday all along this part
of the line, and in many places the crib
ru0r11 xvo,, xrooboJ onf Tho - va ;,l,
should have arrived in this city on Fri
until late yesterday afternoon. They
ing if all goes we'll. The officers of the
company are very confident that this di-
vision of the road will be all right today.
The Santa Ana and Santa Barbara
divisions of the Southern Pacific are still
useless. The intermittent rains which
have prevailed for the last two days have
made work almostimpossible. Connection
is still kept up with San Pedro, but the
roadbed is in a very shaky condition be-
tween Cerritos and Long Beach Junction
A large gang of men is at work along the
line, .piling in sand bags to keep the
water away from the rails. The trains
are compelled to run very slowly. One
train got out to Long Beach yesterday,
but owing to the quantity of mud which
was washed upon the track it was unable
to get back. In the event of heavier
rains the company will exert themselves
to the utmost to keep the San Pedro road
open, in order to bring in passengers and
freight from San Francisco by the eteam-
ship line.
The Csjon pass, on the Santa Fe, is
blocked. There have been no very con-
siderable land slides but the rain has
washed down quantity OF mud and
gravel over the track. The Santa Fe
people are discussing with the Southern
Pacific the advisability of sending their
trains from Barstow up to Mojave to
bring them in on the line of the latter
company, and if the Southern Pacific |
northern connection is all right today |
and the Cajon still impassable that plan |
will probably be adopted.
There are several distractions on the |
Southern California line between here |
and Pasadena, and no trains ran over
that part of the line yesterday and will |
not until Monday. This morning at
10 80 a train will start from this city for
San Bernai dino, ever the Orange diyis.i
ion of the line. No trains got through to
San Diego yesterday. There are serious
washouts in the vicinity of San Juan
which will not be repaired for couple
of days.
While the rains continue travel will |
probably be very light, as the trains are
compelled to run at @ slow rate of speed |
and are more or lees subject to stop |
pages. If the etofm had only held off |
few days longer both the roads would |
probably have been in condition to |
stand q much severer fall of rain than |
the one which has just taken place.
The total number of people arriving in |
California during the first eleven months
of the past year, by land and water,
was 98, 756. The total number leaving
during the same time was 81 672, leaving
Q net gain in our population OF II ,O84
In 1888 the arrivals numbered 130, ,268
and departures $3.50, leaving gain of
43 ,43S. For 1887 the arrivals were S9 1923,
departures, 81 1893. gain, 81, $50.
During the eleven months ending No
vember 80, 3,503, 1872 gallons of Califor-
mia wine we're shipped from San Fran
cisco to New York by sea. The amount
shipped overland by rail from various
points in the State during the same time
amounted to 3,949 400 gallons. The total
number of gallons exported by land and
sea was ,465 ,520, valued at So, ,048, 900.
or nearly Al cents per gallon. During
the first eleven months of 1883 the num-
Der of gallons exported amounted to
6,707 ,944, valued at $2,794 Alb. For 1887
the number Of gallons was $500, 300,
valued at 1880, 700 The production OF
wine was less last year than for 1887 or
1888, and unless prices stiHfen materially
the falling off will continue next year,
the grapes being dried instead of pressed.
w. HI. H. Hart, the attorney of the
Union Pacific at San Franc cisco, is in
the city. He was seen yesterday by a
HERALD reporter and asked about the
proposed connection of the Utah Central
with this city. He said that there was
no longer any doubt about the purpose OF
the Union Pscifc-that it intended to
build through to the coast. With regard
to when work would begin from this
end, he said that he was not in position
to make definite statements, but that he
thought in few weeks there would be
some important news in this matter.
1t was learned Yesterday from o very
reliable source that work would proha-
bly, begin between this city and San
Pedro about the middle of February.
The contract for the work between Mil
ford and Phoebe requires that it should
be finished by the first Of July. The
line across the desert cannot be built
during the hot summer weather, and the
men now at work near Milford " ill