The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-26
ALONG THE RAIL.
Patching Up the Lines After the
Great Storm.
Inc Atlantic and Pacific Again Open fer Bust
ness and the Sale of Tickets Resumed
From the Local Office.

heports received yesterday from the soutf
concerning the blockade of traffic on the
southern Pacific lines ia California and Arr
IONA Were rather more encouraging thar
muse Oh the previous day. The work of re
pairing the damaged portions of the line wa
pelng pushed with great vigor and unless tbs
storm should again commence its work oil
obstruction. everything can be put in "shiI
Sh"pe condition within one week. The
m"ter Is rapidly falling at all points alone
the line, and it is believed the worst IS over
Inc reports from Soledad Canyon seem tt
nave been slightly exaggerated. The only
part OF the track at this point which ha,
gwen way is near Ravenna, where the road.
peu Tor few hundred feet is soft and one
9iued. On the Santa Barbara line the floods
carried away a small bridge at Piru. but this
naS now been repaired and the working
forces from this branch are heading up into
lhe canyon to meet the work crews going
SOUTH
DIVISION Superintendent Burckhater, with
t"o companions. started south on a hand
car from the work train below Mojaye on
tuesday morning and pushed throu on
an Inspecting tour, reaching Saugus safely
yesterday morning. and went thence to the
scene OF trouble at Tehuenga Dispatches
from him give the ENCOURAGEMENT above
HOtt q. The treStle at Iehuenga is now the
chief obstacle.
IN AND ABOUT LOS ANGELES.
The Los Angeles work forces finished re-
pairing the bridge this side the city yester-
aay, and pushed on up the road. Reports
indicated that damage to the bridge east of
Los Angeles would be repaired last night.
ne trouble at or near Los Angeles can be
easilv overcome by tomorrow morning, and
InF tin
track.
Al south-bound trains are held at Moiave,
auu last evenings express was booked only
as lar as Bakersfield. At present all
through travel between Cotton and Los
angeles is blocked, as well as thai on the
Sahta Ana branch The Santa Monica
branch has yet had no trouble. The bridge
ne II Cotton and one at DOwnay have both
been knocked out of line by the turbulent
waters, and there are also one or two washes
reported between Pomona and Los Angeles.
-, No trains have reached Los Angeles from
me East since Saturday night. That due
there Sunday is held at Cotton, and all other
tdSt-Oouud overlands, except one at CHA
Clty, are Mt Tucson. AT ella City is
stranded Sunset excursion party, in charge
OF travelling Agent McCOrd. Another Sun
set party at New Orleans, west bound, has
oeen ordered to make connections and come
out by way of Ogden, as the work OF re-
pairing track in Arizona is likely to take
some little time. Owing to PROSTATE wires
lew details of damage IL that section have
been learned.
BEYOND SEVEN Palms.
Beyond Stven Palms the line is clear to
una. The San Pedro branch was opened
at o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. Four
hundred and tifty-fOur passengers are en-
Toying the delay, distributed as follows:
rs west bound, at Tucson, IS, west bound,
at II H., "A
IS, east bound, at Cotton; also Il large num-
Der OF west bound at FL PaSo. a landslide
was reported yesterday at tunnel 8, a few
miles east of Tehachapi. The track, how
ever, was cleared in about three hours.
W. A. Bissel, General Agent of the At
Iantlc and Pacific, yesterday teegraphed
Passenger Agent Speers TO resume the sale
of tickets over that line. Bissel is at Bar
stow and says that the Atlantic and Pacific
has suffered little beyond the loss Of a
bridge at the aforementioned point, where
loot transfer will be made, necessitating
only brief delay. Trains hereafter over
THIS line Will leave on regular time.
The Central route is still clear and no
trouble anticipated. The Oregon, is also
clear and everything moving on the usual
time.
There has been no serious trouble on the
Coast division and the managers of the
iDouahue line are happy.
( GLoBE-CIRCLING STEAMERS.
a The Empress of India has arrived at Suez
-.3.t.a The Empress of Japan, the second of
pdoi'between the 1St aud 15rfi or' April FOL
lowed on the. 18th OF May by the Empress of
China.
Assistant Grand Master Martin of the
Brotherhood Of Railroad Conductors has ar
rived and conference will be held to-day.
j. a. Monroe, Assistant General Traffic
Manager OF the Union Pacific, is ran-bouud
at Santa Barbara.
The second Pennsylvania excursion will
start from New York for San Francisco on
March 81.
Freight agent Patterson of the Chicago
and Northwestern has gone north.