The morning call., 1891-03-01
SLOW WORK IN
MAKING. REPAIRS.
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Strengthening Bridges and.Tres.
I. Ties, Along the Various Lines. ::
It: viii Require at. Least Another Week to t.,
Open the Line to Yuma The California MIA J.:
Southern: in "a Bad Fix: =. +: ::

The work of:repairing the Southern ;Pacl-
@6e Tines dafnaged:by recent storm IS hQt
progressing as. rapidly as was at first antici=
pated. 49,. - >. =:
Teinenga;.a station between Mojaye and Los
Angeles. was not completed assoon aseX-
pected. and the. express which left!here ON
Thursday. afternoon had to- lay. over: at
Fernando for about twelve hours. The last
braces and beams we're put in place by the
working force at L o clock yesterday alter
noon. and the delayed train passed safely
over and on down the San Fernando Valley
: toward Los Angeles, This was the first
train: from: the.north since the Dist ut. -.
=; The Los Angeles express, due here. at
+ 11:15 yesterday morning, was also. held at,
the same point. and arrived ten hours late;
The Southern overland, due here last even
ing was also delayed, and arrived four.
hours late: Messrs: Pratt; Burckhalter,.
Wallace Brown and other. officials of the
company were at Monte, yesterday with "a
large force of men. v.
A NEW BRIDGE. AT MONTE,
!: Tie construction of new bridge; at. this
point will claim their attention until this
evening and possibly longer, and the road to.
Yuma will not be open for a week yet Re;
ports. yesterday from this point are en-
.couragng. The turbulent, river had gene
down:hearly four feet and was slowly. re-
ceding att the time of the dispatch
from beyond Yuma on the Sunset Route
there Is little news beyond the fact that the
track repairing force sent west from Tucson
succeeded about O'Clock on Friday: mora
ing in crossing washout at Plcacho, 200
miles east of Y una and forty-fye miles
west from TucSpn This force, it is under
stood, viii push on. west until the fooled
district, about twenty miles beyond ! una,
is reached, - '.....
- During the first two, days following the
recent floods the Atlantic and.Pacitic people
turned their. west-bound overland travel
|. over to. their rivals, the Southern Pacific,
the trains being brought west by way OF
| Ogden. Now the Southern Pacific people
|: take their turn of trouble, and the Santa
| Fe people are reciprocatil by bringing Sun
| set Route overland travellers west by way OF
! Mojave. =.
LINES IN SOUTHERN CALIFoRNIA.
The ork of restoring the Southern Cali
| fornia lines Is progressing Satisfactorily, put
service cannot be resumed until the middle
of this week. Tie coast line from Los An
gelcs to San Diego is badly damaged. There
| is a gap. of eighteen miles between Victor
and Summit which Will take a long time to
repair. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
companies are helping each other out of the
|; difficulties in transporting pass engers.-
:. The passenger agents are forwarding the
overland passengers much more promptly
|: than:was expected, and Fla Judna, the little
+ town which was swept away by the bOod
Willie rebuilt on higher ground. The place
is located on the Mexican line, a few. miles
from San Diego. The destitute residents
are being aided. 49,
The Southern Pacific lines are not the
only ones damaged by flood and storm this
winter. The press dispatches bring dire re-
ports Of disaster on the New York Central.
The Mohawk Valley has been visited by a
flood, without a parallel since the great
washouts of 1872: The tracks between Hud-
son and Albany a distance of forty miles,
have been abandoned entirely. The officials
Of the road will not even hazard a prediction
as to when the line may be put in order. so
serious in the difficulty.