The morning call., 1891-03-03
ALONG THE RAIL.
Work Oh the Damaged Lines Re.
ported as Progressing.
An Estimate of the Losses Is About $500, 600
Complaints Considered by the
Commissioners.
There was no rain in the south Yesterday,

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and reports to the Southern Pacific's head
quarters continue to point to a speedy re-
moyal of existing difficulties. Trains are
running through on time between. here and
Los Angeles, and working forces. are fast
making permanent all temporary repairs to
the roadbed.
Reports from Yuma and vicinity tell of
continued floods of adjoining country with
distress of homeless inhabitants, but the
river is receding steadily, and railroad re-
pairs are now in progress, and, unless there
is another very heavy storm, no further
damage is expected.
Fully 700 men, with necessary engines and
cars are now at work on track repairs, both
this side and east Of Yuma. Beyond the
town the track for about twenty miles has
been covered for over a week with over
several feet of water. AS the water has
not washed much, but been generally calm,
the repairing work, it is expected, will be
much easier than it might have been. If the
water goes down it is hoped to have trains
moving on the overland route within week
or ten days at farthest.
WHERE. TRAINS ARE RUNNING.
Messrs. Pratt, Wallace and other officials
from here are now at Monte, thirteen miles
to have been repaired yesterday, and the
working forces will 60 on toward Yuma.
Trains at present are running between
Cotton and Los Angeles and the other side
of the break from ella Bend eastward.
GLE Bend is 100 miles east of Yuma. Pas
senrers for California points coming west
ward by the Sunset route are still sent on
nv way of the Santa Fe. Nine carloads OF
DELAYED passengers passed through the
Needles on Sunday.
The Southern Pacific people have as yet
no reports upon which to estimate in dollars
and cents the damage done by the recent
storms. Including the two washed out
bridges at Los Angeles, the damaged
TehuenSa trestle, the miles OF Hooded track
and lost depots at Yuma, the slides near
| Sims and Roseburg on the Shasta route, 1t
| is reasonable to estimate that the damage
will fall not far short of $4,000 or SS0),09O
Reports tell of floods at Alvtso, on the
narrow-gause route, and of the rapid rising
| of the Sacramento. a landslide on the
narrow-gauge near Zayante, between
| Wrights and FELTON,, occurred on Sunday
| afternoon ana Will DlOch oanta CIaId lIdfel
| for some days.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Board OF Railroad Commission
ers received yesterday a communication
| from G.. f. Smurr, General Freight Agent
of the Southern Pacific Company. stat
| ing that his company would make a
| rebate of 30 per cent in the Heinlon case.
| An answer was also read from him in the
matter of proposed reduction IN the freight
| rates of the POrterville branch OF the South
ern Pacific, aud j. G. Martin, as attorney
for the road. appeared and made state
ment as to why rates shoul ID not be reduced
| He filed a. statement to show that the an
nual expenses and interest on the branch
| amounted to S14S,0 69 81, and earnings to
only $50. 81 %, leaving deficit for the year
| of S6365S " at the present rates.
The answer of L. e. Gibbon, general at
torney for the Los Angeles Terminal Rail-
way Company, was received as to why the
| rates for passenger traffic formerly in vogue
should not be restored. lie claimed that
the Los Angeles, Pasadena and Glendale
! Company, which is the company cited, had
| consolidated with the Los Angeles Terminal
Railway Company. The Communication and
| other rates had never been lowered to meet
| connection. The increase had been made
| necessary by the fact that at the former
rates the company lost $40, 100 between
March II, 1880, aud January; io95 d. - ne nc
| round-trip tickets were raised from 70 10 90
| cents and the monthly Communication tickets
from So to 81.
NO DATE FIXED.
A telegram was received from w. E.
l. a rthur requesting that hearing Oh testl-
SnUliy shall occur at Pasadena. Mr.. Arthur
| IS City Attorney of Pasadena, but no date
| MAS fixed, as the California Southern, which
| was cited in the same manner, has not yet
| filed an answer.
complaint from w. P. Ink, resident
of Cloverdaie, was next read, charging the
San Francisco and North Pacific with dis
elimination in freight rates, claiming
that tile citizens of Cloyerdae gave the
DOnahue line a subsidy Of S2S5, eco, and are
ntitled to some consideration. In answer
General Manager Whiting denied discrlmi-
nation, but asserted that his company has
on several occasions reduced freight and
passenger rates The matter will be con-
sdered by the board.
The complaint of the Glenwood Lumber
Company against the South Pacific Coast
railroad came mp again, and date wi be
set for the hearing as soon as an answer Is
received from the company.
RAILROAD PERSONALS.
W. II. Stennetl, Auditor of the Chicago
and Northwestern, left yesterday for the
East.
Carlton C. CRANE of the Vanderbilt has
returned from Portland.
j. Adams Of the Chicago and Alton has
| north