Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-25
THE RAILROADS.
THEY ARE STILL VERY BADLY DE-
MORALIZED.
Trains for San Francisco will Possibly
Start Tonight if no More Rain Falls.
Notes About the Other Lines.

the railroad situation yesterday. The
Southern Pacific company in the after
noon established telegraphic commune
cation as far east as Ell Paso, and north
to Mojave.
1t was announced at the offices of the
company that it was expected that the
line to San Francisco would be open by
| tonight. Traffic to the east will be
resumed probably by Saturday. The
line to Yuma is now intact, excepting
the bridges, which are being replaced as
fast as the pile drivers can work.
The most disastrous break to the north
is at the Tejunga, where the 3OO-foot
trestle was entirely carried away. This,
however, will soon be temporarily re-
placed.
Two overlands from the north, one
bearing the Sea King opera company, are
tied up at Mojave, and can hardly get
in here even tomorrow night.
The Santa Ana branch was reported in
very bad condition, the bridge at New
river being gone. 1t will not be opened
for traffic inside OF three or four days.
The San Pedro line, it was hoped, would
be opened last night. 1t is very badly
washed, however, and it is matter Of
doubt if trains will be run today.
No news has been had about the con-
dition of the Santa Barbara line, but it is
not thought to be damaged to any great
extent.
FRUIT CARS BURIED.
Yesterday morning the river suddenly
cut into the west bank just to the north
of where the Southern Pacific bridge on
the San Francisco line ought to be, and
in a few minutes washed away three car
storage tracks there, taking eight empty
fruit cars into the bed of the river,
where they sank and were almost imme-
diately buried in sand up to their roofs.
1t will require hard work to rescue
them.
The track on both sides of Tucson, in
Arizona, is very badly washed, but it
can soon be leveled enough to permit OF
trains passing.
As stated, the official announcement
was that trains would probably start
for San Francisco tonight and for the
east by Saturday. always providing that
no more rain falls.
THE SANTA FE.
The Santa Fe people got a train out
yesterday afternoon at for Monrovia,
and one at AS for Redondo. All others
were bulletined as abandoned"
A train from Redondo arrived at about
4 O'Clock, bringing in about seventy
steamer passengers from San Diego.
These had been landed at San Pedro, but
finding that road blocked, were taken to
Redondo.
An attempt will be made this morning
to get train as far as Azusa.
No other definite news could be had
yesterday afternoon.
1t is known that the surf line to San
Diego is badly wrecked, one long break
being reported at Ell Toro, and another
report states that the track on the beach
beyond San Juan Capistrano is gone. No
| predictions as to the resumption of train
service to San Diego could be made.
The company has all the men at work
it can get, and will run trains as soon as
possible, but that is all the officials can
say.
THE TERMINAL.
General Manager Burnett last evening
stated to a HERALD reporter that he
hoped to get train service to Pasadena
today, provided 1t does not rain any
more"
Traffic to Glendale will not be re-
sumed for several days.
THE RAPID TRANSIT.
The Rapid Transit is in good condition
as far as Alhambra, but beyond that
place is badly washed out, over $50 feet
of track being reported out at Sunny
Slope. All the locomotives on this line
are on the east side of the breaks, so
that no traffic can be carried on over
the sound portion of the track.
THE COTTON MOTOR LINE.
Receiver 1. II. Polk yesterday summed
up the damage to his Cotton motor line
as amounting to between three and four
thousand dollars. He has a large force
of men repairing the Lytle creek bridge
| As the little road has about SIS 900 tc
its credit in bank, it is well fixed fol
such emergencies.
| The Southern California Railway (Santa Ft
| route) will run trains today for Raymond, Pasa
| dena, Lamanda PARK, Santa Anita, MOnrOvia
| and Duarte, as follows leaving First-stree
| depot at z as am, l l 30 I'm. and pm. Re
| turning will arrive at Los Angeles at 9;55 am.
ESQ p. m. and $50 Pm Trains on the Re
dondo Beach line will run on schedule time