The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
RAILROAD AND WATER,
Experience of Houston Roads With the
Country Under Water.

Experience of Houston Roads With the
Country Under Water
Considering the extraordinary downpour
of rain which fell in torrents almost in
cessantly from early Friday night until
Yesterday evening and the enormous TER
ritorv inundated, the Houston railroads
suffered slight loss In consequence OF
washouts. While the roadways OF all
the lines for several hundred miles around
Houston were more or less under water,
ranging, from two inches TO nearly TWO
feet in many places, there were no serious
damages reported to track, with perhaps
one exception and that at point ON the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas at Houston
Heights. The efficient corps or repre-
sentatives of the company in this CITY
were equal to the emergency, however,
and ere the destructive waters had com
Melted their ruinous work on the weak
section of track, a large force OF track
men were hastened to the scene and the
work of healing the break pushed WIN
might and main. AS result OF their
heroic efforts the damage was repaired
and the track in condition Tor me re-
ception of trains by o'clock Yesterday
afternoon Fortunately the employees of
tho company anticipated trouble on this
section. which has caused the Katy con-
siderable trouble and the expenditure OF
large sum of money keeping II up TO the
standard of the balance of the roahbed,
and were on the qui vive for any emersen-
CIV that might appear. Had the Washout
which extends almost n train length not
been detected when II was the result might
have been disastrous, and for a train
TO have attempted passage there is no
telling the awful consequences ana the
fate of its human freight.
The regular southbound through hdiy
FLYER" due to arrive here at s'"u H. m
t.tA
had condition of the road north OF inns
citv and did not reach here until ESQ
n. m. Arrangements had been made FOR
the entrance OF the Katy trains INTO the
CITY over the Houston and Texas central
tracks and the dyer came IN over inns
route from Eureka, six miles hortn Oh
here. the northbound morning train us
ing the same line out OF mere me
evening trains. both ways however ar
lived and departed over the compa1y's
| own tracks.
II was not to be expected that the
roads could maintain schedules III the
operation of their trains. when nau 70
| niow their way through rushing
streams of water that threatened de-
! struction of the tracks at every sweep
| ~ the angry torrent, yet the ARRIVAL OF
| t,,tns over all lines was unusually prompt
I under the circumstances. inc MORN -
trains on the Southern Pacific, central
| san Antonio and Arkansas Pass, missouri
| Kansas and Texas. Santa Fe lnterna-
tional and Houston East and West texas,
we're all tardy and arrived mere iron,
ono to three hours late The cause OF
| delap was not solely due to the inundati9h
of tracks, which w many instances VIII
stood the deluge firmly, nut IL oecd'he
necessary to adoptet precautionary meas
ures and from the trainmasier's otnces
Of all the roads orders were issued 70
engineers to slow up their trains ana
run easy. As a result time was sacrihced
| and in dangerous places ana CROSSING,
bridges and trestles the trains creepen
over cautiously. picking their way, as u
we're, conscious of their precious ioaus
of creatures. who. unless those perhaps
of a nervous temperament. avaiieu mem
selves of the beautiful scenery WIN green
fields and fertile pastures embracing seas
of heavenly dew richly colored with TeSas
soil on various and many hues
| The weather reports received py an Wv
railroads from points on their lines shoWe1
the storm TO be general ana tan oi ran