The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07
RAILWAYS AND FLOODS.
Arrangement by Which through Traffic
VIII Not Be Interrupted.
THE INTERNATIONAL EQUAL TO THE TASK.
Railroad ConSoiidnsion--Thc Cniyer,
Waco ana nrns"s valley itailroad
~ ccrtRinty--IntercstI Notes.

| roads anont the prevailing floods The
waters still run dangerously high at many
points, and there Is no telling what a
uay may bring forth for good or for III.
Inc braEos Is on a terrific boom, and IL
is safe TO say the overflow from that and
other trcacherous torrents has inundated
more than one hundred square miles OF ter.
ri,ofy. Washouts on many OF the big
| roads have compelled them to temporarily
suspend through business. HUT the necos-
SUES OF great city and section like Hous-
ton and its tributaries demand extraor-
| binary measures In an emergency like th1
| present. and The Post Is pleased to note
That the management OF some OF the big
| limos eontcring here IL kconly alive to the
4 situotion. There was only one way out
OF the difficulty and no time has been
wasted In applying the remedy The In
ternational and Great Northern railroad
and the Houston, East and West Texas
railway both OF which lines are entirely
open and FREQ from washouis offered the
only avenue by which the obstacles to
through traffic could be removed. and IL
VIII be seen by the following telegram
sent out yesterday that the trouble has
been satisfactorily adjusted;
10 Ticket Agents East of Houston.
| Having made arrangements with the
International and Great Northern so ham
die our passengers and honor our tickets
via Palestine to San Antonio, the sale of
tickets TO San Antonio and points west
may be resumed at once. No tickets may
be sold until further notice to points west
OF Richmond and east OF San Antonio
l.. ]. Parks.
G. p. & Il. A., G. II. & S, a. Ry.
To all Agents West of San Antonio.
| Passengers holding tickets our Issue
| from points west of San Antonio or tick-
cts of other lines issue reading over our
limo via san Antonio TO Houston and points
cast, win be handled by the International
Il and Great Northern via Palestine until
our line Is opened Conductors running
into San Antonio viii furnish passengers
transfer checks tor transfer at San An
| tonic. H. j. Parks
G. p. & 7. A., q. II. & S. a. Ry
! In pursuance of this arrangement the
! International now receives Southern Pa
ciic passengers whom that road can not
carry over It's own line by reason OF the
wnshout near Richmond. Two special
slecpers which arrived over the Southern
Pacific last night and which were filled
with delegates TO the National Educational
association at Los Angeles Cal, were at
tached 10 The International north bound
train which left here at | o'clock. p. M,
and viii proceed TO their destination via
Palestine, In this way through traffic
will be maintained,
The Houston and Texas Central rail-
road has made similar arrangement, and
thus the public Will suffer only very NJ
Ito Inconvenience, ms II practically adds
two great through lines to the two al
ready open,
While II Is not yet officially announced.
II is understood that n like arrangement
will bc entered into ms far as possible
with the Houston, East and West Texas
whore that road can be utilized In facili-
tating travel and traffic, ghe Santa Fe
and Missouri Kansas and Texas also be-
INK anxious 10 maintain through business
over the rails Of friendly lines
Up to last night the Santa Fee. the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas and the Arkansas
Pass had not been able to repair their
damaged tracks but a telegram received
at the office or The Post last evening
stated that freight and passenger trains
yesterday went through TO Voasoo all
right, showing that thcsNelasco Terminal
was again open aud ready Tor business,
All the roads affected by the hoods have
large forces OF men repairing their tracks,
and it Ia expected that within the newt
few days trains win be running as usual
Pending this contamination. which
everybody devoutly wishes Will soon come
about, the Galveston. Houston and Hen
dergon railroad announces the suspension
until further notice Of train No. s, which
leaves Galveston at SEQ y m. and train
No 3. which leaves Houston at 1910 p
m. daily.
Major Cave, treasurer OF the Houston
and Texas Central railway, says that he
has looked IN the 0los and records of all
previous ovcrtows back 10 1888, and that
during that long period teiNts-siS years.
there has never been such DISASTROUS Hoods
In Texas as those OF the present time.
The international and Great Northern
railroad Is now Keeping us rails hot Win
freight and passenger trains
Intelligence from Sugarlapd last eve
ming stated that the hnckwater from tho
Drazos had extended MS far rs the South
ern Pacific derot. nine miles from Rich
mond II added THAI the corn and cotton
crops intervening were all destroyed but
that thero was stll hope OF saving the su-
gar cane, -,
MIR. JEFF n. Miller kindly gave the fol-
loving facts to Post reporter last eve
ming regarding the condition OF the Hous-
ton and Texas Central washonts'
"The water" he said, rs reesdng very
slowly and is not running cut as fes' as
lin other wears when fho bottoms we're
flooded. II only fell inches In Courtney
bottom during the past twenlyeiour hours
This means a fall OF about 2is feet from ~
highest roint and the tracks are stili un'
der water from 10 hls feet. From tha
Examinations thus far made great portion
of tho road has been washed of the ON
bankment. hut II Ia Yet inppssiblc to say
how much Of the ombAnkment proper has
ben damaged In the Nnvasota bottoms
there has been fall OF inches In TWEEN
four hours and there is still, from
10 feet OF water over our track, The ae-
tunl extent of the damage there can not
no determined until the floods recede ~
Inc prasos bottom, on The Austin branch
mo water Is also running out slowly, ana
the river fell only inches In twenv-
four hours. Our bridge and the ahutments
s,anning the BRACES branch have not been
damaged so far. but Il Is evident the en-
hanhments have been injured, 20 what eN-
,ent | can not say. Superintendent L,T
wlll comniete the crossing at Canippeil
creek tomorrow morning. THIS IL Tue
noint where our steel deck span was
washed out and the omhankment ntteeh
,sst high together with the approaches
~ 10Th sldca, we're all destroyed for dis.
,a,c, ~ 500 or 400 feet, We have hurried
material 10 Hearne 10 kesr the workins
sanrs supplied. and they are pushing
,hlnrs as rapidly az possible. superinr
,sndsnt naffan Il sis miles south ot CAT
Var, ioaay In which section We had sew
Ara, bridges and ssone cnlverts washed OUT
ana he viii probably reach Hesrpe by sat-
urday night