The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-03
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
The Damage by the Floods Seriously Inter.
feres with Through Traffic.
CENTRAL AND TAP LINES STILL TIED UP
increases Wages of Its Employees.
sad News for Mr.. D. q. Gntlin.

| The railroad situation. brought about by
the recent Unprecedented floods. presents no
material change to that reported In yestcr
| days Post except in the reopcninr OF the
Macaroni road. The washouts On several
OF the northbound lines continue to be ex-
tremcly serious. and unlcss the waters that
now crowd and In many INSTANCES submer-e
Inc tracks soon subsi0e, 1t is reared the dam
age Will be much worse even tnan AZ present
Last night the condition OF the r~iiroaus
centering at Houston was reported as ioi-
southern Pacinc--Thls line continues strict
lly In IL for business. and all its trains come
and go as usual.
santa Fe-The northbound train from Hous-
ton ran only as far as Sealy. Texas. YES
terday. at which point u was Intercepted oy
oyernows. Large portions OF It's track iurtnF
north are washed away or impaired eausths
u complete tie-up of through traffic. oniy
uay service between local sections Is carried
on, and the night service for the time be NJ.
and for purposes of safety, is abanGoGea. IL
is not known when the DAMAGES Will be re-
paired. but every cnort Is beng maue 10
put tho line in its CUSTOMARY excellent snape.
Missouri Kansas and IeAas-Inis roaa nus
its northbound trains all runaing. ana last
night everything was reported Ia good con-
dition all along the ling from Houston TO
ita st. Louis terminus
International and Great Northern-The ser
vice on this road continues uninterruptely
and its trains went out as usual ana upoa
schedule yesterday
Houston East and West Texas-Ths road
which runs between Houston ana Shreveport.
has not been affected by the, late, rains. ana
continues to do business ut the old stand
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass--The SAP
train. In charge of Conductor Nash. arrived
here from the Alamo Guy last night. heinz
the f.st one that got here from headquarters
for several days. 1t came circuitous route.
however. and used the Southern Pacific track
from Eagle Lake to Houston. The Arausas
Pass has lost considerable of Its rcadhed. but
there are large forces of men at work At
various points repairing the damage. ana
when the floods 20 down ii will not require
many DAYS to put the line in the fine condi
ton it was In prior to the washouts. People
who came in on last nights train say the
whole country through which thew passed is
flooded, and that the oldest Inhahitaut never
saw such rains as those which have resulted
in such Wholesale loss to the railroads during
the past week.
Galveston. Harrisburg and san Aptonio---
This model line has completely escaped the
ravages of the floods. and remains open for
through traffic between Houston and E Paso.
and thence over the Southern Pacific to Cali
fornia.
Texas. New orleans and Mexican-Tho
Macaroni line. as this road is sometimes
called, has been relieved of the embargo
caused by the late rain and traffc between
Houston and the Victoria end has been re
sumed 1t lost some of its track aud few
small bridges. but the damages have bscn |
repaired, and the line is again open for bust
ness.
Houston and Texas central-Thls great
road road which o. lee fb Houston With every
the great washouts 1t is impossible at
present to accurately estimate its loss as 1t |
waters We're highest and where the damage |
was widespread and serious. Through traffic |
is entirely suspended, numerous washouts
have taken place along the line, several
bridges have gone down in the torrents. and
Just now 1t would be more speculation TO say
when the road would be open for business,
Trains run daily between this city and Hemp |
stead. but beyond this everything is prac-
tically tied up.