The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-10
RAILWAYS AND FLOODS.
The Situation Portends an Early Resump.
ton Of Through Traffic.
RUN OVER HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL
Through Trains Between This city
nnd Bryan--The Waters RecedinH
at All Points--Notes.

The waters which have caused so many
disastrous wash-outs to various railroads
within the past ten days are nearly every
where receding, and large working forces
are engaged upon all the lines in repairing
track and rebuilding the numerous bridges
and culverts which went down before the
fury OF the floods. All along the Houston
and Texas Central the overnows are grad
ually falling, and reports from Richmond
and other places IN which 80 much in
terest centered show that the same orati-
flying conditions prevail. The Arkansas
Pass and Santa Fe wash outs are being
rapidly repaired. and those on the Mis-
souri,. Kansas and Texas are receiving all
possible attention, the intention and aim
Of all the railroads being to remove the
damages caused by the overfows at the
earliest moment and resume that through
business which the recent disasters SO Sc
| riously interfered with
| For the first time In ten days the Hous-
ton and Texas Central ran its trains be-
tween Houston and Bryan yesterday. The
reopening OF the road was regarded as an
suspicious event all along the route, and
at every station between tho two cities
large crowds Of well-satished people
| turned out to welcome the train as 1t
passed along.
At exactly 1880 o'clock yesterday morn
Ing train No. l steamed out OF the Grand
| Central depot. with a large number oi
OF The Post and the following representa-
tives OF the road: Jeff N. Miller, chiel
clerk in the general managers depart
ment: NJ. L, Robbins, general passenger
and ticket agent; Il. w. Cave, secretary
and treasurer; George Kidd, auditor; NJ
S. Henninger, Of the claim department;
G. w. Crowder stock agent; J. L. West
conductor; j. Walker, engineer. and James
Adler, fireman. There were a number o.
ladies also in the list, and among the de-
partures We're several who have been de-
tanned here by the overfows for weel
or more, and to whom this offered the
first opportunity for returning to tlHail
homes
The run was made at daehing clip a:
far as Howth, after passing which poln
evidences were manifest on all sides o.
the terrible destruction wrought By tht
angry waters. 1t was not until the 20Ol
acre cotton and corn plantation of A. G
Wick, in the Courtney valley. was reached
that the passengers realized in its awfu
force the universal damage that has beer
done. The entire farm, so lately the scene
of such golden promise, is one vast wreck
Everything is gone, and as far as the ey'
could see on either side OF the track there
was scarcely anything visible save wild
waste of waters. Here and there ruined
houses, fences and dismantled bridges tolt
their own sad story. For miles and mile
; along the railway nothing in the shape o
property was saved. The town of Court
ney is principally built upon slight emf
nence, but the little stores and cottage
erected along the lower portions were al
inundated by back water form the Brazos
and today ii is an unsightly island in tn
y midst of all all-destroying and malodorou
inland sea- The very atmosphere there
abouts is mpregnated with the effluvi
arising from foul sediment and deeaye
t matter and when the waters recede
5 will distil in every breath one breathes al
: the impurities that precede sickness an
5 pestilence.
the Durham farm--in fact,evefy acre
ground in that vast region-are now o
: have been oyerhowed, and every plac
. touched by the food presents only desola
= ton.
There are some bad spots in the trac
between Courtney and NaYasota where IN
overeows washed even the iron rails away
- Dut Iley tlE pclHs put IN 5SpN
h and the train yesterday passed over ther
k in safety.
Q Four miles west of Navasota the ragin
s river of that name has flooded the whol
t country in every direction. the rushil
waters that submerged the track in thl
g section have fallen, leaving the magnili
cent iron bridge that spans the river, y
a well as the approaches thereto, entlrel
uniniured The track suffered III man
places, but 1t has been repaired, ana IN
whole line from Houston to Bryan Is 10
s. in condition for travel
There are oceans of water stu IN tf
). Courtney and Nayasota valleys, ana the
Y, flood the tracks on either side for man
n miles. but 1T is thought they viii md a
outlet before many days and thus enap
: tha people in these rich bottoms to n
:, build their ruined homes and resume tarli
~ ing operations.
=, On the return trip from Bryan the lrhl
was crowded, and among those VINO JoIh'
the Houston party at that point veg "a
: tain Geo. A. Quinlan, vice-presldeha az
81 general manager of the Houston ana TEX
) Central railroad He had just compiled
r personal examination Of the dama'
'. done the entire line and is hopeful that
d a fow DAYS the road will be able to resun
through traffic from one end to the otne
r He was accompanied by his son, MI oe
ra A. Quinan, Jr., who was returning hoii
ar from the Georgetown university. Oh WIN,
Ia he is one of the brightest ana most pion
ar Using students. -. from pr
., on IN Hempstead at safe speed, ana =
"a balance of the trip, where the ROAD Is
AZ such excellent shape, was covered at
fftv-mile- an hour pace, the tram arr
r. ms AT the Grand Central depot at ~.
of last night. Today's trains VIII leave al