The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-30
RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED
MANY SMALL BRIDGES WASHED
AWAY BY RAGING WATERS.
Houston and Texas Central, santa
.Fe, the Katy ana the Arkansas
Pass All suffer Loss.

Wasnouts and rumors OF washouts oc,
cupied the serious attention of seyerl
4 Houston railroads all day yesterday. Tho
Santa Fe, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Houston and Texas Central and
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
lines all suffered considerable dam
age by the extraordinary rainfall Of
Wednesday, and In many instances both
freight and passenger service had to be
abandoned.
! The Arkansas Pass train which left here
yesterday morning only went as far as
Wallis, where the overflow was so great
that II was deemed unsafe to venture FUR
Their, and 1t Immediately returned to Hous.
ton. Some small bridges or trestles on
this road were washed away near that
point and good deal OF damage OF a
ike character Is reported to have oc-
Cured near Sweet Home, Hailetsville and
other towns along the line. The Arkansas
Pass train Will 20 out from Houston rs
usual this morning, but It will probably
use the Southern Pacific track as far as
Luling, and thence Its own road to San
Antonio, via yoakum.
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas, due 10
arrive in Houston yesterday morning. did
not reach the city until late last evening.
IL came over the Arkansas Pass track from
Lockhart TO Luling, and thence over the
Southern Pacific to Houston.
A sixty foot bridge six miles south n,
Smithville, on the Missouri. Kansas ana
Texas line was washed away YESTERDAY
ana the wires IN that section. were alsn
damaged, rendering reliable information
as 10 the actual damage very difficult Ia
OBTAIN. Train service for the time being
vas necessarily abandoned but large
force OF men is now at work and il Is
day. " ~
The floods nave worked considerable in
Jury to the Houston and Texas Centrul
track. A small bridge near BRYAN was
carried away, and the overflow of tho
Brazos near Hampstead caused a sus-
pension OF traffic on the Austin branch.
The train which left here on Wednesday
night was tied up at Bryan, and the SOUTH |
bound Houston and Texas Central train. |
due TO arrive here yesterday morning at /
$40 a. M, got tied up at Benchley on ac- |
count OF the washouts
Engineer and Superintendent j. NJ. Lee |
accompanied by Chief Clerk JEFF N. Miller !
Roadmaster Mcdonald and TrainmaSt,r |
Bisbee, OF the Houston and Texas Central, |
left here by special trail, yesterday morn /
ing and have now large force of men (
at work repairing the damage done the (
track at Benchley, Bryan and other points /
They are on the ground and expect their I
line Will be open for travel and in thor
ough working condition some time today I
In the meantime traffic Is suspended. all /
re yh frnf pe haf,. -.
The northbound Houston and Texas
Central train. due to leave here at 10: As |
last night, was Abandoned. but It Will leave
az 4SO this morning, going as far as
Hampstead and thence to Austin IL the
waters shall in the meantime have sub
sided
For long time yesterday the rne
bridge that spans Clear creek, near Hemp
stead on the Houston and Texas Central +
line, was in great danger OF going down
In the rushing floods, but kilograms re-
ceived last night stated that the waters
had fallen below the danger line and that
the structure was now safe.
The Victoria branch of the Southern Pa
,iic was for many miles almost covered
with water yesterday, but nevertheless
he train moved cautiously along and AZ
Bed in Houston In good time. 1t is by
40 means certain, however, that the track
will be in working condition today. Pas
'engers who came IN on the train stated
hat the Guadalupe river was on a boom
md that the Buehel dam. near Cuero. was
n danger from the floods that were wash
ng and tapping its banks.
The Santa Fe railroad has also suffered
great deal OF damage by the floods, and
n consequence Of washouts near Bren-
lam and other points. traffic has been
suspended. Last night all
rains on the main line were abandoned.
tut II is hoped the road will be open to
fafic some time tCiay. A number OF
mall bridges and patches OF track have
een washed away at Cleburne. Temple,
iealy and on the Somervllle branch Of the I
Dad, and the telegraph wires are down
n a great many places along the line
People who arrived In the city from
last night state that the Colo !
ado at that point Is two feet higher than
: has been for many years. and that OH
ither side Of the srack as far as the eye
an see almost from Columbus TO Hous@
on. the country presents the appearance
+ an inland sea.