Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-07
SEVERAL DAYS OF RAINFALL
The Heavy Storm Last Night and This
Morning Flooded Railroad Tracks and
Delayed Several Trains.
OF GREAT BENEFIT TO The RANGES

Following another heavy rainfall last
night and again this morning, the sun
came out bright and warm at noon and
the clouds that have been along the
mountain crests for five days began
breaking into fragments and floating
off to Florida. But last nights storm
south of the city was the heaviest of the
year, almost assuming the nature of a
cloud burst along Galisteo canon below
Canoncito. During the night a great
flood rolled down the Rio Galisteo
through Cerrillos and three miles west
of that point, between the Waldo coke
ovens and Rosario several sections of
the Santa Fe road bed were washed
out, delaying all trains throughout the
day. The east bound California and
Mexico passenger trains are tied up at
Albuquerque, and hence no eastern
train was sent out over the Lamy
branch. All section men in the vicinity
and a force from Cerrillos are at work
repairing the break in the road and it is
expected to have trains moving before
night.
The storm seems to have been very
general over all New Mexico and the
southwest, and although it is somewhat
late in the seasonsit will nevertheless
prove of very great value to the stock
ranges, particularly in the southern and
western portions Of the territory, where
conditions of drought have prevailed all
summer. The ground is now thoroughly
soaked, and there is yet time to develop
good grass before winter sets in.
At Santa Fe up to moor today the
rainfall for this storm amounted to two
and d quarter inches. Director R. M.
Hardinge, of the U. s. weather bureau,
says usually September is a dry month,
but that when there is a deficiency Of
moisture during the regular rainfall
period of July and August, as occurred
last year and this, there is generally an
over abundance of rainfall in Septem'
Der. He thinks that the alleged spots
on the sun that scientists are now talk
ing about, like the flowers that bloom in
the spring "have nothing to do with the
case"
In this connection it is interesting tc
note what one of the almanac prophets
has to say of this September's storms.
De Woes weather forecast which a good
many people in the south and west have
come to rely on as about right in most Of
its representations, predicts for this
period:
"Sept. 8 to 4, local thunder showers
with a Storm over the extreme north
eastern states, and another forming ovel
Texas, followed by showery, rainy
weather generally from 5th to sth. Or
the 9th a great storm will form along thu
east coast of Florida, caused by a cyclone
over the Gulf of Mexico. From 9th tt
18th, local storms may be looked for owe
the Gulf states, with cold weather in thu
Western states. From the 18th to thu
goth, warm and sultry, with loca
showers. Cool weather and frost in thu
northwestern states about the 30th."
Over two inches of rain fell in SAINTS
Fe since Sunday noon.
THE RIO GRANDE WASHED OUT
TOO.
The Denver & Rio Grande train lef
this forenoon at eleven o'clock for tn
north, but had to return on account O
the many washouts which stalled thu
train seven miles from the city and which
continue all the way to the Rio Grande
No train will therefore 60 out probabl,
until tomorrow forenoon. A force o
laborers has been put to work to fill VI
the washouts.