Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-10-08
SITUATION
IMPROVED
In Flooded District Around Las
Vegas: REPAIRS Are Being
Made Slowly.
BRIDGE IS COMPLETED
Over Red River Leading to Springer
and Crews Are Now at
CoImor.

The food situation in the country
beyond Las Vegas is getting no better
FAST The report now is that the trains
delayed here may get away and cross
the Washout district today The trou<'
BILE in the Rogers Canon, just below
Waldo is more serious than was an
ticipated. Here the flood swept the
track and roadbed for hundred yards,
for quite distance everything
Was taken clear to the sheer side of
the bluff. 1t will be necessary to blast
through solid rock for a road bed be-
fore the track can be relaid. This
work is now going on, and it is believ-
ed will be completed by tonight. The
southern crews got across the four
mile Alameda gap yesterday morning
and reached Bernalillo by noon, and
this morning attacked the two-mile gap
at Elota. They will get over in time
to repairsthe other slightly damaged
places by the time the Rogers Canon
difficulty is solved. The passengers
took with stoicism the report that they
would be delayed in Las Vegas for still
another day.
Northward the situation is no more
promising, In fact, Division Superin-
tendent Easley has gave doubt wheth-
er 1T will be wise to attempt any sort
Of transfer. If such a decision is
reached, 1t will beat least two weeks
before anyone can get from Watrous
to. Springer except by driving the
whole distance. Twice the treacherous
Mora River has to be crossed if the
ten mile transfer be attempted and
unless it can be demonstrated beyond
preadventure that the trip can be made
without the slightest risk, the idea will
be given up and passengers east and
from the east will be routed by other
lines until the damage can be repaired
SO that trains can run.
Work on the Springer bridge over
the Red River has been completed and
the northern crew is now at Colmor.
All the crews will arrive within a day
or two at Shoemaker canon where the
most serious trouble is. The bridge
crew at this end has made start for
installing the cribbing and piping for
the west approach of the Mora bridge,
but it is slow work There is almost
as much to be done. at the eastern
bridge over the Mora to say nothing
Of the new road bed and track in the
canon. But some future day the sun
will shine again and the Santa Fe will
be running trains as regularly as be-
fore the great flood of 1904.
A reprt from Chaperito says that
the VIE and three children of Francis
co Lucero were drowned at their home
during the night of the flood. He was
not at home al the time, but was at
his ranch, which is some distance from
there. All four of the bodies were
found in the house, and it is surmised
that the water came up so quickly that
it was impossible for them to escape.
Mr.. Lucero was at one time represen-
tative of San Miguel County.
: A telephone message received this
afternoon from Watrous tells of the
finding of the body of third woman in
the river below Watrous. Mrs. villir-
eals body was discovered yesterday
mile below Watrous. The body of
the grandmother was found five miles
below the town. The body found this
afternoon is reported to be of an Amer
lean woman, but it is probably that of
Mrs. Tomas Acoste, mother of Mrs vii
lireal.