Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-10-06
STORY OF
The FLOOD
The Damage Throughout the
Territory Amounts to Over
a Million Dollars.
RAILROAD SITUATION
The Santa Fe Is Still Tied Up But
Trains on Other Lines Are
Running.

The flood situation throughout New
Mexico is simplifying itself as the rail
roads are beginning to run under nor
NAL conditions. The only system still
tied up is the Santa Fe which botl
over in the Pecos Valley and from AL
buquerque to Ration is still unable tC
run through trains, although local traf
fic has been resumed between Las We
urday trains will be running into AL
buquerque from the north. The prop
erty damage throughout the Territory
will amount to million dollars or
more.
Last Fridays flood still forms the
main topic of Territorial news. A dis
patch from Ration says: By reason of
the floods Ration is now entirely cut off
from the outside world, almost all the
bridges Of the Santa Fe Railway, both
to the north and south, have been
washed away. No mails have been re-
ceived here since last Friday. Some
work trains are, however, running over
the mountain to Starkville, near Trim
idad. Ration itself suffered very little
in the floods as no buildings were torn
down or washed away and no lives
were lost. 1t only suffers from the in
convenience of complete isolation and
suspension of all railroad traffic The
roads also about the country are in an
impossible condition from washouts
and loss of bridges.
At Roswell.
According to telegram from Ros.
well: 1t was reported that the flood
would reach the city at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, but the banks of the
Hondo did not break until o'clock.
In fifteen minutes the main street of
the city was under water. Word
reached the city Saturday night at
o'clock saying that the water was ten
feet high at the Diamond "a" ranch,
and that the whole city would be un.
der water by midnight. This report
created the widest alarm, and hun
dreds of people made for the hills, but
the story was false, and the worst of
the flood is over About fifteen houses
have been washed away, and the dam.
age will amount to about 100000 to
this and surrounding country. The
dixie that was erected by the city PROV
ed of little avail, and washed away in
a few minutes after the food waters
descended. The electric light plant
was closed. Banks suspended bust
ness. The Roswell opera house fell
Saturday night at 10:30. So far as
known no lives were lost. The streets
are in an awful condition. The Hondo
reservoir, which will be built by the
government will save the city from
any more floods. The railroad bridge |
north Of the city over the Pecos River
has been washed away. There have
been no trains nor mail since Thurs |
day night
At Carlsbad.
The flood situation, which became
grave last Saturday, was much better
last evening and unless further vol
umes of water come down the Pecos
River from up the valley all danger is
over. The river is falling rapidly and
the people who took to the hills, fear
ing that the great Mcmillan reservoir
would go out and destroy the town, are
returning to their homes. It is impos-
sible to estimate property losses at this
time, though they will aggregate sever
al hundred thousand dollars. All the
bridges on the Santa Fe north are out
and mail and telegraph service is by
way of Pecos. The list of damage so
far is as follows: To Lake Avalon res
ervoir system, damage 600 feet out,
$4,000: to wings of Lake Mcmillan
dam. 800 feet out, 100000; cotton gin (
of O. T. Ramsey Company, carried t
away after machinery taken out, ST.
900; wagon bridge carried out, loss $5,-
900: power house of Public Utility /
Company, carried out, after machinery
was taken out, loss $4,000; damage to
Tansill power dam wings, about $4,000.
The electric light service is abandon.
ed until steam plant can be IN
stalled. There is some damage to|
crops, but it is not possible to estimate
it now. The town was uninjured and
not life was lost, as the water got no
closer than the Santa Fe tracks. The
great concrete flume OF the Pecos IT.
rigation Company, the largest in the
world, was squarely in the track OF tne
flood, but stood as granite, and by
n hon y,rnUnnfa6 /
much damage.
In and Around Las Vegas.
Tales of devastation Of scores of vii
lagos along the course of the Mora and |
Sapello. Gallinas and Pecos and other
streams continue to come in. In Mora
alone thirty houses we're destroyed. !
Weber and Cleveland Jared badly. The
big mercantile house Of 3. h. Bern