Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-05
FLOOD BREAKS
ALL RECORDS
ieneraI Manager Nudge Says
History Of Santa f. Furnish.
es No Parallel 10 Shoe.
maker Disaster.
HARD TRIP
TO LAS VEGAS
October Fourteenth the Earliest
Possible bate on Which Train
May Go North. Trans
fer Sunday.

Never in the history of the Santa
Fe has any such flood disaster come
TO the system as that in Shoemaker
canyon" said General Manager
, Nudge to an Optic man last night.
/, II was twelve years in the territory
| before going to Topeka and have
seen great deal o. the damages
wrought by floods, but never be-
! lieved it was possible for water to
do what it has done in that canyon.
There Is long stretch where 1t will
be necessary to blast new road bed
out of the solid bluff. so completely
has the flood destroyed the place
where the road ran
! Mr. Nudge made the statement
that Sunday was the earliest day a
transfer from the north could be ex.
pected and he set October IA, as the
earliest possible date on which a
train could be run through. He said
however, that the chances were
against SO early date, although
every effort would be made to get the
line through as expeditiously as pos.
sible.
The general manager, Division
Supt Easley. G. A. Cook of Topeka
who Ia the public printer of Kansas
Train Dispatcher Smith, Capt. l.. G.
Fort and daughter. Mrs. Etter, made
up one party that reached the city
last night Seven or eight railroad
men who had been cut off in Trinidad
arrived a short time yater
The general managers party travel
ed from Trinidad to Ration. by troll
ley to Starkville, thence by light en-
sne for distance The remainder
OF the journey 10 Ration was made by
wagon and hand car. A work train
brought the travellers near to Spring
er. After transfer over the Red
River by wagon and a drive of some
distance. they boarded hand car and
, came TO Shoemaker Messrs. Nudge
Easley. Cook and Smith walked the
nine miles through the canyon tc
Watrous. Capt. Fort and Mrs. EtteI
were driven by circuituous route tc
the same destination.
From Ration to Springer Mr.. Nudge
: reports the line now in good condi
a tion. The damages near French
!, having been repaired. The bidgt
e over Red river Just this side ol
e Springer suffered severely and cou
e pie Of days will be necessary to re
e pair it. The bridge at Colmor. lonl
O. trestle. was also taken out Other
/ small bridges will need some atten
J. tion.
( The iron bridge over the Mora neal
: Shoemaker was twisted around and
- moved for some distance. The ap
i. proaches are entirely gone. Tn;
l. work of rebuilding the approaches Il
}. the Watrous bridge over the Mora has
j. aleady begun. The Lantry engine.
Y and machinery were moved int
t Shoemaker canyon and a considera
n BILE force began work under the su
pervision Of Engineer Bisbee on tn,
big bluff which must be leyeled Il
enable road bed to be located b,
4 the time the general manager arrive,
l. at the bluff fifteen holes had Beer
g sunk to a depth of twenty seven fees
Others are being drilled. A whole
e mountain viii be lifted with one tre
mendous blast. There are a number
o Of places In the canyon where tn,
road must be rebuilt The big bridg,
Il gang from Los Angeles, which haa
s. been rapidly repairing the road an,
d bridges south towards this city is ex
pected to arrive here tomorrow night
: Their assistance will greatly facHii
tate the work in the canyon.
d. While the Nudge party includin,
v Capt Fort and daughter were at Tn,
Watrous hotel, the body of the cir
found in canyon five miles below
the town was brought in The tril
e, from Watrous to Las Vegas was mad,
II last night on a work train the part.
Preaching here about o'clock