Arizona republican., 1905-11-29

completed by Wednesday noon and as soon as completed a train will be sent out from Phoenix to Tempe and Mesa. At the Gila none of the bridge is gone but it was deemed wise not to run train over the bridge until the water had receded. As a result we had no train in this morning and our train to Maricopa for today mas been an nulled. I think though that Wednes- day afternoon I will bring train across the bridge and the mall, pas sengers and baggage from Maricopa. If the bridge shows strength the reg ular train will go out Wednesday night There are about thirty passen- gers at Maricopa enroute to Phoenix
 Later in the evening it was learned from persons who had been at the Gila river yesterday afternoon that one bent of the bridge was out of align ment and still another report was to the effect that several bents were be- lieved to be shaky. This information together with the knowledge that a bridge was swept away in the Vii cinity of Kelvin, fifty miles or more above, yesterday morning, and that the river was then rising, caused an overpowering fear that the Gila bridge might meet with disaster last night
 General Superintendent w. A. Drake of the Phoenix & Eastern, wino is here now yesterday afternoon re- ceived news from Pinal county, that sometime yesterday morning bridge No. IF over the Gila river, between the butte bridge and Kelvin had been partially destroyed and that the river was still rising. It was this incident that increased the fears last night, for the safety of the M. & F. Gila bridge. The P. & E.. bridge above referred to was a wooden structure about 300 feet long, built for temporary service until steel bridge could be constructed. There was also some news of desert wasnouts, injuring the roadbed be- tween Mesa and the Gila river, but these were not regarded as serious. Orders were at once issued to have q pile driver and a supply of piles sent down from Prescott and the company, it is understood, has one pile driver on the Kelvin side of the Gila. The one coming from Pr re5cott will g) to work this morning on the approach to the M. & F. bridge at Tempe. Wien that is repaired things will be opened for both roads here in the valley bur Mr. Drake sail yesterday that it would be ten days before trains on tic P. & E. could resume regular schedule through to Kelvin.
 It was also reported that the cable across the river near Kelvin went down yesterday morning with three men in the bucket or cage that was operated upon it. Fortunately thougl: they were fisned out of the river and their lives saved, but 1t was a close call. The Santa Fe' trains from the 1 north are running regularly though they are a little late by reason of soft track and connections. From up the Salt river there was no news yester- day except from the Arizona dam as the Roosevelt telephone is still out of business. It was learned though that !, the cable across Salt river at the Mo Dowell gauging station, had been swept away by the flood so there is no accurate measurement of the wa ter that passed, though from the height of the water on the bank it is known that the flood was about as high as that of 1891.
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