The San Francisco call., 1905-03-16

The rainfall was general throughout
California Yesterday and showers were
reporrnd from nearly every station of
the Weather Bureau at 6 O'Clock hist
r1fza,1. The wind ranged in velocity
from tsEenfs-six miles an hour al
San Diego 10 fifty miles an hour on
Point Reyes There was heafY
snowfall In the mountainous region
Professor Meade says the disturb
xxce of Yesterday Was q section OF ue
big storm that visited the state sun
day The precipitation in san Fran
cisco Was II of an inch, bringing the
seasonal rainfall un TO 17-SS mcnes,
which Is rather excessive for this time
of year. Yesterdays storm Ia 1nSeu
was not severe, but coming as IL dld
ON the heels Of Sundays hurricane IL
may cause some embarrassment 10
ra1chers and railroad people In gen.
crai rsle rainfall Is much needed and
the cropS will be greatly benefited
when the moisture has sunk deeply
into the soil
More showers are predicted for 10
dag-
Los ANGELES March 15--Another
severe rainstoIm struck this section OF
ths State tonight and for two hours
the rain fell With much greater sever
ny than during any previous time TINS
week Thus far no serious damage has
been reported but If the present storm
is as heavy in the country districts as
was that Of Monday there will be a
repetition Of the railroad blockade
which has practically isolated Los An
geles from the resi- OF the world since
sunday There is danger thai the stiff
seuLherly gale which is blowing along
the coasL viii complete the demolition
of 1he various pleasure piers al beach
resorts Tonight several small boats
laden with oil put OLA from Long Beach
and when well OIL beyond the SlOa,sOO
pier there they began throwing oil
overheard The purpose OF this was 10
save the partially wrecked pier, and al
that il was successful Although rag
lng sea was outside, the Oil Gained the
waters of the bay 10 almost normal
state
Not since Sunday has train reached
Los Angeles from either east or north
except those which the uncertain ser
VICE OF the Southern Pacific in its line
70 FL Paso brought in and that service
was only productive of three trains. all
Of Them a day or more late
To-day the double embargo was lift
ed Seven westbound Santa Fe trains,
which had been held al Barstow be
Cajon Pass, were combined into four
and al Of them reached Los Angeles
within an hour. They brought nearly
15e0 passengers, many of them tourists
dependent upon hotels for accommoda-
Ucns. Such has been the tourist rush
here this season that the hotels have
been una bic TO accommodate the ordi-
nary travel and when 1900 people were
poured into the city without previous
warning hundreds Of them found it diff
1cult tc secure accommodations Pas
senger agents did all that they could to
house these passengers, some of whom
had been eooped up in tourist sleepers
E1nce Saturday. Late tonight the pas
6enger men despaired Of securing quar-
teTs for all their patrons and many of
them were permitted to remain In the
Eleepers at the depot grounds, being
supplied With food at the expense of
The railroad company.
Three more trains viii arrive to-
nleTrow forenoon but by that time
these who arrived late tonight will
have been cared for
Five trains which had been tied I'D
81 Santa Barbara for three days got
through this afternoon, the Southern
Psciflc having completed the work Of
laying a new track around the big
washouts which occurred at Montaivo
and at Burbank The trains were
crowded They are the first to come
through from the north since Monday
morning Nearly 100 passengers left
these trains at Santa Barbara last
night and came south by steamer. ar
b irving al coast points early this morn
ing.
The washouts in Soledad canyon on
the Valley line were more serious than
1were first reported Four trains were
stalled north Of Saugus and all Of them
ran back to Mojave. where the pas
sengers could be fed Late this after
noon the break in the line was repaired
and the trains reached this city An
incident Of the tie up was the birth Of
twins 10 Z passenger on the first train
t0 reach the break and which had been
stalled since Monday morning She
was en- route TO a Los Angeles hospital.