The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-17
SALT LAKE ROUTE
TRACK NOW CLEAR
Los Angeles Express Reaches Salt
Lake After Being Delayed
for Some Time.
OTHERS COMING CLOSELY
ALL ROADS ARE EXPERIENCING
TROUBLE FROM STORM.

The tracks OF the Salt Lake Route,
washed out in Nevada since Monday,
are being repaired as quickly as the
shlIty nature of the sands will permit
me first train to reach this city from
the coast since Tuesday arrived in Salt
Lake yesterday morning at 1 O'Clock.
This was the Los Angeles express,
caught by the washouts on this side OF
Acoma near Caliente. Senator Simon
Banberger, Justice and Mrs. Dana T.
smith of Salt Lake and Mr.. and Mrs
j. r. Wharton of Butte were among
the passengers on this train. The road
was cleared of debris last night and all
trains put into motion. Six passenger
trains and several freightS have been
delayed four days by the Washouts All
eastbound trains were expected to ar
rive in this city during the night and
early this morning. The Los Angeles
Limited left this city over the Salt
Lake Route yesterday afternoon, as
messages were received that the track
had been cleared and the through trip
could be made.
Passengers DO Not Suffer.
Passengers who arrived on the be-
lated train say no suffering was ex-
perienced by the travellers. All trains
had dining cars attached and food was
procured from near points and distrib-
49, ~ NiAC NdA lOuS tTdIllS. A peculiar
feature Of the trouble, and one which
made the transfer of passengers i'm
possible was the great distance between
the slides The tracks were bIockaded
for distance over sixty miles The
scene of the largest slides was in the
vicinity of Caliente, where three big
floods damaged the track for a distance
OF 1000 feet. Two Of these occurred
this side of Caliente. Passengers say
each of these was as wide as a Salt
Lake street and from ten to twenty-five
feet deep. The water swept down upon
the track from the side hills. at some
points washing hundreds of feet of
track away. The rOadbed was washed
from beneath the rails Huge trees
were snapped off from the roots and
thrown across the tracks. These con-
dit1Ons prevailed near the towns of
ACOma, Caliente and other points i'm the
Meadow valley country. Trains were
held by small washouts on both sides
in some instances.
Delay Made Pleasant.
Everything possible was done by the
railroad officials on the scene to clear
the tracks and make the passengers
comfortable. The comnissary depart
ments were opened and the food on
hand distributed. Farmers from Cali
ente and other points managed to reach /
the trains WIN baskets OF PROVISIONS I
The passengers on one of the trains
stalled near CaIiente accepted a far /
mer's invitation to attend an Old-fash- +
toned "hOe-dOwn" in his barn and en-
5oyed the invitation immensely. The /
work of repairing the tracks was slow, +
the dirt was washed off in some
places and new beds had TO be made I
before the trains could proceed. The
Los Angeles Limited which left here
at midnight reached CaIieute, but was
held at that point until yesterday /.
morning. No other trains coul1 reach /
Caliente as Washouts east of tnat point /
occurred after the Limited had passed /
through.
Other Roads Storm Bound.
The Southern Pacific is running hours /
behind time, although several late
trains reached ogden yesterday. The
Rio Grande ran special trains all day
yesterday TO bring the belated passen- /
gers to this city from the north The /
belated No. 6 reached Ogden yesterday /
A Rio Grande train reaching Salt Lake /
at 12:15 p m. brought q large number /
of passengers from Ogden Three other /
trains arrived in this city with travel 4
ers who were on the stalled Southern /
Pacific trains. one reaching Salt Lake
at 2.20 .. m, another at $40 o. IN. and |
another at y m Southern Paciffc's |
No. s reached the Junction City TWEEN
ty-four hours behind time. The Over
land Limited is running three hours be-
hind schedule time.