Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-26
BIG WASH0UT ON
SALT LAKE ROUTE.
Eighty Miles Of Bad Country in
Which Floods Have Done
Much Damage.
ALL TRAINS ARE TAKEN OFF.
Both Salt Lake and Los Angeles Trains
VIII Have To Go Around by sac
ramcnto and Ogden.

With serious washouts honeycombing
the main line along the grade for 10
miles The Salt Lake Route is again tied
up. Just when It will be possible to
starte operating through trains again
is "A matter OF possibly not
before the end of the week In the
meantime trains will only be operated
as far az Modena, Today 1t was stated
that II all went well through trains
would be sent out from both ends OF the
line on Thursday afternoon.
Passengers on eastbuund and west
bound trains yesterday were taken or
brought back to their starting place
Los Angeles and Salt Lakeland until
the trouble is overcome they viii be
hauled over the Southern Pacific via
Sacramento and ogden.
The trouble district IL located along
the main line at points that suffered a
few days ago. II Is said, however, that
the first experience Is mere bagatele
compared to the existing conditions.
From Crestline clear through for near
~ 10 miles, there are washouts any
where from 20 feet to COO feet In length,
WATER on RAMPAGE.
The famous Meadow Valley wash IS
out on a rampage and the entire coun-
try liz rolling with the water and mud
in great shape. The highest water In
years IL now pouring along the sandy
gully scooping out dirt and gravel by
tIs b..st d g.lr.
the rip-rapping Is still holding the fort
but in a number OF spots this rock
work has been undermined When It
finally subsidies it may mean that a new
grade viii be Instituted, but at present
all hands are busy patching up breaks
and endeavoring to turn the flow OF wa
ter from the grade
WIRES ARE DOWN.
To add To the trouble the telegraph
wires are down west of Modena but
communication will be teesiablished
today. At noon yesterday the West
ern Union was handling train orders
Via San Francisco, Los Angeles and
Las Vegas.
Between Crestine aud Caliente six
trestles are reported gone while there
are numerous washouts Along this
"a miles OF track II is reported that
there is close upon 5000 feet Of track
gone IN stretches Of from 90 TO 500 feet
in length where the water has scooped
out the soil from $ TO 30 feet In depth,
CONDITIONS ARE WORSE.
West of Caliente where the Meadow
Valley wash occurs conditions are even
worse. At the west end Of the yards
at that point the bridge is out and
another trestle has gone by the board at
Kyle, "A miles west of Caliente. Six
miles further on there are some bad
washouts and near Carp there are two
big ones Of some 400 feet In length,
From there on the Moapa. 1896 miles
west Of Salt Lake, the grade has gone
in half dozen places. Along this
stretch there are three engines and
their crews tied up. While the men VIII
have plenty Of water--of a kind-they
have only their lunch buckets with
them. and unless the water ahates they
will have 10 take to the hills,
EMERGENCY CALL OUT.
A general emergency call has been
sent ont all over the line Timhers
stacked up at Las Vegas for the Las
Vegas e. Tonopah road now being built
have bon pressed into service loaded
on fiat cars and rushed TO tho front
with as many men as could be picked
up. Down at Caliente, shut in AZ they
are. construction trains are working
east so as 10 bridge over the gaps and
permit assistance to arrive from Mo-
dena, Black Rock and Salt Lake.
SHORT LINE TO RESCUE.
Yesterday the oregon Short Line
gave helping hand and a trainload OF
bridge tinbers wrecklng outfit and
big force OF men loft this city bound
for the scene of trouble. EVERYWHERE
where men can he procured and ties
aud timbers are available supplies arc
being drawn upon.
This morning ~ rock trains were
operating and IL Is the intention 20
keep them i'm service until the last
piece OF soft track In rip-rapped. The
engineering force anticipates that
when the wrok has been completed
that the salt Lake Route win be In n
position to dofy floods ougcndercd by
storms and melting snow In the hills.
Until through communication Is es-
tahlished the Los Angeles limited Will
take a llv-ofI aud lust when mail and
passengers viii arrive is at this time
uncertain.
Rad FROM GRADE STANDPOINT.
The whole country affected is one OF