The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-04-14

Boyd, New April Is. y
, To The Salt Lake Herald -
- Our last bridge win be COM y
y pleted tomorrow and the Los y
y Angeles Limited viii resume daily -
service. leaving Salt Lake sat y
y urday evening -
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The Salt Lake Routes tracks in Ne
vada are cleared.
Official announcement that train SER
vice would be begun today between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake was re-
cetved yesterday in the shape Of mes
sages from General Freight and Pas
senger Agent Z. w. GiIIett in Los An
geles.
The Los Angeles Limited will leave
Salt Lake this afternoon on former
schedule time, 4:45 O'Clock. and 60
through to the coast. The Los An
geles Express, the midnight train from
this city. viii pull out of the local de-
pot at l2;Ol m tonight. Trains
from Los Angeles viii leave that civ
on schedule hours and proceed through
10 Salt Lake Officials announce that
the damaged tracks have been re-
pared carefully and trains will make
the through trip within a short time of
regular hours Of arrival at both ter
mlnals Orders were received in Salt
Lake yesterday afternoon from the
company'S headquarters in Los Auge-
| les TO contract for all freight. perish
able included. and to ODen sales of
tickets Tor today As there vas q
small amount Of work left 10 finish
yesterday, 1t was not at first arranged
10 put the Los Angeles Limited uDO0
JOdays train movement schedule bur
second message received Yesterday
afternoon ordered the Limited To he
placed IN operation this afternoon "a
the work had been finished a few hours
earlier than expected.
With the exception of local trains
run from AcOma and recently ODerar-
4 ~ operated between Sait. Lake and
Cauente. no trains have passed over
the salt Lake routes tracks since
March "A. On that date and the fol-
lowing day the tracks between Crest
line and Moapa began to give way be-
meath the fury of heavy sUOrrns raging
IN Nevada Trains which left Salt
Lake for Los Angeles March "a Sal
urday, were unable To go farther than
MOdena- where the tracks had been
washed away by the torrents from The
side canyons These poured over the
rails with terrific force. carrying beds
and tracks on their surfaces like
straWs- The line was hOneycombed
Tor miles Reports came in slowly at
hrst as the telegraph wires had been
torn down IN places No news could
be obtained, although rumors said over
lCO miles Of track had been washed
away Later this was found to be an
eXaggeratiOn of real conditions as
about % miles of line had been af-
tected. The washOUts were scattered
along different places for this dis
lance Owing to the distances between
the numerous gaps work was rendered
slow and tedious Before a pile driver
or Wrecking material of any sort could
be taken to the worst washOutS num-
erOuS small ones had TO be repaired
In many cases. ''shOO-fiies." temporary
tracks laid around the damaged
points. were thrown up to expedite
the work Of putting the line into con-
dltlOn. Persons who visited the scenes
of trouble reported frequent washOuts
from ten yards To an equal number OF
rods i'm length The canyons along the
line run at right angles with the tracks
As the water came down through these
gullfeS it gained such speed and pro-
portions before It struck the tracks
that it washed stone cuIverts. bridge
foundations and gravel beds awav
without losing speed.
The damage was made greater by
previous washOuts which had left the
tracks in. weakened condition Of
hcials of the road from all points went
TO the scene Of trouble at once and
conducted the work of repairing Dav
by day the twisted rails We're reOIace5