Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-14
STORM KING AND
THE RAILROADS.
Washouts on the Salt Lake
Route in the Meadow
Valley Wash.
MUCH DAMAGE AT SAL.TAlR.
Oregon Short Line Gets IT. share Of
Derailmcni, Suowdrifls and
General Disruption.

AS an aftermath Of the big storm
fhe railroads operating in Utah one and
all report damage delayed trains and
general trouble Up to noon the reports
included the following
Oregon Short tine-Trdins delayed
from IL to 20 hours from the northwest
on account Of sandstorms along the Co
mmbla river, two feet OF snow in the
vicinity Of Weiser and the derailment OF
helper engine on the Montana dlvi-
sion. The train due from Portland at
;'iO last night arrived this morning.
San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake r.
Three bad washouts owing TO heavy
rains In the hills IN the vicinity OF the
Meadow Valley wash which vii not be
fixed before tonight: IN consequence
the eastbound limited due this after
noon Is indefinitely late.
Salt Lake a. Los Angeles Platform at
Saltair blown away, roof blown Off
box car, telephone poles snapped of and
considerable damage generally
Rio Grande Western Through trains
late, the same holding good on the
Southern Pacific,
STORM on SHORT LINE.
Passengers who came in from tas
northwest on the delayed Short Line
train this morning tell stories Of con-
sideraEle hardship on the journey from
Portland, After passing the Dalles the
train met the fun fury OF the storm. 1t
was impossible for the engineer to see
the smoke stack at times owing 10 the
whlrling sand ana eventually the train
was stalled In a huge drift OF sand. \
big force OF men has been engaged
along the Columbia for the past three
days shoyeling sand and keeping tho
track clear When the train reached
Idaho 1t encountered the blizzard AMI
such was the strength Of the wind THAI
the snow was forced through the cracks
IN the easements Of the double windows
of the Pullmans At Welser there was
two feet OF snow which drlfted, while a
bitter cold wind ragged
WAsHoUTs ON SAN PEDRO.
on the Salt Lake Route there was
some trouble with snow at the point of
the mountain, but the real trouble &C.
rurEed last night, when the famous
Meadow Valley wash. which runs for
some so miles southwest OF Callente.
went out on the rampage. Heavy rains
III the hills changed the dry wash into a
raging torrent, and despite the rip
rspping on the grade the track was
washed out at three points. large
force has been dispatched from Las
Vegas and Caliente TO repair the dam
age, and It is anticipated that opera.
tons will be resumed by tonight. IN
the meantime everything from the linz
tied 10 fruit specials and freight tralus
are temporarily stalled.
wRECKAGE AT sALTAIR
out at Saltair on the Salt Lake Il
Los Angeles there IL general chaos oc-
casloned by the wind and snow. Two
hundred feet OF the main platform WAS
lifted bodily and carried half block 70
be deposited on the beach The railing
on the arrival platform also was
stripped of and six large telephone
poles were snapped close To the ground.
a number OF large windows IN the pa
villon were blown In one side of tho
lunch counter has gone; three heavy
iron transformers were blown off the
poles, and box car was separated from
ate roof.