The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
SALT LAKE ROUTE
TIED Up BY STORM
Serious WashOuts Occurred Be-
tween AcOma and MOapa
Sunday Morning.
OVER 100 MILES OF
TRACK Is INVOLVED
No Through Service VIII Be
Operated for Five or
Seven Days.

Again the Salt Lake Route suffers
riously from the elements, washouts hav-
Ing occurred At various points between
Acoma and Moapa, the stretch OF track
involved stretching for a distance OF leo
miles. or course II Is only portions OF
tho track and several bridges on this
stretch of the road that have been swept
away, but 80 far as operating the through
system is concerned. 1t is virtually off
the map.
Through Service Temporarily Stopped
Just how long 1t Will be before the
track Is repaired estimates vary but the
most authoritative information obtonable
is to the effect that II will be from nvc
TO seven days before a through service
can be operated. The present washoGts
occurred almost exactly where similar
trouble was experienced a week ago. and
In some instances where only temporary
repairs had been made.
Will Use S. P. Tracks.
Until the damage Is repaired no through
passengers VIII be accepted by the road.
The Los Angeles Limited VIII go west Via
the Southern Pacific route and the east
bound limited will travel on the same
Saturday will return to this city and 60
west on the Hartman road The Los
Angeles Express. scheduled to leave Salt
Lake at 1905. viii only go as far as Mo-
dena and viii return at 7:l5 as No 2
The local service TO Tintic and other
points will of course. be continued with
out interruption.
Men at Work on Repairs.
Trainmaster Smith, other officials and
a large squad OF additional men are now
a; the scene and busy at the work OF re-
pair,
Telegraph Service Paralyzed.
All the telegraph lines west OF Modena
went down in the storm and could not be
reached until about noon, when the West
crn Union office patched up a limo via
Sen Francisco and Los Angeles TO Las
Vegas. 1t was a long way around, but
trains were moved and order came out
OF the chaos caused by the storm.
Washouts Are Deep.
AS Is said above, the territory covered
by the washouts extends Il distance OF
about 100 miles. Between Crestllne and
Calicnte a distance of thirty-four miles.
about ais even mile has been washed out
in stretches of from nifty TO five hundred
feet in length and from eight to twenty
Ave feet in depth. Included In this are six
bridges and several culverts.
Bridge Gone at Caliente.
AT the west end OF the Caliente yards
the bridge is gone out and at Kyle. u
station west Of Caliente. another bridge
is out
Between Leith and Carp, a distance OF
nine miles, there are two washouts Of
400 feet in length and eight feet deep.
Engines Between Washouts.
Between Rocks and Moapa, a distance
OF fifteen miles, there are six washouts.
Length and depth, however, are not
known. Between these points three en-
gines and crews are tied up. unable TO
go in either direction. Efforts will be
made today To get provisions TO the men.
Limited Wiped OFF Time Card.
The Los Angeles Limited and the Chi
cago Limited are for the tune being prac-
uCally wiped of the time card, 1ne Los
Angeles Express No /. leaving here Al
l2;Vl a. m, vii run only TAR as Mo-
uena, and from there Will come back as
No. 2. Unul the repairs are MADE no
tickets vii be sold TO points west or No
Ucnas
Army of Men at Work