The San Francisco call., 1907-03-20
TRACKS CLEAR IN SIERRA
Trains Start After a Day of Com
plete Generalization

Word was received late yesterday
afternoon that the tracks over the
Sierra Nevada and at Floriston Were
open 10 traffic and TO start trains for
the East. The trains detained along
the line began TO move eastward and
westward at once. On the coast di-
vision, however. trains were still
stalled.
Until this message was received from
the mountains traffic on the lines Of
the Southern Pacific had been de-
moralized completely. The general
Offices were without any wires early
IN the morning, and no dispatches were
received from east OF Cisco. Sacra-
mento reported thaL 1t was raining
and showing heavily Ia the mountains.
and that II was hopeless 10 expect 10
get q message east during the day.
There was q general tieup of trains.
Nos. - and 10, which had left the city
on Sunday night, were stalled at Boca,
No. 6 from this city was at Truckee,
and trains Nos 4 and 2, which left
here on Monday, were at Colfax. No
trains for the east were sent out yes
terday. The only train eastward was
local at IL a. m. for ColfaX. The
trains for Oregon were sent via VIII
lows, the officials being hopeful that
the line TO Oregon would be kept open.
General superintendent Palmer's Office,
there was a slide at orel forty feet
long and six feet deep. A slide oc-
CURED one mile west Of Gold Run. and
a mile Of track was damaged between
Wheatlano and Ostrom. Two miles OF
track were washed out at Marysville.
There was four feet Of water over the
track at Biggs. A telephone message
was received IN Marysville from
Smartsville stating that the Feather
River had risen seven feet during the
night and giving warning OF a food.
The American River was very high
at Sacramento and broke the levee at
Elvss. threatening Brighton. One mile
Of track was under water at Manlove,
on the Placerville branch. -Four hun
dred feet of. snowshed went down IN
the Sierra on Monday night, followed
by an additional 300 feet at Eder yes
terday morning, on which the snow
was at least thirty feet high.
The reports from the coast division
were by no means cheering. There
were slides near Newria, Chittenden
and Aromas. The Santa Cruz branch
was washed cut between WatsonviIle
and Pajaro. There was a sink at Capi-
tola, numerous slides between FELTON,
and Boulder Creek. between FELTON,
and Santa Cruz and between Alma and
Wrights. The track was washed out
at old tunnel No. l.
Trains Nos. !. 7. 1e and 2l OF the
18TH together with Ingram's special
and No. 27 Of the 18th, were at Pa5aro;
the second section OF No. Is OF the
18th was at Aromas, and No. 10 Of the
18th was at Gilroy. Nos. ~ and 1s
which were due IN the city yesterday
were at Salinas.
The officials of the Southern Pacific
announced last night that beginning
today and until repairs In the tunnel
above San Luis Obispo are made trains
Ie and 20 win be annulled. Trains
10 and will run from Third and
Townsend streets station to San Jose
thence to Niles and the valley route
Trains II, is. 21 and~22 viii be oper.
ated between San Francisco and SAINTS
Margarita and Los Angeles and sar
Luis Obispo. possibly between termi.
nails and the tunnel II found feasible
TO make the transfer. All these trains
will carry standard sleepers There
is no service between Santa Cruz anf
laurel or on the Boulder Greek b~o,,ch