Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-26
TRAINS RUNNING
ALL WAY THROUGH
SANTA FE AND SOUTHERN
PACIFIC OPEN
Salt Lake ls Having More Trouble In
Nevada, but Expects to oper-
ate the Limited by
April 10

Washouts, cave-ins and landslides
Notwithstanding, the railroad COM
panies are gradually getting conditions
IN this state righted and both the
southern Pacific and Santa Fe lines
are now running trains to San Fran
CISCO The Salt Lake is having no
trouble with its California road, but
at Meadow Valley wash, where the
road has been out of commission for
the past three weeks, a freshet washed
away section of one of the bridges
which had been constructed since the
former washout of almost a month ago
According to present indications it will
| be at least three weeks more before
the road regains its normal schedule.
The Southern Pacific coast line is not
yet repaired, nor will it be in condi-
| tion for traffic for another week at
least. 1t is estimated that almost
eight days will be required to clear
the cave-in at Santa Margerita tun-
mel; and until this is done trains can
not get through to San Francisco. A
stretch of track on the Santa Barbara
| line near Piru was washed out Sunday
and travel delayed, but it was repaired
and trains began running again yes
terday.
Valley Line Clear
The valley line is clear to San Fran
cisco and trains are running between
the two cities, though not on schedule
time. Traffic was interrupted for two
| hours Sunday by a cave-in at the San
Fernando tunnel. This was speedily
cleared away and the tracks are now
clear. The trouble at this point is said
| to be due to the fact that forest fires
last summer burned away the trees and
shrubbery on the hills above the tracks,
and now the torrents of water rush
down with nothing to hinder them.
By patching it's road with sections
of the Southern Pacific the Santa Fe
is now also able to run to San Fran
cisco. The tracks are being cleared
of the debris which blocked the Cajon
pass and no fresh landslides or wash
outs are reported. The floods near
Stockton have abated six inches and
trains are now entering that city From
| there they are sent over the Southern
Pacific tracks to Bay Point, and then
by way of the Santa Fe road down to
Oakland. Train No. Z, due at o'clock
yesterday morning was four hours late.
Salt Lake in Hard Luck
Conditions on the Salt Lake line are
deplorable. The California line is ex-
periencing no difficulties, but outside
the state there is trouble and to spare.
Between this city and Las Vegas the
! StINlCe Is uplSus OllC u Gill q
day being run from Los Angeles to
that point. The Santa Fe tracks from
Daggett to Ludlow are being used to
keep in touch with the Nevada mining
camps. At Meadow Valley wash the
curbing of a new bridge which had
been constructed since the former
washout was washed away.
/ Since the disastrous washout three
weeks ago Manager E. r. Wells has
| baap ~, Ground OarsOna11V SIlper-
vising the work of restoration He is
living in a box car on the field of bat
tie and will remain till the tracks are
| in condition to permit of traffic. 1t is
expected that the limited will be re-
sumed April 10.
There are other troubles besides
washouts, as the postoffice officials
have discovered. A cave-in of snow
sheds near Truckee held up for several
days large number of mail trains.
whose burden was precipitated on the
! local office Saturday night en- masse.
This deluge came from thirteen or four
teen trains of the Southern Pacific and
consisted of 10000 pieces of mail for
Los Angeles, in addition to almost 1885,
900 for other points in Southern Cali
fornia. Mail clerks were kept hustling
to get out this flood of mail, but 1t is
all out of the way now.
Wires Are Down
The telegraph and telephone lines are
also suffering directly and indirectly
from the storm. The western division
is having no delay in the southern part
of the state, but north of San Luis
Obispo and Bakersfield there is some
trouble. Two hours delay between Los
Angeles and San Francisco and four
hours between this city and the east
yesterday was caused largely by the
crowded condition of the wires, due to
the washouts on the railroads. The
Postal Telegraph company's system is
having no trouble or delay.
The Sunset Telephone company is
having some difficulty in keeping the
wires open to Fresno and Stockton.
Their line up the coast to San Fran
cisco is intact. The Home company is
not having any trouble with it's line.