The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-23
Damage Resulting From the
Floods Has Been Consider
ably Magnified.
LUCN CUTOFF is
STILL SAFE AND SOUND
However. the Lake Was Lashed
by a Severe Storm; From
Other Points.

Although the conditions which now
prevail in the railroad situation are
bad. to say the least, it appears that
the damage resulting from the floods
and otherwise has been considerably
magnIfcd. The rumors to the effect
| that the heavy Storm on the Great Salt
lake yesterday morning had washed out
the trestle on the Lucin cutoff at both
the east and west ends, for instance,
are incorrect. according TO official in
! formation. The storm was a fierce one,
but as Superintendent Manson stated
| yesterday afternoon after trip over
the trcstle from the west. 1" The trestle
is one of the most stable pieces of
roadbed on the entire Salt Lake dl.
/ vision. Tho only trouble We have
when the heavy lake storms arise is
with the approach at the eastern and
western ends, and these. fierce rs the
storm was, were not damaged sufficient
! ly TO interrupt traffic. We have work
trains there putting in additional rip
rap at both ends, but tins is a matter
of precaution, and there have been alb
solutely no delays of trains on the Salt
! Lake division.
A Fierce Storm
Information received from Ogden
Yesterday morning was to the effect
that the lake was lashed into a fury
by Thursday mornings storm, and the
embankment at both ends of the
trcstle were assailed, but not weakened.
! The work trains were put on. however.
and the banks will be strengthened as
a precautionary measure. The first re-
| ports that came TO Ogden were that the
trestle was out. and later reports had
it that the grade had been washed out
at Rambo There is no truth in either
| story.
Concerning the trouble on the Sacra-
mento division. il has been asccrtained
that while the bridges in the vicinity
of Reno and Verdi have been repaired
and traffic has been resumed between
Sacramento and Ogden, there is still
and Oakland. The American river has
overhowed its banks for many miles
! between the two points, and no pas
senger trains left Oakland either
Wednesday or yesterday morning. Train
No. ran as stub out of Ogden yes
from the West that had arrived until
| the time of departure. The railroad
officials are confident that when the
trouble IN California has been overcome
| through traffic will he resumed. but at
the present time the Pacific coast is
still isolated
San Francisco Cut OFF,
Telegraphic reports from San Fran
| cisco last night stated that owing To the
| foods in many parts Of California there
was practically no communication be
tween that city and other points north,
south or east. Not train had left or
arrived yesterday morning, and it was
impossible to predict when the regular
train schedule would be resumed. AL
though the floods generally were sub
| siding. the reports had it that il would
| take some time to repair the damage
done by high water and the landslides
along the various lines leading into
San Francisco.
Portland is again in partial isolation,
and was more completely cut off from
communication with the outside world
; Yesterday than at any time In many
years. The city had no sooner recov-
cred from recent snowslides, washouts
and landsldes than another raging
storm Of wind and rain swooped down
upon the southern part of the State and
California, destroying bridges and
carrying away wires, so that 1T Is not
possible TO approximate the damage
Adviccs from Los Angeles yesterday
asserted that the general railroad
situation at that place is extremely
disastrous. all the transcon tinental lines
being affected, the Southern Pacific,
Salt Lake & Santa Fe-the latter
however. suffering the least. The move
ment of mails, it was stated, was badly
interfered with, and the freight traffic
to the North was much impeded.
Rumors of Damage.
II is reported by the Associated
Press that the Salt Lake line is in
worse shape than ever, as rain was
again falling In Meadow Valley YES.
terday. and that there was no hope
of repairing the line for through
traffic before April l. II is said that
the damage in the canyon has already
exceeded S2,000.000,
Owing to the storm Wednesday
night, the rain and the melting of the
snow on the mountains, all Of the local
mountain streams were converted into
raging torrents yesterday, and the
waters of the Jordan river inundated
the pastures west of the city. The
canal on Tenth South, beginning at
State street, oyernowed its banks yes
tcrday and inundated considerable
tract of land i'll the southwestern por-
ton of the city. A large force of men
has recently been working in the region
of the canal in anticipation of such an
emergency. and now has the situation
woll undor control So tbof no ureot