Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-02-27
Salt Lake Routes Line Affected
For Distance of One
Hundred Miles.
TWENTY-FIVE MILES GONE OUT
Through Movement Cannot be
Resumed Within Two Weeks
At Least.
Rolling Stock in Ditch--Al Trains Arc
Annuliesl--TrnGic Being Carried
Via Southern Pacific,

~ little or no detailed information is
being received about tho washouts OH
the salt Lake Route at the local offices,
oil Inquiries are met with. I'VE expect
to get opened within D few days" II
VIII be at least two weeks. however. be-
fore trains start moving over the line
again, as over 100 miles of track IL af-
fscted by the present wpshouts. The
line between Las Vegas and CRIIente Is
IN bad shape fer this distance, and for
stretches. some several miles in length,
tracks, roadbed and all are swept away.
Persons Who have been In the tied-up
district report conditions In bad shape.
NO Y, the train caught, Is reported to
he twisted up In dana ging kinks. while
other equipment is said to he hung ap,
while some rolling stock is IN the ditch
The track gone entirely WIN probably
cover Il total distance OF - miles. one
person who has beer In Nevada says
this winter in the hills has been in one
respect move severe than the run o.
weather which caused so much trouble
last year While there has not been 40
much snow, 50 many long RAINFALL
durlng the past season cloud-bursti
have been occurring within ntortunats
frequency lately. and this has filled The
gullies with torrents
MATERIAL AT CALIENTE.
Debris washed down from the bills
with the debris TO which the RAILROAD
have been occurring with unfortunate
the level portion of the Meadow valley
wash. There is one lucky feature, how
ever, IN tho present Difficulty, and THAI
Is the presence of materials for Iepair-
ing, For many months past rails, ties.
and all supplies needed 10 build or re-
! place u line have been brought in laLrgs
consignmcnts to Caliente. These were
intended for the Phoebe branch, but as
| Caliente Is just at the eastern end of
! the wash-out all this material will be
drawn upon 10 throw In . temporary
line over the site oe ,he one now washed
out. Steam skvvels, craGes and other
big implements are handy also. Large
gangs of workmen are already at the
scene. 1t is not known whether the higl,
waters are down sufficiently low along
lHe me 10 commence temporary line
yet or not; the present work Is largely
cleaning up, preparatory TO actual re-
construction.
ALL TRAINS ANNuLLED
H. G. Wells, general manager. is at
the scene with II. f. Van Housen, di-
vision superintendent. and other Off
Gals. Mr.. Van Housen Is boss of Il
big gang of Jap section hands and I'M
Lar n
are too busy to think of school troubles.
All trains have been annulled bur
Route are travelling to aud from the
coast via. the Southern Pacific The
travellers caught In the neighborhood OF
C3lliente returned To Los Angeles aud
uu 10 this city via San Francisco. The
salt Lake Route has expended an enor-
nous sum In an effort to strengthen the
line 40 prevent repetition OF last
years trouble and work OF Installing
immense cnlverts. etc. has been on all
summer. The desired result has not
been obtained evidently. The track
pass through the wash between two
rows OF hills, at right angles with gu
lies-hundreds OF them--and each Spring
the melting snow fills these With water
The companss loss and expenses from
last years wash-outs represented 4
sum close TO 81 900 900. IL seems that
The unfortunate line must lind a ''hgh
line build a new line over another see
ton Of tho country on suffer an annuHl
tie-up with all attendant ioEses 40
engineering problem Is presented far
solution and that some big change via
bo effected By the company il certain