The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-03-12
SERVICE RESTORED
Great Damage To E. &P. and S. ?.
Railways In Northern Eureka
County Is Reported

From Sentinel Extra OF March . A'AV
Communication was established be-
tween Eareka aud Palisade at ii a. m.
Saturday by using the private telephone
wire from Rand's ranch in Pine Valley
to Palisade. The f. 4 p wire is in OPP
GRAFTON to Rand's ranch, but through
Pine Valley it is resting on temporary
poles, most of the original ones being
washed out aud broken.
E. & P. Agent s. g. Dye furnishes
the SENTINEL the following news from
the north end Of the county, which he
learned over the telephone mp to noon
to-day:
The E. & P. track in many places be-
tween Union Station and Palisade,
about % miles, is washed badly in many
places.
The f. & p. bridge at Palisade is still
under water, and is no doubt badly
damaged.
The Southern Pacific is washed out
in places from three miles east of Car
lin to about five miles west of Battle
Mountain, and no trains have passed
through Palisade in the past five days.
Ii is not expected by Southern Pacific
officials to restore the roadbed and re.
sumo service before the next 10 days.
All the buildings on the south side of
the railroad tracks at Palisade, with the
exception of two small huts resting on
piling, have been washed away,
The water was from four to five feet
deep In the E. g. p. shops at Palisade,
but it has dropped about one foot in the
last As hours.
Tue L. & P. officials and Governor
Dlckerson have taken up the matter OF
establishing special mail service between
Palisade and Eureka with Nevada's
representatives at Washington, and in
addition w. E. Jeannot wired from
Palisade to the United States Senator of
Michigan TO use his influence for the es-
tablishment of this special mail service
at the earliest possible moment. 1t is
expected this special ~service will be put
in operation by the Post Office Depart
ment within the next few days.
The E. & p. officials state that they
will use every possible effort to get mail
service and light express packages
through at the earliest possible moment.
II is thought considerable hay, and
the live stock that was being fed at the
ranches in Pine Valley, has been lost.
The water in the Humboldt river at
Palisade is still running through the S.
P. tunnel there. The Western Pacific
roadbed has suffered heavy damage
through Palisade canyon.
w. E. Jsannot aud Henry Bradley
left Palisade Friday morning with a
| team and reached Rand's ranch, a dis
| lance OF 12 miles, that night. They left
there for Eureka again this morning at
| 10 O'Clock.
During the high water at Palisade it
reached up to the Superintendent's Of
ice in the E. & P. depot building there.
The water is still so high that the
E. 90 p. officials are as yet unable to
make an inspection and determine what
will be required in the way Of repairs
to the track through Pine Valley.
The work of repairing the roadbed
and putting it in shape for the lightest
train service will be commenced at the
earliest possible moment, aud will be
pushed with all speed.
Agent Dye states that he will give out
all possible information regarding gen
era1 conditions from time to time.