The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-02

iesleTcaI tno southern BaClnC OUl
cials looked forward To the opening
o! the road west of Ogden within q
hours: today they admit that the
floods In the Humboldt valley, Neca
da, are so overwhelming and wide
spread In their destructivCneSa that II
VIII be week before any scmblance
ot trafIic will be attainablc Three
large bridges arc out In Palisade can
yon, GOO miles west of Ogden, and be
tween Harncy and Cluro, in Ten-Mile
canyon, the Humboldt river has
changed It's course, and Is now sweep
lug In an irresistible flood where the
railroad track ran.
And to add TO the alarming condi-
ton. warnings were issued at Ell1o,
Nevada. this morning, that the crest
Of an unprecedented flood is at Deeth
and is of such proportions as TO sub
merge all that district near Elko as
IL passes down the Humboldt valley.
The people OF Elko have been ad.
v'sed TO desert the business district,
which Is in the path Of the food.
Trains which were started weet
from Ogden yesterday arc returned 10
be held here indefinitely.
The White Sox special train will
be held week and Comiskey has de
ciGed TO start training at this point,
The PLAYERS have secured the local
armory and gymnasium for indoor
work and Will do field work at tho
local ball grounds and at the Ogden
san!tarium,
Seldom In the history OF transcon-
tinental railroads has The Pacihc
slope been cut of from The rest of
the continent, as II Is today OF the
several transcontlncntal lines ..hevinS
terminals on the coast. only the most
southern routes arc operating. Inc
Central Pacific. Northern Pacific.
Great Northern and other northern
roads arc az a standstlll, so far as
through traffic Is concerned. every line
having been blocked by floods or
snowslides. The only open route is
via Los Angeles and up the coast
The Central Pacific is blocked In
northeaglern Nevada, west OF Elko.
by floods. which destroyed many miles
of the roadbcd No overland trains
have left Ogden for the Pacific coast
for three days. and delayed trains arc
held at stations throughout Nevada
In the north the sudden increase in
temperature. following heavy snow
fall. has blocked the lines of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacihc
through the Cascade mountains. Small
slides have interrupted and DELAYED
tranc for several weeks but the
great svalanches of the last three
DAYS have completely tied up the ines
and caused heavy loss OF lie. FROM
all parts OF Washington and Northern
oregon reports OF impending hoods
have been received, and 1t is thouGnt
probablc that the railroads VIII nave
new difficulties 10 face In the low
lands before the Inountain lines nave
been cleared
Telcgraphic communication through
ont the Northwest has been generally
interrupted by the storms. and in some
cases totally cut of Because OF this
II has been possible TO secure only
,ucagre details OF the disasters.
octourine Traino.
Tho detouring of trains via Poca-
tol,o Idaho. and Portland, Oregon.
/, the only hope that tho officials
nc The Hartman lines have OF gel
ling passengers and mail TO and from
tho Pacific coast. The hope in thAt
direction is based on the statement
from Nampa. Idaho. that the Hood
situation there is we'll In hand ana
tho Oregon Short Limo officials sa!
thar the line will be open within the
next thirty-six hours. Following this
report comes one that tho Shasta
rontc of the oSuthern Pacific. be-
tween Portland and San Francisco
xNat0r
The situation on the oregon SNORT
Line. between ogden and Pocatcho'
Is .nausing no little concern and anN-
iety for the officials of mat ROAD.
Through the Swan Lake valley. SIX
ty miles north of Ogden. the water
r. rising and Is close TO the railroa'l.
Tho Port Neuf river in Port Neui
ca1von. between McCammon and
pocatello, is now a raging torrent.
Reports received In Ogden this
morning from Pocatcllo are 10 thc
effect thnt the residents OF the west
side OF Pocatollo. through which the
Port Neuf river flows. ave been conf
ueIIed 10 leave their homes and
move to the high lands. ~.
Greater Danger Ahead.
a prominent engineer In speaking
NJ the flood situation said to a rep
;csentatlve of this paper that should
the weather remain warm and u
haw continue for two days more the
railroads OF the country ,CMfW !
1ilOads OF the vets would suffer a
lass that would reach millions and
hat II would practical ydcmoralize
lTaflIc for from twenty to thirty
days
The situation on the Southern Pa
cifc. for distance of 400 miles wesl
OF ogden Is far more grave than q!
first thonght Instead of the tooo
pbatIng 1t is increasing and as ias'
10 one break is repaired another oc
eurs. The statement was made tpi'
morning by officials OF the road thai
Z would be anywhere from a weeH
o ten days before trains could %
.andIod hv tho Southern Pacific