Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-03
HEAVY FLOODS ON
SALT LAKE ROUTE
Thousand Feet of Roadbed and
Two Bridges Washed
Out at Mimic.
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE DOWN
Passengers Sent West From Salt Lake
Over Southern PaCiiic-Troublc
In California.

The floods which washed out hun
| dreds OF feet OF roadbed and took two
bridges out in the Meadow Valley Wash
| country on the Salt Lake Route Sun
| day, prove to be more serious than
| was at first reported. The heaviest
| damage is reported west of Calientc.
between that station and Rocks, about
20 miles this side of Moapa
General Manager r. f. Wells. who
was on the road south when the floods
occurred, has returned to Salt Lake
to direct the movement of repair gangs
and the diversion of Westward traffic
over the lines of the Southern Pacific.
"The washouts have done great dam
age to our tracks," said Mr.. Wells to-
day, land we will be compelled to d-
vert all wcstbound passenger and
freight traffic for an indefinite time.
The wires are all down In the flooded
district, Information is very meager,
and it is therefore Impossible to tell
the full extent of the floods. Gangs
of mon have been put to work re-
pairing the telegraph lines so that
rapid and immediate communication
may be had with the submerged dis
trict, and large forces of men have
been dispatched to the scene to COM
mence the work of reconstruction The
track Will be put in shape just as soon
as the conditions will permit and the
work can be done. but until that time
all California freight and passenger
traffic will be diverted from this point
over the Southern Pacific until further
notice.
REGULAR SERVICE MAINTAINED.
Daily trains will be run to the front.
however. and the regular service VIII
be maintained as usual as far as 1t is
possible for the train to go. Today the
service will extend as far as Acoma,
Nevada. No. 1 will leave on time at
11:o0 p. m, carrying regular sleeping
car, diner, coaches. baggage and mail
car, and No. will make its regular
trips returning. Freight traffic to
Acoma will also be maintained. and as
quickly as repairs on the track are
completed we will extend the run un-
til the entire line is in running order
again. 1 cannot tell when this will
be until the real extent of the damage
done is ascertained, but from all re-
ports 1t may be several weeks before
through traffic is restored. Mean
while everything is being done that Is
possible In the way of facilitating traf-
fic. as we'll as in the work of repair
ing the tracks in the washout district"
AT LUND AND MINTo.
The Salt Lake Route was visited Sat-
urGay and Sunday with heavy floods
near Lund and Mimic The washout at
the former location was repaired Satur-
day night. but at Minto 1000 feet OF
roadbed and two bridges were washed
away, and laborers with material were
rushed to the scene. The snwmill can
yon pours its waters into the Meadow
Valley wash at Minto, sometimes In
immense quantities. The canyon en-
tends from Aiinto to Moapa, where the
waters empty into the Muddy, and then
into the Rio Virgin and the Colorado
The location where the most damage is
done is between Caliente and Elgin, 81
miles. but details are wanting on ac-
count of the wires being down.
PASSENGERS DETOUIRED.
General Manager r. E. Wells, who
was at Minto at the time of the wash
out, returned Sunday night to this city
TO have all trains caught on this side
The passengers were put in q special
train of nine cars and sent west over
the Southern Pacific. a procedure OBJ
served today. with all west bound
travellers over the Union Pacific and Rio
Grande roads. District Passenger
Agent Kerr Is at Ogden looking after
the transfers there.
TROUBLE IN CALIFORNIA.
There are washouts at Cajon Pass
and at Otis, on the Los Angeles divi-
sion The landslide at Cajon will re.
quire two days to repair. At present
trains from this city go no further
than Acoma.
The Offices of the Salt Lake Route re-
ceived the following Sunday night from
Los Angeles:
Torrential rains during the last
36 hours did much damage in this vi
cinity and seriously impeded traffic on
railroads and interurban lines. The
Santa Fe and Salt Lake railroad COM
panies post all trains coming by way OF
Cajon Pass tied up by landslides within
the pass. Trains on these lines which
left Los Angeles today are held at San
Bernardino.
The Southern Pacific main and
branch lines were damaged and traf-
f1c delayed by washouts south and east
of this city. Most of the damage will
be repaired before noon tomorrow. ac-
cording to railroad officials.
On the Santa Ana division of the Pa
ci1c Electric the overflow of the Santa
Ana river inundated the lowlands and
several families had narrow escapes.
ON THE RIO GRANDE.
The Rio Grande was tied up Sunday
afternoon, between Provo and Salt
Lake by the washing out of culvert
ut Riverton. necessitating the use of
the tracks of the Salt Lake Route be-
tween this city and Provo. 1t was be-
lieved that by this afternoon. repairs
would be made so that the line could be
used. The SHOWS are heavy along
along the line to Soldier Summit. which
is causing some anxiety as to the spring
freshets-
FIRE ALARMS CHESTS