The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-03-01
PARALYzE TRAFFIC
OVER FIVE STATES
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brought deluges of water upon the right
OF way OF the Southern Pacific.
Several Washouts Reported.

Reports coming to the general officers
of the Southern Pacific and Oregon
out at ROsny. Two more washouts at
Tyrel and Palisade washed out long
stretches of track. At Carlin the railroad
yards are flooded, and county bridges are
being swept down the river and damned
against the railroad.
Water is flooding the Elko yards, and
there are several inches on the floor of
the passenger station at Elko. At Wells,
water is over the entire track. The sid
ing at kaW is under water.
These meager reports, sent in from all
along the line, only hint at the vast eN-
tent of the damage e. c. Manson, su-
perintendent of the Southern Pacific, Salt
Lake division, was in touch with Nevada
points from midnight Sunday until late
last night, sending work trains to places
where the track was put out of commits
| sion. While work train went west from
Monticello, another was sent east from
Winnemucca. During the day the de-
| layed trains were moving at Battle Noun
| tain, but progress eastward was very diff
ficult.
| 1t was later reported that water was
running over the tracks at Montello and
! Wright Ten thousand sacks of gravel
and dirt were sent from Lakeside, and
| the bridge outfit from MontellO was also
rushed to the scene.
| The damage to the Western Pacific was
| not quite so great as that to the Southern
/ Pacific, although the tracks of the Gould
road parallel those of the Hartman sys-
| tenn for a considerable distance. 1t is
| likely that the Southern Pacific will use
| the Western Pacific tracks between
| Winnemucca and Elko, if it is found nee
essary, to get the trains through.
No Through Trains.
No through trains reached Ogden dur
| ing the day, local service between Salt
Lake and ogden and the north being
maintained, however. Train No. l, west
| bound, on the Union Pacific. was delayed
| by a blizzard in Wyoming, and did not
| arrive till late last night. From Echo,
| Utah, east through Wyoming, the Union
| Pacific encountered one Of the worst biz
yards of the winter, and traffic was
practically demOraliZed. The snoWStorm,
attended by wind with velocity OF 81
miles an hour, is reported at many places
along the line. Reports of suffering of
cattle and sheep came in over the wires.
Idaho did not escape the fury of the
elements by any means. Two death-deal-
ing snOWSlideS at Mace and Burke, in
the northwestern part of the state, were
followed by a heavy fall of snow in other
parts On the St. Anthony and Mackey
branches of the Oregon Short Line traffic
was demOralized, and the rotary pillow was
out ali day Sunday and yesterday. The
rotary could hardly keep the track clear.
so heavy was the fall of snow
Trains on the Denver & Rio Grande,
westbound. were delayed yesterday, ow-
a
Schedules were forgotten, and while some
of the trains got through behind time,
others barely escaped being annulled.
The second section of No. 8 was reported
nearly u hours late, bringing it into Salt
| Lake early this morning.
The complete rebuilding of parts of the
| line In Nevada will follow the wash
| outs. 1t was reported yesterday that a
warm wave starting east from California,
| encountered so much snow when it hit
| Nevada that the fast melting resulted in
| the great damage.
Salt Lakers on Trains.
| It is believed that there are a great
| many Salt Lake people on the trains
! that are stalled in Nevada. Many were
| intending to return over the Southern
| Pacific, leaving San Francisco Saturday
| night. The time limit of the Elks' ex-
| cursion tickets is nearly up, and that
| has increased the number of Salt Lake
people returning home at this time from
| the coast
Among those who were expected to
| leave San Francisco Saturday night. and
who are probably on the delayed trains,
are: Mrs, Arthur F, Barnes and daugh-
| ter, Mrs. John H. White and daughter,
| Mr.. and Mrs. ID. l.. Davis and State
Senator w. n. Williams and wife.