Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-31

of trestle work and tracks and doing |
n great deal OF damage To the em-
OF the railway near that
point
with the washout near Maine, Ariz, |
stiD causing trains TO be detoured. AL
buaueroue is practically Isolated, so
far as railway transportation is con-
terned, and II is feared by the local
railway officials that still other wash
outs win be reported, as heavy rains
have been falling both north ana
west during the past twelve hours
The only train to reach the city
last night was the southbound,
stub, No. s. was made up here ana
was ready to proceed east when the
washout at Elota was reported
whereupon the stub was annulled, IL
is not known when the westbound
trains can be brought into this sta
ton nor when it will be possible to
send a stub train east.
work train and a large force OF
men hastily gathered, were sent TO
the scene of the washout from TINS
city, leaving about O'Clock last
night. owing 10 the fact that the
trestle work is reported damaged bad
ly. il may be impossible to repair the
tracks before today, although locai
officials stated last night that they
hoped TO get trains in here by TINS
morning.
10 add to the general demorali2a-
lion of railway traffic, it is reported
that three bridges on the Santa re
have been carried away by floods be-
tween Denver and La Junta. The
Denver & Rio Grande and the Colo
RADIO southern are said to be in bad
shape also.
Yesterdays two limited trains. NO.
2 and No. 4, eastbound, are expected
to arrive here this morning, between
Z and 8 O'Clock. No. 10, due here yes
terday morning, which now consists
! of three sections, or rather three iate
trains. is being detoured via Demlns
over the Southern Pacific, ana Will
get in today unless washouts occur on
the line south of here. Yesterday
No. has been combined with NO. =
due to arrive here Yesterday. Fri
dav's No. has also been combined
with the same train, the passengers
hetng transferred to the faster tram
in an effort to get them TO their des-
/ tinations without further delay.
Slow running orders have been is-
sned both east and west of here, and
the engine crews are under instruc-
lions TO feel their way along" and
take no chances on wrecks. The
trains east of here are reported te
hava taken sidings at different points
until informed by the dispatcher thd'
thew can cross the arroyo at Elota.
A message received at the railway
offices here early last night stateo
that unless more rains TOOK piac'
near Maine, Ariz, today, woulu se'
that washout entirely repaired, Sc
that trains could run on scheduie'
Besides the actual damage tt
tracks. the heavy rains nave lei
MANY sections of the road sort ahe
the train crews are forced to ios'
time at such places by running a
] greatly reduced sreed
AZ an indication of what the wash
outs have done TO freight transporta
ton. IL was stated last night, ina
practically all the truckers ana othe'
men employed on the local freigh
I nlatform have been laid off, there be
ing no cars in the yards excep
"through" ones or "empties" Th'
depot platform here last night pre-
sented a deserted air and the hotei
showed the effect of the tie-up by TN
lack of guests who usually reach I'M
city to spend Sunday, especially com
mercial statesmen.
II guess a whole lot of the poy
will spend Sunday on sidetraek
somewhere out in the sandhills,' SAT-
clerk last night Hardly any o
our usual arrivals have gotten in am
: so far as | can learn we need not ex
meet them before Sunday night