Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
II Will Take All of That TO CON-
plete Temporary Repairs
To Track.
SEVENTEEN MILES OF RUIN.
Western Pacific Reported tn he Com
pIctcly Destroyed for Miles Through
Humboldt Valley.

ogden. Utah, March 5.-Notwith-
standing reports from the san Fran
cisco office Of the Southern Pacific, TO
the effect that through trains Will be
run over the line within four days.
local officials Of the company assert
that 1t will be 10 days at least be-
fore the washouts in Palisade canyon,
in central Nevada, can be temporarily
repaired so as 20 allow trains 20 pass
From Palisade TO Beowawe, a dis
lance Of n miles, the Southern Pacific
is mass Of wreckage. with bridges
destroyed and weakened. and roadb,d
obliterated. Progress I'm repairing tho
line will be slow as the walls Of the
canyon are nearly vertical and the
bottom 80 narrow as To prohibit the re-
construction work from proceeding
other than az the two ends Of the de-
strOyed track.
The Western Pacific which parallels
the Southern Pacific through the Hum
boldt valley. Is completely destroyed
for miles. suffering from the floods
even greater damage than that sus-
tanned by the Hartman line.
The westbouud Overland limited,
which left ogden Monday az p. M,
returned this morning with IT'S so pas
sengers. who have been held west Of
the Isoray washout for FIVE days. on
board are half a dozen travellers who
are endeavoring 10 catch the steamer
Mongolia. which sails from San Fran
cisco Tuesday This train leaves via
Portland this morning.
stub trains are now being operated
from ogden to Carliu and from the
west side Of the floods 10 Battle Noun
tain. leaving a gap Of go miles where
hundreds Of laborers are attempting 10
repair the flood damage. The waters
OF the Humboldt river are rc,ading
and further flood obstruction is not
looked for.
MAILS IN BAD SHAPE.
Washington, March 5.-Railway mail
service between points in the far west
has been interfered with seriously with
In the last two or three days on account
OF washouts Reports TO the postOfiice
department indicate the most serious
conditions are on the Southern Pacific
between ogden and California points.
Practically all Of the eastern mail for
California goes by this route and UNI
less conditions improve q win be nee
essary 10 dispatch mail for California
by extreme southern routes.
Under ordinary conditions the Og-
den route Is shorter by many hours
but in the last three days IL has been
problcmatical whether the mail trains
would get through by this route at all
Should Il become necessary TO dis
patch the mail by the southern route.
the railway mail clerks Of the ogden
line will be transferred temporarily 20
the southern lines so as 20 insure the
usual distribution Of mail for Califor-
mia points and thus shorten the delay
Ia its delivery. II Is unlikely that the
transfers win be made unless con-
ditions fail To improve within "a hours.
FIRST TRAINS To FRISCO.
san Francisco, March g. The first
OF the west bound Southern Pacific
trains diverted at Ogden via Portland,
will arrive in this city about four
o'clock this afternoon. The first VIII
be a special containing the Chicago
White Sox baseball part A big mail
train and two combined overland linn
tied trains viii follow closely Late
tomorrow a train containing the First
artillery. r. S A. On route to the Phil
ippinCs. will arrive here, where trans
port Is being held for this regiment
The four east bound trains at
Sparks ana the four at Battle Noun
tain. New. which have been tied up
since the first Of the week. were
brought back 10 Sacramento ycster-
day and sent east on fast time by way
Of Portland and the oregon short
Line. II will Doe at least five days,
IL IL thought. before through traffic
can be resumed on the Southern Pa-
cinc's Ogden route.