The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-07

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Febru y Is and became food bound
in ce1Trp Nevada are again in the
flood tclt, this time in Idaho on the
Oregon Short Line Having been re-
turned 10 Sacramento from Battle
Mountain and detoured north four
passenger trains are now held west
OF Nampa, Idaho. between which point
aad Orchard there Is reported
washout oi three miles, caused by one
OF the large reclamation dams OF the
government giving way
Word received here Ia 10 the effect
thn. the time of the arrival OF the de.
toured trains Is indefinite
With communication interrupted By
the Oregon Short Line, this portion of
the inteTmounlain country is entirely
cut of from railroad connection with
the Pacific coast.
The Southern Pacific people have
fixed next Sunday AS the date for the
opening of the road TO through traffic
from ogden to San Francisco.
Two trains of pIling left here Sun
day for. Palisade canyon. wherc six
teen bridges required repairs. or re-
construction, and 300 feet Of piling
must he driven. Big gangs of bridge
carpenters and pile drivers and TWEEN
. ~ work trains are wording day and
night 10 place the track from Pali-
sade 10 Bcowawe in condition To al
low the passage OF trains.
Two OF the longest bridges in Pail.
sade canyon were carried into the
bottom OF the river and wooden
structures viii be constructed at
points to serve temporarily
Later IL was reported from Boise
that the break in the Orchard reser
volr. east OF Nampa. which last night
tied up traffic on tho Oregon Shorl
Line. and held thirteen transcontinen
tai trains OF the Union Pacific and
So1thern Pacific. had been repaired
and that all tho delayed trains passed
through Nampa this morning.
No detourcd trains left ogden since
la,e last evening. and those scheduled
TO leave this morning have been
marked up TO leave at i:50 p m
The Oregon Short Line train crew
that was at Pocalello this morning
10 bring in train No. "a. the Portland
express. "dead-headed' from the north
on The Butte express and went To Salt
Lake City.
Flood conditions elsewhere on the
Oregon Short Line. between Ogden
and Pocatcllo and between Mountain
Homo and Nampa, cause a great dea'
OF apprehension among the officials OF
that railroad Tho points mostly az
fected are in the Swan Lake valley
Iat
Pocatello and McCammon. The wa
ter al both these points is much high
er than IL has been in years. Careful
watch is being mad" and precautlon
airy measures have been taken 10 pre-
vent = repetition of the floods OF Z
few years ago.
From Pocatello west 20 Portland thu
Oregon Short Line and the Oregon
Railroad 6 Navigation Company lines
are threatened in many places. and NJ
assurance is given at any point OF The
continued operation OF trains. Man!
railroad omcials in Ogden. as wei
as in Idaho and Oregon, have eN
pressed their surprise number o
times that the O. r. g. y has beer
able 70 escape washouts thus far. a
that line is exposed 10 the food dan
gers In many places west OF Bake
City.
Encouraging reports have been r.
coiyed at the local Offices OF tho South
ern Pacific company in Ogden In r.
gard 10 the conditions In Nevada. TIL
assurance Is now given that by neN
Sunday evening the line Will be ope
for the resumption OF overland ira
flc.
1t Is thought that the last detoure
trains will leave San Francisco an
Ogden on Friday.
Parr OF the westbound traffic OF IN
Hartman lines at detoured at Graz
ger. Wyoming Such trains and IN
Overland Limited are run through
Ogden and detoured from here by th
way OF Pocatello.
The work of repairing tho hnc {
the Southern Pacific In Palisadc
being rushed under the personal
lection Of General Manager Calyl
and Superintendent Manson. on th
west side OF tho washou, Vice Pros
1ent and General Manager Bancro
n the OGDEN Short Line is direotln
'hc work with Assistant Superln en-
apt Fitzgerald The repair work on
Side Palisade canyon has been LEFT
tho direction OF Assistant SIperinten
ent RoUlands. so as to allow Superi
tendent Manson to devote his time
tho canyon.
Steam shoyels have beon placed
Perth. near Loyelock. on the we
and Pigeon, near Montello. on u
cast, and eight work trains are us'
in hauling ballast for the rebulldtl
and Strengthening of the line ~ q
points affected by the floods Tl
weakened track extends from H.