Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-04
NEVADA LINES
DEMORAL|zED
BY FLOODS
PASSENGERS NARROWED
FAR FROM CIVILIZATION
Communication Between Salt
Lake and Pacific Coast Over
Oregon Short Line Restored
Central Pacific Still Blocked,

ogden, Utah, March 3 Southern
Pacific train No. 8 win Leave ogden
Tor the west tomorrow morninl. Cen
eral Manager Gavin. who has beer
held az Leroy BY the washoul has
ordered the operation of trains to
Carln, $40 miles west
Al i-oray $50 feet OF washout track
has been bridged Beyond that point
trains viii not run for at least another
week, officials say The destruction
of tracks in Palisade Canyon ana at
other points between Carlin and
sparks has been so complete that
armies of laborcrs cannot complete
Fartial repairs in less than seven DAYS
and until then regular transcontin
entail traffic viii be detourcd over the
oregon short Line via Portland and
the shasta route The overland linz
lied and other through coast bound
trains left for san Francisco via the
northern route today and tonight.
II. w Mailer Of Knoxville, renn.,
was held at CObre from o'cloc1
Tuesday morning until late Wednes-
daN afternoon and then walked With
800 fellow passengers over three and
half miles OF washed out track and
WAS brought into ogden tonight He
said that young soldier, badly Grip
pied by rheumatism, was carried over
four miles by his companions. For
hundreds oi yards. the tons Of earth
had been washed away leaving twist
ed rails suspended in space In seV-
eral pla, es the tracks had been com-
pletely destroyed. According to his
statement, the engineer OF gravel
train which left the track at Cobre
was either killed or severely injured
From Wells, Nevada, passengers OF
overland limited No. l. held AT Wells
since Tuesday. viii be taken to Car
I'm. travelling thence forty miles bv {
stage to Battle Mountain, where thes
VIII be transferred 10 a special train
and taken To western Nevada and Cat /
lfornla points.
Fresh breaks in the line occurred ,
at various points this afternoon, ac-
rording to reports received tonight.
pne OF the most severe breaks oc-
,urred a mile west OF Carlin
Nearly a thousand colonists who
eft eastern points q few days ago are
waiting here for transportation west.
OREGON SHORT LINE
REOpENED FOR TRAFFIC.
salt Lake City, March 3.---After
making allowance for the constitu-
ional optimism of railroad managers
here remains no doubt that the west
IN rallload situation is better today
han yesterday. Rail communication
Nth the Pacific coast has been recess
ablished over the oregon Short Line
nd oregon Railway and Navigation
nc The three trains which left Og
en- last night have passed the bad
rack on the idaho division Of the
hort Line. near Glenns Ferry and
here is reason to believe that pass :
niger traffic over that line will be !
ormal in another twenty four hours.
Several days may pass before the
outhern Pacific can run through !,
aims across Nevada Palsade in the ,
enter OF the flood district, is entirely !
olated Stub trains have been start !,
| from ogden to Carln on the east
nd from san Francisco to Battle :
Iountain, west Of Paisade. The in !
rvcnng space lacks three large 4
ridges which were carried away by
le flood waters
a decline Of about three feet IN the Il
vel Of the overflowing Nevada 1
icams was reported today and It is {
ought that the subsistence viii con Il
nue.. - Cd
The Western Pacific Is in good or ii
,r to Shafter. Nev where it connects [,
Ith the Nevada Northern and main s,
ins mail ana traffic connection with q
~. al
Rio Grande and Union Pacific trains n
ON the east were on time today