El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-11
for the wayfaring amateur mariners.
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| for the wayfaring amateur mariners.
County Bridge Gone.
The county bridge near the smelter
! On the Anthony road collapsed at s
| o'clock Monday night, and it is said to
| be total wreck. An entirely new
bridge will probably have to be built.
Heavy at Lordsburg.
According to the statement of one Of
the S. P. men who got In late this
| morning from Arizona, he says that
what rain fell, fell inside Of 20 min
utes, and that water was running over
the tracks over two feet deep during
that time. He says the region around
I Lordsburg looks like one large lake.
Train Stranded near SmeIter.
A washout on the Santa Fe near the
cement plant took out 20 feet Of the
railroad embankment and left the ties
suspended by the rail Number SIS, on
account of this, was stranded just
above the smelter all night, the pas
sengers coming in on the street car.
AT late hour on Tuesday morning
the train had not yet arrived at the
depot.
Train number Z, on the Mexican
Central. due from Chihuahua at $50 p.
m. on Monday did not arrive until 10:45
a. N. Tuesday morning Bad wash
outs all along the line are reported.
The train for Chihuahua, due to leave
at 1880 a. M, did not leave until 1880.
Mail Is Delayed.
Because of the interrupted traffic
on the railroads of the southwest
caused by the rains, the mail for
rumber of the postoffices on the lines
having washoUts is being held at the
Ell Paso chief clerks office OF the R.
NJ S. in the federal building until the
lines are again in operation. The Santa
F'e main line is out OF commission. The
Silver City branch between Silver City
and Deming is not operating, the Bis
bee branch of the Southwestern is also
out Of business temporarily. All the
mail for the stations along this line
is being held for the present. and will
be routed differently If the lines are
not opened Tuesday.
An Interlocked District.
New Mexico. from Carrizozo to FL
Paso. resembles the interlocked sec
ton Of Scotland since the rains that
have been falling throughout the
eastern part of the territory. The
plains are as green as lawns and the
country IS dotted with little lakes that
have been formed by the hard rains
off the mountains The range is In
the best condition it has been in years
and the dry farmers along the South
western are happy BECAUSE OF the
rains.
Mexican Traffic Delayed.
Both the Mexico North Western and
the Mexico National railways are hav-
ing trouble with washouts on account
of the heavy rains of the last few days.
The Mexico National passenger train,
which was due to arrive in Juarez at
o'clock. Monday evening. did not ar
rive until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning.
The train going south on the Ma
tiona1, which is due to leave Juarez- at
s o'clock did not leave until after IL
Tuesday Two washouts occurred at
Mesa, a small town IL miles below
Juarez, and this delayed the train COM
ing north. The washouts were repaired
at this point At several places the
tracks are covered with water and the
bridges which have been cribbed will
have to be strengthened before the
trains can pass over them.
North Western to Resume.
The Mexico North Western did not
run a train south Monday afternoon
on account of washouts near the juno
ton of the National lines and on ac-
count of water covering the track in
several places. The damage to the
tracks will be repaired so as to have
the track in shape to run the train
south Wednesday afternoon. No train
will arrive in Juarez Tuesday night
from Casas Grandes.
Juarez Is Damaged
The heavy rain Of Monday evening
hit Juarez as hard as it did FL Paso,
and a considerable amount Of damage
was done.
On Gale Ramon Ortiz. several places
in the street We're sunken about two
feet, where the sewer was recently put
in. On several other streets in the
southern part of the city, the loose
earth over the pipes recently placed In
the streets was also sunken, causing
large holes in the streets. In several
Of the stores on Concrete street oppo-
site the little plaza, the water rushed
in and covered the floors of the places
with mud.
In the eastern part of the city, two
adobe houses collapsed as a result of
the water. The streets of the city we're
mass Of mud Tuesday as a result OF
the rain.
"BOats and Bathing Suits For Rent
Here.o
Thus it was that the town joke was
sprung the morning after the big rain
This Joke has been used and used again
in FL Paso. since the days when San
Jacinto plaza was great corral and
the river ran along Mills street South
FL Paso street with its unpaved pud-
dies, was favorite haunt of this hoary
old joke. But when Ell Paso street was
paved 1t betook its bewhiskered self to |
east FL Paso and Chihuahuita. Tues
day morning friend joke, in the form |
of a freshly painted metal sign. ap-
peared in the center OF the Plaza block |
site where the water was waist deep. |
Santa Fe' Arrives
The delayed Santa Pc train which |
was held up because Of the washouv |
near Courehesne, pulled into the union |
station at 1910 Tuesday AFTERNOON. |
with no one on board but the train |