The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-01
CIOudbursts and SnOwslides
Seriously Interfere With
Movement of Trains.
OFFICERS SAY DAMAGE
WILL BE REPAIRED SOON
All Western Lines Suffer-. but
Officials Say Trouble Soon
Will Be Overcome.

High waters east of Ca1ieute badly
damage Salt Lake Route. Week may be
required to put track in commission.
Slide in Provo canyon may not be
cleared for four or five days.
Land and snowslides in Feather Riv-
er canyon completely block track. Line
may be open Wednesday or Thursday
Main line of the Denver g. Rio
Grande in Utah all right, but trouble
on Colorado division delays trains.
All transcontinental trains OH Oregon
Short Line delayed by high waters and
soft track.
Trains on Southern Pacific in some
sections moving slowly on account of
soft track. Water rising in parts of
Nevada, but little trouble is expected.
Heavy wind sweeps Lucin cut off
Tuesday, but little or no damage done.
Trains On Union Pacific running be-
hind time, on account Of soft track, in
sections of Utah and Wyoming.
War may be hell, as a noted general
SAID, but trying 10 run trains on time in
the iniermountain country with such
weather as We nave had for the past
week or ten days is worse than hell
This was the remark made by l. c. Man
SON. general superintendent of the Orc
Son snort Line. late TUESDAY afternoon
ana theie was a reason
Every road In the west was nlorc or
less ued UP. Every railroad man was
praying Tor cold weather. or at least,
t1at the rainfall would stop. No encour-
agement was received at o'clock Tues
Gay night from the local weather force
inc report was rain and continued warm
The Sal; Lake Route suffered a bad
sctoack Tuesday afternoon The local
officers OF the company received word
tuesday morning that the line west OF
Cauente would re In such condition by
Tuesday night that through trains would
he started from Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles and that there was lIttle doubt
inat they would get through without de-
lay.
News OF Cloudburst.
Late In the afternoon came the word
that there had been a cloud burst In the
vicinity OF Glover Valley creek and tina,
the water had risen .forty-onc inches In
ieSs than two hours. washing out a part
OF the track east Of Caliente. The brief
dispatch said that il would take day
or two 10 repair the damage. A short
line later the wires went down and no
luliheT report was received.
The local officers OF the company ad
mltted Tuesday night that they did not
Know the :ull extent OF the damage, bu
ON account of their knowledge OF the
country IN which The latest trouble oc
Cured thcy were confident in the state
ment that IL would require less than Il
week 10 repair the damage Superin~
tendent Van Housen and Assistant Su-
perinIendcnt Smith are on the ground
WIN large force OF men and plenty OF
material TIE local officers OF the com
Imry are optimistic. There is no dues-
ton in their mind that the entire track
viii be ready for traffic within a week
The landslide on the Hebcr City branch ,
OF The Denver Rio Grande In Provo
canyon Is worse than was first reported
From the reports received in this city
Monday IT was believed that the track
could he cleared and put in operation
within two or three days. From the de-
tailed reports received in this city Tues
day afternoon IL is thought that IL may
require from four TO five days TO clear
the roadbed and rebuild the track. The
company mad large force OF men and
iesns at work and feels confident that II
VII! he able 10 resume traffic by the end
OF The present week
Little Information was received from
the scene OF the trouble in the Feather
Tuesday. The Information got was 10
The effect that the road likely would be
open for traffic today large force OF
rrcn is ut work In the canyon and the
local officers of the company are hourly
eNrccting word that II is open for through
Traffic.
High Waters in Colorado
The trouble on the main line OF the
Denver & Rio Grande Tuesday was con-
fined TO the Colorado division where high
waters delayed trains for several hours
A report from the office of General Su-
perintendent ]. c. Daley of the Utah
the main line of the company In this
state was In good condition. with little
fear of damage.
g. Early Tuesday morning the Oregon
Short Line repaired the damage done by
high waters at kimport. Ida. and COM
Inenced TO move trains over that dvi-