El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-11
FLOOD TIES UP THE
STREET CAR
TRAFFIC
Continued from Page L,
water. AS most Of them have stone
foundations no damage is expected.
Car Service Crippled.


From S:z5 p. m. until midnight all
cars, except those on the Park, Bou1e-
ward and Mexico lines, stopped run
ming. Two washouts on the Fort Bliss
line entirely crippled that route, and
the water coming from the hills and
flooding over tracks, caused the stop
page on the other lines All cars were
running almost on time at the regular
hour Tuesday morning. The Postal
Telegraph service was interrupted for
several hours. A washout near the
cement plant was the cause Of the trou-
BILE
Repair Crews Work All Night.
It was a strenuous night for the
street car employees The repair crews
were working all night and the men
were busy shoveling the sand from the
tracks to allow the cars to- operate
Tuesday morning. The work cars were
coming in from the scene Of the flooded
tracks as late as 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning, their night lamp still burn
ing and manned by sleepy crew Of
track men.
Because the street car service was
out Of commission Monday night, the
autos on the public stand did rush
ing business all evening. There was
not an auto on the stand at o'clock,
all being in commission. They con-
tinued doing emergency work until
after midnight, taking the people home
who depend upon the street car lines
for transportation.
Railroads Have Trouble.
The heavy rains of Monday caused
a lot Of trouble on all the railroad lines
running into the city. Nearly all trains,
both leaving and arriving, were de-
1ayed. and some of them had not even
arrived at late hour on Tuesday.
Washout Near Columbus.
A delay OF over two shours was
caused on the Southwestern from
Cloudcroft, when a washout near the
% mile post derailed the engine. The
train had been running very slowly
and no damage was done On the
same line number 6, from the west was
delayed over three hours when the
track near Columbus, N. NJ, was wash
ed out for distance Of 100 feet.
The unpaved streets on the north
side were washed out so badly that
travel over them with wagons and
buggies was practically impossible
Tuesday All of the streets that run
north and south were flooded by the
water that came out of the mountain
gulches, and the sand and silt We're
washed down onto the paved streets
over the walks and into the yards of
the north side residences.
Storm Sewers Good Work.
The new storm sewer that carries
the water off Oregon street above the
railroad car tracks made good Monday
night. The flood waters were carried
off by the sewers and there was no
flooding of the streets and store base
ments down town. Before the sewer
was built It was necessary to put
sacks OF sand around the Sheldon. and
the stores along Oregon street Mon
day night all Of the flood water was
carried away by the storm sewer and
the customary accumulation of mud
and sand on the down town streets
was missing Tuesday morning.
Street Lights Extinguished.
To add to the discomfort OF the
people who had to be out Monday
night, the lights in Carnegie square
and many of the street lights went
out during the rain storm and did
not come on until after 10 o'clock.
Oregon street and Carnegie and Cleve-
land squares were as black as the in
side of a pocket and navigation
the water was a bit difficult