El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-16
CAR LINESHIT
HARD BY WATER
Rainstorm Damages Trac-
ton Company's Roadbed
On Two Branches.

wednesday nights heavy rain
caused several thousands Of dollars.
damage 20 the roadbed and tracks Of
the FL Paso Electric Railway COM
pauy. notably on the Fort Bliss line
between Bliss street and BIain-s gro
Gerry i'm Graudview addition. which
runs alongside an arroyo. fIanked on
one side by Park street The tunnel
under the Southwestern tracks was
filled with sand and rocks washed
down from the district along the
eastern slope of Mount Franklin. and
the roadbed undermined i'm a number
OF places Traffic was paraIyzed
about midnight Wednesday. Passeu-
gers from the Fort Bliss and Grand
view districts transferred and walked
@ naf mile early Thursday morning
on their way downtown. The lines
IN The center Of the city were flooded
al many street intersections with
sand and rock washed from the north
mesa, but shovelers had cleared the .
tracks by o'clock.
One-Third Annual Rainfall.
A report from the weather bureau .
Thursday morning said that since
Sunday afternoon when me -rsfT,-
season started in earnest. the precfp- .
ItatlOn had been 3.45 inches more .
imam a third Of the average annual .
alILaLl shown on the FL PaSo records.
At Aurora and Park streets the
eastern entrance TO Manhattan
7elshls. the wooden bridge was car
RED away by the flood in the arroyo.
PiedrGs Street Surely Rock
III eufaS street. receiving an immense
llscharEe of water from Manhattan
heights, was covered with a river
.hEee 10 four feet in depth about .
lelock Thursday morning. large piles
n rock and sand accommodating at the
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streets. especially at the Southwest
Pm railroad. Bliss. Montana and Tu-
arosa- The current ran over the curhs
nn destroyed many stretches Of park
At Elm and Wheeling streets a
len pile of rocks was deposited and
-onther was left at Elm and Grant.
Cehada Cut Deeper.
0enaqa street. from HueCo 10 the
lar East FL Paso district was one Of
he biggest streams during the night.
/ section of the pavement on Tularosa
T Cehada was torn away and from
nat point south the water cut deeply
1to Ceblda-
a number Of automobiles left I'M
heitered were soaked so as TO be put
Ut Of service and many throughout
ne east end Of the city which were
rlVen ln the storm became wet and
ere left by their occupants till morn
Collects Big Lake.
In the residence section between the o
I'm school and Golden Hill. where $
ne city built retaining wall and laid
drainage pipe TO carry off flood wa g
an acre or two Of water col h
Ctec during the storm II v-az ba=--- 10
gv-lE reduced through the pipe line b.
u lree street cars were tied IN some -
me a. the corner OF piedras and "
ularosa while the water was high
an parts OF rhe city the flow of 81
- "a.er NaS SO strong that street
1LIlc ot all kinds was suspended. m
any automobiles dying. because Of 81
1z-arIs being soaked
Highland Cars Tied IN.
~ --nI me night -1e Highland Park
Ger car track was washed our ar g.
POINT just north OF the park ITSELF .
'-'n prev eure1 through service 20 -
r end OF the line until THURSDAY A ~
~ OF repair men went TO the point ~
No great damage is reoorted from HI
army camps. where the men closed or
PIP tents ana erdeavored to keen out -
rain The general muddy condf- q
ms around the post and reports m
= NE ROAD 10 Alamogordo was inn GU,
ss-u-e Ior troops, and proba bly, for
en- IEht vehicles. caused a suspen- on
~ of the order for the biz nike pa
Damages Many Lawns r.
me western section OF the CITY --'
ie1 damage was done hv the storm. eA
llundy Heights many lawns we're for
mayed by the dowuuOur. which cut pa
=p EIllles through them and washed ma
"ei peQs and grass into the STREETS.
- or lhe houses are on elevations To
owe the streets. 60
at the smelter the small adobe hu-s aH'
Which Mexican employees Of The IF
.elier ana cement plant reside were yo
most flooded AT
ne streets in the business Ser+fon he
Fl faso resembled mill races and
was almost impossible 10 cross arr
~ curing the time the rain fell res
slness houses with cellars were
mayed To some extent when water grl
-ereo, damaging some goods Dee
Rescue Couple From Basement. SCI
our mounted officers from the on
lIral police station were sent 10 III,
nome Of A BRENT SI01 Pfsbee
Get Wednesday evening 10 reecre ass
ana Mrs BRENT, who were framed un
me basement Of their home when -
ou water came into their home fol- 3 cor
wing the rainstOrm. When the No
I'm started the couple went 10 the 7
=ement 10 retire, Ii was said and u-s
SEC trap door leading 10 the 1IpDer ~
or The flow OF water was so an,
cng against the door leading ONT 81,
the basement that they were nm -s-
@ To- open II and three feet Of water me
Oh IN inc room where they were am
pped before they were taken ONT
ease them. WI
OVERS IN PANHANDTE