The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-03-29
CONDITIONS IMPROVING
Local Railway Not Seriously
Damaged and 1t is Now Hoped
to Resume Service In Another
Week-Weather Man Is Ap-
parently Working Overtime to
Hold Back Flood Waters.

Eureka's isolation from all COM
munication with the outside world
was complete this week with the ex-
ception of the telephone line to Pali-
sade-this also went out of commits
sion for several hours Wednesday,
and the receipt of one sack of letter
mail brought up from Palisade We'd
nesday by Tony Siri on a railway
speeder. Just one week without a
mail; then only letters, without one
newspaper in the mail.
The damage to the local railway
by flood waters, reported in last
weeks issue, has since been in
creased by a third bridge near the
Raine ranch being put out of COM
mission, and the washing out of a
portion of the grade at the Walker
ranch that will necessitate building
about 600 feet of new track. The
above damage was caused by Pine
Creek in a distance of eight miles
this side of Palisade. Water is also
reported to have done some damage
to the roadbed in the vicinity of Pine
station, but nothing serious.
Over the telephone last night Mana
ger Sexton informed the SENTINEL
that if the food waters decreased
within the next few days he hoped
to get a train over the road by this
time next week. To repair the big
high bridge neal the Raine ranch, he
stated, will require some pile work
before it will carry an engine. and
the work of driving the piles would
be commenced to-day.
There is now a big tonnage of hay
at Palisade awaiting transportation
to stockmen. and as their feeding
needs are most urgent. plans are be-
ing made to move this hay first and
as soon as is possible. When the big
bridge will carry an engine the loads
will be pushed up to it and across
and up to the other bridges that will
be temporarily repaired. and then
worked across these without an en-
CINE. The company has a locomo-
tive on this side of the Pine Creek
damage. and this will be used in
hauling the hay further up the road.
If the Weather Man never stood in
before to save this section of country
from serious damage from the rapid
run off of an unusually heavy storage
of snow this early in the Spring. he
is apparently working overtime just
now, for with the open ground that
is absorbing the rapidly melting snow
like asponge. combined with a night
ly temperature that checks and holds
it back enough to stop serious flood
conditions, an improvement on his
work could hardly be asked.
Right here in Eureka, with its i'm
mense watershed above. we have for
several days seen hundreds and hun
dreds of tons of snow disappear from
the mountains and hill sides with
less water coming down the canyons
than often occurs from a half-hour's
Summer shower. All are surprised,
and pretty much tickled. too. We
are looking forward to a considerable
improvement in u mining industry
here this Summer. and to have the
local railroad seriously crippled just
at this time would be a severe blow
to all general operations in the dis
trict.
Like reports of the lack of flood
conditions are being brought in from
the north, south and westerly nearby
sections, all stating they never before
saw such large amounts of snow dis
appear so rapidly with so little flood
water appearing.
There are still immense storages
of snow yet to come down into the
valleys. and there are some who say
wait. the real flood waters have not
commenced to come yet; but unless
a steady warm rain of considerable
duration occurs. it is believed little
damage will result from the snow