The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-10-08

Neariv al Inch 81 rata fen in one
hour InE7 night nfnrflun atoui
n'rInnt and nnndrd lnr east and west
1freets art dla esseral hundred doll
lars wpfth ~ q ease The exact
nunuut of ~ra.nfatt accrfaine % tne
~r.<ainss rs ne University ~ ~
Accpfdine 10 local railway omciais
the rain extended from Lnniy "a Ia
lela and south on the ~ paHu branch
~ far a. he border. Reports from
the Nrtancla valley gay that rccant
fal14 there have almost Hooded the
1Allef and ace seriously endanscrinr
thn harvest Of The bean crop.
The HItulithir PAVING company. tie
EIectrlc Light company p Tele-
thone company and n city this
mprhirr por much damage 20 paw
~ light and ~ieleFhens lines sna %
tre and water mains. Seventy feet
- paving on East central uvenu was
damaged uy the iood Of winter down
tnf direct. 4 sewer tvs Edith and
Arno on Copper was broken and
water mains In several places we're
managed.
nssf central avenue from Broad
way 10 III University todas has the
appearance of m ola river bed The
street railway Trucks are visible here
md There. ~ many PLACES an trace
al ueh q line ~ enfirciy phiitera4ed
~ the sand CARRIED ~ The hood wa
About s o'clock last night East Gem
tfnl aVenre had ali the appearance n
a river exsented from lawn 10 lawn
on either side and With n very rapid
rrrrent carrying it's drift 81 foam ~
rubbish. mort OF which was tumble
weeds bu " b dina light had all
the appearances o. regular drlffwood
81 a regular rlFer Of The same size.
The center u the street. oeer the
car tracks. Of me time WAS covered
80 q depth o. eight 20 ten irchca with
water. tho cutters at places being
perhaps from Tvs 10 three feet In
d-pth. being washed GU by the large
volame passing water ana the swift
kniomshics that attempted 10
travel on Fast Central lasi nirht met
with Vnrlour ~rrionccE. Al one
time there ~ere = dozen or more cars
ettIied or ditched fftwcen High street
and the University, others piowed
n were more Or less successful
NJ street car IN the east end left
the rack near the Presbyterian san
ltarium. and was sfill there this norm
INK. with mud ana rubbish covering
tho front tender and trucks. The
rails are completely ceycred for long
stretches and n crew IL at work re-
niorinF he dirt.
The local telephone company -lhich
Inns had a Fang Of men Installing nm
deferound condui1a on East Central
also suffered considerable loss from
The on-frssh Of water. which coin-
plefely Allied 100 feet OF open arch.
.ronduifa were laid IN this ditch yes
terdny and had been freshly ce-
menfed. ~ n unknown until the
dlgshes nrs r~ecpened just wna thhs
damage gui amoun ~. although u
IL expected u will be necessary 10 re-
move the entire conduit md relay q.
Employees expressed the belief this
morning that the niiinR OF the ditch
with dirt VIII prove a hig aing In dis
fu,ae. for had n not allied the water
would probably have washed out un-
der this pavement. This would have
neceHsltated the removal q the pave
ment ~ far hack ~ the wash0ut ex-
tended and the realizing % this space,
which would have been a very cx-
pensiye affair. much more than the
rropsning Of the ditch and the relay
Ina of the conduit alune.
Train No. I was stopped az Der
nalllio Last night until he condition
" the tracfs were determined. and
II prosecuted with caution. arriving
here an hour late. No. 3 arrived 20
minutes late. due to the same %
Gallup reported no; a drop % rain
having "A bright moonlight night.