The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-06-06
OUT OF DANCER
Santa Fe Officials Declare Kan
sas Towns Safe.
Height of Flood Waters Is
Diminishing Rapidly.
ALL ROADS ARE HARD HIT
Hundred Miles of Track Dam
aged Is Report.
TOpekans Swamp Wires to Colo
radO With Inquiries.
ALL ROADS ARE HARD HIT

Little apprehension is entertained
by Santa Fe officials in Topeka for
the residents of Kansas towns on the.
Arkansas river. The volume of flood
water is now reported as diminishing.
Starting at twelve feet at Pueblo. the
water had decreased to nine feet when
the crest passed Holly. the first sta
ton on the Santa Fe across the Colo
ceived at the general offices since the
crest passed Holly.
Most of the towns along the valley
are built on slight eminences, and
have received warning. The diff
Guilty of getting reports is emphasized
by officials here. When the flood
reaches a town, communication Is
usually interrupted before any report
can be made of the damage which 1t
has done.
All Trains Restored.
This morning the Santa Fe had re-
stored passenger service on all lines
except thru the district directly af-
fected by the Colorado flood-from
Syracuse, Kan, division point west
of Dodge City, to Pueblo. California
trains are being routed thru Amarillo,
Tex. Denver passengers are being
sent from Kansas City over the Rock
Island and Union Pacific No Denver
tickets are being sold from Topeka,
and passengers from the Gulf lines OF
the Santa Fe for Denver are being
turned over to the Rock Island at
! Wichita.
Two trains; Nos. and IL, are
stalled at La Junta. and are the only
trains which have not finally made
THAR objectives. They are being held
this morning. The same trains were
sent thru Saturday on the Missouri
Pacific tracks as far west as Ordway,
| where they were forced to return to
Salina, and were there turned over to
the Union Pacific, which eventually
landed them in Denver.
Much Property Destroyed.
| That all railways whose lines enter
| the flood stricken area in Colorado
! have been hard hit is the deduction
drawn from the reports received In
Topeka of the damage done to tracks
and rolling stock. The Santa Fe was
hit hardest of all, according to re-
ports.
The Santa Fe tracks into Pueblo
have withstood the damage better
than might have been expected, con-
sidering the magnitude of the flood.
1 it was stated at the general offices of
| the road here today. The. ticket and
| destroyed.
! There have been 100 miles of the
track affected by the flood, but less
than five miles have been washed out.
For several years the Santa Fe has
been getting the tracks moved back as
4 far as possible from the river bed.
! At La Junta, Colo, the water was
thirty inches deep in the yards and
the power house was put out of com
mission, but there was no damage
from any current or washing effect
1t is expected by the general Officers
here that .he work of rebuilding the
track into Pueblo will start by Tues
day. Telegraph communication with
4 La Junta was established early this
morning, and full report of the con
Editions in that district is expected BY
noon.
Freight Embargo On.
A force of 800 men working east o.
Pueblo. trying to 10 cate the submerged
track, were varied away by state
II OOPS when the second flood wave
started down the river.
A freight embargo has been de
ciared against the flooded district b.
J. r. Koontz, assistant freight traf
fic manager, and no shipments of live
stock or perishable freight are being
taccepted for that territory.
No reports as regard the flood II
the Arkansas River valley are received
at the weather bureau office in To
peka-
Will Inspect Damage.
The Santa Fe bridge over the Foun
tain river, north of Pueblo, wa
washed away Sunday Night. as wa
also bridge in New Mexico, between
Colfax and Ute Pass, interruptinl
communication thers
| The yards at La Junta were cleare,
lthis morning, and operations had beel
resumed there when telegraphic com
Imunication was resumed.
An inspection party consisting o
F. A. Lehman, general manager 70
the Santa Fe at Amarillo, Tex; c. Il
Bristol, assistant general manager. an
F. NJ. Bisbee, chief engineer, left La
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