Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-17
MOUNTAIN DISTRICT EMERGING
FROM RIC0RS OF BLIZZARD
Train Service Between Pueblo and Denver About
Back to Normal Heavy Damage Report
ed to Fruit Crop

After a tie-up of moro than "a
hours train service between Pueblo
and Denver has been returned to nor
mall and trains over the Palmer Lake
divide arc reported running on sched-
ule in both directions. it was learned
from division headquarters Of the Rio
Grandc and Santa Fc railroads here
Saturday. Tho first trains over the
two roads to reach this city from Den
Yer after the drifts between Castle
Rock and Hustled Friday, pulled into
the union station at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon, altho railroad officials hero
expected service to be restored before
noon Saturday. over the Rio Grandc.
the first train thru from the north was
No |. due AT 1905 in the afternoon. 1t
arrived three hours late, carrying de-
laycd Pullman cquipment regularly at
tached to the morning train. Santa Fc
No. II, due at 2:35 O'Clock Saturday af
ternoon, arrived at ; o'clock. carrying
| delayed Pullman equipment from the
morning holdover. Late afternoon and
early evening trains over both lines ar
rived on time. and service is now re-
stored. dispatchers report.
Calm, clear weather prevailed along
| the Denver Pueblo line Saturday.
, Thawing Of snow progressed during
| the day. Colorado Springs reported n
| residue of Is inches OF packed snow at
3 O'Clock Saturday afternoon. Wind
did not blow, enabling train plows to
| open and keep the trackaEe clear. If
| present weather conditions continue,
no further trouble is anticipated, Off
| cisls state.
OF the three types OF wire transmits
sion lines-commercial current, telc-
phone and Observation-Disclosures ser
vice into the city. telephones Were
| hardest hit, II was learned from re-
ports,
Tho local wire chief reported at $50
O'Clock Saturday evening that tele-
| phone communication was still cut off
| from Denver. and that it was impos-
| sible to get into the state capital by
way Of Grand Junction. All men that
| could be spared in the city have been
| sent to repair the break, working with
Colorado Springs gangs. The telephone
wires are not enclosed in lead cable.
, but are strung separately, adding to
| the confusion in tangle of downed
poles and twisted wire. buried in some
places beneath huge drifts, making II
| necessary to dig down several feet be
fore the breaks can be found, the
snapped ends selected and joints made.
Approximately fifteen separate circuits
connect Pueblo and Denver. excluding
| additional circuits from Colorado
Springs. Modern telephony makes pos
siblc the use of tho same wire for sew
oral conversations at the Same time.
| Tho swapping OF fifteen circuits means
| the isolation of nearly 100 terminal in
| struments. Temporary repairs viii re-
store communication for emergency
\ usage before many moro hours, II was
| said Saturday evening. but permanent
repairs cannot be expected for n much
| longer time.
Tho Western Union telegraph com
pany reported that telegraph service
| between Pueblo and Denver had been
restored in some measure Saturday af-
| tcrnoon. AIl available men wcrc at
| work repairing tho break. The num-
| bcr OF circuits affected and tho extent
| OF tho damage was unknown to local
| officials.
Tho Arkansas Valley Railway. LiSh,
and Power company reported Friday y
| afternoon that II had escaped with un-