Pueblo chieftain., 1922-01-01

shape than they were previous to the
disaster.
When the flood waters at last re-
| ceeded the Denver and Rio Grande
north and west had been put out of
business: 1000 box cars had been
smashed up in their yards, and ter
minal trackage was covered by sew
eral feet of muck and debris and but
few locomotives in running condition
] were available.
| A tour of inspection showed that
with the exception OF short stretch
of track near Southern junction on
| tho outskirts of Pueblo. the line to
| Trinidad was intact. The Southern
| junction track was soon repaired and
| traffic to the south was restored i'm
| mediately. Santa Fe trains were de-
| toured over this line and two systems
were linked with the southern dis
tricts.
In repairing flood damage the Dem
yer and Rio Grande has spent s1,13o.-
900 and approximately $4,000 more
is 10 be expended in furtherinS the
work. according to present estimates,
The track west to Portland suffer
cd heavily from the delugc. Sixteen
miles of double track. IL miles of
single track has been laid and bal
lasted on n raise of 10 inches between
Pueblo and Portland, 81 miles away.
A stretch of double track, three
quarters of n mile long near Mineral
Palace park. two sections OF double
track at Swallows, west of Pueblo and
portions of single track at Carlisle.
Beaver and Concrete destroyed by tho
flood. have been replaced and filled
in. All Denver and Rio Grande track
age In the flood has been restored
and all fills have been rip-rapped
with heavy rock from company quar-
rics at Swallows and Echo.
These two quarries were established
after the flood and about rs men
have been employed at each place
during the last six months and will
| be employed thruout the winter.
Sixty thousand cubic yards OF stone
rip-rap has been used by. the Denver
and Rio Grandc along the banks Of
the Arkansaa and Fountain rivers.
| And the system expects TO use l2o.-
900 cubic yards moro for tho same
I purpose.
This rock for rip-rapping was load
/ ed with steam shovels and distributed
| by work-train service.
In filling washouts pilc-bridges
wero constructed and later oiled in
with loose rock from steam shovel
pits. Steam shovel pits were located
Mt three places. west OF tho West
Fourth street vIaduct. at Swallows and
!
/ rock was used on embankments.
In the early post-dcluge days. two
miles OF track was laid parallel with
| tho Colorado Fuel and Iron compsny's
| Stag dumps at Minnequa, establishing
n nearby slag supply. Two hundred
and fifty thousand cubic yards Of Stag
has beer used to date by III" Denver
| and Rio Grande for bnllas:ing. I'LL
ing in Walker yards and restoring
| n levee near tho West Fourth street
viaduct.
1t was tho Denver and Rio Grande
crews who under tho direction of
the United States Army engineers.
built pile bridge across tho Arkan-
"a. At tho South side water work,
and there unloaded cars OF Stag to
form n division dam to throw tho
water to the works which had been
left high and dry when tho river
changed its channel. Three hundred
and ninety cubic yards of rock from
Swallows was used In this work
Both ends OF the Walker yards
were destroyed. including 25 tracks
Five hundred box cars wers over
turned In the yards and In 80 vIcin-
ity of tho round house and about 200
more were wrecked near tho union