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Show MANY MILES Of TRACK FLOODED Assistant Superintendent Fitzgerald of the Salt Lake Division of the Southern Pacific Mokes an Overland Trip From West of Palisade Palis-ade to Battle Mountain to Determine the Extent of th Damage General Manager Calvin at Loray, j meals, yet they were gUen ,hree good nieuls a day. j Line North of Lake Flooded. Sheepmen arriving from their herds west of the Great Salt Lake, on th- line of the Southern Pacific, report an Immense body of water moving down from the mountains which threatens to completely submergo the railroad near lakeside and greatly add to the .flood &rea. With continued warm weather melting melt-ing the heavy snow banks, which have formed during an unprecedcntly sc orc winter, the stockmen predict that : the tloods have just commenced. A work train on the old line of thv? Souihrn Pacific, north of Great Salt Lake, l.aa been caught between two I washouts. Today water Is flowing over the rails at Lake station. I. ate this afternoon the Southern Pacific officials announced that ibey , were making arrangements to have ' the seven trains In Nevada, west of i Hattlc Mountain, with about eight I hundred passengers on board, sent back to Sacramento and thence routed east oer the Shasta route of the Southern Pacific to Ponland, and the Oregon Railroad Sr. Navigation and the Orftcon Short Lino to Ogden. No Word from Fitzgerald. Up 1o a late hour this afternoon Assistant Superintendent Rowlands Ftatcd that he had no; received a re-i re-i port from Resident Engineer FlSz-J FlSz-J gerold, who la making an overland trip from lJeovawe to Rattle Mountain with a view' of studying the situation more extensively. Two detoured trains,'-one " capfyln? twelve baggage and express- cars and the other twelve' n ' fourteen passenger passen-ger cars and Pullmans, as well as the ft mall, will leavu for Ihe west via Tortland this afternoon. Trains Coming Via Portland. San FVanclsco, March 3. Following the example of the Salt Lake division. Assistant General Manager Scott of I the Southern Pacific this morning or- dered the four east-bound passenger trains, due io teivo here today, de-lourod de-lourod by way of Portland, Ore., and I thence over the Short Line to a junc-) junc-) Mon with the Union Pacific eastward j of the slides along the Humboldt rlv-. rlv-. or. Ihe Overland Limited and the AHantk Express, oue to leave here today, will be coaiMned as one train, and thr. Kastcrn Express and the fhlna and Japan mail, scheduled to I leave, ihe city, will also be combined j ar.d both sent owr the Shasta route. Trave'i Resumed. With Ihe opening of traffic on the Oregon Shert Line at Nampn. Idaho, late yesterday afternoon, tram-ronM-nrntal Iravel on the Harriman lines was resumed ry the detouring of the I trains by way of Portland. Oregon, nnd the Shasta route of the Southern South-ern Tarlnc Three trains were started start-ed by this route at midnight, and others will leave Ogden this afternoon. after-noon. The detourlnp of trains via Portland war. reluctantly ordered by the Southern Pacific officials because of threatened flood conditions along the Shasta route. Every precaution for safeguarding the only mui" to ihe coast now open Is being taken by the railroad ofilclali.. I Vale, Oregon. Flooded. Yale, Ore.. March 3. Yale Is inundated, inun-dated, end the wr'r of the Malheur river 'n rising at ihe rate of an Inch j and a ha'f an hoi'r. Tho thaw will I increase the rise, and Lite prospecta I arc for a further inundation. It Is re. ported that the railroad bridge across the Malheur Is threatened, and the county bridge, twelve mllea west of here, has cone 0,'- Sidewalk Afloat. Ho-iulam, Ore., March 3. Flood waters wa-ters hyve Invaded thlg town, and in some p.irts of tho town sidewalks are afloat. Little damage has be?u done, however, i Delayed Travelers Arrive. Salt Iake. March 3. All Interruptions Interrup-tions on the- Idaho OlvlMon of ihe Oregon Ore-gon Shrt Line have been overcome nnd tralng nre moving on' schedule, time. Southern Pacific trains for San Francisco are belnc di loured over the Short Line to Portland, Ore., and thence over tho Shasta route to San Frnneleco. Three of thee trains, which left Ogden sinre midnight, passed Shos-hnne, Shos-hnne, Idaho, without difficulty,', and are now probably beyond the point where the recent washouts occurred. Two hundred people who left Sau Francisco last Sa'iirday night arrived here early this morning, after three dojR among the washouu on the Southern Pacific in Nevada They were cMlged to walk three miles across a portion of the crippled track near Cobre, carrying their luggage. (Continued on Page Eight.) The extent of th" flood da ma so 3 us-taljcd us-taljcd by the Southern PaHAc wept of Ogden cannot, be ascertained until Acisunl Superintendent Fitzgerald and party complete an overland jour-Eey jour-Eey begun ld3t nlgbf at Palisade, Nevada, Ne-vada, which Is to extend to Battle Mountain, fifty n:!k's west. This stretch of country along Ihe railroad Is inundated and il.e track absolutely impassable even for a hand car. It is reported UiHt a bridge wilh 120-fool span near Palisade was destroyed de-stroyed Inst nijht. The v. ater has fjllen three feet at Palisade since yesterday, and this is ih eniosf encouraging word to local jallroaj ofiicC3 have received since the beginning of the llcod in the Hum-Iomi Hum-Iomi valley. Gen -ral Manac-T Calvin has moved east irom wbcro ho was marooned nlnce Tuesday, and Is now In charge of a bl? gang of vorkmcn at Loray, where ;.n attempt is belnK made to bridge a J.V'-foot oni-niug in the main line of the Southern Pacific Overland Limited No. 1, west-bound, held at. Wells, Nevada, since Tuesday, Tues-day, lirts ben ordered to proceed to Carlin, from whteh point the passen per who are most, anxious to continue their ijoiirney west may make the overland drive by rtage lo Battle Mountain and he transferred to a train tc be made no at that plare for western Nevada and California points. A new break Vn the ll'ie. occurred a roile vest of Cailln early this morning. morn-ing. The colonist travel Is ariivin- In Ogden, following the sale of colonist llckels at eastern poinis, and 300 of the marooned home-seekers are held here, with as many more on Union Pacific trains due in Ogden this afternoon. after-noon. Trains are being detoured from O;-ten O;-ten via rocaiello and Portland for Paclne coast points. Passengers bn"nd for li'- Angeles and other Souther i California cities art forced to take, iii' (irciiliotis ronie of 2,imi0 mites. Since a careful Investigation of ihe Wdshmits and the extent of ihe damage dam-age done along: Its line in Nevada, the Southern Pacllic nfnclals heve dpclite.i upon the d-Mournicnt of ni ast and westbound trains by w.tv .if Portland. All passenger trains Ihnt nre held west of the war.houL- and thoe- from San lTtnclsco will be sen', to 'Portland. 'Port-land. Passenj-ers on the tiaim Ih-U hae been cangi between the wnsb-nots wnsb-nots will be taken ovcrVnd nptunl the floods and sent on to destination. desti-nation. Train No. , n.p Overland limited train, westbound, which his btcii held up at Weils foi several lavs, proceeded to Carlin. Nevada, today. to-day. Where Breaks Are Worst. The worst trouble on 'lie entlro line still exists between Hitll. Mountain Moun-tain and Palisade. From the litter place, however, encouraging report to the effect that the water ha. 1 receded re-ceded about tlire feet were rcee,-d ai ihe Ogden oWres this niornlns. The h'g wa-shri-if. at Loray, UI2 ni'l, s west ef Ogrep, where the .run pan.. Is constructing a bridge about 175 feet In length ovr a wash ".' fept in i depth. Is still causing trouble, as -the I water continue to come down the ',, hilteiites In torronts, interforini . with the work of the driving of piles. Telegraphic conimunlcutlon wt-sr of j Palisade was destroyed last niglr. but ! it Is expected Ihe line will be repaired before evening. ?.s linemen have bei'n working all night and today to g;t t!,o break repaired. i I Await Fitzgerald's Report. The lorn I railroad officiate ,ro availing with interest the report ir.n ( Ar-siMnnt Superintendent Thomas Fitzgerald, resident engineer of the road, who left Palisade last nkht on :n overland trip tt little Mountain. The bc-pe l entertaiued that. wit;i the report of Mr. Fitzgerald, the officials will be abte to determine the amount of damnge done and the hngfi of time it will require to repair the damage. dam-age. About S o'clock last night 100 pas-srppers pas-srppers who have been on the road between Ot-tten and San Fruncisro itince last Saturday night, nrrivi-d in 0;dcu after a number of experiences i.- Ji taking an overland trip aioui..l the ! washouts. The first washout wa.i eu-I eu-I i countered near Wlnncmucca. a.d tho v. passengers were held at Wlnnon.ucca nnttl Sunday night, when tie- train began rreeplng cautiously nl-ing tc i Palisade, where jt was held for about , eighteen hour?, and then proceeded Io , Ccrlln. Tuesday nfternoort the train was sent on to Cobre. Wwlncada; ' morning the passengers were con- vcyey to the Loray wasbou; ar.il ... transferred by wagon road for about three miles, where they boarded a train which brought them to Ogden lat night. , j Passengers Well Treated. The passengers on the bebited train i are -unanimous In their prals'.- of tin railroad oiflclala all along the Salt Lake division throngh the flxded dia- trlrta. They state tbat everything . pof-ibte was done for the comfort of the ,iasencer. They said Iha: while , did not have any elatoratt 1 mi.l the vr.rX at th" we.rrt roln:; "log lh I'ijc Old col prcrt-hici fnr M'j;! i.( adrri' lb" rsaz- ot fain, tTilsr'ut. At cr)f point, vb&l ran a f,,.,r f. t ruh'rt muM be suo. ri.tni'-i iv :i pvt r". Floods " l3ho. B'l'-c. Mahv, Mirh 2 The va!W of Idaho, fr--m liu headwater of V SpiV " river lo fhnrerorj line, rod ff ni tbe nyhe.t o ih M'lckn CV.nxr r" Al-n' rM.-ortct, re bdnz nwcpr todsy hy ib rrvor dls urrru floods in the history nf " "a'"- All tributaries of th" Soak" are torrents and the rlror lulf Is higher thin : rrr before. I Fear I riprewed fr lh" saf-ty nf the large Irrigation dam at MlnWoVv All railroad traffic Is at a standr'IM find the passengers of si transcontinental transcontin-ental trains r marooned at various polnt3 alonj th" Oregon Snort Line. Jjrgc trrtionn of track ha hen washed out nd it niay b several days before trains can ho iuoed. Meanwhile Pd" snd otber cities of western Idaho will bo deprived of mail "i v Ice, Two laborer were drowned at King Hill list nlcht wMl" attempting to nave .1 su.-pcrr.ion bridge over th" Fnak". river. 1 Tli"' sl'u.it Inn :it Caldwell, and Nam-pa Nam-pa rod.iy In much Improved, tho wat. rrs of lodlin creek having receded. Jlcno'er, both towns are left n a sorry plight. The greatest damage In Southern Idaho hn been to Irrigation works, and rspe'lally those under course of construction. San Francisco.. Mnr.. 2 The Southern South-ern P;efle Overland limited and tbo regular overland passenger train on thf- San Fr8itclfCo)Kden route weie i'n touted tenlEht by wa of Portland ;md fver Ihe Oregon Short Line throuch (iKdcn to t'hlrns.i. It was Mated ;it division hendquirters of the Southern Pacific here, that It will h-five h-five days before the road 'will tc clour to iiennu jiascacc of trains ocr the central route. Omaha. Neb. March 2. I'nlon Pacific Pa-cific officials hero today declared an Injustice ha J l.cfn done the'r road In dispatches sent out from Salt IjJko, giving the Impression that only the t):-nver & RIo Grand" railroad Is running trains Into Osden regularly. Traffic on the I'nlon Pacific has no, hren Impeded d'iring the present season sea-son of flood.i and avalanches, they say. TRAINS DEOURED, FLOODS CONTINUE (Continued from rsge One.) Hundreds of paKscngrrs and slxly menibcrs of the While Sox baseball party who received an announcement early last night that they would be marooned in Ogdn for several days were caupht unawares a few hours late:- when It was decided that Southern South-ern Pacific passenger trains would b" re routed over the Oregon Short Lln" via. Poithind. Reports Indicating that the fiuthcrn Pacific disaster was the moat complete in the history of lh" road led the While Sox lo establish es-tablish training quarters here. They, with hundreds of passengers from other trains hid scattered about the city when it was announced that the Oregon Short Line was open ' for iravcl. Trains Depart. A combination spinal carrying de-: de-: laved mall and coaches Wt for the west, over Ihe northern rout-", nf midnight. mid-night. Ten mlnuir-s later lh" Whit", Sn spec iil departed with President I Charles A. Cotnlskey confident that' he would be able to open th" ::"hed-nle ::"hed-nle of p.Miies at San Franci.-M-o Saturday. Satur-day. At 12;2u this morning the Ov-' erland I .'.tailed was sent c;x. OfTirii'ls I cocbl ray nothing regarding the condition con-dition of the trjrks In Idifco although ! they believed fiord damn,"" on lh" Oregon Phert l ine would not pre-I pre-I vent the movement of trains, Elko ;? S?'e. It v as reported that Elko, Nevada, was lu danger of severe llood but a dhpotrh r'-ceived by The Examiner late icsr. nlsht from tha1 pi ice, says: "An 're gorge In Mary'o river broke late yesterday afternoon and flooded Dce-'h, forty miles i-st of here At inblri-.-r.t alarming messvea were re reived at Elko hut Inter reports say there is lo danger of the town lerg fevere-ly lloode.d. Evrythlne tonight is quiet. Streets are covered with ; water." Hundreds c'f passengers brought from the east yesterday spent the day at Ogdcn, m isi of thorn en sicht-y.-eing trips. Many wer" at l"r.il theatres when the sudden announcement announce-ment lhat irnins vr-io to he re-routed was made last night. A few missed connections and others, compelled to rer.taln over until the Southern Pacific Pa-cific line Is opened swells the transient tran-sient lopulatlon of the city to a large extent Oqden and Salt Lake people returning return-ing from California where tbey went as members of Ihe Elk's excursion we-e (-.dablcd to rnch heitne by trans I ferrlng freni one train to another and ; walking it hort dlstanr.? across the liortlon of war b.cd-oui track. Many, however, have been compelled Cj tl-main tl-main tfcerc. Trams Brought Back. Southern Pacific train No. f, carry-inc carry-inc tons of mall which left Tuesday for th" west was relnrtn-d from Nevada. Nev-ada. Other passenger trains which wer" r-' nt out from her" were brought back o Ogden where itt the Cnlon Depot heel passengers are being ac- omri"i!aicd. The Union ln i.V conMnues to op-era.-" trainu from aad to lh" ray end each aimal swelK ;h" number of Marooned vi e i-l.m-.nd passengers. Trains in dsho. Poise. Idaho, Mar., 2,-Tiains are moving over the Oregon Sbort Lla-tonight Lla-tonight after a tie up of nearly M 1 ours. Siipt. S'epl'.e-tison of til'.' ldahi dUI;b n wired Ir. .in Mo'mta.n Hem ihlt. evening that the caitbound tra'ns .ho-jKI bcKin to rrrlve rl Nampa.abo.it : 1 p. m. nnd west-b.,uml west-b.,uml tr?inc about 11 Th" vest, bound 'tinln have bi en fta'Ied a". Gb no's Ferry. The first tr;;ln out of Boiso for two days that had prospects of m-.kin:; cr nnections with through eat and l i the. cost left at 9 o'clock tonight. Pa&sengers Tied Up. A ipecial to the Statesman troiu Glenn's Ferry, where :J J westbouud passengers are held rays thcie Is r.o indication lhat trafTic ill be resumed with'n the r,xt 2t hours. A in,.i who wa'.'ed t'roru Mruntain Homo |