Show i fj lr L f f BLOCKADE IN LOS ANGELES i H All Three of the Transcontinental t l j Lines in In Bad Shape ShapeS S 5 Los Angeles Cal Cat March 21 IFor For the 1 I Tj F i f 4 S first time in ten tt n years all rail r l communication communication f 1 cation from and the north northis i i t is severed today too II as a result of the flood 1 and nd consequent washouts and landslides r I S k fI The general railroad situation is dims disastrous t I 1 fi j t trous trona in the extreme All three trans tran transcontinental I l j continental lines are affected Southern i 1 i I Pacific Salt Lake and Santa Fe Fethe the lat latter 11 j ter however suffering the least The 1 1 1 I 1 f I Southern Pacific coast line Is blocked by bya byI b bJ I J A i t a big caseIn at Santa tunnel north of San Luis Obispo and traffic will willbe willbe willbe be suspended many days The valley aUe line is closed by a slide at San Fernando tun tunnel nel nd and no trains can pass Dass for several days In addition slides have occurred at tunnel Xo No o 17 and at The Santa Fe and Southern Pacific eastern lines are open for traffic unimpeded The i of or passengers and freight tic fie to the north Is the worst The move moe movement ment of or malls is also badly badt interfered with The Santa Fe is transferring pas passengers passengers engers to boats at Stockton and expects to maintain traffic between there and ana San Francisco by that means The Salt Lake line Jine is in worse shape than ever eer For weeks all through traffic Ira lie fie on the Clark road has been suspended suspend owing to the destruction of or eighty eight miles of roadbed in ill the Meadow Valley can canyon on in Hundreds of oC men have been working incessantly in an effort to bridge the gap gal Yesterday notice was received that rain ruin is again falling tailing there and that there will be no hope of oC repairing the theline th theline line for through traffic by b April 1 The Thead Theod load od ad cannot be restored d in ill months The damage In Meadow Valley Valle canyon canon has Ita it itis ItIs t is stated already exceeded The management of ot the road is reported to be considering the milking making of ot a new survey Iune Mild awl an entire abandonment of or the damaged Portion |