Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-04-01 | Page 22 | Lucin Cut-off is Being Used Again

I lUGIN LUCIN CUTOFF IS BEING a USED AGAIN ti Railroad Men Demonstrate Ability to Cope With Un forseen Circumstances 1 as caused his soldiers to whip the H 1 Now that traffic t on the Lu cutoff has resumed re Umed traffic man managers man imm managers agers of ot the Oregon Short Line and the Western Pacific railroads are Inclined In to think that the Great la Salt Lake should be whipped for the storm of last Monday morning which washed out miles of Track and anil Impeded traffic for days Traffic ic over the cutoff was wag resumed at 11 o clock yesterday esterday and trains which have tave been ben detoured by the tho old route are arc arenow arenow now running across the lake The Western Pacific which suffered as asa asa asa a result of the storm will have nave its roadbed repaired by Satur Saturday Saturday day When the Western Pacific built its tracks the management figured on the basis of high water marks of the lake for twenty years The fact that the Great Halt Lake is on the rampage makes the situation sit it so far as the Western Vestern Pacific is concerned con decidedly Interesting The Tho ability of af railroad companies to cope with the most drastic situations under the most circumstances is exemplified n D tho manner in which the O 0 S L and the Western Vestern Pacific have repaired the ravages 1 of the recent violent storms Modern machinery and large forces of af mon men day and night remedied the damage and in a remarkably remarkably short time the cutoff was repaired re red It Ie was stated yesterday that the loss was not nat as great as at first supposed The work of strengthening the fills across the lake will be bP pushed with all possible vigor as aswell aswell well as raising the track on an the west end At the tile offices of the Western Pacific It was wall stated yesterday that the damage done to the roadbed by the storm of at early ear Sunday morning will rapidly be repaired and triffie conditions will be normal by b Saturday Naturally the washout has caused con considerable considerable considerable congestion In the matter of at freight traffic but the passenger business has been well In hand with only the de delay delay delay lay caused by detouring deta lIng trains