Show GREAT SALT SAL LAKE DAMAGES Terrific Storm Creates Im Immense Immense Immense mense Waves Disastrous to the Big Trestle SALTAIR REPAIRS STARTED RESORT TO BE IN SHAPE FOR FOl FORTHE FORTHE THE REGULAR EVENTS t H 4 H 4 4 MM H 4 the Lucin cutoff and the 4 4 town of oC Layton were the worst suf In Saturday nights storm 4 f The Tho damage daae to the cutoff will f 4 4 compel the detouring of trains overn over 4 the old route until repairs are made At Layton Lyon a number of ot stores store and f the bank were seriously damaged by bythe f t the wind which almost reached the H 4 proportions of a cyclone there thereAt H 4 At Saltair the loss to the pier bath bathhouses bathhouses bathhouses houses and boats Is estimated at ata f f about bout a Repairs are being bing made f to the railroad track so there ther will wil be beno f 4 no Interference with tho the usual amuse 4 i 4 meats ments at that resort except for a day 4 f or two 4 i M M O 4 M M 14 M M 4 M M i Special to The Ogden April Apri 3 According to estimates made by Superintendent E A A Manson to today today today day the damage to the Lucin cutoff by b this mornings wind storm on the lake lakeI I will wi necessitate the th detouring detouring of at trains tans 1 via the old Central Cental Pacific line around aroun the lake lae for tor several severa days It I is expected the first trains will be sent over the cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off Tuesday afternoon The damage was wa confined chiefly to tin the te fill ff on the west end of the lake where when the heavy waves tore tor out portions of at the tin rock and gravel grave roadbed The trestle while weakened was wa not put out of com coin commission commissIon mission and work trains were able to t pass pan passover passover over the dangerous points today on their mission of repair At present every avail available available able man and every work train is on the thc cutoff and the great task of ot fitting flUng the thc weakened track for transcontinental traffic traffic fic fin is being pushed night and day dy Superintendent Manson left lef for at 2 this morning and after view viewing viewing viewing ing the damage and directing the work of oC 01 repair returned to Ogden this afternoon With Wih several other officials and engineers engineer of the Southern Pacific he again went to tc the scene this evening and will remain reman on the lake for several days Damage at Saltair Saltair weathered its is worst storm Sat Saturday Saturday Saturday night night The main pavilion met the rush of waves running high In the air without a quiver But surrounding build buildings buildings ings Ing including the big bathhouse pier i suffered severely Carpenters employed at Saltair estimated yesterday that the dam damage dm damage age will exceed However the i management of at Saltair does not regard the loss as being exceptionally severe seere as the principal material damage was to the big bathhouse pier which it I had bad planned to abolish All Al available laborers and section hands in the employ of ot the Salt Sal Lake Los Angeles railway were rushed rushe to Saltair early yesterday morning to repair the eary washout of the railroad bed bd close to the resort resulting from Saturday cose nights storm stor rort Repairs Repair will be completed by Tuesday night or early Wednesday morn morning morning morning ing Everything will wi be in readiness for forthe forthe forthe the annual concert and ball bali bal of the Z C CM CI Cl M I l I I which takes place at Saltair Wed Wednesday Wednesday night night nelay While the main pier supporting n 3 completely demolished bathhouses was the pavilion suffered but slightly from the storm Timbers from the th pier that were washed under the pavilion did most I damage Tossed like shavings on the seething water they were thrust against the underpinning of ot the pavilion ripping the floor out of oC the theatre The main slain foor pavilion however Is built buit so sol sot solidly solidly idly that It i can withstand the th fiercest storm That of last night was the se so severest severest verest In the memory of oC the management of at f Saltair and damage wrought was the swat most mot extensive in the history of at the tho amusement resort resort In addition to the main pavilion the Hippodrome additon the Cafe Cae and similar well constructed sections of ot Saltair were un uninjured unInjured injured The photograph gallery suffered be rendered so severely however as to b unsafe s The Roller Coaster was also bad badly badly bady ly y damaged and underpinning of amuse amusement amusement ment nent places place of frailer frier construction will wi complete reconstruction have jave to undergo Here Etere and there lumber has been ripped from fro rem the main buildings but such dam damage damage age ige can be repaired at trifling cost cost The loss of the main bathhouse pier entailed very extensive material loss Plans lans however ver wore were vr under way to abol abolish abl ish sh the big pier which had almost been rendered valueless by the steady rise rile of ot the he water Shortly prior to the storm carpenters had been engaged engage to move the bathhouses that it supported close to the ladles adios and and childrens bathhouses where bathers would be given an opportunity to 0 enter more shallow water Though they hey feel fel the loss of at the pier and bath bathhouses houses louses the management of ot Saltair was of f the attitude yesterday that they could better cetter afford to lose los it than any other attraction Not Wholly Unpropitious J 3 E Langford jr of the Saltair company company stated yesterday that the storm term had come at a time when plans were vera under way for certain certin extensive Improvements for the approaching sea seaK 81 K ku n and that it I could not have come comet at d t a better batter beter time There will wm be more than ban ample time for the crew of car carpenters carpenters penters enters that have been employed to tomake tomake make cake repairs and changos thang cang 10 o complete heir t work before the opening of the tourist season seaon They will wUI begin the of ot new bath ham houses house by bythe byice the tle ice middle of the month nad md nd not later ti iii the first of May Mr Langford explained yesterday that hat Saltair will wi this year be at Its is very ery best boat and that the tho varied amuse amusement amusement ment divisions will be entirely taken up IP the pavilion in a solid sold lOck The management has also se so secured secured cured new bathing suits all al of at will wi be bo put into service entirely abolishing the old ones J E K Lang Langford ford rd and Nelson at the head of f the Saltair company are now in Chicago arranging for the very ver latest of C novel amusements They The are ex ox expected expected to return to Salt Sal Lake during the ie latter later part of this week when they wl will lii take personal charge of ot the tho be beginning bel l Inning ginning all Ir of ot summer ummer activities at Salt SaltI From early earb morning until late at atI I freight cars night Ight yesterday gondola that were wore engaged from the Oregon I Short Line and the Denver Rio Hio Grande Lne dumped hundreds of yards of sand and gravel into the big gulf gul in inthe inthe Inthe the railroad bed at Saltair At night It was estimated by engineers in I charge harge I of the work that the repair of oC the damaged road bed had been about completed The work will willbe wi willbe be continued today with wih an Increased force of men and It is probable that the tho filling In will be continued all al Mon lon Monday Monday day dd night and Tuesday To prevent further danger of the tie roadbed being washed out In a storm it was yesterday decided to construct rail railroad railroad a content cement breakwater close to the rai which the road tracks on n the side from lake has an nn almost uninterrupted sweep There will wUl also alo be general im improvement improvement provement Tere on the railroad bed nearest Saltair for or a distance of several hun hundred hun dred yards ards In which precautions are areto areto areto to be taken against future storms storma Wrecks Stores Layton Laton suffered perhaps more than tan any a other town in the state The wind racing racin along at the rate of oC a cyclone pushed tle and windows in tore tor roofs from buildings played havoc for lor the few moments moment it was wasat wa waat wasat at its height The cyclonic gale lasted for gle only Is about height fifteen minutes but during that period damage amounting to t more than was dag done the town was wa thrown Into int 0 Davis county darkness with others of ot and It was wih feared that the wind would leare carry off the very houses in which the th residents cary sought shelter All of the windows of the Layton bank l roof blown off the blown In the was t were grocery store of ot Arthur Ellis Els the roof rf of was blown from the branch office the office at the Haywood Hayo lumber yard was blown to pieces and the th lumber In the yards was picked up by bythe bythe bythe the gale and scattered for rods rs In all al di directions dI gle taking more than half hal the t lum lam lumber her ber from the stacks and scattering it about br the neighboring country Telephone communication was destroyed to Layton during the night and alt all al of yesterday Lyton but it I will wi be back bak in commis commission sion zion today toda While hilo a dance was being held at Lay Layton La Laton Layton ton the lights went out and the wind blew at such a tierce fierce rate rte that the dancers has hastened toned suc to leave Cere for their homes Several parties tene went to Layton Laton from Kaysville I but partes on the return there were no lights light and one of the buggies went into Irto a hole I in the road upsetting the buggy bugg and an In Injuring Injuring juring lurIng Charles Chales Owen Hs His head was w badly bruised but his condition condlon is not believed to be serious The b damage through Davis D vis county will wi reach far Into the thousands In the th out outlying outlying outLying lying districts homes were damaged barns wrought blown down and other dag damage |