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Show WASHOUTS TIE IIP SALT LAKE ROUTE II Floods in Utah. Nevada and ISm I Southern California Cause mk H Heavy Damage. j H WESTBOUND TRAINS ARE i I RUNNING ONLY TO ACOMA jSl , California Passengers and the II II H Los Angeles Limited Sent I f! H Over Southern Pacific. S H There was no change in th flood situ- ,l ation on the Salt Lake Route on Sunday. MW x iH The washout which occurred below Lund fflil R il was repnlred, iyithe one at Minte. Mp ;j where 1000 eet ofTTie roadbed and . two Mv 1 bridges were washed away, had not been P if reconstructed. A large gang of mn is M $ 1 at work and material is being nish'cd lo Mi IH the scene. iffd ' . Mlnlo. where thc washout occurred. Is ;Si j situated at the mouth of Sawmill canyon. 'i ' which pours its waters-Into the Meadow M Valley wash. There are a number ot ' smaller canyons .which drain the waters ffi (' Into Sawmill canyon and the volume of Wt ; lM water which pours from this latter Into 'If'?. ' '1 the wash is enormous. It comes like a il .' 'M shot from a gun. I j' jH lu Meadow Valley Wash. " t 'H drTi'n" 'ca.llow. Val,cy ?v;,sh or canyon (f drains a country covering al least iou J, ri W'lV:' t"' Tno nvon extends from P ! ' MInto to Moapa. a distance of 100 miles. tf- fl ;H and at Moapn he wash empties into tho m V H Muddy river and the -waters are carried tig1! tH into thc virgin and thence Into the Colo- ri& M 1 rado river. IB. (.J, yM fw"hn Rot?s 1 reached, a station about M twenty miles this side of Moap.i. the M H canyon widens out. but so great in lho IP 'if' ilH volume of water that new channels arc IIRH 'W IH cut. There has been a great df-al of rip- M H rapping done there and the officials fire ( J j I H comldent that this part of the road has not b"en damaged, although no advices lh W )H have ncen received, owing to all the wires 4 ' iH being down. rA t ! 1 H Where Real Gorge Is. ;!p ( H The real gorce in the wnsh is between Plk''H? 'H Calionte and Elsin. through Bainbow and Si P i'H other canyons, a distance -of twentv-one t !r H miles, and It Is here thai the waters did Ml''1 rlH so much damage two years ago and whero iiJ ' H It is feared damage ha8 been done-in 'I the present flood. The. fact that all wire. . If.!' I. M communication with Callente and points fp- !) beyond has been cut off would indicate Pi that more or less damago had been dona H.V !'! M H by the flo6d. lip. , ! Men have been sent over this portion InVitf 'H of the road on go-devil?, small gaso- ( (IH line motors, and they win report condi- HI 1 H lions today. A gang of men is at work In an endeavor to restore telegraphic ll) ( H communication so that the wijnt-'of tlii fi ' damagf;, If. any, may .be IcifrniidModay, 4 til Monday. iMl v '9 General Manasor Welln Arrives fjfH- ill General Manager Wells, who was at M 31 i I 1 H the scene of the Mimo washout re- II ll ll M H turned to Salt Lake, arriving here at d S W , 10-.3H Sunday night All the trains tied H 11 U IH up by thc wnshout also returned to Salt j lit 1 '(H Lake on Sunday, and a train consisting Mw j H or three standard Pullmans, two tourists. MS' I' 'H on.! coach, an observation car, a diner lit?1! 'rH and a dynamo car. was made up hero. PJ I JH and the California passengers, as also t 1 H tliose who came in on the-" L,os Angeles v 1 ' 'r H Limited. Saturday evening, were sent-on til'js. 1 H this train over the Short L.ine and 1k& i . (H Southern Pacific lo their destination, HP' ' ' ' H All papsengors destined for California 1 fj i.-'4 1 ! over the Sail Lake Route anil who come 1! H over the Klo Grande, will be taken to "Ifwlk I H Ogdon. and will be' sent over tho South- Ml" r cru Pacllic. District Passenger Agent fl-a. I ;-H Kerr is in Ogtlen looking after thc wants tlifi 'H if pabseugcra and aiding Ihcm in evcrv v '' ', H wa- Nki'i 'h H Tho Los Angeles Limited, due liera llftf' b ' Sunday evening at S.-13 o'clock, did not fjf.T'iM rH arrive. It being sent west over the 1buiI' M Southern Pacitlc. Salt Lake paasengei-s H being brought from Ogden over a stub lit" V iJ v ' H train made up at Ogden. jj In On Los Angeles Division. Hi -IT I On tho Los Angeles division there Is (Lll iM trouble at Cajon pass and at Otis. Tills 111 '. ;i latter place is at the west end of Aftott t jitr-j canyon, which canyon drains thi coun- fl a 'n' try from' CImn, the lush point helween rj Las Vegas and Otis. In Cujou pass, on T $-11 tho joint track, there Is a landslide, and IrS'i'lr advices from .Los Angeles aro to the ef- M HjIIi feet that il will be two days before that P portion of the road is. repaired. it '.il W In view of the fact that It was im- !J Ti;,i possible to reach Las Vegas by wire via (1 5 jlj Goldfleld and Tonopah. lt.appoara ' H u ' that the road from Tonopah to3Las Vo- , jj M 1 gas was also in trouble. as-Jaek of wire H '. S j communication may meafr . that t.U H fl:,;t washouts have occunod 011 that lino. hi ; ' ) Salt Lake Route ol'licials here are ad- III 'il i ' vised that southern California is badly W ,) 'J Hooded. Thc company is doing all In Its i! M'i i ' power to restore communication on both ii -'( tiv i' tho Salt Lake and Los Angeles dlvisons. W WtjiJ u and it Is oxpcctoil that this will be ac- H i compllsJiod within a couple of days. j Mp 1 1 Trains bound west go only as far as f!flC'rJ ' Acoma and no tickets aro being Hold to t!I tfjli1! 1. points beyond that place. 15 fl!' |