Show WATERS IT OF LAKE CUTOFf GUTOn y Costly Structure on Southern Pacific Damaged i r r- r b by Y W Waves aves t ALL A L TRAINS ARE DELAYED r Bre Breakwater kwater of Logs to Be Built in Effort to Protect Pro Pro- I Tracks J L. L l Republican Special Service h s- s During the past pnat tour four hours all trains from tho thoon on th Southern Pacific have hye I IDO DO delayed from four to sixteen hous br b track tr ck condition at the ett f ern Approaches to tho cutoff and from Irom Rambo station to t tOr tory Point All Tu Tuesday day afternoon i. i a R. greater part o of the tho night Y hOl winds over ov r the great t lake lashed the tho te m waters into fury tury and waves rolled mountain high The Tho storm c came me mer r lh fhe north and volumes o of I I Water rolled er the tho double track be between be- be tween t Promontory Point and Lakeside r oi and amt washed out aut fillings In spots on an the north track Th The new track on the I south Muth side Is laid Jail upon a heavy foundation tion or f rocks and this Is now no used c. c ex exclusively for both freight ht and pas paE- J enger traffic Jt It Is safe ear b but t all trains I proceed over or It at a n. slow rate of or speed In In order to avoid accidents U that might result from the weakening of or j the roadbed b by tho continuous washing wash wash- ing of or tho waves t o Fol o t A large force of ot men aro kept at work repairing the north track trac and 0 weather conditions permitting this will n again ln bo read ready for lor heavy 1 within a a. few ew days at nt most Discussing the tho troubles at the tho lake lale a posted well official connected with the engineer ing department of or the Harriman SS tern said ld About the only solution of or this lak laiu trouble Is the building of or a n break break- water break that will effectually protect pro pro- teet the tracks trackS' It will be an sl Q piece picco of or engineering work an and will occupy a a. long Hmo In construe lion But In the lon long run it will b ho cheaper and and will wUl top stop this all to come r recurring trouble for er everything po possible will be bet t tried before betor this big blk and costly worl 1 is determined upon It Is now proposed proposed pro pro- I posed to try mother another experiment A Ai i string strIng- of or hu huge c logs will bo anchored 5 i J t fh TIn rd Of or tho double track k y at t W nil points i ts where i cra waves as mal make o I serious Inroads on tho filling Ix Los s Anchored Jo to Uok 1 I The rho logs log hold b by heavy cables at attached at- at to mammoth rocks al tho bottom bot bot- tom of or tho lake wIn will float on the tho sur- sur rn o and ard It Is urged urs-cd b by c ii 1 i ln rs will break tho force or at tho C before UtO thoy reach tn s tracks s. It 1 l lQ Q t the force cc ot th WC in ln- ln 1 1 Juros B the ron road bed betI but tho auction J. which follows the tho Raves a j thc they roll on that cuts cuis out tho and ruins the tho stability of or tho track The now Idea oms plausible and will be tried at once a Tin e experiment an and the result will be watched with keen leen Interest by railroad men as v well ell as the f. f general public Superintendent Manson on returned last nl ht from a a. trip of Inspection to the tho scene em o of the trouble and white while admitting ad ad- that considerable damn o rc- rc gutted from the storm and hi hith h waters asserts that everything is safe nm and that trains will continuo continue to move that district with regularity t. t over ocr I |