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Show DAMAGED BY FLOODS Disastrous Results of Slorm to Ranch- cs Atons Salt Lake Route. . Some Valuable Rtnchc3 Completely 1 . Destroyed nnd Settlers Will llavo to Move. 1 (Special to Tho Tribune ) Calionto, Nov., April G. Tho ro-sults ro-sults of tbo recon t washout along tho lino of tbo Salt Lnkj Itouto aro un-prooodoutod un-prooodoutod and almost boyond belief. Tlio Trlbuno correspondent has boon down tho road on foot, on hand oars and on horsoback during tbo past wook, nnd tho rosUlts of tbo grout Hood of wntoni swooping down tho Moadow vnlloy wash aro torriblo, and in ninny cases pathotio, In thoir losses to poor rnnohors along its line. Beginning at a point throo miles oast of Cnllonto, tbo farm of Isaao Uarton, n resident of bis farm for ovor thirty years, is abdolutoly burled bononth a mass of suud, gravol und rocks, and tbo unfortuuato owner will bo forced a abandon tho work of nearly two score yonrs and Book, In his old ago, aomo othor Hold of omploymout. RANCH IS SAND WASTE. Woat of and adjoining Calionto tho flno ranch of Janios Ryan is almost r. oomploto waste of Band, mud and gravol, whilo two mllos furthor down tho wash tho woll oultivatod farm of Josopb Gonwny, ono of tho oldest Bottlors in tbo vnllor, is about half uudor tbioo to four feet of sand and grnvol, ono flvoaoro moadow and gardon boiug covored to a depth of four to flvo foot with gravoland rockp, and ono spring totally lost. MUST GIVE UP HOME. Adjoining tho Couwny farm, tho Pippin farm, by tbo brooking of n dyko, Is about wusbod away, and tho owners fear they will bavo to glvo up. thoir old bomo and seek a now 'ono wboro wash-outs do not occur to ruin tho labor of yours iu a night. Still down tho wash tho farms of Dula, Cook nud othors nro . noarly, if not eutlroly, wreckod and total losses. POWER PLANT SERIOUSLY INJURED. Tho mngrtHloont powelplaut of tbo Bamborgor-Dolam'ar company, costing thousands of dollars, was sorlously Injurod, tho onglno-houso having boon undermined in spito of its concrete con-crete foundations, and half of tbo building ruinod, stopping tbo giaul onglnos which supply wator and power and electric lights to tho camp at Dolamar and its grout mines, and throwing hundreds of mou out of omploymout and -'throwing tho town nnd mines into uttor dnrknoss for sovoral days.' By .tbo most strenuous endeavor Superintendent Swlndlor bos now gotten ono of tho two big onglnos working, and hopes to repair tbo damages within tbo uo.xt ton days. PRESENT DILAPIDATED APPEARANCE. APPEAR-ANCE. Tho tracks along tho lino from Calionto to tbo town of Moapa, oovoring n dlstanco of sovonty-llvo milos, present a dilapidated appour-nnoo, appour-nnoo, hundreds of feet huving boon undorminod, nnd long strotohos of track banging togothor only by tbo rails, great orovassos forraod by tho rush of watois underneath tho track yawning beneath and threntonlng to engulf tbo ontiro lino. MEN CHOP WOOD FOR MEALS. Hundreds of mon bavo beon thrown out of employment nnd all along tho lino thoy may bo soon biking from town to town looking for omploymout, bogging for work nt any prioo, chop ping wood at farms for a meal or bod, and finding each town as thoy roach it, a littlo worso than tho preceding ono. Fnrm teams aro unablo to bring in produoo nnd tboro is n grain, pro-duco pro-duco nnd potato famine all along tho lino. FORAGE AND FOOD ARE HIGH. Hay at Calionto, usually obtainable nt 912 ppr ton, has jumped to 820, whilo potatoes aro unobtainable at any price. Anxlbus citizens nro oagorly awaiting tho arrival of tho dolayod mails, whilo merchants nro running short of all olasoos of supplies. sup-plies. MAILS ARE DELAYED. Tboro Booms tohnvo boouuoulpnblo doluy In tho transmission of mails, for eooros of ranchers nud cow punchers huvo volutoorod to rido tho lino with local rnnil, but hnvo mot with no onoourngomont nt tho hands of tho Government. It Is now ro-portod ro-portod that, tho first Eastoru rnnil for ton days will roaoh Minto, a point eleven miles east of Oaliehte, tonight, nnd bo convoyed from tbbt point to Calionto by teams and pu,bb oars, and ongor crowds hang around tbo depot and postolllco anxiously awaiting tidings confirming this ropor. NO TRAINS FOR ANOTHER MONTH. Tho results of tho 'washout will probably bo worso folt botwoou M' dona nud Monpa than nt any points along tho systom, nnd tho roport reaching town todny that tho lino could not possibly .bo ropnircd bo U that trnius can pass ovor tho lino from Los Augolos Insldo of thirty days has cast a goueral gloom over tbo ontiro region tributary to this camp. CAMP IS DEAD ONE. Tbo camp is absolutely dead, no work, great scarcity of money nud I almost no local business Bavo that which comes in from Piooho and Dolamar. |