Show aw i MONTELLO waterworks WATER WORKS IS DAMAGED BY FLOOD torrent of water poured down along the ditch railroad suffers the loss n from fridays standard the storm that has been general over the state during the past three days did considerable damage to the new waterworks water works system that the corey bros construction company is building at montello for the southern pacific railroad company friday a clou louret to the north of montello struck the head of the new waterworks water works followed the course of the ditch for a alla washing out the work for that distance alter the flood of water had passed the pipe that had been laid in the ditch could be seen strewn along the ground for the entire distance traversed by the torrent while the ditch itself was filled with water the new waterworks water works system was practically completed all that remained to be done being the filling of the ditch now the work will have to be done over again for a distance ot about a mile and a quarter fortunately the pipe is of wood and not of clay or it probably would have been necessary to order new pipe but it Is believed that the pipe that was in the ditch can be used again as apparently no damage has been done to it one of the railroad said that it was a fortunate thing that the water was not in the new waterworks water works as had that been the case the trains could not have watered there would have been a serious matter the loss owing to the destruction of a part of the water system will not fall on the corey bros construction company as it was working under the railroad engineers and their contract was tor a certain amount a mile tor the work |