Ogden Sun | 1905-08-01 | Page 2 | Southern Pacific is Threatened

SOUTHERN PACIFIC IS threatened waters of salton sea are slowly rising and tracks are in dangerous position los angeles calif july 27 with the waters 0 the salton sea risen two inches in the past twenty tour hours the threatened southern railway tracks at salton are in an increasingly dangerous position inch by inch the level of the flood waters la rising lapping the ties 0 the main line and occasionally rippling over the tracks every available man Is being pushed forward to complete the run around the track in time to prevent the delay of trains should the present main line be rendered inoperative by the steadily rising waters whether this work can be accomplished in time the management of the southern pacific frankly declares itself unable to say the work on the temporary track Is progressing rapidly but at the same time the water is rising without a halt should a high wind set in now from off the inland sea the waves would be completely over the rails and the track would become impassably