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Show !N0' TRAINS ON SOUTHERN PACIffC ' Flocd Cuts An Opening in the Track at Loray 150 Feet Lcnj and 75 Feet Deep Large Gang Constructing a - Temporary Bridge Washouts in the Humboldt Valley. I I town Inhabited hy the poorer class i.i entirely vnder v.atfr. Trains at Battle Mountain. lnr. Xev., Feb. For a dis tance of one rcile the Southern Pacific Pa-cific railroad track nar Rattle Mountain. Moun-tain. Nevada, has been washed away by tho sudden rising cf the Rpr river. Trains 1, 2. 5. and 10 are tied tip at Battle Mountain for an In deSnit period, and the population of that little town has been suddenly Increased In-creased ly ovr 1. .''. people. Salt li:e City, rtah. Fh. 2R. -Hut one railroad in malntaln'ns uninterrupted uninter-rupted xerviro. out of Salt Like City lonJcbt; th Oregon Short l,ln. operating op-erating to Imtte and Hunting. Ore., has no! been affected by tne floods. bllz7.arla and , landslides which have fhattered so many train schedules. A blizzard In Wyoming has disorganized disorgan-ized traffic on tho Union Pacific, and the Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Pa-cific near Wlnnemucca are tied up so effectually that travel east and west is at a standstill. I Rio Grande trains are Indefinitely delayed by a landslide at New Castle. Cas-tle. Colo. The special of the Chicago American league ball team Is among I thoe held back. The White Sox I were due here at 2 p. m. They will 1 be fort-jnato If they reach tills city by morning. I Tralnc'Soon to Move. f Late thin afternoon the Southern Pacific company officio In Ogden announced that they would begin moving trains west from Ogden at ! about l! p. in. The trains from th-i ' wiMt, they announce, would bfgln arriving ar-riving In Ogden early lomrrow morn-" morn-" Ing. The flood rituiHon on the Southern Paclfl. west of Ou.ien remains uu-changed. uu-changed. There Is lit t lo likelihood the traine will be resumed within :he next twrnty-four hours. The greatest damagH is at Loray, 120 miles west. I of Osden, where 150 feet of the road-lcd road-lcd Is wahl away and a waterway 73 feet deep formed. The compiny has a large forco of men building a bridge ocr the rhasm. At Phltle Mountain, Wlnueniucca npd Cntiln, Nead, washouts hae occurred, wbicb are taxing Ihe ca-parj.'y ca-parj.'y of tbe compan's construction forces. The White Sox special train, en route from Chicago to San Francisco, arrived In Ogden at 1 a. m. and Is held Indefinitely, and cannot get out of here before midnight at tho earliest. Never before, in the railroad history his-tory of America, has Iranscontinental trafllc b.fn so completely tied up f at present. With I be bait Lake route out of commission for the greater part of a year at bast, Ihe Western Pacific's line washed out on tbe west shore of the Great Salt Lake, the old Central Pacific line washed ovt in four different places in Nevada, floods en tho Oregon Short Line, mow blockades block-ades in Idaho on the lines of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific, high vi'.ter in Arizona on the Une3 of the; Sr.f: Fe and the Southern Pacific, ail lines of transcontinental tracl are block vied or threatened. The Southern Pacif!? flood situation Is one that Is attracting the attention of all America ni the present lime on pcco'int. of Its line being the most dl-lect dl-lect 'o end from lb- western ccast of ihe c.iurtry, as well as to the Orient. Practically four d'siirct washouts have put tba: line O'H or commission for thirty houra more at least The situation sit-uation Is such thru Superintendent Maneon, with every aviilable railway facility the railroad company can command. com-mand. Is at the scenes of the washouts, wash-outs, wot king niglu and day to open up trafllc. At Ixo ay, Nevada, inn miles west of Oiden, the great es' damage bis been dene. !-ere n piece of track over 1T.0 feet in length and 7" feet deep has been washed away, end It Is necessary for the company to construct a bridge. This "fill" was over a small ravine Ihrough which the water bad alwny3 In the past heen carried away by (he ruUerls. With the cblnook winds and rains during the part several days, the snow which bas leen heavily parked In the bills for more thin three months pnst melted, and In an incredibly short time small creeks and strearnn were raying lorrents. The Loray break was caused by clog;;lnj of the culverts. The water formed a lake on one side of thti track. When It began to flow over Ihe top of the rails the mountain of water soon -carried away the big railroad rail-road embankment. The same condition exists at Carlln. Rattle Morrlaln and Wlnnemucca as prevails at Loray. In tbe last three named districts, which rvro in the Humboldt valley, through which the railroad is built, 'he Humboldt river Is frv";m a quarter ,n three-quarters of a ioll ide, nod in some plaros coev6 tbe railroad trac', thouth m .si cf the dn in age- has been caused by ihe sudcen thawing of snow In the ljonntalns above the tricks. Superintendent Manso-i left for tbe scene of the trouble on train No. 3 ypsterday afternoon, which was the last tr?ln to leave for tbe west since the v uihouts occurred The irein also carried a simply of provisions, which will lie distributed to the dlnin? cars in the- train which are held on ea.h Hde of the washouts and those trains which are held between the Loray an l the ether washouts Work trains ard a pile drher from Lakeside, as well as r.u:iy men, have been tent to tho seen? cf liie Ixray trouble. Wi-rk trains and crews from Imlay, Sparks and other polnt3 are working ai (be other washouts. In ihe local vnrds cars. Including Pullmans, for tbe upsi bound trains pre being placed on side tracks. Upon Ihe bullrtln board In the walling room undT the Southern P-.riflc Hnie card Is the foil. -wing: "Nothing nfinl'e Known of Trains Moving in Kit her Direction." Tiie O-.erianrl Limited train, outbound, out-bound, bat, been annulled. The only Irnlns h-:i(ng for the east on th" Union Pacific are those tint ;ire made I up in Ihe loral vads. I The White Sox spechl train, en j roiiie from Chicago to fan Francisco, arrived in (irden at i a. m. over the I Denver & nio Grande, and is being held in the depot yards, where It will j probably remain until late this eve-r eve-r nine. I Reports received a the o.cc rif the s iprrlni nderi: of the Utah division of I the Union Pacific today are to the effect ef-fect Ihnt the storm that rai'ed through Wyoming yesterday hsd abated to a I great extert, and trains v.er? again i running on schedule tinie. Hoie. Idaho. Ma'rh L AM trafllc Is suspctjiled toilay on the main line of ' Ihe Orepo'i Short Line as a result of ' washouts botwem Orchard and Glenn's Ferry. n,I no effort will be made to I operate trains for at least 3 'I hours. I Two west-b uud through trains are bt'd t Oknn's Fctry, ami two east-I east-I l-und trains hi Nampa. Ry night four more trains will b. added to Ihote j waiting for repalrf to 'the line. Boise wll be wlibout roil servlre from the I east lo.- the ncx tvi days, t At N'ainp.i, t'aldell and other j po'nt. r.b:nc Indian Creek the flood I sltua'iru wa Inieroxed today. I nt. ; families who wep forced to leave j their hor.iej. ;irp not yet ahl to re-J re-J turn. Ai I'aldAtll a loriem of water 1.wrpi through i h business ccion of V)vn, Pcodlr.g the hssement of every store. The loan Is iilmnied at Sinn,-On. Sinn,-On. There will likely he much svffrr-Ing svffrr-Ing at Namra befane the rccrlon of |