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RECONSTRUCTION.
The Woik of Repairing
Washouts Goes On.
ADVANCE MADE YESTERDAY.
The Northern Line of the Southern
Pacific in Bad Shape— Con
dition of the Santa Fe.
The San Pedro line of the Southern
Pacific is whole again, so this city can
senrTand receive passengers to and from
the North. Trains are running between
this city and that port on schedule time.
A gentleman who made the trip to San
Pedro day before yesterday says that the
reports of the damage doae in that di
rection are very far from being exagger
ated and he declares that very lively
work has been done by the company to
get the track in usable shape in so short
a space of time. In one place he says
there was a yawning chasm under tbe
track into which three or four carloads of
sand in bag* had to be dumped to make
an impression upon it.
The important feature of the opening
of this connection is that it allows the
Southern Pacific to bring up their con
struction materials from San Pedro to
attack the work on the other lines with
greater vigor. At noon yesterday Mr.
Fianders, the Superintendent of bridge
building for the Southern Pacific, went
to work wita a pile driver and a gang of
eighty men on the north bridge
over the Los Angeles river, which
carries the track to Mojave. Last even
ing the pile driver from the north arrived
and began work at the other Bide of the
same bridge, and a connection will soon
be established in that direction. The
Tejnnga bridge is now passable, and the
landslides are being cleared away. The
chances are, however, that this branch
of the road will not be entirely open for
more than a week. The track between
here and Saugus will probably be all
right tomorrow.
It is expected that the line to Yuma
will be repaired so that a train can get
through today. Tbe San Gabriel river
is still running very high at El Monte,
and it is difficult for tbe pile-driver to
work. Transfers will have to be made at
this point for several days. Another
load of passengers got into East Los An
geles by the hand-car special yesterday,
and about a ton of mail was carted into
the city. This is the eastern mail of
three days which has been collecting on
the hands of the Southern Pacific since
the confusion began. The mail question
has beea considerably complicited by the
fact that just at Christmas time a much
larger quantity of matter has to be han
dled than at any other season of the year.
Work is already beginning on the lower
Southern Pacific bridge over the river.
The pile-driver will start in today, and a
temporary structure will probably be
erected in a couple of days. A train will
be sent out this afternoon from East Los
Angeles, carrying the mail and passen
gers. They will be the first who have
gone through toward the East since the
blockade began.
The injuries to the Southern Pacific
line north of Saugus tnrn out to be much
more serious than was at fir-t supposed.
It was not until yesterday that the offi
cials at this end of the line learned of
their ex tent and severity. The experi
ences of a party of passengers who came
through on foot are narrated in another
column. These gentlemen declare their
belief that the road cannot be put even
in temporary shape inside of the next ten
days.
On the Santa Fe line a train left San
Diego early yesterday morning and got
up aa far as Santa Ana. A train was run
from Oceanside to San Bernardino, the
passengers being transferred at Lytle
creek. Another managed to get from
San Jacinto to Riverside. Connection is
established between Pasadena and San
Bernardino, and the mail for the East
from this city was sent out to Pasadena
in a wagon.
Things will probably be put in such
shape on the line between here and
Santa Ana today that trains will manage
to get over the whole distance to San
Diego, with one tianefer at Rivera.
The Cajon pass is still in bad shape,
and probably will not be cleared for
three or four days. All overland passen
gers are being sent around by way of
Doming. The first load of these will get
in tomorrow.
A PERILOUS TRIP.
How a Party of PacscnKcrs Got In
from Mojave.
Friday evening at half-past 7 a party
of eight or ten passengers got into East
Los Angeles. They were the first to
come over the Southern Pacific track
from Mojave to this city since the great
storm and the account which they give
of their adventures is highly entertaining
As they walked over all the portions of
the line where the injuries to the track
are most serious, their statements re
garding the extent of the damage done
may be considered to be reliable, as
coming from disinterested eye-witnesses.
W. H. Tuthill, of this city, who, with
G. S. Campbell-Johnston, of Garvanza,
led the way during most of the journey,
was seen by a reporter of this paper last
evening, and from him most ot the facts
in this account were obtained.
Train No. 19 of the Southern Pacific,
which left San Francisco Monday evening
at 6, was due in this city Tuesday after
noon at 4 TO. It was caught by the storm,
and at 4 in the afternoon of Tuesday had
only come as far as Mojave. Here it lay
all that evening and Christmas day. The
passengers spent their time in playing
cards and swapping stories. Late
in the evening they were in
formed that the track below toward
the mountains was in a worse condition
than had at first been supposed, and that
the train would stait back for San Fran
cisco early in the morning. Mojave is
only 100 miles from Los Angeles, and
Messrs. Tuthill and Johnston, knowing
that there were various construction
trains and disengaged engines along the
track, decided to set out to come to this
city. They were prepared to walk all of
tbe distance if necessary, but they be
lieved they would manage to ride part of
the way at least.
There was a construction train which
was working its way south from Mojave.
Thursday morning, before the departure
of train 19 for the north, the two adven
turers set out to overtake the work-train.
While it was making a stop they came
npon it, and the/ were shortly joined by
several other passengers who had made
up their minds to leave the north
bound train and try to work
their passage south. Two tramps
also added themselves to the party,
so that by Thursday afternoon it num
THE LOS ANGELES DAILY HERALD: SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29, 1880
bered eleven. The construction train
delayed about four hours making a fill at
Lancaster and then pushed on to South
side, or Ravenna. This is about fifty
miles from Mojave, and is at tbe en
trance of the Soledad canon.
It was now 3:30 o'clock on Thursday
afternoon. The next station at which
the travelers could stop and get rest and
refreshment was Lang's, eight miles
away; but between there and Southside
weie the worst places to pass that they
were likely to meet anywhere. They
were advised to wait, lest night overtake
them, but they insisted on puehing
ahead.
The Soledad canon is a long, narrow
ravine running in a southwesterly direc
tion, threaded by a stream which, lower
down, is known as the Santa Clara
river. Countless flow down
from the mountains into this stream, and
these, flashed by the recent storms, had
made of the little river a terrific flood
which had torn through the
canon, changing its bed recklessly
and gouging out new channels
in the soft sand in utter disregard of the
interests of the railroad or anything else.
By this time the flood of waters had
abated,' but the river was still high.
Some time ago ttie railroad found it
necessary to substitute iron bridges for
tbe wooden ones and these had with
stood the force of the torrent. But in
many cases it was found that the river
no longer flowed under these. It had
changed its course, leaving the bridges
covering a space of dry land.
It may be imagined that walking over
a track which in many places was com
pletely lost under the raging torrent of
the river, in others covered deep with
mud from land slides, and in others
hoisted high and dry in mid-air, the
fish-plates holding the rails together and,
the ties clinging to the rails, was a tiresome
and a hazardous undertaking. It was
often necessary to leave the track alto
gether and climb over hills and up steep
granite cliffs. The travelers did not
have rubber boots, and it naturally fol
lowed that none of them escaped wet
feet.
Three miles from Southside they
came upon an engine piled up against
the hill. This was the train which Con
ductor Hamble was managing, whose
adventures up a tree in the midst of the
flood were narrated in the Herald
of last Thursday. From that point
on the track was in a horrible
condition. In one piace it was entirely
gone for a space of several miles. The
worst feature of it all is that the damage
is not limited to the track. The config
uration of tbe land over which it passes
is so completely changed that to rebuild
it the company will have to secure a dif
ferent right of way, locate new bridges
and spend hundreds of thousands of dol
lars in making over the line.
When the party had completed about
two-thirds of the distance to LaDg's,
darkness came on and they made very
slow progress. At last they came to a
place where the track, was washed out
and tilted over on one side in a most
dangerous fashion. Here the courage of
two of the party gave out and
they built a fire at the mouth of a tunnel
and camped down for the night. The
others went on some distance farther un
til they came face to face with a eharp
turn in the road, where the stream cut a
corner off of a perpendicular cliff. It
could not be passed, and as there was a
solid granite mountain back of it, there
seemed no way in the darkness which
prevailed of picking out a road around.
After some diec nwion it was decided
that Tuthill and Johnson should make
the attempt to get over the ridge, and if
they ever reached Lang's they shcnld
send back help. The.climb to"the sum
mit turned out to be a frightful under
taking, involving hours of labor and
many dangers. They went up an altitude
of about 1,000 feet-and traveled over sev
eral miles of distance. At last they
came out on ihe road only a few hun
dred feet beyond where they had left the
party, but they had passed the yawning
chasm. From there it was only a short
distance into Lang's.
Men were then sent back from Lang's
to carry food to the party camping be
yond the chasm, but the party was lost
and it became necessary for Tuthill to go
in search of them. Tbe rescuing party
was found, but the food never got to the
camp re, and they passed the night sup
perleES,
Early tbe next morning they came into
Lang's and after getting breakfast set out
for Newhall. Tuthill and Johnston were
carried part of the way in a wagon,
which managed to make its way along the
river bed. Here, as before, the' track was
found to be in an utterly demoralized
condition. Six or seven miles of the
track were found to be entirely gone.
The party got into Saugus at 12:30 on
Friday. Here they were picked up by
an engine which carried Mr. Wallace, of
the Southern Pacific, who was on hand
to superintend the work of repairing the
road. Here they were also overtaken by
John G. North, of Riverside, and Deputy
United States Marshal Risley, who had
managed to secure horses and had come
through from Mojave.
The engine carried them as far on as
San Fernando, where they arrived at
sunset. Three miles beyond a construc
tion train was at work, which they be
lieved would run back to Los Angeles
tbat evening. They knew it would quit
work about dusk, so the whole party
started on a double-quick to catch it be
fore it should get away. They arrived
just in time and were carried down to
the Los Angeles river, where the bridge
of tbe northern division of tbe line once
stood. They made a detour toward the
Glendale road to get across into East
Los Angeles, and completed the distance
into town in an omnibus.
The Trier Urlp.
Editors Herald : In 1840, after the
death of Harrison, and when Tyler
became President, the latter vetoed a
bill to resurrect the United States Bank —
a measure very dear to the hearts of the
Whigs—and the Democrats were conse
quently delighted. Immediately there
after there swept through the country an
epidemic of bad colds, influenza, or what
ever you are pleased to term it. The
people gave this plague the name of the
"Tyler grip," and it was called by that
name during its rnn, which lasted all
winter. From what I hear of the present
disease, "la grippe," it is very like the
"Tyler grip" of'lß4o. I get this informa
tion from a person who has a wonderful
memory, and recollects the gtip perfectly,
having suflered from it. I am afraid,
however, from the reports we have
received of its severity, that the "grippe"
now prostrating Europe is far more
serious than the Tyler grip. ' P,
Los Angeles, December 28th.
New Case*.
Gustavo Withmeyer and others sue
Edward C. Taylor for $1,947.67 on an ac
count. The defendant confesses judg
ment.
Phil Hollenbeck sues E. 0. Schnabel
for $721.75 due on an account.
John Fischer sues Adolph Schnetz
and others to foreclose vendor's lien on
certain real estate on which there is due
$1,239,50 and interest,
East Side Notes.
_ The Alta-etreet division of the cable
line will be running today.
The annual election of officers of the
Phillips Club takes place Friday night.
The Postal Telegraph Company are
about to establish a branch office on the
East Side. At least it is said to be about
to do so.
The Dennison Debating Society held its
regular meeting last night. No regular
programme had been prepared on ac
count of bad weather.
The Los Angeles Athletic Association
presented the Phillips Club of tho East
Los An ties Congregational church with
a case of dumb-bolls and Indian clubs
last Friday.
Another wedding appears to be immi
nent. This time tue parties are Dr.
Fred Fierce, and Miss Alice ParmatCr a
who will become one next Wednesday
evening in the Baptist church.
The cantata advertised by Mr. Pea
body for Friday niuht was postponed for
a week on account of the had weather
interfering »ith the renearsals. It will
occur next Friday evening in Campbell's
hall.
There has been no telephone service
worth mentioning on the East Side
since Tuesday night. The Sunset com
pany has been very busy, however, aud
quite a number of the lines were re
paired yesterday.
Large numbers of people, passengers
on the delayed trains at Pasadena and
on the Southern Pacific road, were pars
ing through East Los Angeles to the city
ali day yesterday, while quite a number
of residents along the Santa Fe turned
tramp for a time in order to get into
town. More strangers were visible on
the streets than at any other time since
the cable opening.
Historical.
All persons who may encounter errors of
statement or of typography in the "History of
Los Angeles County," iust published by the
Lowis Publishing Co., are hereby r quested to
communicate the same to the committee ap
pointed by the Historical Society, consisting of
Gen..John Mau»fleld, Temple Block; Rev. J
Adam, corner Second and Main streets; H. D.
Barrows, 120 8. Main street, in order that, as
far as possible, all errors may he corrected in
an errata sheet
A Reward Offered.
On the last page of the Herald today
appears a card from Kohler & Frohling
offering a reward for any casks or barrels
of wine or brandy washed away from the
Nadeau winery during the recent flood.
Piles! Piles! Piles!
Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment will cure
Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles when ail
other Ointments have failed. It absorbs the
tumors, allays the itching at once, acts as a
poultice, gives instant relief. Dr. Williams' In
dian Pile Ointment is prepared only for Piles
and Itching of the private parts, and nolhing
else. Every box Is warranted Sold by drug
gists, or sent by mail on receipt of price, 50c.
and fl.oo per box.
WILLIAMS M'F'G CO., Prop's,
Cleveland, Ohio.
Angostura Bitters are used by mothers to stop
colic and looßeni ss of the howeis In children
Dr. J. G. B. Biejert & Sons, Manuiacturers. Ask
your druggist.
S. Conradi, Jeweler, 21 North
Spring Street.
Watches, diamonds, gold-headed canes
and jewelry at low rates. All goods warranted.
For the Holiday Trade
Go to Ebinger's for your fruit cokes, angel
food, pound and ornamental cakes for wed
dings. Corner Third and Bpring streets.
Boned Turkey and Chicken
At Seymour & Johnson Co.'s. 1
Cancer of the Rose.
In 1875 a sore appeared on my nose, ana
grew rapidly. As my lather had cancer}
and my husband died of it, I became alarm'J
ed, and consulted my physician. His treat-!
ment did no good, and the sore grew larger
and worse in every way,until I had couclud"
ed that I was to die from its effects. I was
persuaded to take S. S. S., and afev.- bottles
cured me. This was after all the doctors and
other medicices had failed. 1 have bad no
return of the cancer.
' MRS. M. T. MABEN.
Woodbury, Hall County,Texaa.
Treatise on Cancer mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, G&.
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AUCTION BVI.EB.
W. E. BEESON'S
—GENERAL—
Auction And GommissioD House,
NOS. 119 and 121 W. SECOND ST.
Peremptory Sales of New and Beoond-Hanc
Furniture
TUESDAY, DEC. 31,
THURSDAY, JAN. 2,
SATURDAY, JAN. 4
At 10 A. at. and 2 r. at.
AUCTION SALE OF HORSES AND OAS
BIASES ON SATURDAYS.
BEN O. KHOADES. Auctlsneer.
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AUCTION!
Contents of 17 rooms, the Ismond, 315H
South Los Angeles street, between Fourth and
Winston streets,
nionday Horning, December 30, '89,
At 10 o'clock, I will sell the contents of 17
rooms, consisting of Brussels and ingrain car
pets, rugs, lace curtains, parlor set. carved oak
bedroom cult, oak and antique bedroom suits,
rattan goods, easy cbalrt>, walnut sideboard,
mirror back, fancy toilet setß, two stoves, cook
ing utensils, glassware, crockery, bedding of
every description, &c, Ac. These goods are in
excellent condition, and will be sold without
reserve. THOS B. CLARK,
d2B 3t Auctioneer.
J. S. TURNER'S
GEMS' FINE SHOES.
Accurate Styles. Durability and
First-Class Workmanship.
M. S. HEWES, Sole Agent
LOS ANGELES.
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CARPETS!
CARPETS!
CARPETS!
We have decld >d to sell every piece of goods In oar establishment In order to do
so we have marked down every article. Prices are no objeot. The stock most be sold
at once. If yon need Curpets, Cartalns, Window Shades, Linoleums, attend our great
closing-oat sale. We are selliog a splendid line of the following goods-
AT A TERRIBLE SACRIFICE'
Good Brussels Carpets - - 55c a Yard.
Good Ingrain Carpets - - 50c a Yard.
Good Body Brussels - - $1.00 a Yard.
Good Velvet Carpets - - $1.20 a Yard!
Good Moquette Carpets, - $1.25 a Yard.
Window Shades at 25 cents apiece. Lace Curtains, Poles, Portieres, etc.,
in the same proportion. Call before purchasing.
REMEMBER THE PLACE.
LION'S Leading Carpet House,
37 to 41 South Main Street, Los Angeles.
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CHARLES E. DAY,
THE RELIABLE MUSIC DEALER,
No. 8 north springs ST.
■ VERS & POND. 5 " BIIBDETT,
WIIEELOCK. NEW ENGLAND.
Instruments Rented and Sold on Easy Installments.
TUNING AND REPAIRING A. SPECIALTY.
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CLiristmas Goods at Bush's Diamond Palace!
IAhGE stock of finis goods.
Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Watches, Clocks, Silverware, Gold Spectacles and Eye
Glasses, Opera Glasses, Gold Pens and Pencils, Gold Head Canes,
and Novelties in great variety. Prices Reasonable.
Practical Watch and Clock Repairer, and Manufacturing Jeweler.
218 N. Main St., Los Angeies. C. H. BUSH.
OUR "SPECIAL. BKAJND" 1&> THE JJEST
ABSOLUTELY
PURE LARD
SOLD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
Take No Other. ( y/gf ) Take No Other.
DWJCloua DELICIOUS
EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE
TRY OUR CAIsTISrED MEATS
Wo.Guarantoe them the Finest on'the Market. The Trade Supplied,
by Wholesalers generally.
W. H. MAURICE, Agent, 26 t2r2BjSgj& OUt .
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Fredericksburg Brewing Co.
Have Removed their Office and Bottling Works to
Junction of North Main, Mission and Chavez Streets,
Opposite Naud's Warehous
Where they have enlarged the capacity of their Bottling Establishment, which is
the 4>est and largest on the Coast. Their friends and patrons will be kindly
received by
di7im JACOB ADLOFF. General Agent.
THE RAYMOND, EAST PASADENA,
Among tbe Orange Groves of the beautiful San Gabriel valley, elaht miles from I,os Angeles,
C. H. nKUUIu., rtlanasxer (during the summer season manager ol the Crawford House. White Mountains, K. H.)
Wl^ l vo^wßlbl C toS2r?iifJiS,?/2S. 0 22 an , d BDe ?. d ifi**' a week ' a month, or the whole season, then go out and stay a few hours. It Is well
the «2r,rt*n g u, ?25% «' eW ,r °« m Jf «S*W! : and that Tiew alone wIU well re P*y J 0 ". although there are many other interesting
L!?rr^?J?^4iiL^^^'X of n°W>rs In el grounds, whloh are now under tho charge of Mr. C. H Hovey. t^ecelebrated land?
.tmheremSai neraasaJiW E?*X} n c , Bmbrla f«. M »«»- .Tourists visiting Los Angeles should make a trip to The if their
cott'o™ } !SS!iV M Angeleß M " 1 Th 6 Baym ° nd by teVera ' ° l rßiLca<i - Tlie orclle '" ,a
whiidraS^tS^^a^^^i^J I ?.!^^ ,h « n ° t « l i *n4» excellent starting-point for a drive through the Ban Gabriel valley in
c j r^» tu,t e 4ui «Banaabrlel Mission churoh, Hose's winery, Lucky Baldwin's stock farm, the Sierra Msdre Villa, and many other"places
Wi^S^^S^^SSS^ "" 1 mtAU "* Mn * oWal neO i°y C»■ Merrill, Manager oi The Kaymrrd, East
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I'tm is NOT OUR way.
Ti "s Is OUR WAY ol fittinggl mm
We make the correct «clentlflo adjusting of
glasses anil frames our specialty, and guar
antee perfect fit. Testing of the eyes free.
PACIFIC OPTICAL INSTITUTE
NO. 18 SODTH SPRING STREET,
Don't forget the number. o3 7m
me Los Angeles Optical Institaie7
N. STRASSBURGER,
Scientific and Practical Optician,
REMOVED TO
109 N. MAIN STREET,
Opposite New IT. s. Hotel,
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TO RUY AT COST and be sure the article fs aa
represented, than to take chances ou auction
and selling out concerns. We have been here
15 years and intend to stay; but we must re
duce our Uock.and to do so we will sell any
article in our line, consisting of
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Clocks,
Silverware, Etc.,
-A. T COST.
Give ns a call and convince yourselves
Los Angeles JEWELRY Manufactory.
112 North Spring Street.
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clothing
FOR THE
HOLIDAYS!
Comprising almost everything lor Gents, Boys
and Children at
Abernethy & Taft's,
19 South Spring Street,
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LOS ANGELES FISHING CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
riSTjr, UAroe and jfocltbyi
All kinds of OYBTERB always on hand.
Stalls 9, 11, 13. 16, 18 and 20, Mott Market,
Los Angeles, Cal. dls 5m