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CHAPTER 8. MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1913.
The rain during the night did no particular damage, but kept the streams still at flood stage and more or less retarded repair work at a few points.
Enough of the road had been opened up to make it possible to move passengers and freight to almost any point in Ohio and Indiana, by utilizing many very roundabout routes. Attention was therefore centered for a time on working off the accumulation of freight, mail and express held at Pittsburgh and Conway for movement west and at Chicago and Ft. Wayne for movement east. The detour routes via the Lake Shore and Erie roads were utilized to the extent of their capacity for through business, and as new business was not beginning to offer in large quantities, owing to the embargoes placed early the previous week, the old freight was worked off within a few days, excepting of course that there were certain sections of line to or from which it was impossible to handle anything.
For the information of agents in disposing of freight on hand where the flood caught it, the following instructions were today sent to all agents:
"Reports indicate that, in addition to heavy property damage sustained by our lines from floods at various points, freight in transit, which it was impossible to protect, has been damaged. Such freight should be forwarded to destination as promptly as possible. Every effort should be made to effect prompt delivery of all freight to consignees that they may take care of their property.
"Perishable freight in transit, unfit for transportation, should be disposed of and full record made and reported to Freight Claim Agent."
Through passenger service between Pittsburgh and Chicago continued to be handled via the two detour routes, over the Lake Shore and Erie roads. Between Pittsburgh and Columbus via the Erie detour route to Mansfield and from Bucyrus south over the Sandusky Branch. Between Pittsburgh and Terre Haute, Ind., and Pan Handle points from Richmond west via the Erie detour route, the Ft. Wayne route to Ft. Wayne, and the G. R. & I. Ry. to Richmond. Route of the Chicago-Louisville trains continued as before, via Richmond, with detour from Seymour to North Vernon over the B. & O. S. W.
Local passenger service and local freight service were performed over all lines that were open for trains. To provide passenger service from Chicago to Columus, Ohio, without transferring at Piqua and Marble Cliff, it was arranged to run two trains each way a day between these points via the Ft. Wayne route to Bucyrus and the Sandusky Branch.
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March 31, 1913.
Front of Union Station when water was about at the highest in the Ohio.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
March 31, 1913.
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March 31, 1913.
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March 31, 1913.
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With the closing of the gaps at Macksville, Ind. (west Terre Haute), through service between Pittsburgh and St. Louis was inaugurated on Wednesday night, nine days after the lines were broken. The route was a roundabout one (via Hudson, Mansfield, Ft. Wayne and Richmond, or Bucyrus and Columbus), and required several hours longer than the regular schedule. The T. & O. C. was sufficently repaired between Columbus and Mounds to provide a detour route around the Scioto River bridge (via the Big Four and T. & O. C.) and Columbus-Chicago service was resumed over the Pan Handle. The Cincinnati Division through West Columbus was put in shape to permit service between Columbus and Cincinnati via Middletown Jet. and the C. L. & N. into Cincinnati. The L. E. & W. was opened between Indianapolis and Kokomo and permitted the restoration of Chicago-Indianapolis service by usual route, and to Louisville with but a short detour.
Although it proved impossible to get the Ft. Wayne road opened on Wednesday as had been hoped, this was still a day marked by the resumption of service over a large territory. Although there were still a few local points to which there were. no trains run, all the important points on the Pennsylvania Lines could again be reached by rail from some direction or other.
All embargoes on freight were removed, excepting for the following local points:
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So far as flood water conditions were concerned, interest now centered on the situat- ion at Jeffersonville, Ind., where the Ohio River was still rising, and the fill of the New Albany Branch from Jeffersonville Jet. to Ohio Falls was acting as a retaining dam protecting a large part of the city of Jeffersonville (and Pennsylvaina Lines main track, station, etc.), lying about twenty feet below the water level in the river, which on the 2d reached its highest. Leaks developed in a number of places, particularly at Jefferson- ville Junction, which were filled with bags of sand and cement. The top of the fill was protected by tarpaulins to prevent its being washed by waves, and on the night of the second, when the wind was high, preparation was made to reduce the wave action by the use of crude oil on the water, but it was not found necessary to do this. In this work the company forces were assisted by convicts from the State Reformatory, located near our tracks in Jeffersonville. The fill held, protecting the railway property, and the town was saved enormous loss.
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CHAPTER 11. APRIL 3, 4, and 5, 1913.
On Thursday, the third, at 11:15 A. M. the main line of the Ft. Wayne road was opened for traffic, with one track, the first train over being No. 6, ten days having elapsed since the line was broken. With the opening of this line, full passenger service between Pittsburgh and Chicago was resumed via the Ft. Wayne road, putting an end (temporarily, however) to the detour service via the Lake Shore and Erie roads.
The river at Cincinnati had gone down enough to permit clearing up the passenger station and yard. At Louisville, the New Albany Branch fill was not yet out of danger, but the water had begun to fall.
The Marietta Division Bridge over the Tuscarawas River at New Comerstown was put in service in the afternoon, opening the main line of that Division throughout.
Freight traffic for points on the Vandalia from Terre Haute west was handled via Columbia City on the Ft. Wayne road and between that point and Terre Haute on the Vandalia line.
All day Thursday it rained through Central and Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana over about the belt of the previous greatest rainfall, and on Thursday night it rained very hard at many places for several hours. This brought the streams up again rapidly and greatly retarded repair work.
On Friday morning, about five o'clock, one abutment of Eastern Division bridge No. 144 over Black Fork, just west of Coulter, Ohio, sank, again interrupting service on the Ft. Wayne road until it could be repaired, which took twenty-four hours. As arrangements had been made for full service, the trains were allowed to come through, and again the two detour routes had to be resorted to until the morning of the 5th, when they were permanently discontinued.
The Indianapolis Division bridge over the East Fork of the White River, west of New Paris, Ohio, was also again put out of service by the undermining of the pier and the washing away of the timber bents which had been constructed to support the steel work. This made it necessary to send all through business by the G. R. & I. route and Ft. Wayne for about twenty-four hours.
On the afternoon of Friday, April 4th, the Akron Division from Columbus to Orrville was opened for service. This provided a much shorter detour route for Pan Handle business between Columbus and Pittsburgh, although it was a very inadequate one, being a single track road with many slow orders. It was at once arranged to resume full passenger service. It was later found necessary to take off Nos. 30 and 31 for a time, but otherwise full passenger service between Pittsburgh and St. Louis was re-established on the 4th, all tickets being sold subject to delay, however.
In the evening of the fourth, the Vincennes Division of the Vandalia was opened up, discontinuing a detour from Greencastle to Gosport Junction, over the C. I. & L., which had been used for several days.
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The Zanesville Division was also opened from Putnam (South Zanesville) to Morrow, and by borrowing a B. & O. wrecking derrick it was found possible to clear much of the wreckage and debris from the yard tracks in Zanesville. On the fifth the W. & L. E. put their tracks in such shape between Ellis and Zanesville that it was possible to resume passenger service between Trinway and Zanesville by using Zanesville Division to Ellis and the W. & L. E. from there to North Zanesville.
It was suggested on the 5th that the two detour routes from Columbus, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, one via the Sandusky Branch to Bucyrus, and the other via the Akron Division to Orrville, be used as double-track, business in one direction only being sent over either route. This was accordingly arranged, commencing on Sunday night the 6th- the east bound trains taking the route via the Sandusky Branch, and the westbound the Akron Division route. It was found necessary for the eastbound passenger trains to go to Carrothers on the Sandusky Branch, thence to Toledo Jct. via the Toledo Division main line, and east from there over the Ft. Wayne road; as it was impossible to deliver them to the Ft. Wayne at Bucyrus headed right, for lack of a "Y" connection for east bound trains, which local conditions make it impracticable to construct.
On Saturday, the 5th, train service into and out of the Cincinnati Union passenger station was again resumed, commencing with No. 6.
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It was suggested on the 5th that the two detour routes from Columbus, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, one via the Sandusky Branch to Bucyrus, and the other via the Akron Division to Orrville, be used as double-track, business in one direction only being sent over either route. This was accordingly arranged, commencing on Sunday night the 6th- the east bound trains taking the route via the Sandusky Branch, and the westbound the Akron Division route. It was found necessary for the eastbound passenger trains to go to Carrothers on the Sandusky Branch, thence to Toledo Jct. via the Toledo Division main line, and east from there over the Ft. Wayne road; as it was impossible to deliver them to the Ft. Wayne at Bucyrus headed right, for lack of a "Y" connection for east bound trains, which local conditions make it impracticable to construct.
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