Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-02-19
THE COLD SNAP.



The cold snap of last week was unao-
companied here with snow, but west Of
Detroit Leavy snow storm came VITA
the cold. Our exchanges from the West
represent it to have been one Of the most
terrible storms on record. Railroad travel
was suspended for. two or three days;
trains caught out were hours behind time
or were showed in entirely From the
Chicago papers Of Friday We copy the fol-
lowing items concerning the condition Of
the roads leading from that oity: a.-s-
On the Chicago & Milwaukee road, ths
train which left Chicago at 4:3O p. NJ, on
Tuesday, was laid up at Kenosha, with no
prospect of getting any farther until the
storm abated. No train was sent out in
the morning, but one went out in the
afternoon, and when last heard from was
slowly pOking its way alone.
The Chicago, Alton & St. Louis road
suffered greatly, the cuts being here and
there filed in to a depth of fifteen or six
teen feet with the snow which lay even
three feet in depth upon level.
Thetrains were laid up on the Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne S Chicago Road, one az
Valparaiso and the other at the Junction,
but both got through yesterday afternoon
and evening.
On the Great Eastern Road, the train
due here on Tuesday evening, was at last
accounts showed up at Royal City, one
hundred and six miles from Chicago. The
train which left here at o'clock yester-
day morning had to lieup at Crown Point,
forty-two miles from this city.
The Dixon Air Line was badly showed
up, and the trains were all either behind
hand or laid up.
On the Iowa lines the snow drifted
very badly, but at last accounts the trains
were not stuck anywhere, and were push
ing ahead with stern determination to
'go in and win" They were five or six
hours behind time, but engines were sent
out from each end of the road to bring
them in. One engine was disabled on this
line also.
The Michigan Southern trains had to
fight their way through drifts piled up TO
height of four feet.
The track of the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy road was cleared yesterday BY
snow-plows- Five trains We're snswed ia
together at Mendoza.
The Michigan Central road had some
of the greatest difficulties to encounter,
but by indOmitable "pluck was getting
on when last heard from, even better than
could have been expected.
The Illinois Central road, although COW
erd with snow drifts from four to six feet
deep, did not suffer SO much as some of
the more northern roads.
As far as can be ascertained, there is no
train on any of the roads laid up at q
point where comfortable accommodation
cannot be procured. Consequently, there
need be no fears Of any great degree Of
suffering among passengers beyond the
detention of few hours. To-day, with
one or two exceptions which we have
noted, the trains will again be going out
on all the roads on regular time, provided
the weather change not again this morn
ing, and business and pleasure will again
go on as before by rail as If there was no
such thing as storms. vcias
On the Rock Island road there is an
average depth of snow Of from six to eight
inches, and in many places it IS very badly
drifted. The mail train from Rock island,
which should have arrived Wednesday af-
ternOon, was five hours late. The express
train, which left here Wednesday morn
ina at o'clock for Rock Island, was
delayed by a collision near Port Byron
train. Two persons (trackmen) were
killed by the collision. and three or four
severely wounded. The delayed train
from here stayed at Geneseo all night
where the passengers were comfortably
cared for, and yesterday morning, at
O'Clock q train started out, but bad
to return before it got to the juno
ton, on account of the drifted snow