Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-02-04

From the Detroit Post, Jan. 30
Very lew persons have any conception Of
the actual results Of a great storm, such rs
that which tho telegraph reports as having
occurred within the last few days The
railroads hav. been b!ockaded BY snow
over space OF county extending from
Boston to Warrington in . north and south
line, and from the Atlantic to Pixies Peak
on an east and wet line The storm may
really Ike set down, however, a. covering belt
Of country little over three hundred miles
side. This storm belt fist struck the Ats
lantic c3ast upon the shores Of Maine, with
its western edge. Sweeping 1t frat south.
westerly, being driven before . strong
northeast gale, II fully entered the CONT
nent between Boston ard New York, pass
ing over the STATE Of New York, With ito
wss'e edge ct BuifAlo and its eastern edge
At New York city, and sweeping southeast
50 that its southern edge reached bsvend
Wheeling, Wset Virginia. II then changed
its course 20 the westward. and passed on
70 the Rocky Mountains, its southern limit
showing sous inches Of snow at Cairo. lille
noia, aud its nerthern limit reaching 90
Michigan; its centre between Spring field.
Illinois where the SNOW 10 two feet deep.
and Chicago, where the snow is one loot
deep.
II sc track the great arc Of . circle fol-
lowed by THE storm. We 6nd che snow in
Connecticut, II New Haven, iour feet deep |;
in Central and Southern Pennsylvania near
" two feet deep. in indianapolis, Indians,
fifteen inches deep; in Springfield, Hin dc,
two feet deep IN ST. Louis, one foot de p !;
and in Kansas, six inches to foot de .p.-
We may s:f,ly calculate that III. snow de.
posted by: thus single storm on this ccn:i-
nent, not counting that which f.ii in the
sea before reaching the continess, at over
one foot in depth over . bet Of country
three hundred miles l,ng ard that outside
Of this belt At least QUARTER as much
was deposited.
Ia order that . proximate idea Of the i'm
mense deposit OF this single storm may be
conveyed 10 on. readsrs, ne Gill enter into
little calculation: Let us suppose the
snow to be 40 ordinary dry snow sverv>
where, aud that svsnly distributed, Il .
main depoait would have covered belt
thres hundred miles vide and fifteen hun
dred miles losg 10 unifos m depth Of one
loot. Snow Of this depth. Of an ordinary
dry character, viii weigh nearly seven tons
70 the scre. AZ nve tens to The acre, there
has fallen, oil over this belt. three thousand
two hundred tens 1pou saeh square mile.
or grand total Of fousteea huadred and
ten millions Of tons Of snow. Add this in
one storm, from one vast cloud, and within
the space Of four days time This weight
10 40 vat tAat Il 10 hard 70 comprehend.
Some idsa u il may be gathered, perhaps,
rom the statement that i is more than ten
times the weight Of oil the wheat grown in
the whole United States since the CONT
nent Of America vas discovered by Colum-
| bus.
| AScsexr TuxNeL - The ounssl between
The isiands Of Sicily and Ortygia-buils du>
ring the occupation Of the former BY The
Greeks-was rs-opened . few years ego and
found 70 be twelve feet high BY elk eide.
and about . mile In length. It 10 quies
equal in I'll respects to that under -
TNaenee. @ teooou.