New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-06
NO THOROUGHFARE.
sNow-BoUND ON THE GREAT DRsERT-TRAINs
ArD pErNEtt--LOos
or LIFE ArJD PROPERTY.

| SNOW ROUND ON THE GREAT DHsERT-TRAINs
pTTNVt.1N KAEsAs "Irr AND pEHTEn'-H09S
or LIFE AID PROPERTY.
very ieavy enOwstOrm set in on the
Kansas plains the Ith OF December, and for weeks
the extreme part OF the State has been impene
TABLE to railrCad travellers. The trains the Missouri
Pacific and Ransas Pacific Railroads started westward
res7laily but, until within few days, 20 return trains
arrived from Denver. The train leaving Ksnsls City on
the morning Of the Kth penetrated Kansas about 800
miles when tho came down 30 lcrocly and swiftly
that the cine could make no headway and the With
PERHAPS 20 passengers lay heplessy IN the vast plain
Of snow unable TO 60 on ~ return. for,ana,tp FIs
Wallace not far o. ord there was no danger or BE-
ing starved frozen 10 death Here the more enter
prisgg gentlemen ses out Buiiio hunting; nnd came
with the delay, issued daily paper, Tee EoiiGoe hr1S
which gives spichty record o. the snowy blockade
hut aid not get this frontier rendezvous. Two trans
succeeded ia reaching W! On's Creek, 29 miles west at
Kansas City, where immense snow-mountlins impe9ed
tEe further advance. snowploUs we're tc.euaphCd FIR,
aud baud of hardy bTdkemen and hremen started back
30 neishCorng to"n Tor stock Oh lOrIOlS !, htep
the passengers iiom starving Toe on ay ia ms cut
two days, and on the morning u the MIRA lhGeo
engines, win snoW'pioWs atll.lelt t94itu 100
r0usly up from the rear, and attempted 10 eItr!-
cite t1e 5i"w,ohl ram; ~ "as II. ~ q 70 90, iyr
ward. ana tho lour locomotives sct ttd IN Lunhh tho
back 10 BLACK Wolf Uhcre took he side track 10
tho train OF the 18Th, from ksnsas Cy, irHen Wl,h
transferred its passengers aud returned Leaving back
plow ahead six iles TO help out freight tain,
gnes ran al the track and went into the d.ch, where
they Icy until Thursday 29dl morning, when a wfeckDg
train arrived from Brooks lille to their assistance
or Thursday the train OF the 20th arrived at Wilson's
Creek tic and then the trains all ran DG"k 10 His
worth, Il ucs, where tho train or the 2)ih transferred
It's passengers ana returned. Hero they lay ulti Mon
day, the 2Gh, trains roa The eass arriving every day
except Friday, the &d-ransfclrhg pas CnycIs ana re-
turning on Friday the train got ucil IN The at
gers by officers OF tho fort Tho living az TIC res
only passabc and had II not been Tor the
supply Of wen filed baskets there would have been no
Here inc railroad officials telemaphed back to tho
General Superintendent the end OF The route, and,
although the alarming strait TO when The party were
reduced distinctly stated 10 nOtte was lHfch o INC
messages. on Friday tue sd pass mgr tGlegLaphtd
10 the General superintendent telling him that he was
70 ger t. Denver had been delayed fonr days
and asked liis money would he Refunded. Tue teT-
gram WAC suppressed at hroOkNlNe. LeGBf, 10 ..
~. Palmer oil Council Bluffs, asking II the u & was
clcsr heard from, aud hlr eater, the sender
b. ile,cs that IL also was suppressed. .
On saturday meeting Of passengers was held In tho
slc.png-car Wayne, al which Judge Watrou+ OF NOW
MeNcO presided and Mr.. OF Xii Carson acted 80
ten and relief drawn up, signed ana forWalued 70
tie General superintendent. but IL received no reply
pgsed 10 pay attention To what had been requested
or him lie replied en- Sunday morning, SAVING
H. wonId be further West. On Chriatmas Day
Christmas dinner WA given the passengers M the Cn'
pany's expense. On Monday tue tiain moved aftuY
wastes Of snow. Arriving 1T Ellsworth late In the even
ing two three trains were found SnoWodln anu in1pS
10 ret on All effort was made here, however, WIN an
te engines and number OF cars detached, ana ny IRAN
M Orprn travellers reached tho phgims az
Trt Wallace who had started ont days before, route
90 Dervcr Here a locomotive coalition again
formed and In time the accumulated Trains Iei' eu
their destination. The accidents IN this painfnl pu8rm
moi Exceeding sX ull tod. Tie destruction or railroad
material pr0dgiols, aud the companies, WIN nave
aud parsimony are largely responsible for the mlsip'
20 tllo several tIains