The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-07

GREEN RIVER STATION, L. i. X. Il.
Stj Miles West Of Omaha), February 2o.S
TIE SNOW AND 7uE SNOW COUNTRY.
! LEFT Chcvcnuo at o'clock Yesterday, and
came 20 This place, passing without delay
fa.ouCi the worst Of the snow country, our
fut;n being the second regular ono through
When one secs the extent Of the snow, lts
height aMd breadth and terrible drifts, nc
docs not wonder that tie road has Nc'n
ockadcd foy 4 month. but he does wonder
bat il is open now. For one hundred mics
IIr snow-pIough and the shovel have had 10
conteSs the ground inch by inch. After
:nrcc days Of warm weather, at very many
POINTS the SNOW still reaches to the tops OF
INC cars il = perpendicular wall, showing
he sign Of the pick and the shovel ali
through. Some idea may be formed Of the
rs! amount OF snow that has fallen and drift
Il on 10 the road by the Gic: that it took one
thousand men, fifty engines, and thirteen
NaoW-ptUughs Il month to get through.
h.l along Eron either side Of the road j.
i'lc hard, square chunks Of snow stacked up
INST n> they came from the shovel. To open
Inc road AZ al wa, n mighty work, and the
officers did it is quickly rs mortals could
with the means al their command. They
lad every nan ii work that money would
, ire. and the fact that they broke all their
,lcw.p ghs and " di.ckcl" twenty-five en-
ines = proof Of nerve and c,oit.
sHow-.rNcEs.
There i. perhaps, two hundred miles OF
~ "-.Cuccs built along the road. Some Of
:G.5 !"l!cc was put up last winter and pre-
.,.'> seasons but the most of it is late work,
net W after the terrible severity of the viii.
~ hcsr@n to be realized. Some of it is en-
',"s'y covered, and new fences have been put
NJ oA The drifts over the old.
he fence Is matte OF !nch pine plank
)'".!lt. - tWo cfoss-p!eceS, put io@etner after
n" style oi al oron:.Fy "&l"-buck. lhc
c"oS>-Ncccs or icSs uc lastcneo 10 stakes
"Il4IH u.tTcn mo ihc ground When the
"rouHd con Ice feacucd, OF NOT, 1neh tue
'r">>-'.r> Iaid upon the snow. Against ms
l'Nn@ lilt Wmt'-a!NeA Si!'N S.l!hts anu iaiiS
:" Tie @l"Hnd. Ii the storm Is over before
"fi't i i'.mca IS hlsh is ''i' 'ercs ''e roao
. 'i'' oi''. - S"l', ~; It, "l, -, aHe ieHo nv
- N'iVU tIo io"" - ".'ilJtot:.u ,hs c"o, ha5 n5
worst h"cN';'"> "etr Nhci' ''ic 'IaCIs iia''
'"tN covered up l'",'cliIS 'ntin '1eioes, "a
"nctc tHe Storm ii'o CONC rom '''e so"'ii
"'d', or "n"Sr 'I'"fe were no FENCES.
=" ile "'u l"heiiiileh s's '.ial 'ney never
he.oFc hn'" si"rlfS 10 come from tiie soutn,
ara 'Ac roau was te1,cq"'n'l! iei' 10, tHc
,Ao,t par uiio.cctt' o., ''iI Si'.e. nu' S siS
.'"i t.I' s'pil4S ''il'. - oiii All ",'"
luCTe ''!i9I'3 'lah "1"''l '''e "'c'noiN Vi TIC
oIuc2tei 'iir ScVlero'
SNOw-S!iEI:&.
Niles and miles OF these buildings have been
,r"@.cd, and here again the terrible severity
"r TIC wind Is manifest. Some Of these
.A.ds were literally filled with snow, which
lad t. be taken out Oh tlut cars. The smallest
crack. were sufficient 10 let it drive through
IL astonishing quantities. Clinging to the
.nitcr, and braces OF these sheds snow still
rcHajG, in great rouud cakes, many Of them
rs .jr.c - wa>h-tuhs and us hard as ice.
Some Of the sheds were literally Iillcd TO the
tcp, ami pa>*agc-way las been cut for
it1ins through il, leaving a perpendicula!
vail upon each side against which the sides
=. TIC CHS rub.
These sheds arc f0ad2 with standing sides
5yd Il roof something ike that of a house.
iUcy are thoroughly braccd Inside and
covered with inch plank, Epplng each other
TX" the Wt~Ithcr-hoards or ciap-boards OF a
jnH-". Enu cannot So" crlcEs sufficient for
80" 10 get through, but It's presence IN such
rnanIi'l"' inside Is evidence tnat It Gid.
fhc'e >h"d>, costly lis thry are, VIII have TO
com" "2Nn' Hni hea'! llatse-"orh, WIN
"'"-'NEh 2N-l5h' sluca ana tol', l''hc theu
SNoW-TRAlSS.
~ several points we passed snow trains
either 1T work or on sldlnSs. SnoW-traln
Is eight or ton box cars httcd up with stoves
ana fon&h bcl'hs hIIcd WIN hlthketS ana
HiH". one oi Tue c;'iS - 'oaucu "lVh pro-
Ei>'''ss anU "no.HeF .E'S ,ES coohlis-S.o'e' u
h!eF, aAa t,n liticS. Ae Nho!e |, ulV"h Ny
r,, ,,;'h irnr ~ods rnr,; ,rn;n J.;
manned with =, fcrr. of from sixty 20 ci,rhty
,ra., Thns,, suo,y-uneu 1.-Two in rho cors rcodv
- II. tanSnortrd "a INV nont IN the snow
ca,u.t,y IT y moments notice. They eat,
Seen. and live in the cars. They arc all hardy,
..toEt-lookinm fellows, so much 50 that it was
= .reneral subject of remark among our pas
senecys. 1t was explained to US that the
terrible ri.-ors Of the climate and cxhuustn"
nature Of their duties had killed of all the
weak ours. leaving ONLY the strong.
e.,,r r~o,.p,rxcr
M, cop.;n,,,,l,v m,eeti,r nosscnrers and
n,ho~s y,hn ,vnrc ci,t in the s,iow-dyitfs for \
month or more and their cyncrjeuce Us dc.
,,i,rl nnvnr rra'cs to hn INTERESTING,
:. Nj ,.s,, Lr,.,. o,,,i,,,h to .,t.,, T,sked
@ Iroii ,,ns ,t,(,,, $50 t,tlnr;rc fnr tnod
.,r,S1, ! ~ or,I;t,
= N.' Nv. VI rir
-, Iia" 1lie,nJ' o,.'1M,is, WHY n,. n
-, ;o'. "nT o"n".,t', - snn t,, a ~ r'-+s
NJ W.. wa ,a ""'i 1 M"'i. .i y. & LAY, .o so tor
49,. ~. ,' INV, ,',n , snnu'.hsd TTara
,,.. could I.vn M tr.. u.hIthcr we had tuc,
,r NOT ~ nr,.,n,,, ~ t,,,. .mo,,n ord for ft.,r
;n,, U' ~ ot,ni, On t;ra OIr c,ndles and
~ ~" o,d Far fortr-ai.r,,t honrs
49,, Ii,.,d =, tn,.I S.,,,S'ay. ;,
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SNOW LECTURES,