, 1873-01-25

4 Gradual Victory Being Obtained
. Over His Gusty Cohorts.
HercuIean Efforts to Keep the Street
. Car racks in Running
Order.
The Various Steam Railway
Routes Open to Travel
Once More.


The Storm Throughout the Country.
CHICAGO.
Tho storm Of Thursday brought unutterable
Voc upon the misguided persons who had ven
tured down town late on Thursday night, and
fallen u prey to the bus drivers who remained
nt bona, and missed the few cars that human
exertions coupled With equine motive power had
retained in use upon the tracks. As stated in
TaE TRIBUNE yesterday, the Superintendents Of
the three roads had continued to run
plows through the binding storm, much to the
disgust Of the drivers, and had succeeded in
clearing comfortable roadway for the bus
drivers 10 squabb1e over, and fill up. It was the
eeyerest storm that has visited the city for
years, and gaye the car lines considerable
trouble. The bowling blast drifted the snow
into fearful and fantastic shapes just where
AL Absence Of it would hnye been especially &C.
ceptab1e. It buried the iron tracks beneath
more inches than 1'as profitable to either public
or company; and IL fast as the latter cleared it
away for tue bus drivers and the farmer, the
wind and the bus drivers again consigned the
1nils IT, their faky tomb. Hence much hard
work for man and beast; much undesirable
walking, ard an unpardonable increase in the
utte1ance Of improper speeches.
TIE SOUTH SIDE CARS
wsra kept running till very late hour on Thurs
day night The new Superintendent, M.5e
holmes, commenced 4 vigorous campaign
against the elements at IN early hour in tue
afternoon, and, when day broke yester-
day morning, it found him covered
with enow, aud still hard 1T work.
The perpetual use Of the SNOW plow had been
ot great service in cleaning tho track on State
street as far as Twenty-ninth street; Indians
and Archer avenues to the terminus. Cottage
Grove avenue could not be Kept decently clean.
Tho hovnng gale insisted on concentrating its
etforta upon this single thoroughfare, to harass
and annoy the worknen. On State street, too,
between Twenty-ninth and Thi1ty-frst streets,
owing to some occnlt evil influence in that
neighborhood, possibly, the 1ne snow collected
In enormous drifts, and the SNOW plow conld not
be forced through it with six horses. The at
tempt to clear it with this machine was, therefore,
abandoned, and an army Of laborers kept at work
with shovels all night. The same unpleasant ne
cebsity kept force Of men actively employed on
the Stock Yards track. Atnoon, yesterday, cara
ran through to the State street terminus and an
hour later Wended their way at not very long in
tervals to the Stock Yards, thus illustrating the
inde{atgable industry Of the gentleman who
might reasonably have prayed that his accession
There are twenty miles Of track on the South
Side, and, with q gallo Of wind and an uninter-
1upted fall Of snow, the task Of keeping this dis
tance clear is one Of no mean diff
were all in active operation, though, as double
teams we're necessary to draw the cars over the
heavy trucks, and = number Of horses we're re-
quired for the plows, scarcely more than half
the number Of carB we're running. Tho Twenty
can we're not in use, tho Madison street track
being too heavy for them. The labor Of clear
ing the enoW away, during the prevalence Of
storm such As that Of Thursday, amounts, as
Mr. Hennesa5 suggeste, to something little
with undagging fidelity. The horses who hnre
worked two nights and ono day ire deserving Of
a proportlonate need OF recognition
on THE VEST SIDE.
The West Side Railroad Company, after an ex-
parience Of snow-storus, such as that which rem
deTed them useless for week two years ago,
determined not to be caught again in tho same
uncomfortable predicament. They accordingly,
in the person Of the Assistant Superintendent,
psId dne heed to the coming storm, and, taking
plows, and kept them IN an incipient stage Of
parpetuel motion. Three pfoEs wore working
on Madison street, drawn by si1 horses to each
ploW, and cars we're run OIL that thoroughfare
until II o'clock. The p1owB were run at inter-
vnls al night, and in the morning, though
"doubled up," the cara were running on the
min thoroughfa1os on ten-minuto timo while
on Milwaukee avenue, Clinton Jefferson. and Van
we're in constant use. The SNOW yesterday con-
tinued to fall and interfere with the travel, but
not to any disag1ee.ble extent
ON THE NORTH SIDE
the SNOW drifted fearfully on some Of the less
Important routes, and travel upon them Tas,
therefore, temporarily suspended the tracks
we're all cleared by morning, and operations
promptly resumed.
THE STEAM RAILWAYS.
The victory which the elements achieved over
che railroad companies did not last long, but tho
change Of situations was only accomplished after
Bcreas aud his warriors had voluntarily stacked
arms and ceased to battle. The following was
the condition of the roads yesterday:
MICHIGAN CENTRAL.
NI. Sargent, Of the Michigan Central, reported
his road open, and in running condition. Yes
terday morning the regular trains we're started
out, and, 1t last accounts, we're running on rcgu-
1aE time Tho day express from Detroit, duo in
Chicago at p. NJ, did not arrive until o'clock
yesterday morning. Tho Evening Express and
the Pacific Express both arrived yesterday morn
ing but little behind tieir regular time. The
atlantic Express, which left here at o'clock
Thursday evening, was made up Of three engines
and five cars- It reached Detroit at half past
yesterday morning, being four hours and a half
hehind time. Regular tralns commenced run
ming last evening.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL. !
The Illinois Central Railroad Was clear Of all |
distractions at an early hour yesterday morning.
Tho train which was snowed-up at Champaign |
during Thursday night arrived in the city res
terday at 8 p NJ No. 4, due from st. Louis at |
L. M. arrived at p. NJ The regular trains |
were al1 put on yesterday morning, much to the |
qualification Of suburban residents.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON QUINCY.
This road resumed operations, in part, yester- |
day morning; but their regular trains were not !
I'll put on until evening, the road being much |
blocked between hero and Riverside. The Pa |
:ifc Express went ont in the morning, but the |
oeual Mail Express and the Dubuque Accommo-
no1ning ] '' they 1l0 vii be be- %iesnmed. % The The
,so SNOW bound trains at Riverside cane