, 1876-03-29

ont sections 1t Tho road. rour horses ucro
attachsd to caoh plo.. and With eyaty
machine large forco Of mon rsa sons. Tho
greatest difficulty WAS oKporioncol fn Starting,
and. after being onoe under wav, it was hAri
.llon to keep tle track. Tho snow-piows mado
several trps bsfote lilo cars woso aont nlt. Al
fast An mon cona be obtained, thcy woro lifted,
and, with nhoyolB, wont to work to Aid In kenp-
Ing the Tracks In paasable condition.
THE brREET.rAhS
Wero started from tho difto1ont barns at tho
rsgnlhr morning hour, four lsoraea bclng At.
tached 10 zach. An exttn man was also pHt IN
TO manage tho btakea. Tho drlyos lad Ills han'a
full to manage bis tearn, and as tl,a
snow boat In on tho platform md gathered
about bis feot, ansl blew into his face, bo WAS
slm9st b!lndod BY ths Storm and lad ,ee991eely
Tho tracks vero covered with hardened snow
aholI 10 tile dopth Of about a!f nn incl aud Tho
cars slipped Oh and on eahly, aud wore In con.
aeaucuce not kept upon TIC track. In MANY
places ihoy would got etalinI. hut the horsns
would ganers}ly manage to pull them out.
ON atAntgoH sTnEEr
the drifta were Greatoat from I!1roop and Eliza
leth ntreese, and along by Ada to Uuton Park.
Bnou-plowB and mon With thoir shossa - keep
eyop lhe lines Of tho track In vew.. Up to
o'clock In the morning tho cars managed TO make
trips irregularlY a. from ten 70 twenty minutes
they Tan 10 wide apart as fosty.lvo mtnuteh.
Eyorytbing that waH possible VIVA dooe 10 keop
the ronds open. and Supt. Lake cauuot DO too
highly praBcd for his un.iring cffoIts In trying
10 accommodate tho public. eyen under tho most
adverse circumstances, And in beating tho other
roads ont OF alght. 1lo VIVA At every point along
tho limo during tho day. hoFe :engaaiuE fcrce
Of nifty mou,, aud shortly after at
out work for tho s!.o.elors. Again ho could bo
found at nnother point ecndng kilograms to re-
Love cortsip drivors and giving INSTRUCTIONS how
cars on cersain streots should 10 run. Alto
as'AtF' tho c0"2eoy Go t44a1 s.fsssn mns s''F
during the day. and will Bot At least 500 extrn
bands Ut work carly this morning TO aid In ets-
tirelJ clearing their road, SO TINT traffic may be
resumed nn usual to-day. ..
street car. aftos having beon, nnhitclod
at the corner Of Rtato and Randolph
B.reots Jcaterlag morning: ran away and caused
quite % excitement, Tho driver. with pras-
succeeded in atopping tue animals just as thor
wore turning tue coruer Of Madison atreot. Ono
Of the hozsel WAS burt to soma axtoat, but not
soriouaiy.
THE RANDOLPH BTEEEr LINE
experienced the same diftlcutlos ns that on
Madison siroos.. With, potlaps. . llttle moro
nddod. From Elizabeth to Sheldon streets tho
Bnow drifted In great mounds, which mado It
worry hard for, the plowh to eyen como within
sctaptnK distance OF the tracks. Tho horacs
tuggod and men worked. but all socmingly 70
lltt!e avail.
About o'c1oclt yesterday morning one Of tho
cars coming cast on thiH Bsroot broke wheel
from having been ruu on the pavement hfeor 1t
wns thrown from tic track near Carpenter
ssreot. Attempts wcro made to replace 1t OF to
get it out Of ths way, which proved futile. Cars
woro at this tstno coming along In rapid succss-
horses, wore ntaIlcd botwoon Carpenter aud
Elizabeth atreets.
How THE OBSTRUCTION wAs nEuoyrp.
The getiicte with the brokon wheoi Heeming
immovsolc. = ,noyoi way uas takcn to got it out
Of tho road, III order that travel might be re-
8umcd. It wan broken Into ~hat might DO termed
kiudllng wood and thus Cotton of tho track.
Tho three whools Of tho truck only. bong saved.
On Randolph street, also, near tho Same apot,
one Of tho SNOW piowa broke down, but MAS
sufficiently repaired to DO taken to the stablos.
on HLuE ISLAND AVENUE
the snow drftel hoavlly to Harrison street, and
tho t1aok was kopt only partially ctea. under
Tho Humboldt Park branch limo cara woro
withdrawn during ta0 fattor part Of the after
noon, travel boing very limited. and h proving
Impossible to kccp tho dzltta from covering ths
truck.
THE MILWAUKEE AND 1HpiANA sTnEEr
lines suffered With the reat, but corp were Kept
running on those thoroughfares until o'clock
last evening.
taud With In tho vicinity OF tho stables, noar
IhIoop Bsrcot Hhera there Ii considerable open
territory. Cars were run on this rouke at irreg-
ular intervals all daY.
Company lad tho platform Of OF it's Van Dusen
atraot cars broken. and trp Anon-ploNs badly
damaged, tho handles 10 seyerRl OF the shovola
being brokan. They had ro1AYs Of drlvers ready
to Ecn1aco tho benunbed mou utter ouch trip
Tho Wost Dfviaion Railway Company withdrew
nearly all their cars shortly after dnrk last oycn-
Ing, and replaced them On noarly as possible
with tho!r omnibuses in order that their plows
might DO eos ut work, with tho addition Of
by this morning aud havo everything running
ngafn in nppto.pie ordDr. This corporation,
more than any othor, did tta very utmost to
furnish conyoyhuces to tho public, and It do
serves the fullest mood Of praise for it's efforts
Binoo Il slono kept tta regular nighk-cara run
u!nE.
ltnea the SNOW had drifted 10 badly that peues-
trians who had boon unsuccessful ln fuding
cleaned tracks, which offered the boat footing to
tho vsyfarer,
TIE BouTu pH1slox RAILWAY.
This Company operates tho liuos On State
Htrect, Wabash AID Indiana avenues, Cottago
Grove avenue, Archer avonuo, and Cottage
Grove avenue and Clark st1eet. They en-
countored tho aame difficulties as tho Wnst ri.
vision, but probably not to 40 great degree. Tho
corporation still runs some Of It's bob-tails. but
all tta cara ara supplied with conductors. aud i
majority Of tho vehio!os, NOW glory In littlo plat
forms upon which two mon can staud-if thor
have small feet-without treAdinR upon Zach
otheEfs oorns.
THE HAoW-rI.DWa
wero atnrted cut Ut d litto before o'a3ook yee-
terday morning. Twonty-second street, Cottage
Grove and Indiana ayenuea wero partially
oloanet, but on Htate strcct, Bonth OF Tvepty-
second, tho snow dFifted In hugo heaps, tho open
prairie thore giving the stortn full scope. The
first cara started from the stables Ut OILS l. nl.,
tie large onoa having four-horsa toatps attached
to them Anl IN extra man On tho platform To
manage ttlo: brakes~ The amended bob-tails,
which nana1iy conaant 10 be drawn by one uAg,
were attached to two hotsoH tho driyor being
deemod autllcient to mansge team and brake To-
EetAer.
The several I!nsa Of cara made irregular trina
TIL p:15 + t., whom tho stato stseet cars Buh-
sldsd. South OF Tweuty-sscond street tho stroet
ts unpayod, and. though ooyerod with snow, II III
almoHt bottomloss with mud. The lay OF tho
ground here fa also quito low. aud tho snow
dr1tted III, forming imuleuBe and almost
IAAovAuLA HEAPS.
CaE attor car Wss thrown from the track until
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