Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-02-03
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CARSO& CITN-:
Thursday .---.--.... February =. $50
VI ToANo. just now the great SNOW
,,.uws Of the Central Pacific Com any
are having coustaa, employment. 1t
would seem that the lessons OF this
severe v inter had taught III Company
suc absolute necessity l3r covering
,heir track where it courses the high
aren levels III this part OF their line,
with snow sheG>. No such = blockade
a. this which Is reported from the
eastern eud OF their line has ever he
fore Interrupted travel on lie Central
Pane. The high lands Where this
snow blockade exists are in the 50
"a ed Peyno Eau-e-the highest point
beuNeen the summit Of the Sierra and
sail lake y dispatch from the scene
10 t-a san Francisco ChrOnici1 e..
Tues3ty, says that the overland pas
eneer u-.a which encountered the
SNOW. consisted Of Il baggage car. -,
press and mali car. four ,,eepers and
two ordinary cars. T. attack the
SNOW, an immense pIo" ...iven by
twelve engines Vrece.;aL ;le train.
Then after driving at 4 tremendous
rate into the great mass OF snow, the
middle OF the cut was reached and the
snow Was found packed ~oIidly 10 the
very Top. and high q above snow
plow. engines and all. Ii vts juro-
>ibIe Tor any power to force d. W.
through, save q power Su1ir."u, :"
push the whole mass before IL. To
last pOiE; was r-s-heI-" Having 70:
10 i point beyuu,. which il rpUid not
advance. the Jra... Ha> t..nI also To-
nave gone too tar To- retreat Then
says this correspondent. the effort
was made TO return, hut i was found
that the driving wind had tiiIed IN he
track behind the tram nearly IL effect
ualiv Is It WAS closed i'll front. The
power Of the engines was applied bg:
only to enianEer p.'.ng the compaE-
ativcly fragile cars III ruin. And 50
the whole train WAS b!OckaIed and
half buried III the snow, where
It remained until relief was sent from
the station to dig them out and open
track by manual power back to the
station, where they arrived before
dark and laid up"
This same writer gives the ChrOu-
icle readers the following clear des-
cIIption OF the snowpiows. These
contrivances are old aoguajntances of
the most Of our readers, but they vii!
enjoy this DESCRIPTION none the les for
that fact.
They are immense structUres-I say
structures, Tor they are as big a. a two
story house and weigh from =J,pue 10
5000 pounds. In front they are
shaped like an iron prov Of an ironciaL
frigate. only tn sharp vertical portion
Of this PROV changes into fiat surface
where i approaches the ground At
tached 20 this Hat or horizontal Prov IS
what is called an apron This apron
IS attached TO the Prov by means Of
hinges. It lifts NJ and lets down direct
iy on the track at pleasure. aud VII
down It Is held there by large steel
springs. When in motion this apron
slides right on the rails, pressing hard
on them; but frCm The rounded surface
which it presents to them it glides Oyer
the Joints and any other little IrEe9T-
Ia-ltIeS with ease The long Prov -
pushed under the snow, theaprop scrap
ing It clear from the rails. and, lifting it
ND bodily. Il meets the vertical section
of the prov. which divides It and hurls /
off on either side. When running Al =
high rate of speed. As is often the case
these plows sometimes hurl the snow
into TIE air fifty feet and plunge It into
huge masses into III deep chaslns and
canyons.