, 1876-03-29

dftsting mas great, and the weather growing
colr!or, tho snow.banss In places having dstfted
from 10 Inches in dopth.
From tho main llne reports vors received ~
follows: AZ Fulton II wAA oioudy and windy,
but no SNOW was falling. This was 40 tar a. tho
storm bad sxtsndod. Coming eastward. word
clcaring. aud no eno" MAS falling. Tho wind
Was blowing hard. but the wanthor WAS sulN.
GENTLY rarm to causa slight thAw. The depth OF
snow fall wsA but about lnces. From Blackberry
hhr.l In that r.c,olty with tho wind from tic
nusth. From the Junction word waa received
TINT thcro Was Rlight thar. Not cnongh anow
had fallen 10 maso bad dtiftH. III fact. it WAS
very light nuow-RtoTn thes6.
At El1'n tho storm wa' nressy bad. and drift
INK all tho time, the giade beng covered. and
trains delayed, tho Chicago i Pacific ltoad bslng
coinplo.oIy blocked. Prom Rochelle cast and
west trains departed on timc. though. Of course,
they encountered tho mont severe portion 0: tho
ssofn,. During the day bnt lttsln freight was
dispatched oaat OF. west, aud traina which ae.
rived or depnttcd were drawn by two and three
engines. All tho phssengor.tralut left on time,
and tho arrivals vero but little behind tho or
alnhty scnodu!e. This road probably fsred tho
bust Ut any railway having is tcfmuus in toia
city.
the roads leading from this city 10 tho T:as.
did DOT suffer "a severely a. those running Wost
With great severity Along the entire !engsh at
their iincu. Thoy al had. however,. their hands
full to keep tho roaabcdH clear. Tho eventuX
passenger srasnn on oil tho lines leading to the
East Left hora on tttno Ant ~ the storm has
coaAed, no furthor difficulty ID expected.
TIE LAKE HlonE 3tlcHlnAS sournEnN
RAitrond-trans arrived oo tlmo yesterday 1norn-
Ing. fhs faat tnata.trasn waa but Quo mimic
lA.e, Tho freight bnBinesa waa light, but tho
trains kppt running, though irregular. There
WIS fall OF abou. ii inc!isa OF SNOW aloug thia
liun nil tbs way between Ehica9o and LaFnrte.
East Of LaPhrta tue s1lou.taiE waG fkther light.
Tho running o! the trans nu
TIE pALTIMohE h ONO
RaiIroad WAS but little tnsosfsrod with, aud the
morning passenger trains al! nrtiyal on titns.
The freight trains ware worry irregular during
tho day. md as night F'ere entirely Withdrawn.
Tho storm extended alt tha way to lIaunGetd.
o.. but wa4 aoycso4t betweon shlY city Aud YA!-
paralBo.
Tho managers Of
THE rETfYpuno. ronr WAYNE CHICAGO
Failrond managed to kcop their trAckB claar ali
day, and the trainB wore coming aud going al
u,ont AZ near Oh tttno ~ usual. The freight
traffic, Ike or other roads, ~as exceedingly Ignr
during tha day, and no trains were dispatched
during the night. Tho suow-storn on this Iiue
extended from Chfcsgo to CrcBtiino. and east Of
TINT it wns raping.
THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL
Railroad aleo got through Without much trouble.
The threo tsatn8 duo Aoro yesterday nu1nlng
arrived af within ton mibutta OF tho regular
time. Train No. 2 was daiayed about fifteen
mtnutes by = drift at Hydo patk. Tbs train duo
ut y:10 p m. was atxty-tivo miuutea belind Tho
outgoing trains all lsfe OH tin1o. but used two
engines bctween here and Calumet. The freight
trains wero light, and moved itraguIarly. There
Was snowfall along ehts lida all tho wty to De-
trois OF from halt to ono foot. ConQidorah abba
difficulty WRs also experienced on
TIE EANKAKEE LINE.
Tbs morning train WaH ono hour and t4flty-fyo
minutes late. and tho evening trnin thrco hotlrB
Aiost OF tho doay wAs occaMoned 1t Kankakeo,
Whero tho storm waB very sayero. The pas8en.
gor trains for Cincinnati 1eft here an uma, but
noshing hsa been learned ~ to how they wers
getting along. ...
Tho oni, ltns which did not sut,sx from tas
storm WIS
TIE MILWAUKEE ST. pAr1
ha.r9ad. ~ The storm o1touded only about 20 or
basraas the trains. Mr. 4. Y. Il. Carpenter, the
doneral Passenger Agent OF this road. who Ar-
rivod here yesterdGy from Milwaukee, sayg tho
storm ut that point amounted to but vsry little,
and there was no trouble anywhere On his limo,
Last niRht'a tram MAS In on tmo.
TITTHnuA1, c1NC1HNATi 1T. LoC1s.
Tie pittsburg, Cincinnati Il St. Louis Rail-
road (pan. .1Iandlo nouto) suffered also from tho
ef!ocss Of the storm. Tho Chicago Dlviaion only
extends to La Porto, Ind. and from that point to
this city tho storm WAS reported as raging
With great fury. Tho avcgsga fall Of anow up to
o'clock yesterday afternoon at LaPorte was u
inohos: and tho wud roportsd as atsong and tho
snow drifting. Tho Night Express. duo IN this
city At 7:90 ycstortlay morning, did not arrive
until 8:60. One hour aud swsuty minutes behind
ttnlo. Tho accommodation tralns weso diA-
patched during the day, but did not leave on
ing to seaoaulo WAS tho Crown Point
accommodation. The freghts which ar
rived 1ero light aud they wore
drawn by extra eng,uos. paHssngor-trainR were
COTTON ready, but experienced the gsoataas difti-
ttss and rails. and causing e1txa friction, mak-
Ing 1t hard to moro tatns. As far a. freight