, 1877-01-17
1t Is Over at Last and the Sun
Shines Again.
The Strcet-Kai1wnys Manage to
Struggle Through tho
Storm.
Delays to Which tho Various Railroads
Were Subjected Yesterday.

| In the northern part o. the city more paft,cu.
larly, aotne Of the drifts reached the ennrrnou,
height Of eight feet II wns verify "b1fzzartl,' "
| regular ol1-genttcman snoH-stosm, and, when
| yesterday morning opened with still more
threatening aspect, tho clouds parting to le,
tic snow down again, It began 10 look IS Il
| the town wcrc doomed TO snow.banks until the
| spr'ngtfmc should como to drive them away in
water. But In the afternoon the sun came out
| and the sEy turned from leatlen to blne, and a
| ring of gold ran around the horizon. II Was q
novel thing for Chicago people, tho rays Of the
sun all the CLINT OF the soft blue, and they hail
welcomed The snow that nade the clearing uu
10 welcome In turn.
Tic snow-plows ran all Of Monday night on
the various strect.airon1 routes, and By ycster.
Gay morning the tracks were to1erably clear OF
distractions. still, as measure Of psccautton,
lew ot them we're I,ut on again In the morning,
md kept going At intervals during the day,
especially when the biz fakes begun TO fall
yesterday afternoon. The tars werr tut on,
slow time Mon1ay night, and thcsr was little
Or NO difficulty In following out the timetable.
hight-cars were run as usual. and the bc!ated
citizcn had occas[on To thank the strectear COM
pahcs tur their enterprise ns well as to con
9fatulatc hitnac1f on being relieved oi tho palm
iul necessity Of walking home IN tic Storm.
on THE WEST DIVISION LINES
time arrangement, although the travel waa un-
certain, and often difficult on ce1taiu PARTS OF
titc Il rouie particularly On Oglcn aYcuuv south
oi layl0r street, IN Van Bufcn west Of Throot,
Rnh on nlne 4fla1A avenue south OF Fifteenth
street. The sruw-pluwa were kept on all the
lines at certain tiDcs during tllP day AMI niuut
tItcen ears wcrc taken uI In order 10 accoInmt,-
uatc them. AZ . o'cltrk tho hnow-nlows left
80 for the benefit VI the q o'clsKk rush
OF passengers to their homes. There wns
no doublnc-up OF the stock yesterday, the
snow;p!ows having cleared the trucks 70 well
mt to require thu The officers Of the Company
were much l!shtcr-1lcartcsl Yesterday than they
were about II O'Clock the night previous, wlcn,
according to the testimony Of one and nll, at
looked pretty bad and the prospect WAS dismal, !"
ON TIE SOUTH SIDE
Tue heaslest drifting Monday night was on Cot
t2Ct tirorc avenue, where tic route Is more ex-
posed 70 the Wind thnn 1t Is on any other OF the
s9utt.stde Streets. But the effective Snow
rlow kept the tracks open On that Avenue, as
well rs on Indiana avenue, State strtet, and
Archer avenue. and no serious delay or mis-
fortune WIS met With. Travel w4K unintcr-
rupte!i yestsrtlay, although few Ut the caFs
run were compelled to do SO on the slow-tnie
schedule. Altogether, the Company considered
ttat II taa safely weathercd tbs storm, and no
further trouble was looked for.
ON THE NORTH SIDE
Foads the drifting was heavy, and, In some
cascs, 1t was cut through bY stlow.plows where
II fnd reached a height equal u that OF N or
ainary eur. y hundred extra then wrsc put on
thu road to clear the track; onc-half tic cars
werc Withdrawn, mud thu tcarns tioubtcdup on
the remainder, and In that why tie cars actually
running nude their regular time. sfr. Vol
Turner, President Of the road, says that a,,o.her
day Of snow and wind would l,1se hloek.up the
lluess entirely. As II stands. the extra expense
to the Company Is $NO per day. II II should
come of sllar, and cold, drying the snow, aud
then hrayy wina should spring up, railroad
men SOY that more trouble n,ay be expected.
All tic strect railways have done admirably
during thu recent storm, md their supcr!ntcnd-
eIts mud otl'cr officers have received tlc thanks
ot the community for thcIr cxcrtions.
THE RAILROADS.
There Ia one class ot people who do not LOOK
upon a.IoW as bc!ng eitlIer beautiful or benc-
ileiai.. These arc the railroad men. They think
snow Ia one al the greatest Of nuisancca, Hnl
tlIat we could get along much better without Ii.
a suow-storm fs d thing they drcad almost as
much Us railroad ucr!dent. It causes thcm cx-
tsu expenses, delays the tealus, aph plays the
t'erce all along the lines. While IN ordinary
greatly. IL may br Imagined how they suffered
from such An oGtime rattics u ttle snow st0ru
which prevailed fn this section al day Monday
aud extended fur into The hight. Az was gen
s s sss czps;tnsca aas !nas' say 'fss 0a % H.
aonE oa'ss welt ie euoas, an 6tssy the could ala 81
Improved snow.plnws and gangs of H1el, hut as
"a ths evening 1;,! alsauest, and the wind Increased
IN one p!ucc as fast lis removed from another,
oil human Efforts proved In valn. On the roa.ls
leading to tho cast the storm VIA scYerc.t, md
thsy suffered % thc !nost. Tie running Of freight
anl the iew I'assenger.traMs that yenturrd out
lad IN experience which t!nsc On b,ard will not
soUi f0rEtt. Tho worst trouble WIS experienced
witii!l. radius OF flsty miles around thls city.
blew the lll1hllnE SHOW over the yast prairie
with fury. Along The lakc-lront the trucks were
covered with mountains OF sn0w, reaching up,
IN some instances. to tho windows Of tl,e ca1s
day snpTlatnB was most animated, 4 multitude
Of mcn were at work digging out the cars. En-
Eincs were pulling and snurttng, trying to pull
the trains together IND pillow way through the
few hours sutllccA to get everything ehip*hapv
aEaisl. aud, befurr noon, tralns wcrn coming In
und going out rs 1t nothing Unusual had hap
IHneG: a few tNrs and engines Jumped tic
truck slouslay night, Tut 10 damage beyond &c.
LAYS was dune.
THE DEFINITIONS.
The Michigan Central Railroad dispatched the
o,cloek Atlantic EXPRESS sFaiE. on time, but the
were oil the freight trains. The Express train
due hclc yesterday morning jumped the track
near hcnslIEtnn, where there was fearful
SNOW drift. No damage however WAS done 10
sent out to bring i. tho passengers. Tho
other trains which urr!yed tlur!ug the day weru
fron. ouc 10 twu hours behind. The Atlantic
Express. which LETT hcrc at O'Clock Monday
evening, managed tu yet through all right, and
arrived ut Detroit enly two hours behind time.
Tho sn"w which fell ahout Noon yesterday was
ton light 10 do any damage or Gauss delays. III
the evening everything waa all right agatn, anI
tFa!,ls were coming ~ and golnE uut u Usual.
The Lake Shore l. Michigan Southern Railroad
hail u1so considerable trouble bctwcrn here ana
LoSanbuort Beyond that point 1t was raining
anu tho truths could make regular time. Tit |
express trains which arrived during yesterday
~ero fcw hours behind time, which WIS luu1n!y |
rauscl by whiting TOR Enste1n conncctions Il!u |
l.hal trains which arrived during the day weru |
all vi tsylr.
The r!ttsburs, Fort Wayne i Chicago Rail-
r;ast hail its principal trouble tctwecil here aud
Engtuweo.l, AMI gangs 0f men had to bs kept 1T
w1rk to keep tie tracks fFes from drit,. Train /
NJ. i. t!ue here ut O'Clock 4. In., arrived At |
60 The twenty minutes were lost between /
En9lswuod anl the MMltson Street Demt. |
Train NJ 7, due Ut I ocioeE 4. Ill.,, lost uue |
hour a1li twenty-five minutes between the two |
points. Truth No. = With left here at O'Clock
u M, Jumped tho truck just 1T tbs other sllu
Ut tfiu hri4gp ufer the South urAuc{l. The CAUSE