River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-03-10
The Storm.


MILWAUKEE, March 5.-Railroad
officials are almost discouraged; the
drifts of Sunday, which were mild in
comparison with the present ones, took
three days to make break through,
on the principal lines, the branches
not being even touched; just as they
were beginning to see light through the
snow banks, came this storm, the worst
on record, and not only completely
blocked up all the progress of the pre-
vioUs three days, but rendered
the situation far worse than
before 1t will be week before
mails or passengers can be moved. The
the railroad companies, which ale feed
ing whole train-loads of passengers at
various stations throughout the state,
are not only finding it Il serious tax up
on them, but it is beginning to be
serious question whether the stores of
provisions at these small places will hold
out against this great ami unlooked-for
demand Besides the passengers,
thousands of train hands and snow
svovelers are being maintained at great
cost. The shovelers are being paid eX-
orbitant wages.
MILWAUKEE, March 5.-The storm
continued ut intervals to-day but the
backbone of the blizzard is considered
broken. No trains north or west rs
yet and no attempt to open the lines
will he made until tomorrow Re
ports from interior points all state the
storm is continuing but with less
severity, and general scarcity
of fuel is complained of. In Milwau-
kee the steam supply company which
furnishes heat to hundreds of resi-
dents and steam to factories, could get
no fuel on credit, suspended and put
the management into the hands of a
committee of stock holders. Coal is
So ton and wood So cord. Both
are almost impossible to get.
Dealers are selling coal at 81
for two bushels. Business continues
suspended. The streets are being
cleared as rapidly as The snow plows
and hundreds of shovelers can do so.
All country roads are impossible.
Milk sold to-day at % cents a quart.and
90 cents dozen was offered for eggs,
but they could not be bought. Interior
points predict great suffering. The rail
road blockade in the north and north
west will continue two or three days
at least
CHICAGO, March ga light snow
throughout the day, aided by a fresh
wind, has served to continue the dis
astrous effects Of the great storm of
Wednesday and yesterday. The rail
roads centering here, especially those
from the north and west, are still prac-
tically showed up, and trains that are
running at all are very irregular. Street
cars move slowly, with four horses,
and in the country, public highways
are obstructed by huge drifts, render
ing traffic impracticable.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
road has been showed in since Wednes-
day, and the snow is falling as fast as
ever.
AT OMAHA.
OMAHA, March "a dispatch from
Omaha says no trains arrived there
rom the east since yesterday morning,
and the wind is high and the cuts arc
drifted full. The Annie Pixley Wise
party booked for Omaha tonight,
have not been heard from. They are
probably showed in at Rock Island
AT DUuQUE.
A Dubuque, Ia, dispatch says, that
except by way OLA Crosse all outside
communication is cut off, and no trains
are likely to reach this city tonight
from any direction. The only redeem
ing feature of the storm is the mildness
of the temperature, were the cold in
tense suffering would occur and
life would be departed. The sup
ply of hard coal is exhausted and wood
has been substituted. Reports of like
tenor come from all points in northern
Illinois, Wisconsin, northern Iowa, Ne
braska, southern Minnesota and north
ern Michigan. The railways are the
worst sufferers and no one knows where
to begin the effort to break the block.
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