The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-01-28

WHEN Ve said last week that the pros
poets for he closing up Of our branch rail
road wereCood, we had no idea our reputa-
ton as a Weather prophet was to have so
signal Indication as that which followed.
The train went out Friday morning as usual,
but. owing to q heavy Snow-stOrm which
continued throughout the day, was unable
to get bqek until > o'clock in the afternoon.
The storm kept going right along without
intermisSior, and the distance traversed by
the train IN the evening was marked by a
point near by kavlOr's station. There,
drift was encountered which not only could
not be sUbdued, but which was successful il
throwing d wheel Of the locomotive from the
track Tie following day an extra locOmO-
tive from the main line endeayOred TO assist
tie train through, but vain was the effort
T. too, stuck in drift. Meanwhile, the
uaiiS and passengers We're carried between
here and CrSssOn in sleigh-hacks from the
livery establishment OF NIeSsrs. L. & :. ".
Davis on Tuesday a force of about eighty
men, armei and equipped with shovels, in
vsded the road, and after reScuing tha two
locomotives, made their way to town, arriv-
ing here about 1 o'clock, p. NJ. That night,
tie schedule run Of the train was made, but
Ncdnestav mOrning-thankS to another
htayY W I'd storm-the road was closed again,
AMI aftet making a distance of a mile of the
Onward trip, further progress was found
impossible, aud the train returned to the de
pot Wide il still remains. The storm, az
noted. tfgan Thursday night of last week,
and frOIl that time up to the present, with
an lccaJ Jlnal brief iuterHiSsiOn has -Outin-
ued to bike itself manifest in either snow
fails or Tnds which carry everything befoye
them. The thermometer however. laS be-
ayed quite respectfully, at no time descend
ing to within an inch of zero.
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THE ~ RAILROAD LINE OVER THE Al
L-EgHF ctEs.-For the purpose OF aiiOrding
an ai.ernte line from Ioilidaysburg up the
eastern Hope of the Allegheny mountains
and thro gh the mountain tunnel. the Penn
syivauia tailroad Company Is contemplating
reiayus THAT is known as the New Portage
road fro H0liddySbuTg TO a point few
miles vft of the tunnel By 50 doing the
cumpauf viii be able TO relieve the great
preSSUrEhat is now felt on the eastern sIOpe
of the IuuHtaiu 10y the transfer to the new
line ofsOme of the freight tonnage. This
iiuproylEeTt viii also give The advantage Of
two JUuels through the mountain, and very
/ close tocther, in the event of any accident
happeRIg TO either of them. The New Por-
tags v. 4 road originally 5uilt by the State
+ tOavaldhe travel over the old inclined planes
/ 1t was urchssed by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Cmpany at the time that corporation
bouChtrom the State the main line of public
works. The rails were removed at that time,
as then was then no use for two roads, and
/ the Ne Portage road is to-day an impene-
trsbie ne Of brush and trees. The fact Of
( the CCFemplated Improvement led to the ru-
NOR ut The company proposed changing the
line fJH JohustOwn to Petersburg thus
{ aharJhiDg the famous horseshoe bend. In
/ denyiE this one Of the railroad officials said
that II company had no intention whatever
/ OF absdoning any part of its lire over the
Allegbnv mountains, believing that the 10
. catiOns made by Mr. Thompson IS the best
lOcatiO that could be made over those tuVuIl-
t2iuS. l1foas.1l Z',t6crTte.