Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-21
RAILROAD NOTES.


whole Northwest and also embraced within
its scope, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa.
We have had snow storms that have de-
layed trains and blocked up the roads
for many weeks together but
never have we had SO severe
storm as the present. The intense cold
which extends over broad belts of terri
degrees below zero. This extreme cold
cation, but spreads over broad territory
At Brainerd, Crookston, Grand Forks and
Larimore, the mercury dropped to 40 be-
below, and IS below was the warmest spot
that could be found any where in the re-
gion referred to. Of course, with this de-
gree of cold to contend with, it is much
more difficult to handle the trains and
clear the tracks of snow. All the roads
leading to the west and northwest were at
work sending out supply and work trains,
snow plows and all the usual materials for
clearing the tracks and aiding in the work
of putting the trains through.
The Albert Lea route was in substan-
TALLY the same situation yesterday that it
was OA 1AuLSooJs 4nO 4A1AACdPOklS O
st. Louis road is free from obstruction
but on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern the same trouble exists that
stopped travel on Thursday. There was
good deal of snow and the wind was blow
ing furiously, carrying it upon the track
pretty nearly as fast as it could be re-
moved. The managers of the road think
they will be able to bring the trains
through on time after to-day.
The bulletin board at the union depot
yesterday afternoon at o'clack contained
the following:
The Northern Pacific train due here at
TAO a. m. abandoned.
The ST. Paul & Manitoba train due here
at 7 80 a. m. abandoned. The train due at
$50 a. m. will be in about 6 o'clock.
Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha-No. 2 train
due here at II :55 a. m. abandoned. No. 1
train due at 2:25, three hours late.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul-No. 3
train three hours late. There will be no
train on the Iowa & Minnesota division to-
day. The Owatonna 4:30 train will proba-
bly, leave on time.
This is the record as stated to the public
by the bulletin board. On the Chicago.
Milwaukee & st. Paul road there was trou-
BILE. The river division was not interrupt
ed though the trains were somewhat de-
layed. The wheeling is reported to be un-
usually heavy aad the engines have very
bard work to pull the trains through. The
lowe & Minnesota division is wholly block
AIDED and no trains are running on it. The
$40 train started out at 1920 to make an
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was not very successful. The Flying
Dutchman has been wholly aband-
oned between La Crosse and
Minneapolis. Passengers for
Dubuque and down that way will have to
take the 1916 p. m. train, and lay over at
La Crosse and take the Dutchman at that
point.
The Hastings & Dakota road is wholly
closed and there is no telling when it will
be opened again. A train was started out
on it yesterday morning, but at noon yes
terday it was not known how for she got.
All the available force is at work to open
the road, but the task is heavy one.
The st. Paul & Manitoba road has made
a good fight and trains were all coming all
right. Both Breckenridge and Winnipeg
trains left yesterday morning on
time, and we're making running
time. Last night the trains started out On
time. No part of the road is now OBJ
obstructed and ali freight as we'll as pas
senger trains are running the same as
usual. The weather all along the road is
very cold but quiet and calm.
The Chicago, st. Paul, & Omaha road
experienced good deal of interruption on
its western division. At ITO a. m. the st.
James train got in. The through train
due at noon yesterday did not arrive till
2 o'clock this morning. A passenger train
left in the morning, and one IN the
they were going along through
without serious difficulty. The weather
along the western division of this road is
quiet and still, but very cold, the mercury
running from 10 to 25 below zero every
where. The cold belt seems to be as wide
on this road as it is in the northwest,
though the degree of cold is not quite SO
intense. Generally speaking the track can
be kept clear, though the winds pile the
snow back upon the rails. The snow is
from eighteen to twenty inches deep all
along the line, through the woods and ev-
eryWhere else. No one remembers seeing
the snow so deep on dead level as it
now is. The snow has been
coming in little quantities day by day,
and up to Wednesday, had remained quiet
on the ground. On Wednesday, however,
the winds came and lifted the newly fallen |
snow onto the track in huge drifts. The |
managers of the road hope to have it open
and ready for use in regular way to-day.
The cold on the Northern Pacific is rep
resented to be very severe. At Fargo the
mercury shows 40 below, jamestown 40
below, Dickinson 80 below, Forsyth 8
below, Glendive % below, Miles City Is
below, and at Billings IA below. At For
syth great storm of wind was raging.
st Glendive and Miles City light snow
was falling. The train that left st. Paul
Friday night reached Fargo yesterday sew
sral hours late, and the train that should
nave arrived here Friday morning did not
ret in till last evening. No train was
started out yesterday morning, for the
reason that the passengers had all gone
away from the depot The Dakota diyls- /
~, mill he opanad TO REGULAR travel