Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-24

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800 fsss g : eity viii The pIsssnsioas q
Ihsrs 3 bus listls sAanes h he co.
oltion of thines aloug shs O. B. an.
O0n hne. In spite Of the snow plove
and the hrRe foroe Of msn e vurk, tke
oloekeoe = no uearer rnisod than q Va
twenty -four hours ago. 4 blindin0 mow
storm prsyniIed I'll Day = Wyofk 6ta-
tioo, uoar y6iGh tho ronosn61r tsnin
nov Itss, and stehteSn inches 81 frerh
snow he's faIlen. Al along the line e
hes been drifting lady, and "a tks faee
g euch etrcumesaness e vas impnrui-
BE Tor >he working foEes 10 MAXI any
gregreaL The latest reports from Ths
Ua1tee ase - ~ e4eu9 t6at 4 Iools uka
clearing up. AZ Hood River, howsvsr.
sne thermomeeer II down 10 20 doarees,
az inches Of snow has fallen and 4 q
drifting badly. Passengers on the snow
bound train are In good spirits, a.
though they have been psisonsrs sin0s
Tnured4y morning. They are about
ten miles from Hs0d Rivsr, and this =
the nearest place vhers pr0visious can
% ootalnsd- Thees have been SAINT %
the train upon toboQgans, hat the tripa
. . meet periIo0s one, and sinos she
present storm ~ IN it has been almoas
lmpoenble TO get any men to attempt
tno sr1p. Assistant Manager Keene yes-
tsrday teleRraphsd intsudentli Rowe
% spare no expense TO doevsrythine for
fne oomfoFt of the SNOW impFis0ned
people. Dr. kssne soon after received
an answer falling him that By Offering
Inunfncent pay eight men bad bean
found to undertake the trip. They 10
oordlnRly loaded four t0boRgans and at
. o'clock In the afternoon started upou
the tedious and psril0us journey. The
oe1tok 1oy ~ t00 I8ok t10& t4o TRACK
and grade d - dFifted that the whole
mountain side ID like the sloping roof
Of house, with the caves running over
into the Columbia A trip even with TO-
beggans b not easy, for even q misstsp
might sond one ahsotinQ down the
side into the river.
Thoaah great apprehension he's been
expressed for the safety Of the pasaen-
gers on the snow bound train, there ID
no danger unless it be from hunger, and
the company will see 10 Il that no such
strait OCCURS. 4 call for 500 men was
about the city las( night 20
shovel snoW for e250p per day and board,
and these will start ont at seven O'Clock
this morning. All the drunks In the
city jail, twelve In number. have been
pard0ned. 10 90 upon this relief expedi-
ton. Tomorrow the company will have
at work 1000 men With twenty engines
and three snow plows, and II all the
forces Of winters storms do not com-
bine against them, they win soon open
up the track.
q. w. johnson, Assistant Saperin-
tendent of the o. R. a N. Co, yesterday
sent 300 pounds Of canned beef and 500
Ioaves Of bread 10 the front from this
city. A large supply Of provisions will
be sent along With the relief expedition
today.