The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-01-10
II BEATS THE REOORDx
THE BIG SNOW Has CONE TO sray.
Scenes About The CITY YtSIetdsY--rke iiumors O.
tbs SiluaiIoa-scuhiAlaS Of suou IN tho
Streets. bat The sidewalks Comparative. IM,
Il II Clear Cleaning the Roots On. y Z.

The ''oldest inbatltant'' had not sufficient.
ly recovered from his amiz 'nent yesterday
to remember any Snow storms IN tho pusl
which equaled thIE oae. The inoa. active
memory wal Of fault, and IL was generally
admitted ths! tie present unow beat The
record.
Tbs NOTES OF the Board oil Public Works
that tbs ordinance rtqpiriBE sidewalks to be
cleaned would DO enforced, had q very good
effect, aud early yesterday morning general
campaign was begun sgainst the snow on
the sidewalk, md by lust night the payo.
ment with tue aEow SILL on II was an exeep.
ton.
Roofs In nil paris Of town were endangered
by this immense weights upon them, and the
volume OF snow IN tho street, was Increased
by that from The roofs bong thrown down.
This made Pllta In front OF soma houses xix
or eight feet high. Tho scene from any poi Ut
on one Of the principal etreeta was novel
one for Wheeling. The CitzIna' railway had
scooped out sort OF valley In Tbs middle
Of Market street early IN tic day witt, snow
pl0ws, md upon the ridges on either side
the snow from the Sidewalks aud roots was
thr0wn-"0Aa on pelion p!ied''-making
miniature mountain ranges In the cutters.
T2Avit srItL lapEpID.
The effort OF the Citizens railway to make
their track pnssablo by the use OF snowplows
and a liberal application Of salt was not sue.
cessful, other vehicles crowding the snow
back upon the t.acI rs iastaa 1t was ploughed
OF. The Idea OF Attempting to melt two fee.
0l snow by the use oil salt provoked smiled
cyGlywhNre. The company abandoned the
undertaking. early in tho day, aud no car.
were run. The Elm GloTe iiue continued
10 Use sleds, and found them very aatisfac.
tory. Dollyefy wagons Lad 10 use double
teams. and the milk men aud bakers put
tleir wagons on runners. A few slechs
were ont occasionally, hut .heso was loo
much ,now for comfortable riding in them
and only those who were compelled 10 10 gu,
were abroad. IN =.
The railroad trains were few and far be-
tween, end could 80 only at small mace
All nails Hsls delayed several hours, anG
llchl passenger and freight traffic was MA:
] ticGliy abandoned. Four eagiues were "a
CURED in somo Instances to move a very ligh
train.
Pedtstrianism was plcssanter than III,
day before, the crossings and sidewalks beip,
mostly clean, and paths tesng broken every
where. However, few people were out pre- III
enadipg for pastime, mud with the exception
OF the bnslnlss part OF tho town the street,
were comparatively deserted.
W, HuAoRs CT THE STORM. ~
Toe day was not a plsasan. one. u va
wlndier than on Tocs :sy, ard there wa
more drifting. ,Enow G'to lell lightly mos
| OF the day, and the uir IVES anything hu
pleasant. Sill, people had concluded t
mako the best Of tic situation, and The hu
morons clemsnt began to crop out. Earl,
| III f}is dry coma al the Market strset msr
chants got M old pair OF boots, placed then
on poiss aud t!uri tEtm in u biGA SNOW
hauk, soles up, bsaring the legend:
"Hc1c lies lhc author Of beautiful Snoy.'n
There s,eined 10 10 sort O; Eign mani,
| prevailing. A Main street Eaoy ba-k wa
shaped like grave, and from lis top extend
ed the tosa uf badly dllap;dstsd pair o
shces. A shingle ssrved as tombstone, sut
| OH 1t was chalked: la MI
"Ihis man thew suow from a roof upon his fellow
men,
Many psop!e wished others Of his iclIog
The employed a: &cAdaRs paint sho,
stuck up o sign, + o
Keep II the Grass" So
They avoided the w-eta Of iAs popnlace b,
locking tie door.
Another sgn, said to bs p Ltttle's produc
| ton, 10 the distant observer read "for salt
cheap-a lot on Main sfeet.n Close fuspec
ton showed the words in small lstterl JUS
afier lot-'of snow." ~
AS happy 9 hit Is any OF these was ont
displayed on the South Side, where IN alley
had been heapol oyes nuns head with
snow from ths adjoining buildings. One o
the familiar B:asd Of Public Work. siguE
had been altered so as 10 read:
lence," -
This spscics Of i'm was harmless, and re
lieved tho monotony OF the snowy wastes.