The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-10
STILL BUCklNG.
The Snow PIOws and Sii0YeierS Max
ing the Railroads Again Passable.
twenty-five Degrees Below Zero this
Morning and Biting Wind.

As soon as it stopped showing yester>
day afternoon, it began TO grow colder.
AT 8 o'clock last evening mercury had
dropped to three degrees below zero, and
at II o'clock it registered 10 below. It
kept descending as morning approached,
when it was anywhere from q TO % de-
grees below. The people expected this,
50 they did not grumbIe They knew they
had to go through cold snap before it
and the sooner it came the
better it suited. A high wi&i still PRE-
vailed this morning, and played foot bail
with the snow all night, but it served
mostly to pack it solidly rather than Gre
ate new drifts.
The situation as regards the railroads
was nearly the same. The snow plows
were doing their best to get through the
drifts, and when they could not succeed,
men were sent ahead to dig this way.
Some of the trains had made some
Roadway during the night, but
the GOODNESS of the atmosphere interfered
to some extent
The c., NJ & st. p. road are having
about as tough Il time as any of their
The Flying Dutchman, " in
charge of Conductor Cross, and No. .,
with Conductor Bush were still in the
vicinity of Port Byron this morning. En-
gineers Bliss. Caldwell, Richard and Car
roll were ahead of the trains. Several
rails were reported broken this morning,
and it is SAID that as the result of buck,
ing snow, one of the engines is lying
about twenty feet from the track No. l
got down lis far as the blockade last
night, and of course stopped. No trains
left here either last night.or this morning,
but it is expected that the belated trains
will get in SO that one can leave tonight.
There is not an engine belonging to that
road here, so that Conductor Fuller and
his crew cannot get away until one gets
in.
The c., B. K Q. road is still stepped in
trouble. but Agent Mack expects to get a
train ont some time this evening. No. .,
which left here yesterday morning. got
through to St Louis some time last
night, but No. ) is still surrounded at
North Henderson, where it was reported
yesterday morning Conductor Phil
OBricn, who has charge of the train. left
Bushnell for here Sunday night and has
been hard at work ever since Phil is an
old hand at the business and takes mat
tiers rather philosophieally. Train No. /,
with Conductor Pollard, is behind O'Brien
having left St Louis yesterday morning.
But the snow pillow IS coming, and the
boys Will soon be out of the drift Su-
perintondent W. G. Brown, with a gang
of men, has the IRON monster in charge,
and they were reported at Alexis this
morning coming this way. When the
plow reaches here it will be started out On
the Sterling branch, which is badly block
ed. The wind has packed the snow sol
idly and the intense cold has formed a
crust over it, which will be hard to re,
move. No. ), the fast mail train has
been suspended again today.
The Rock Island & Peoria folks have
their hands still in their pockets, as far
as running trains are concerned The
snow pillow and several engines were
started out today however, aud they eX
'pect to have the "short line" opened up
before long. Business is Still stagnatcd
on the Rock Island & Mercer County, and
in consequence coal famine is threat
cncd. There is not enough coal in the
Coal Valley Mining Cos yard to supply
the demand, and if a train does not ar.
rive tomorrow. no coal can be had.
The trains on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific read had about the same luck
as on the other lines. Train No. 4, due
here at 11:15 last evening, stuck in The
snow between Grinncll and Kellogg, also
train No. ,, due here from Omaha at s
this morning, stuck IN the snow cast OF
Grinncll. The train from Kansas CITY
due here last evening at 9I5, was aban
doncd at Eldon about o'clock yesterday
afternoon. The through Omaha expires:
left Chicago on time this noon and may
push through by 9 or Toe clock this even
ing. Tie first maj! from the east arrived
this morning or train No. /, which lcf
Chicago at noon yesterday, arriving At
$50 This morning, having laid in a snow
bank nine hours near Seneca, III. The
cannon bali will not leave Chicago today
at all. The cannon bali due here from
st. Paul Monday morning, is still in tn,
SNOW near Cedar Rapids, and in a critica
condition as to any near prospect of get
ting out. The passengers have all hecl
cared for by the company. \ mail trail
was started east this morning from Day
export with coach, baggage and mai
car, and as we go to press it is reported
making fair Roadway, bat expect trouble
when reaching the big cuts near Seneca
| NOTES.
Conductor Stanton set up the cigars t
the boys at the c., B. & @, office thi
morning James has long head on hi
shoulders, but his memory was a littl
short this time Ii was four years ag
when we had the large freshets, and whe
the bridges and track of the c., &. & Q
road were washed away in the vicinity 0
! Barstow Agent Macs said the washout