The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-11
Chicago and Vicinity.

CHICAGO, Feb. 10-Chicago seems to have
been the center of the snow area, and for a dis
lance Of about sixty miles in every direction it
has fallen TO a great depth, and is drifting badly.
Most of it was very moist when it fell,
which makes it very heavy, and as
hard to handle almost as sand, as it has since
been frozen hard and been ground almost to
powder by drifting. The level character of the
country in almost every direction, and its free
dom from forests, facilitates the carriage of the
snow by the wind and its Judgment
wherever a railroad cut furnishes a
place for it to drop into. In
consequences of this, and of the extremely low
temperature which has prevailed all day most OF
railroads are in worse condition, if that were
1t is next TO impossible for meh
to work and about as difficult to keep steam up
in the engines. From every direction reports
come of engines dead" and side-tracked.
Tho Chicago & Alton road sent out no trains
to-day, nor did any come in. The track is
blocked at Braceville by a train in the snow
which left here yesterday. The Baltimore o.
Ohio has run no trains since Sunday.
1t has three trains blcckaded near south Chicago.
The Nickel plate sent ono train to-day. The
Louisville, New Albany q Chicago is completely
blockade6. The Illinois Central has half a dozen
trains in the snow, and it is impossible to get
trains past them. The Kankakee line
is blockaded between Kankakee and st. Ann.
The Panhandle had no trains either in or
out. The Northwestern sent out no through
trans, and it's consolidated suburban trains are
blockaded at the city limits. Its train from MIL
waukee is in the snow at Ravenswood, a few
miles out.
Three trains arrived from two to eight hours
late over the Pennsylvania road, It's trains
went out as usual tonight. The
Chicago division of the Brock Island
The Baltimore & Ohio is blocked by a train at
Haskell, Ind, and its track is invisible most OF
the way from that point to Valparaiso. The
Wabash has been out of business since yesfer-
day. The Michigan Central had one
train in late to-day, and sent its
usual trains out this afternoon and even
ing. A way-train on the G., b. & G. left this
afternoon and tonight was progressing
slowly. No trains have arrived over this route.
The Chicago e. Atlantic is blocked. The Lake
Shore seems to have suffered less than others,
and its trains are running nearly on time.
Suburban trains in every direction are moving
slowly, but many persons fear to risk the night
in a car, and remain in the city.
The cattle at the stockyards are suffering in
tensely from cold, the sheds being unprotected
by roofs. Many stock trains are showed in on
various roads, and as the mercury goes
down the hopes, of shippers and
consignees go down CORRESPONDENCE.
Unless speedily released most of the cooped-up
stock will perish, entailing a loss which cannot
be estimated now. Twelve cars of cattle were
brought to the yards to-day by eight locomo-
tives. Double headers were started out with
trains of cattle for London and Liverpool
markets. but, after going a short distance, it
was found impossible to make any Roadway,
and they returned to the yards. Thirty-four
cars of stock, on the Milwaukee & st. Paul,
came in with twenty-one engines. Thirteen
cars of sheep. a few miles out. on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy, were found frozen to
death.
At Fifty-ninth street, this afternoon. the Fort
Wayne express was run into, head and head, by
a switch engine going to the relief of q suburban
train. The train men saved themselves by jump
ing. The PASSENGERS were badly shaken up and
both engines were wrecked. On the Grand
Trunk four engines spent four hours in clearing
two miles of track, and two of them were
ditched.
The weather has been very cold all day. 1t
8 o'clock this morning a standard thermometer
marked l6 below, and it remained unchanged
till noon. At 3 F. Nj. it was Ia below, the highest
point of the day. Ate P. NJ. it marked 10 below,
at P. M. 20 below and at 1880 P NJ. % below.