The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-14
STILL BLOCKADED.
Nothing Definite Yet Known as to
When Trains VIII Start.
The Santa Fe and Southern Kansas
Lines Still SnOwbound-
No Material Change in the GOnds-
ton Abroad.
From saturdays Daily.

The condition of the snow blockade
on the Santa Fe and Southern Kansas
railroads still remains in state of IN
certainty. The stbit r. companyirun
one passenger train from Newton to En-
poria, to-day leaving Newton this
morning as train No.S 8, aud arriving
here at pm. The train lett here with
two engines at 1:15 under
the direction of conductor Brady
with the expectation that the drifts
which have obstructed the road between
Reading and Horton would be cleared
by the time his train arrived a. the lat
ter station, but unfortunately the engine
which was working the snow pillow from
Reading west, in some way got of the
track thus adding 20 the obstacles in the
way of travel. In consequence OF
this accident conductor Brady
on arriving at Horton received orders
TO return TO Emporia with his tram, and
one engine, leaving she other engine to
assist in clearing the track east of that
ststion, which he did. The train was
filed with expectant passengers when it
left Emporia, and with disappointed
travellers on its return 20 this city.
The Santa Fe company are making
strenuous efforts to clear the traek be!
tween this city and Topeka, as the fol-
lowing message will show:
TOPEKA, July 8.
Van Vrechter, foreman at Scranton:
4 0rsa az
Scranton until il Is cleared out. We
must run trains through to Emporia this
afternoon. D. j. CHASE.
Similar messages were sent to the
foremen of the gauge, working between
Reading and Horton, and everything
possible is being zone to attain the de-
sired object. The passenger train which
was stopped At Usage City last Wednes-
day got a. far as Reading last night and
is now lying there waiting for the
road TO be opened. The regular
west bound passenger trains left Topeka
on time this afternoon, but Will be de-
layed on their arrival at the blockeded
points.
West Of Emporia the road is open tor
travel as far as NickeTsOn, and trains
will be run TO that point as soon as they
can be brought through from
the east. West of NIckerson
the track is said to be in even worse
condition than between this city and
Topeks. Absolutely nothing having
been heard from any trains on that part
of the line since last Wednesday, and |
the telegraph wires are entirely broken
down.
On the Howard branch the
mixed train has been lying
It Hamilton since Thursday
with no hopes Of getting out
until help Is sent from this point to
BRING them in. This will be done as
soon ss the main line east of here ID put
n order. In the meantime Conductor
Talley will not start his passenger tram
for Howard City.
Two gangs of telegraph line repsirers
are on the snowbound train now at
who, on their arrival here, will
begin repairing the lines west which are
n u0I1OEo1lAoO COuuiLlOu UctWCcu hL1-
poria and Strong City, $50 poles being
DOWN between these points, 252 of which
will have to be replaced with new cnes,
while the remainder, although having
10 be reset, can be fixed by utilizing the
Did poles.
The Southern Kansas train which Is
now two days overdue, has been heard
rom at Melvern, where they became en-
;angIed in the snow Thursday morning.
That company now have three engines
with snow pillow and q gang of men
to extricste their line from its
present situatlon but no prediction can
be made az to the time ofthe completion
Of the work.
The Missouri Pacific trains are rum
ming regularly to-day, that road escap-
ing the blockade by reason OF Its lying |
In the direction of the storm, the snow
blowing out rather than in the cuts.
During the trying ordeal through /
which they are now passing, the belated |
have our sincerest sympathy |
and best wishes for the speedy termina-
ton of their troubles.