St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-23
ALONG THE RAILROADS.
Nearly All Trains Entering ~. Paul
Delayed or Abandoned.


The weather of yesterday was the coldest
of this season. 1t was not local, but eX-
tended over a large tract of country. 1t
prevailed over Minnesota, Dakota. Mon
tana, Manitoba, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa
and Nebraska, and caused serious delays to
the running of railway trains TO and from
ST. Paul, both passenger and freight. A
strong wind prevailed south. southwest and
east of ST. Paul. which caused the loose
snow to drift and pack so firmly that il was
a very difficult task TO remove the impedl-
ment. The Omaha train from Chicago.
due at 6:30 a. IN, was on time, while the
one due at 2:25 d. m. was two hours late.
This road is an exception from the other
Chicago lines. No matter how intensely
cold the weather is. this company manages
to get its trains through on time or nearly
so. The Milwaukee a. ST. Paul train from
Chicago, due at 6:30. arrived in some time
last night. while the one due at 2:25 p. IN.
will arrive some time to-day. There was a
report during the day that wreck occurred
on the Milwaukee Il st. Paul, and that the
delay of trains was caused on that account,
but it transpired later on that freight
train was stuck in a snow drift near Waba-
sha and could not get out and no trains
abandoned. This is the worst storm the
Milwaukee e. st. Paul ever experienced.
but it was useless to labor against it, as the
track was drifted over again as soon as
cleared. Trains on the Iowa and Mime
sofa division OF the Milwaukee IL st. Paul
were abandoned. On the Minnesota &
Northwestern no through trains were run
ming, as the Illinois Central and Chicago &
Iowa roads were closed up entirely on
the portion making the through line TO Chi
cago. A train was sent out in the after
noon to local points on the line. but il was
not known whether il would get to Mona.
the end of the line, or not. The Minneap-
oils & ST. Louis road was reported clear on
the Western division. but trains from Chi
cagO were half a day late, while st. Louis
trains were not sent out. Wisconsin Cen
tral trains were very late.
THE WESTERN ROADS
Jared much better than the Eastern ones,
with the exception of the Omaha, being
nearly on time though the weather was
even more severe. but it was not drifting.
At st. Vincent the thermometer fell to 81 :
below. and all along the line the temper"
ture was from 80 to so degrees below zero
To avoid accidents last night only pasSen
ger trains were allowed to run on the Man
lJODd w lbu TIE temperature dI ~ vi
so below zero, the rails are liable to
break when heavy freight trains pass over
them, and the precautions taken by officials
of the Manitoba are cOmmendable. The
Northern Pacific train due at / o'clock was
several hours late. the engineer running
slow for fear of broken rails.
The Omaha't weather bulletin was as
follows:
Omaha. Neb., cloudy, 90 to % helow; strong
wind; snow drifted badly during the night
and packed hard.
Eastern Division; Clear and cold; strong
northwest wind; snow drifting badly; 20 to %
below.
Northern Divisions: CT ear between North
Wisconsin Junction and Mason; north of
there cloudy, with a strong northwest wind;
snow drifting; 26 below.
St. Paul g. Sioux City Division: Clear,
strong northwest wind; snow drifting badly;
showed at Heron Lake from p. m. till l.3O
a. m; 70 to 30 below.
Nebraska Division: Partly cloudy, strong
northwest wind; snow drifting badly; 20 to %
below.
Mankato: The Pierre train on the Chicago
g. Northwestern road was abandoned.
Railway superintendent anticipate a
change tomorrow, and a few days mild
weather will prevail.