The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-13
THE RECENT STORM.
The Temperature Slowly Rising, and Delayed
Trains Reaching Their Destinations.


low zero all day in this city, but the tendency
was toward warmer weather this evening. The
sky was overcast this afternoon. threatening
snow The Western railway trains are arriving
again. Generally speaking the greatest damage
to railroad traffic has been done East. All the
Western roads are open, but the main roads on
the eastern side of Chicago are hampered with
the cold weather, West of Marshalltown and
the Missouri river, deep snow drifts have formed
and several trains are day and half late.
Owing to the exertions of gangs who
worked day and night for three days,
the line is now reported clear. The train
which left Chicago at 1890 last night is now
moving through Iowa, on almost schedule time.
While the main line is clear, several of the side
tracks are still blocked up by snow, but in few
days more the snow plows will have reopened
these to traffic. All is now clear to Council
Bluffs. On the Lake Shore road there was q
serious blockade four miles west of Laporte. but
now the tracks are reported open throughout
The train dispatcher says that it has been found
advisable to run freight trains with only fifteen
cars, or about half the usual number to train.
Il do not, said Chicago & Northwestern Of
hclal, remember seeing more terrible snow
storm than the one that has been raging in Iowa
during the last four days. First we had the
tense cold that has been known in Iowa in this
generation, the thermometer registering in
many cases as low as 800 below zero, and the re-
suit OF these combined efforts of cold and snow
has been to make drifts that were almost solid
blocks, tons in weight, wherever there was de-
preston in the line. Last night two trains, that
were showed in for day and half at State
Center and Ames, arrived safe in Chicago. Nat
urally. some of the passengers were wild at hav-
ing been SO long detained, with nothing but
took the matter philosophically, and were thank
ful that they were able to get through anyhow
alive. One man who was heavy winner in
some OF the cosy games of poker and sevenup
that had whiled away the time for some of the
passengers, told me that he liked to be snow
bound"
On the Wisconsin division of the Northwest
ern, particular difficulty has been experienced,
the tracks being open and the various trains able
to work pretty we'll on time The raising of the
blockade swelled the arrivals of cattle here to
5000 head, considered the largest receipts at
any one pssnt in one day known to the trade
AS result, there was drop of thirty to fifty
cents per hundred pounds.
OMAHA Jan. 12--The blockades on all the
roads out of Omaha are now practically raised
The Union Pacific and the Burlington & Mis-
souri, are running REGULAR trains west, and south
and southwest. The st. Paul road still ex-
periences slight delays hut not sufficient to
ate any difficulty. The Chicago & Northwestern
Is running on Time. All the Nebraska roads,
which have been practically at stand-stil for
ten days. are again getting their rolling stock in
motion. Beyond the Inconvenience to snow
bound passengers no serious casualties re-
ported from the great storm. 1t is remarkable,
too, that in the severest winter siege for years
not single death from freezing has been re-
ported in Dakota so far. The cattle in the
State are also IN good condition.
NEW YORK, Jan. IL Reports from all parts
OF the South, telling of the extreme cold
weather, continue. At Staunton. Va, it was
100 below zero this morning. and has been in
tensely cold all day. At Augusta Ga. it was 60
above this morning and ice was heavy enough
to bear pedestrians, but it is moderating some
what tonight At Richmond, Va, it was zero
in exposed places; at Fredericksburg, 10o below
and elsewhere in the State it was about as cold
AT Charlotte, N. c.. on account of an ice block
ade. travel on the West Carolina railroad has
been suspended for the present