The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19
BEHIND THE SNOW PLOUGH.
THROUGH DRIFTS ON TIE
GREAT WESTERN PRlIRIEs.

snow plough" said q locomotive engineer the
other day. You can take the best runner ON
the road and'puthim on a snow plough and very
likely he would resign his Job in an hour II he
could. Just because he is not fitted for tho place.
Nowadays snow ploughs are different from what
they were back In the sixties. I was then on
the st. Paul road. and they turned a snow plough
out Of the shop and put me aboard. The on.
Rine was a wood burner with q big stack, and the
snow plough excited the admiration Of every.
body that saw 1t. 1t was made OF riveted boiler
plates. and reached about two feet over the ton
OF the stack. 1t was V-shaped in front and was
bolted to the pilot and the man-head of the
boiler. 1t did fairly good work. and was 80 much
more effective than the former ones that It be-
came noted. A snow plough nowadays will do
more work In one hour than I could do with
the old Fearless in q day.
"The last snow plough that I ran was the
was made Of wood with q steel ehoe. and cut:
water, Or ont-snow as We called It. Instead Of
s ssIn ana aa't pS}isd t. 6. fhs dfn e. :n II Ess R Ills on e. |.
y Was a,y warm ], had So 2 sitoys; and was piled half ful
sspS has sf b.s s1 81 SlS;y y2la T III .iSS 4ss asys shs saS 8 s4si:
s sbsssfa es 81 tS Sss turn abb. e me-: end are sis. # T2 &:
s FRA h sHaS 1Ais%spr IERSsldsntsiiy fs s,SI {. I:;
weigh Ie5 pounds in the hun, but when, am
dressed ior AZ belo y zero Will a snow plough
Nov We are ready to start. Slowly we NOV.
Where we couple on a S cur Allied il With provisiSn;
and snow shovellers. In the town We find
sosG habifai sleas. Witch sSs sh dos %lHut tsk we ls sst t sn
in Minnesota and Dakota, our work begins,
The sun looks like 9 frozen ball Of butteri In
ings; They are very, beautiful, with their
same. for they .i9reteli a continuance Of the
warmth. and the air i! si iall q i s1 nee s%.i Rs
lot down and tightly buttoned. Our Windows NdSSfs
ARE battened, and we are comparatively warm,
with frost from our breath and the steam, but
the fireman keeps the front windows clear.
W Mss stflk wo 4 "a dr fiF1nf Is sni sG AZ t iSs s 8 % esn G rssss
there is a traekless waste Of snow. white and
EIistsning Fences are obliteratsd II white
shapes, The snow,cutter on the engine pilot
is cleaying its way through the snow. OCCASION
and behind the Storm King is sweeping It up
from the rail and two, feet on each side, send
'T6ssrs's a Blk one. Hank ie'S says the 'S tireman.
f drift hSl I s as h II a. az i.n a hoVWs We IL. that sd has b sSSH,
twenty, miles an hour. 1t would be easier to 60
through that drift If our pace was acceIerateda
along thirty, then forty miles an hour until we
are upon 1t. and a little extra yank at the throt-
the snow did ny; It was only a couple Of rods
like q SHARP 2 knife through e piece q cheese:
a cut. This cut is from SIX TO twenty feet deep
and nearly q quarter 81 a mile long, g.
and You can Bet he was right. ! ies sI her I 20 CAT.
laEhsr, and we light into that cut ike 9, thou.
sori ,G E! sq'f shs BIZ BIZ 1 Storm .1n Ri me- s WisS It's Il m H. s1T;
weiRht behind. does not help US. and we come
eDt 2 a %if6 s stSP' IN a1 fqoo only ss e 5o sid or s so int int 3o the
are literally buried. I reverse the engine,
but : y the they wheels son only y, Slip III 'w and sand d9ssnt 90
beavers for ten minutes. and then run for the
back Up mile: ana ..aEs anothss Sssds1 inss
: sS salft t q ano ss. & . t6 seG sSt sl 81 fao% aa ians3 s & aa.s
only %lIss snow ne e0 BUT T tSpoas e opt 3 liz IL e g 1oeGss But mt L
doesn't 1t goes Just far enough to make the
Now. this has been only an hour or two's
time you have been bucking snow for week L
happen, too. One, time west Of Bird Island.
Mimi. we stuck In q cut, and the men got
Irishman, was In front and was
shovelling for dear life to keep his blood in cir
s% 81 sss% as H bls had as 's sso f Ssrf cit e ah aasi h e! Sss
startled with a b-a-aP
a sheep had taken refuge in the cut and
thought IT sWSse tho II; vil.' 'nufe' saia i0m'
1T is a common thing for cattle to take ref-
Several times We have run into
them. Once we dug out thirty-two head OF cat
ST. King the III f HR1ans BOD body 3u Of one t of t fraS. i Fon
can bet the boys had steak In the car that day.
q sn nneIs q = % snr in n tf T don tsf Eno the w Ssae as
heard o, lin since is4s:" That was Andy Steele
S lE"H was sn aira nSF q netR RiHnsns sna q to MiIl1s SstFFsts
p' "f isaa'e Ssa "a %ss to- to M Sfaaes sa sg ifs al down
E SeSsa;us SO w soat a aea snnaMT a4o ssf st aItbag from
motive. power. and GOING sAs At a fearful Mis1G rate az az
: 'hs t sns Of i bs.N 1SSsnfFy ss IsoY Siii a # al %ofl5s S% z
thirty feet deep; This sit all tSr Up a With h' snow vea and %
, passenger train was delayed at the mil where
IN the two houses and a shanty tells
office. The train was put on n side track.
he, snow plough to clear the Morgan cut. Xs
Andy was known TO every man. woman. and
mug the on s shs psn To ses S sEsr zones %ass witS ih got sn SH,
plough; A half hour later a shout went up:
i' "Jss to around SSmed' the curve could be- seen tho
hove in sight with steam on coming
a Shrek Of the whistle. a black object
shooting BY so quick that II was indistinGuish.
oig mogul engine 'Kwasind, which means
strong man How far into that cut did Andy
ir b Te, that t., snow PloHgh2 sc JTst sI Ten feet. Pr.
wedged In so tight that the passenger engine
couldn't draw 1t back. and 1t had to ,bo shoy-
Andy and his'nrsmap were slammed up against
no front Of the cab. Rnt were not hurt further
Ills cab and sew the conductor OF the passenger
rain coming down the track, he shouted: Il
Mac, III bet the drinks that I was going q
hundred miles an hour whom / struck that cut
and ] haven't tho least doubt In the world that
40 was going that fast.
The revolving. snow plouRhs. now in use
are u great invention, They work on tho pro-
style, and cut swaths about eight
nches deer. and throw the snow out. Now. tho
only thing that is wanted Is :, machine that will
,ould Invent such a machine he could sell it for
y ,0O0.O 900 and n royalty that would make q