The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-01-18

Paul. The Eastern lines, however, worked
hard to keep their tracks open, but with
out success. At O'Clock this morning
reports from various points along the sew
eral roads were discoursging, and 1t is al
most decided 10 abandon everything.
With snow plows and engines, trains were
sent out and are now stuck on some hill
or laying up at some station along the
line.
The Northern Pacific and the Manitoba
and Milwaukee, on its Minnesota and Da-
k0to division, made no effort TO start and
woud not do 80 until there is at least
possibility OF their getting through.
Branch line trains were all abandoned at
functional points last night, and there is
no predicting when they will be opened, 1t
is thought that some of them will be closed
for six weeks. And on top of this condition
of things il is feared the worst is to come.
The wind is blowing hard on almost all
ines to day, and the cuts are being filed
in as fast as they are pumped out.
The storm of yesterday is now raging in
Iowa. Besides that, another storm, or the
contin uatton of the present one, is expected
to strike Minnesota Sunday, in which case
there Is no telling what the result will be.
1t is raging in Idaho to-day with the Their
mometer at various points along the North
ern Pacific as low as 10 degrees below zero.
The Manitoba reports from the Northwest
indicate cold wave with high wind COM
ing from that direction. In tact things
look go dubious to-day that railway men
will not venture an opinion when traffic
will again be opened. Each line is putting
forth every effort to keep their Chicago
line open, but even that is almost an i'm
possibility. At noon today not a train
had come in, the Omaha limited being re
ported nearer than any other one With
the exception OF suburban trains and the
Sioux City express over the 0mah a, which
came in at 2 a. M, seven hours late, not a
train has come into st. Paul since last
night. All the trains. however says Gen.
eral Superintendent Scott 10 day, are at
points where the passengers can be well
cared for. All the trains oyer TIE Western
Divisions aye sbaIdoned, and no effort
will ne made to clear the tracks until the
storm ceases and the wind falls. The lin
tied from Chicago was al Knapp at II to-
day, with the snow pillow stuck in hill.
The ROCK Island abandoned all trains
last night. and up to noon to-day no effort
was being made to move 8 wheel except
on the short line trains. The outgoing
trains were abandoned, but the officials in
tend TO start out through train tonight
unless reports show this to be mex pedient.
| The Pacific division may be in shape to
start the wheels this afternoon, but that is
| not probable. On the Northern Pacific
! the storm is the most severe that has ever
been felt, and to-day there is regular biz
| zsrd raging in Idaho, with the thermome-
| ter at an unusually low point. The last
| overland train which reached st. Paul
came in Wednesday afternoon, and the Of
ficials will not offer an opinion as to when
| the next one wilt reach here. The stoc m
| was severe all through Montana, Dakota
and Minnesota.
| Duluth, Mimi. reports that yesterday
i affnrnnnr1o in fhIs
morning. Omaha trains due this morning
have not been heard from. No Northern
| Pacific trains have arrived or departed.
| At Clear Lake MINI the north and south
bound Northern Pacific trains are showed
in, nose to nose.
at Crookstop, Mimi, there has been nc
trains for two days. 1t began blowing yes
terday. and piled snow in heaps ten feel
| high. 1t is bitter cold there.
The storm cleared up here early this
morning, but up to this evening the only
trains arriving or departing were subur
ban, with the sole exception of the Wis
consin Central from Chicago, which came
in shortly after moo n behidd four engines
| Tonight the Burlington and Wisconsin
Central started their Chicago trains or
time, and the Northwestern a little later
| Neither the Milwaukee nor Minnesota and
| Northwestern started their Chicago trains
tonight. The last train on the Minnesota
and Northwestern left here night before
last. The Milwaukee express from Chi
csgo, due here at o'clock this morning
has not yet arrived at 9 o'clock tonight
The Hastings and Dakota, Iowa and Mime
sofa and Southern Minnesota divisions o
the Milwaukee, abandoned all trains to
day. The Milwaukee system has not beer
so badly obstructed since the great storm
OF January z, 1873.