Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-03-16
THE BLOCKADE BR0K EN-.
TRAINS FROM THE SOUTH FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE MONDAY.
Travellers for New York Resume their
Journey After AZ Hours Delay-The
Central Division Trains Regular
Burlington and Lamoille Open.

operations Sunday night and suspended
Tuesday evening after an almost uninter-
rupted progress OF As hours. Intelligence
from other quarters would indicate, how
ever, that this city suffered little incon.
venience as compared with some other
towns in Vermont as well as elsewhere
south of us. Early in the day yesterday
the streets were cleared and business was
as lively as could be expected with coun-
try roads blockaded aud railroads but in
partial operation.
The blockade on the Rutland road was
finally broken Wednesday. The mogul en-
gnes, "Ranlett" and "37" came down
from st. Albans with a snow plow ar
irving here at $50. They at once started
towards Shelburn to open the way for
southern trains The first work that they
had was near at hand in plowiug out
drifts below Howard park. The moder-
ate temperature caused the snow to pack
thus favoring the work of clearing the
track ; tor if the snow had remained as on
the previous cay the cuts made thl ough
the immense drifts would have filled in
almost AS fast as they could have been
cleared out again. The STERN made itself
felt on this occasion as during the
previous one to the greatest extent on the
division at Munroe's cut Just south of
Queen City Park where the engine Kill
ingtOn which was attached to freight No.
% with five cars was stalled. 1t was
found necessary to do some shOvelhng be
fore the freight could be reached and in
this work Station Agent Green and his
gang of men did efficient service. When
the train was reached it was found that
the engine was not dead and at once
the moguls and the freight set out
for this city, arriving at 2:3O. The mo-
gnls then started bacx with the snow
plOw to clear the track to Shelburn where
| they arrived about O'clock, it being
found necessary to shovel part of the way.
They were met at Shelburn by scraper
car drawn by the engines Davis" and
49," and the plow WAS taken
to Charlotte TO plow ont Il mum
Der of large drifts there. The
| remainder of the division to Rutland had
been cleared during the previous after
noon aud that forenoon so that travel be
| tween Rutland, Burlington and the north
could could he resumed, to the relief of
| hundreds of travellers as well as of the
| public in general.
The first train to come here from Rut
land was that which was made up there
| to run in place of the $40 mail, which ar
| rived here at $50. The first train to ar
| rive in Rutland was that which came over
the Bennington and Rutland, reaching
that place AT 4;3D and Burlington at 9;35
| The Rutland division of the Central
! Vermont below Rutla&d is still block
AIDED, the mail train which left BELOW :
! Falls Monday AT 1853 being still stalled
between Gassett's and C8vendIsh. II Is
expected that this part Of the line viii be
opened this forenoon.
The Montreal aud New York express
/ which was stopped at this city and lay in
| the station Wednesday having about 81
| passengers, started for New York at the
regular time, $40 Wednesday, evening,
aking all travellers from the north and east.
after a delay OF exactly IS hours
On the Central division trains ran regu.
! larly Wednesday, all trains being nearly on
| time except that which lett White River
Junction at 4:!O and arrived here at S;25,
| bringing the first mail from Boston since
| Monday
The Burlington and Lamoille track was
cleared W ednesday forenoon. Their BIZ
snow,plow and the engines Camp" and
burlington" left here at O'Clock. The
most drifts were experienced between
Essex and ESSEX Centre. The train which
left here for Cambridge Junction
IN the afternoon returned in the evening
only about half an hour late. Thus ended
in this vicinity the most extended block
ade experienced for the past 80 years ac-
cordlng to the statements of old railroad
men and it is doubtful if there was ever in
this vicinity much heavier fall OF snow
during one storm.
The Worst in Vermont for Years Travel
Generally Interrupted.
The storm continued with slight inter
ruptons Monday night and Tuesday, anC
fully two feet of snow had fallen at by
evening, The blockade which began on the
Rutland division Monday night remained
unbroken Tuesday, the high wind which
prevailed making it impossible to make
any progress toward releasing the stale,
trains The engines "Burlington" anC
stone with snow plow made an at
tempt at O'Clock to 90 to the rescue o
the freight train, and the engin,
killington stalled two mile
north of Shelburn but in tn,
cut near Queen City Park an immeus,
drift 40 rods long and from 10 TO II fee
2 high was encountered. After the engine,
: had been buried out of sight and shOvelleC
: out it was decided to return to this city
which was reached about 10 o'clock. Con
ductor Phipps's train which was due here
5 from Essex Junction at 545 Monday even
2 ing LETT there at about 1880 and
became stalled near Dunbar's. Tw,
engines and gang of men went L
their rescue from tins city in the mornius
, and they succeeded in shovelling out Tia,
: train 50 that it reached this clly at i:3
p. m, Tuesday, about 20 hours late
There was no mail train from st. Alban'
in the morning, that train being cOnsOl
ludltu Win tHdl WHICH ItdCntS lnlS Cltl
; at l2:l0. This combined train waited Il
: Essex Junction nutil 245 for the train
from this city and reached here at 3lO
The train due here at 5;ij Tuesday ar
rived here about three hours late. Tn,
. Montreal and New York trains were al
I discontinued but the Boston train reached
I White River junction all right
No train from Boston had reached WHIT,
River Junction Monday noon till Tues
p day afternoon. The central division o
the Central Vermont road is in gooC
' shape, but if there should be a heavy wine
< il Woud be very Liable to delay the train
/ rs the fall of snow is the heaviest know
for years here and the storm is said to b,
{ mucn worse east and south of Whit,
z River junction.
v Two mogul engines with big snov
e ploW will come down from st. Alban
| this morning at o'clock, and the worl
+ OF breaking the blockade on the Rutlan,
- division Will be pushed with the creates
I possible expedition.
The country roads are said to be in