The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-04

$40" pi7w. said q locomotive engineer Ia
Other day. You can take the best runs~
on the road and put h.m on a snow plow. ana
very likely De would resign his Job in IN
hour If h" could, just because he is not ft;aS
for The place Nowadays snow plows arc dlk
ferent FROM what they were back in the 5s>
ties. 1 was then ON the st. Paul road. and
they turned a snow ri0w out Of the shOo ana
put me aboard The engine was n wood
burner, with a big stack, and the snow plos
excited the admiration OF everybody that
saw II. 70 was made Of rivotcl boiler plates
an1 reached about two feet over the top Il
the stack. l. was Y shaped in front and WIS
boited @ tho pilot and che mauhoai OK the
boiler. l. dd iair.y good work, and was :,
much more Eft ctiye than tho former onos
that 10 became noted Aslow pillow nova.
days will 10 more work in ono hour than l
could do with the Old Fearless IN q day.
The last snow ljw that ran was the ncv
Storm kingon the Northern Pacific. Il was
made ~ wool withas.eol Shoe and cutNatcr
or cutsnow. as We called d.. lnstcado OF being
attached TO the engine, 10 was built on q car
and pulled behind the engine. This car was
warm. had a stove. and was piled half full Of
pig iron 30 hold IL down.
ITO give You somo idea of the work n snow
pillow has 20 DO, you viii suppose that a biz
zard has been blowing for three DAYS and
traffic has been entirely suspended. At lass
the wind stops blowing The morning 10
clear and coii-oh, 50 coldl Tho snow plou
IS ordered out. Gangs Of mon are at work
shoyeltug or the turntable and clearing tho
yard. You jump into the cab II your engine
and your fireman incidentally remarks. It's
- deg below, Hank That's pretty chilly,
but you don't mind it because You are dressed
for il. | weigh lGj pounds in the buff, but
when | om dressed for 20 deCs. below zero
with q snow plow / arnear 10 weigh 800.
Now We are ready to start. Slowly We
move out Of the round house TO tho main
track, where We couple ON a car filled with
provisions and how .hoyclcrs. In the town
we find everything clear, but the minute NO
get beyond hahitct..us, which doesn't take
long mp iu Minnesota and Dakota, our work
begins.
Tho sun looks like q frozen bah Of butter
in the air. and ca each side IS seen the san
DOGS, that invariably show zap ON such cold
mornings. They are very beautiful, with
their rainbow e.lo-. but vc hate TO see them
& t.AA NA' SUM- ht NR 3 A|thh'tA u ARHAttttAttA0
of the cold weather The rays Of the SUD
emit no warmth and the air is full of littlo
needle like particles Of frost. The curtain o.
our cab is ict down and tightly buttoaed
Our window are battened, and We arc com
rarat.ycis warm. Tho side windows ar ur
mcd.atcly covered wit. frost from our breath
ard the -,oarl. bat tlo fireman keeps tho
front windows cl.lr. May bc wc go along
smoothly fora mile before we strike a crib
~ far as the eye can reach there ij a track.
less waste of snow. white and glistcning
Fences are obitcrat,d IN white drifts that
are sometimes fantastic in their shapes. Tho
snow cutter on tho engine pilot Is cleayirg
Is way through the snow, occasionally strll-
ing q drift that makes 10 jump q little, and
behind the Storm hiug is sweeping 1t up
from the rail and two feet on each side, send
. ing IL up and outward like jets from a foun-
tain.
There's Il big one, llanL, says the fire
man. Sure enough. "a quarter Of a milo
ahead is "a big drlfs halt Us high Us a house,
tha. has blown through a gap in the fence
Weare going about twenty miles an hour
/ Il would d. easier 20 go through that DRIFT II
oar pace was accelerated a little. | pull out
the throttle and We houol along thirty, thoD
/ f,rty m.los am hour. until We are uron II,
and a Ittle extra vank 40 tie throttle arI we
dive into i, JG.. wa, finn and M, the
.,o.o I.I cy use only q counleo rols
Ham, and SIX feet 5,on. and We cut tbrouoh n
|lit+. sbrrp knife tbrouoh n r.ooe of cheese.
"Agla we have clear sailing until We
~o.cL -. Tbi.,.. it from six fo twenty
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