St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-15
TRAINS BLOCKED.
More Snow Along the Northern
Pacific and Manitoba.


Some of the roads were in better
condition yesterday, while others were
not much, if any, better off than they
were on Friday. All the roads were
hard at work doing the best they could
to clear the track of snow. Some of the
roads found it impossible to do any
thing on some parts of their lines owing
to the renewal of the storm. The
Northern Pacific was compelled to
abandon its line all the way from Dick
inSon to Mandan, where it was StOrming
tiercely, with the mercury down to 20
deg. below, and no effort was made to
open the line between these two points.
\ train that left st. Paul yes
terday morning reached Brainerd one
and half hours late. The
three trains headed for st. Paul. that
were stuck between st. Paul and Sauk
Rapids, were brought through all right,
and the train that left here at 4 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon and was stuck be-
tween Sauk Rapids and st. Paul, finally
got through all right. Trains were NOV
ing little on different parts of the line,
but the road was still blocked up SO
that practically no business was done
OH it. The Omaha and the ether Chicago
roads were all open for business, but, OF
late. The Omaha line to Lake Superior
was not opened, but it was expected to
be opened to-day. The western end of
the Omaha was closed up. The st. Paul
" Duluth, together with all its branches,
was open for business. Of course all
trains were late, but they got through.
Yesterday morning the Manitoba
started with good deal of confidence,
but the storm commenced again OH the
Breckenridge division and put an end
to all hopes. On it's different lines and
branches,
NINE SNOW PLOWS
were at work, four between st. Paul
and Breckenridge, one on the Aberdeen
line, one on the DEVILS Lake and one
west of MinOt. But for this second edi-
ton of the storm the Manitoba would
have got into pretty good condition yes
terday. This renewal of the storm COM
menced between and 3 yesterday aft
ernoon in Central Dakota, end was very
fierce, stopping all efforts to clear the
tracks. 1t came down from Dakota and
struck Willmar with great force. One
train left st. Paul yesterday, but got no
farther than Darwin, when it was COM
PEELED to return. Another was started
out, but was compelled to return after
reaching Sauk Center. The lines north of
BafneSVl!l6 are ciear or snow as 1ar
west As Devils lake. Substantially the
road is blocked up completely. All the
Chicago trains were running, but of
course from one to eight or ten hours
behind time. Nothing was doing on the
Iowa d Minnesota and the Hastings d
Dakota divisions of the Milwaukee road
where everything was blocked. There
was very severe storm in southern
Minnesota and the 4 10 train for Farri-
bault was abandoned. The short line
trains between st. Paul & Minneapolis
were running all right. Efforts were
being made yesterday to move freight
trains on the Chicago roads but it was
slow work and very discouraging. To
sum up the situation in brief, it may be
stated that communication with the
west by rail was practically cut off with
big storm raging on the Northern Pa
cific between Dickinson and Mandan
and another one on the Manitoba, be-
tween Dakota and Willmar, both of
which stopped all efforts to open up the
roads at the points named. The eastern
roads are getting their trains through
both ways, but on very irregular time,
and everybody thattravels is compelled
to take his chances.