The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-01-28

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in Derailed Cars.
What Has Been Done in Portland and
the Suburbs.
The sun shone out brightly after the storm
yesterday morning, but the wind had crept
back to its old quarter in the west, and the
mercury had dropped to 40 at a. m. 1t was
decidedly cold day, for the wind blew
| briskly after IL a. m, and the highest re-
| gistered by the mercury in an Exchange
street thermometer during the day was 10o.
The streets presented lively appearance,
| or, to speak more correctly, the thorough
fares. The city Joined hands with the horse
railroad company and greatly gangs of men
were busy at work trying to open the streets
and carry off the huge piles of snow that
reared their heads. in some cases, ten to
twelve feet high. People were also busily
| engaged trying to get their sidewalks clear.
In conversation with Street Commissioner
Staples, yesterday, that gentleman said, Il
consider this storm the worst Portland has
ever experienced to my knowledge. 1t is
worse than the great storm that took place
after the fire of 1866, because, not only has
more snow fallen but it has packed in so
hard that when horses hoof goes through
it, over he tumbles. The streets are in the
worst state ever known. have been uD-
able, as yet to do anything towards breaking
out the streets at the West End, but shall
get to them as soon as / can. have had to
put sixty men en- to Munjoy Hill, and have
dug out Atlantic and Monument streets,
something never before necessary. In some
other storms we have dug out on Congress
to Burgess. Fobes & Co.'s factory, but this
time l have had to go through to Fore
street. Now is the time for men who want
work to get it, There is no excuse for any
man who can use his arms and legs to say he
can't do work have got on every man
can scrape up and could employ many more"
Just as soon as possible the horse cars will
be running again.
The Deering horse cars were on runners
yesterday, and made hourly trips to and
from the city.
Teams were busily engaged all day yester-
day clearing the railroad track on CONNER
cial street, from the Grand Trunk to the
Maine Central station. Truck teams had
hard work getting along and wholesale busi-
ness was practically at a standstill. The
harbor was cleared of ice by the storm. The
gale of Thursday night had broken up the
masses of ice into bits and they were foated
out to the ocean by the tide. EXCEPT under
the lee of the breakwater, where there was
fringe, no ice could be seen as far as the eye
could reach. The ferry boat, Cornelia H.,
resumed her trips yesterday and is now run
ming on time, and the Mary W. Libby is also
running, the Forest Queen having broken
out the path Thursday night.
The railroad men spent lively day, but by
nightfall, their lines had pretty generally
been put in position to allow of the regular
running of trains.
MAINE CENTRAL.
When the snow ceased to fall Thursday
afternoon, the travelling public began to
think there might be possibility OF getting
somewhere; but the hardest work for the
trains stin lay before them. The terrific
gale that has been blowing all along packed
the snow in with tremendous force, and so
long as the wind lasted every train thut
moved only made matters the worse for the
following ones. For, as the heavy plows
were forced through the drifts, the snow was
pressed on each side into compact mass, so
much the harder for the next train to push
the snow-which had by this time been
blownIagain into the cut-against.
Train service yesterday was in complete
confusion. Every engine had to be called
into duty, and hundreds of shovellers em-
ployed The engines invariably worked in
pairs, end for end, SO as to be of most assist
ance to each other. Over 200 extra men
were employed by the Maine Central in the
Portland yard, and it is estimated that the
cost to the company for extra service in
handling snow alone, will amount to $4,000.
The morning train from Boston, at l
o'clock of Thursday, reached Portland at 2
O'Clock Friday morning, nearly fifteen hours
behind time, having been delayed by tre-
mendous drift at North Berwick. This
train was Immediately started for Bangor,
and at o'clock yesterday forenoon had
reached Richmond, and at u Waterville,
Here it was obliged to coal up, and the
morning train for Bangor overlook and
passed it, 1t pushed on to East Newport,
where II met with what, in the alb sence OF
snow, would have proved a serious accident.
The train was derailed, three cars being
thrown from the track, and two OF these
overturned. Two passengers were hurt, but
not fatally. Here the train when they had
passed at Watervile re-pasSed them, ana ar
rived in Bangor at o'clock, having used 10
hours in the passage from Portland. Inc
derailed train was soon put IN shape, ana
proceeded to Bangor.
The Thursday morning train from SHOW
hegan. Conductor Anderson in charge, was
obliged to spend the night at Green's Ledges,
few miles east of Lewiston. everything
that could be done for the comfort OF pas
sengers was done. Food was brought from
Greene and with the aid of the Sewall
heater with which this train is equipped,
night not altogether unpleasant was spent.
Yesterday morning the train succeeded IN
getting to Lewiston, and arrived here at
O'clock. the first train that had passed be-
tween Lewiston and this city since Wednes-
day afternoon. 1t is reported there were 4O
ladies on this train en- route to Lewiston 10
attend the meeting OF the Womens hehei
| Corps
Yesterdays noon train from Bangor, due
| at / O'Clock, arrived AT 4.
| The lower road is all clear aud trains are
now able to go by way Of that route "a. as usual
but the back road is still blocked. The Lew
| iston morning train from this city was can
celled, but otherwise all went as usual, only
| trains were late on account of having to walt
| for the Boston & Maine trains. The Angus
| Ia train got in at o'clock p. m.
| The blockade is now practically raised, eX-
| cept for a short distance on the back route,
and today trains will probably run very near
| ly on time.
| BOSTON g. MAINE.
Work was resumed in clearing the track
on the Boston g. Maine yesterday, and when
night came the road was pretty well opened
up. The two morning trains on the Western
division came In about 3-4 hours late. The
noon train was about half an hour late and
the o'clock train was about 45 minutes late
The noon trains on the Eastern division were
about p hours late and the night train was
also very late. The trains left for Boston as
usual. To-day it is expected that trains will
run nearly on time.
During the storm Thursday the train men
at Old Orchard ON the Boston & Maine rail-