Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-23
SNOW FROM SOUTH.
SEVEN or Eight INCHES OF IT YES
TgRDAY HcgsING.
Most Of II, However, Disappears Almost as
Quickly as 1t csme-Bsilroad
Trains.

The streets, free from the rumOir OF Fehi-
cles and resonant with the glee OF children,
told those who lay abed late yesterday morn
lag that snow VA. on the ground.
II bad come from The palmetto groves OF
the South aud was altogether unheraided by
the prophet Of the Weather Bureau.
The fret teleqrams announcing its ap-
proach were from Charleston. and between
IL and ~ O'Clock night before last the fakes
were descendiny here. and at O'Clock YES
terdsy morning the earth was covered To
depth OF ! inches.
II wsa wet snow. which Welded very
readily TO the shOvels used to throw II from
The sidewalks, and 10 the suOW.plows OF the
city railways
In the forenoon II was = 22d Of Febru'ry.
more suggestive Of the cruel winter which
Wsshingtop's army spent at Valley Forge,
or the day when Was5ington's statue here
was inaugurated, than the mild aud balmy
weather characteristic Of this season.
But so much had been written about the
"grest snow OF 1851" that possibly 1889 FELT
II 10 be It's duty 10 make some attempt to
show what " could no IN the same line; II
20, the result was a ID iailure. for bY IL VI.
% tbe bcaYufu snow" had become ugly
slush, streams Of dirty water were couising
down the cutters, aod The sun was con.
testing with the clouds for the supremacy Oi
the skies.
However, before the snow was too FAR gone
Q number OF slei. hs. with iingling bells on
The horses, appeared upon the streets, and
the boys for the first time had an opportunity
10 use the seds given them as Christmas
gfts.
TRAINS on TINE.
The snow fell SO gently that the accumula-
ton was light and flakey, snd TO railroad
locomotives very htte obs .ruction was
offered, consequently nearly all OF the trans
arrived and departed very promptly on
schedule lime Yesterday. The $50 NJ.
mail train over the Richmond aud Dsnville
road arrived forty minutes late. The morn
ing train on this road as well as oil OF those
on the Atlantic Coast Line, the Richmond
and Allegheny, and Chesapeake aDd Ohio,
came IN very promptly. some of them were
a few minutes late, but none more than about
a bsi hour.
THE sTRCET-CARs.
The sireet.car service was effected less
than might have been expected. The hr,t
car on the Electric Line left the sheds on
Church Hill at 5:32 A. NJ, the usual honr.
This car reached Tho corner OF Clay and
Hancock streets about a quarter before :
O'Clock. For the next hour or so all OF the
cars ran on the We,t.bOund track. but by
half pEst g O'Clock both tracks were pretty
well cleared % snow. and after this the ca's
ran regularly. One OF the tracks was cleared
bv hands with shOvels; the other with the
snow.plow. which had been left at the eX-
treme end oi The hue on Baker street aud
which Captain Pzzini hid put on the track
and brought down TO the main line by sew
eral men.
E,ghteen cars were on the Electric COM
panv's main line until late In the afternoon
when two more were brought out, and there
we've two additiodal cars on each OF the
branch lines.
Captain Przzini, the secretary OF the COM
many, said last night that the days service
had been much better thin be expected, and
be added that II be bad thought Tburslsy
night that 1t would snow he would have 50
arranged that there wOp!d have been neither
trouble nor delay.
The horse-cars experienced very little
trouble. The divers, however, were rather
nervous about tue Eighth-street hri, 80 for
several Of the trst trips they, by direction OF
Capian pjzzini, left the track and drove on
the stone pavement
About the greatest Inconvenience that
cars on thi. line were subie ted 10 was their
Jumping the track and ioslling up The pas
sengers.
Tie character OF the snow was very faYora-
bic to the car lines.
WEST or HERE.
Adyices received from along the line OF
the Che,apsakr and Ohio railway indicate
that The average depth Of the snow from
Newport News TO Chiffon Forge was about
the same as here. West OF toe latter place
the storm was lighter. and at the White sui
pDur Springs the snow did not amount to
much.
TIE RIVER.
The river has been failing since Thursday
morninp. and Yesterday afternoon was ALMOST
within its ordinary bounds. The melting
0f he snow on the mountains and along the
Valley will doubtless cause another rise.
COLD WAVE COMING.
II the following tele.ram il verified Rich-
mond people are going TO have the severest
cold snap OF the season by tomorrow morn
ing:
WASHINGTON, d. C.. February -, 1889.
Chamber OF Commerce:
$3.50 =. " - Hoist cOld-waye signal. Tem-
perature will fall to about 80 by 8 \. NJ.
February 2ith. GREELY.