Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-17
BlTTLIEG WITH SHOW.
SOME DEFINITIONS, BUT ALL TRAINS
TO MOVE TODAY.
Eight Hundred Men Shoveling Snow
Two New Giant Snow-PIows
on the Way Out.

This is the worst season we've ever ex-
perienced in railroading," remarked Di-
vision Superintendent Wright, of the rail
road company, to RECORD UNION reporter
last night. There goes gang of 100 men
whom we are sending out to night to help
those now on the Shasta Division in keep
ing the Oregon road open. 1t has been
showing up in the mountains there for the
past two days. and there have been delays
to the trains, but we'll have them all run
ming again tomorrow. There is lots of
work being done on the Central Pacific
road up about Blue Canyon, where we
have some 500 men shoveling snow. The
trouble is that in both directions it keeps
sto-ming so that the men cannot do as
much as they otherwise could. The snow
keeps falling, and the wind blowing so
hard that the snow drifts readily. There is
an immense depth of it up on the mount
ain, and the old snow is frozen hard, while
the last couple of feet fall is kept shift
ing over it by the high wind
Pursuing his inquiries the reporter
learned that on 1.-The hill' the situation is
very perplexing, but in nowise serious
Two miles west of Blue Canyon one of the
old snow plows got hemmed in yesterday
morning Two hundred shovelers were
sent up there, and by hard work all day
yesterday they nearly got the road clear to
Blue Canyon, and were expected to reach
that point before this morning. Two of
the locomotives handling the pillow became
derailed, and there was considerable delay
in getting them back on the track, as the
wrecking apparatus could not reach them.
If the storm had only ceased in its fury for
few hours yesterday that stretch of road
would have been cleared before night
There was no trouble being experienced
at any other point on that division, and the
rotary pillow will be sent down this morn
ing from Cascade to assist, if necessary, in
clearing the track.
The two east bound passenger trains that
left this city on Wednesday night were still
at Cedar Run, this side of Blue canyon,
and, as they have to follow the pillow, they
cannot move until the latter gets through
this morning.
The west-bound overland train, due here
at o'clock yesterday morning, is at Emf
grant Gap, and the one due at 6:25 P. NJ.
yesterday is still at Truckee, but both are
expected through some time to-day. The
passengers are all comfortable, and expert
ence no more serious inconvenience than
such as is caused by their temporary de-
tention.
ALONG THE OREGON ROAD.
The train headed for Portland, on which
Vice President Crocker is travelling, is at
SIMS station, this side of Dunsmuir. Its
three engines were caught in O snowslide,
and the work of getting them out has been
necessarily slow, owing to the storm of
snow and wind keeping up necessarily.
There are some 200 men now at work in
that vicinity shoyeling snow, and the force
sent up last night will increase the number
to upward of 300. 1t is expected that the
road will be cleared some time this morning.
The train from Portland due here at $40
yesterday morning, was still at Ashland
last night, where all trains from Portland
were housed. All will be moving to-day.
Assistant General Superintendent Pratt
and Superintendent of Tracks Wallace
went up last night from San Francisco,
with the force of shovelers, to superintend
operations.
A couple of landslides are reported be-
tween Delta and Middle Creek, but their
extent was not known. To open the road
at this point will be the work of the gang
| Of men sentup last night.
MORE PLows COMING.
Superintendent Wright states that the
company has two more of the latest i'm
proved snow plows now on the way, and
when they come there will be no further
detention, and little work for snow-shovel-
ers. One of them was at Cheyenne yester-
day, and will be on 1.-The hill" early next
week and ready for business. The other
lett New York yesterday. These plows are
said to be even better than the rotary now
doing such splendid work about the sum-
nit.
Late last night the snow was falling and
high wind blowing, both on the Sierra
Nevada and along the Oregon line, in the
Shasta mountains.