Morning journal and courier., 1890-01-22
FROM ALL QUARTERS,
sNOWDRIFTS FATH0MS DEEP
Travel Generally Choked up
In the West.
NELLIE bly, REACHES FRISCO.
A Silver Dollar Bugaboo
From Mexico.
PASSAGE At ARMS IN The HOUSE.
Speaker Reeds Authority I'm.
der Discussion.
PASSAGE At ARMS IN The HOUSE.
AFUNEnAL on sNOwsHoRs.

AFUNERAL ON sNOwsHOEs.
La Grippe Claims a vicsin ON a Train
Blocked In q SnowArift Twenty Feet
Deep.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, January 21.-Ths
prospects are that the great snow blockade
on the Central Pacific will be cleared to-
night or tomorrow. Clear weather is re-
ported at allstations from Docklin to Truckee
save at Colfax and Cisco. where the wealth
or is still cloudy. At each of these places
snow fell last night. There is now three.
feet of snow on the ground at Colfax while
at Cisco the country is covered to a depth of
fifteen feet on the level and in the drifts the
snow is three or four times as deep. Last
evening the Central Pacific was enabled to
open the road on the Sierras to Eve dead en-
gines near Chapion's Spur. The rotary plow
was pushed by eleven engines and the snow
was thrown fifteen feet on either side of the
track. Five engines and plows were taken
to Truckee and the way il clear to Tunnel
No. 10 with the exception of minor drifts on
the Blue Canon side. They have passed to
the Cascade whore the rotary is again at
work and 1t is said by the railroad officials
East of Truckee a pillow with sufficient
power to back il will pillow to Reno.
Heavy slides and drifts are reported between
Truckee and Boca. A rotary pillow Is clear
ing road to Blue Canon and during the
night it is expected to clear the track to the
two imprisoned passenger trains between
Blue Canon and Alta None of the snow
sheds have fallen, although the weight of
snow in places is incalculable. The average
depth of the snow along the sheds is twenty
feet. Over 1000 snowshovelers and work
49, tat f-f,A
IL cut off from all communication with the
outside world, but this is true Of all mining
and other towns in the sierras. A passenger
named Il. E. Lanford died of pneumonia,
superindueed by an attack of Ia grippe and
was buried by the men on snow shoes at
Truokee yesterday, it being impossible to
break the road to the Cemetery.
Most of the passengers in the two trains
near Blue Canon are we'll provided for the
delay. There are Q few second class passen-
gers who had only enough money to buy
tickets and did not figure on the blockade.
They also did not prepare for cold weather
that commenced when the storm ceased.
prisoned trains is q Miss Bader of New
Hampshire. At Dutch Flat on the western
slope Of the Sierrss there are seven feet Of
snow on the level, Or two feet more than
ever before recorded. The wagon roads and
bitches are blockaded. Many houses have
been crushed by tho snow, but no lives have
been lost. Snow-shoes are the only means of
getting anywhere. Tho damage to fruit trees
will be considerable. In addition to the inn
prisoned trains nsarBlue Canon, two eastbound
passenger trains are showed in near Shady
Run. Tho railroad people have done every
thing in their power to make the passengers
comfortable, paying the men big wages to
carry provisions on snow-shoes distance of
ave miles. John ]. Jennings, New York
newspaper man who came out to meet Miss
Nellie Bly, in San Francisco and escort her to
New York, was caught in the blockade sew
eral days and then made the journey from
Blue Canon to Alta on snow shoes and then
rode ON IN engine to Sacramento, where he
arrived this morning and took special
| train to connect with Miss BLY, at Lathrop.
In speaking of his experience, Mr.. Jennings
said: II have seen snow and blizz ards In
New York, but people back there do not
know what snow H."
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 81. - The first
through train for . week arrived here this
evening from the East over the Union Pacific
About $50 passengers arrived on the first
section, also = large quantity of baggage and
| mail. Another train arrived at six O'CLOCK
this evening with more passengers and mail
A third train 10 due here about three o'clocl
tomorrow and fourth early tomorrow fore
noon. The trains will probably bring si1
hundred delayed passengers In all and no
less than 1 500 sacks of mail. Tho BLOCKADE
IL broken and unless another storn
follows they will be able to keep the roai
open and trains will depart and arrive OF
time. During the weeks blockade the pas
sengsrs have been we'll provided for by tn,
railroad company. The blockade on tn
Southern Pacific remains unbroken. Thor
have been no trains from San Francieco TO
week. A great snow storm has been pre-
vailing In the Siskyou mountains. 1t look
- II there will be NO through trains from
California before the last part of the presen
week. All trains oysf the Northern Paci6
going east and coming west get through al
right and report on time.