The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-03
me WHITE MANTLE.
k..gIy 4 Foot Of snow Now on
the Ground.
.,ssETcAR LINES sLockADED
rs<esrSe aaa Cable Lines Clearing
vs<ss rraeks-- The skagss froxen
rrsyious ssow storsas-

$50 q AF5f8x KN~fAna$FtS ~ TIE EtIFeFtAA
h llat she snoE Is fully foot deep %
IL - Il uas cold slso-~typieAi winter
-. Tbs Thermometer averaged two
- besow the freezing point ard At
i Gas fa1eh eosaer. Tie snow was
!. ..s.,sse q eeneyel Inconvenience and some
- dssconIofk. although with the
Last sapply 81 wool aad coal there
!. - ~ nay actual suffering ex-
.ss.e gerhaps. - limited
- saong tie warrant and aeatltate
-. The nrnheg 81 sietgEs IN tie
- gas visihly increased and there Vas
sv.sh asspfay 81 warm wraps by both
80. Street ear travel was interrupted
= he tents ia the burned distrct were
- upon to sustain heavy burdens VI
- TIE horses not hasiug coYks in
s. .hees ha8 4 difhssiIt task In sesEsng
$500 the Sn0ey add icy STREETS and
ksea almost IS frequently rs did the
- sFianE,
r. seattle Electric Tsaiiway 4 Power
nafY ed not attempt - Een any trains
Is usorning bat set n snow-plaw at
* ae8 by 1 clock in tie afternoon had
ssek comparatively wali cleared. The
L. sere soon started. aud after a few
tssgs rsn MI right during the remain
fna be day
shs Front Street Cable Railway Com
- had troable Of more serious eharsc-
srasn Uas seat ont a. s5s = M.
al rot get back 20 the power house
sMsmp. ~. The second tfasn oat LETT
nnwtr hoase At O'Clock in
afternoon. but when between
aefy ead Wall streets, encountered SIX
seao 81 iee on Use rails. and was COM
sea b bali 4 busy season Of dilissult
eaa9 add klsovessng ia the Ice and snow
ensaed, gang 81 over ioD Muscular
essss heiHg employed. sad by 8 q N.
A. lrsrk mAs gessn clear. Two tralns Ncre
enfe Pot on and ran MI night As the
{ribsisy d the conductors and KFipmen On
aaaase SICK aith the influenza aad
naAls 70 BE- on duty, Il was not practlea.
lpF he company 20 Tua greater NUM-
ref tTasns
fred Sander, manager oil the Aeslev
1sssans cable iiae, took time by the fore.
A when shc snow began falling wsdnes-
81 n;sht, and kept two dummies ioiIowing
L. fahls around the line IL keep the track
fdsm The sebenaa worked 20 q charm.
Ia he cars we're run without break yes
|teaay urtii abont nUan, when toe cable
u.s. ever the Jaekaen street bridge closed
r. naing 10 ihe contraction caused by the
Ita and stopped = dammy. Everything
Ia Ixei satisfactorily, bomeveF, III shout
ss8 81 hour. and traffic was resumed and
snsBned without interruption tbs rest of
Ies asy. with The exception Of few
/Snaas shortly before 4 o'clock ia the
Iesning Fifty msn were employed during
~ dsy, with shoyols and picks. in keeping
o. track clear Of snow aud lee. Manager
5kanass does not expect any further tFouble.
IAa steam railroad transportation lines
Einot escape scott fEee. but the steam.
w. did. since their waters not hsSsc>s
ssstn, navigation on Puget sound and the
Aka was not interrupted.
be.seatile, Lake Shore 4 Eastern line
IA disconnected very little. ard no slFifta
ass been repoftel Trains have been de-
Ihfta ii some instances, bst not as much
4 vas expected after such heavy tail 81
5aas.
1 l5lsle Inconvenience was fell on The Puget
toens Share road. the main trouble being
De yafd here Fourteen men we're en-
5essa Yesterday removing the snow from
As switches and crossings ia TIE yard.
ssins have been delayed vury little. The
faeipal difficulty Is found IN the aeeumu.
saea q freight, which Is removed very
zzstY ~ tbs business men.
The storm was unusually severe ia the
asgt an1 stiilagumlsh river valleys
fssk rivers are frozen The lee. @hieh
II I I'll e. H.. "A.
-, : salhcisatly strong 10 ohssract the
laasaee % vessels, sad traffic on the rivers
afstfsiy Suspended. The steamer Cas-
- wish large aHmhef 81 passengers,
asaty I've sons al lrtleht aud the ssagit
ssts mall, legt here last "Wednesday moFn-
= ieF ila upper SSaKis, bai was unable
tentfF she ma8Rth ~ the river. and. leav~
/ asF Freight 81 stanwood. returned ~
siils The Henry i}aiey vii not under.
kkf % 80 up tbs rayrr today, bat the Gas.
sss MI l0oat likely SO esst 49, ws8el
ahe SlEnsl seF4Iee al san francisco pfe-
- isin aud saaw with variable wiads
feas.nued cold weather ia Oregon ard
ssaiRgiea, until p. M today.
aea. Henry f. NeslsF. wAen asked
ssshsaay by foST-isTEtEte3NcgR
snsef whether the suowlal og
assseay hsd heen e9ualed dur
IL NE pAst thirty YEARS. excepting
= sTsAi Storm q 1854. said During the
selss q isSss& my nrss yeaT in seatils.
- 81 81 deasA e sixteen inches. We
= nnt haye sle v0nyenieuges sash that
ssEe uaws ana il proved quite haSss
- sf@a he residents 81 tae then 8tsle
@Ss t~attle Ii remember correctly.
S ssna fetaa nea en tie ground several
.easAs paadlei over - osylaps Ia
sAa The mountains cH each ss3e II
ss @tfe covered villa Snow Ii was
4 a'asa sls2as assure yau. olympia. thun
*eaanE Soand trading palwt. hA& jts
TIE ssoN also hut The essixgns
i 80 tstisF tAsn we dld. theN hS.ns better
4 sasv iesl nearly every winter after-
- eas dld uos q as1y aepth worth
/ se nnHi 1851. a1sa Ne hssl Ice
Aszst snesstoFsa Ia ths history 81 the
Aae musniag &ftsg ths hsaytss
sAes neaauresi igs drpth 90 che
- g tesIaeItas square Il vas exactly
- ssa usls.halg fest.
es Is uet an ta8seattaa q casA win.
Al g. Washington. continued sfr Yea-
/ - We saay h4ve dsstEA5t8llg waral
ssAesS .ae senasnaeS Sc she Niases and
i daat ske this ood Tssre i
Rae Fssa - MAKE rs aisSstsmerS
- ana happy. Nasa aen : hutf
- saise lass a. sare a. IS t4gns coaa
I: 'aNs ewes hss.sr legsas q eoaplasa
@Aasnga or Is k4ipg
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