Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-02-01
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
snow.Bound Trains Reach
Their Destination.
MR. HANCOCK'S RESIGNATION
skeletons Found in the Desert-The
Enforcement of the Ex-
clusiOn Act, Etc.

,,sooieted Press Dispatches to the HERALD
SAN Francisco, January 31.-All of
the overland trains which had been
h,oeksded in the Sierra snow drifts ar
rived in this city today. The first train,
composed entirely of mail csrs, arrived
at about 80 this morning. 1t was fol-
lowed an hour later by passenger train.
Two more passenger trains arrived within
the next few hours; the three remaining
ones during the afternoon.
The first train brought about 250 900
letters and about 1000 pouches of papers
for this city. The greater portion of the
letters was distributed today, but most of
the paper mail remains in the postoffice.
The usual schedule has been resumed
on the Central Pacific, and two east
bound overland trains left here today.
The passengers who arrived here on
the delayed trains this morning ex-
pressed sincere rejoicing at having been
released from their long stay in the
mountains. Most of them went imme-
diately to hotels on their arrival here.
General Superintendent Fillmore, of
the Southern Pacific Company, said this
afternoon: "There is no danger of any
further trouble, even if another
storm should set in. Our whole
force of men will be kept at
work good many days yet, digging
out freight trains, clearing side-tracks
widening cuts through the snow and
taking snow off the sheds at weak points
The rotary plow left the shops at Sacra.
mento this morning, and proceeded east
wards to help clear the side
tracks. The cyclone plow is on it:
way to Sacramento to be repaired. The
result of this experience will be that wt
will get four or five more rotary plows
and there will be no danger of seriou:
| trouble. We expect TO start passenge,
train north over the Oregon line by Sun
day and are strainiug every nerve to d,
so. The road will certainly be open BY
Monday.
Superintendent Fillmore received 6
dispatch from Senator Stanford today il
which he said: "Tell the men that
appreciate their devotion, and am gra.a
full for their brave endurance, and enjo,
with them their triumph"
Five trains of delayed freight wer
turned over TO the company at Ogdel
today, and will be moved as rapidly a
possible.
CHICAGO, January BE. L. Lomax
general passenger agent of the Uniol
Pacific railway, telegrsphed from Oman
today that after two weeks blockade tn
Central Pacific line is now open, an
that all delayed west-bound passenger
| will reach their destination today or tc
morrow, and matters will resume thei
I o NAL condition in day or two.
NEVADA, Cal, January 31-The oper
ing OF the narrow gauge railroad 70 thi
city was completed this afternoon. Train
are now running regularly. The BLOCK
ade lasted nineteen days from Gras
Valley to this end of the road Tn
stage roads from here to North Bloom
feld and Washington are still closed.
sIssoNs, CAL, January 31.-Occasiona
snow is falling. No plows have reache
here yet. The Dunsmuir plow is still
stuck in the slide near Mott. The Edge
wood plov is making very slow progress
as the snow is packed like ice. Their
are plenty of provisions, though man,
articles are getting short. The news
papers are printed on wrapping paper
At Dunsmuir the merchants are raisin
the prices of goods, and potatoes are
cents per pound.