Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-01-21
SNOW BLOCKADE.
WEI STOPPED ON THE G.
AND N. PACIFIC.
80 unh Teu Engines Stuek-snow
...,l,. winch Range In Depth
I,om Eight TO Thirty
Feet.

t,,lt. winch Iianse In i'cpth
Iom Eight to Thirty
.,.o jan, eD.-'rhe suow block.
.,y,a, aud Northwest Is one OF
49,, ..,uuloto on record. Not on y
'.tr p'ygme An inpossib.lity on
FIX ,..y, sions Of tho Central aud
'Tp p.tiie, but the Telegraph com
, "e ',guai tui'erers, aud every
il oilu IA down on both these
neo,ly means Of telcgraphie
NJ ,e,. ,nu wlth The Pacific coast
styt.c lndapct route off the south
,t,f, aua ,hs volume Of bu ines,
'rtel /. necessarily limited. Wash.
, aud Oreg il 40 hut oil from com
,,iiau with The eutirn world, with
,retll5n OF one little zigzag " ire
Nh .,ichs iecbly between san Fran
,tl Portland. When this w're
usu these two Northeastern States
90 urther away from New iofK
lima. so far as telosIaphie com
'tl'i is concerned.
i ts,trn Union ietairrs are
A ata half u dozen points In
.c.j s.Ia thore IS little prospect OF
.rt .mnunice,ion until the rail-
t.l. mastered the elemente. The
b. Nie on the Central Pacific
b. 3 trgfaut cap Lear the sum
el- lii. S ertas. Last ni,Li eight
inuut ,faLs wftc showed In, and
5o lr VI tAs road peiIg opened IN
! ish us y iPar, a. tho rnoN
y oMtji Nmh ~ ongh tho freez'ug
\ \ The irFro' s'urciefs 10 made
lhe'- are !i1o men ut work, but
k stow 4 .oyen feet deep en- the
ami il'a9nle's ia The cuts, The
o. 'eattGa the track while the
"a Il 4 IemeNdous labor.
ihe NutthAtn l'Acllic there isa COM
SUI" 1" H. . auc AZ ois'ohr, near
s''. ''l ,,'' rte"' Nf'cNer,
s'u ,l7tn r'c'u'' VINO was gong
3 H "e'H nv wa u u.ere ier thiee
Va i" .iai u-'h' auu hoies 10 get
tnpl io"'
IiLe'n i4,ihe hoah mas been
ip'nrrd IN we leh"etepl Noun
u w1tAou's, ana beyond Los An-
l'r h'ol lave duu" iiuch damage.
Mi unohsiihcicd rrai now Is the
lca0d i'scltic, but as this depends
f HG'heEn Pacific connectiots be,
ia,g Nolava Desert and San Fran
atd on the washed-ou Southern
e Ihc he ween Los Angeles and
lantisco ttayel on that road may
9 i' layci AT auy moment, as IL las
1s'o NJ heavily IN southern Cslitor-
y lays pasi, WHALE II is slowing in
c'le
@ es'eIn Ch''n tlvlees THIS morn
Il va snuw y sllll latling throu yh.
1e Wet, b" that The pfotp ct Is by
it' ehs @ iiaSing.
FURTHER 355 tt3.,.
\ Fi4Sttff ., IN ii Tho s6ov
vde N the 4, ,.tf.s p45tl.. 9aiirnrs A
kv,ct ctmty t,f Ifnci,ee 4i4 Fn5ir,ant
has become ,ety srtijg. Ttnrn
hy las no Eastern overland rain.
bern able 70 reach point lurther
Fihan tolfax. All the es5t.bonrd
arc a. Sacramento, Collar and
h41it "hila those coming west are
? rt4ti Gap, Trnckee aud seno,
= .ate 'he deplh OF snow range,
~ leet to drifts OF twenty iest.
t1H al company has several hun.
10 n work shoyelling east out Of
plow was only able to ge, (.
n warn II stuck with ten engines
.Hy' i.zls were called to the retcne
1Iti ,eAefal hours work, aug them
lat5 t1Ald return. On The west
I'D +. t4setl with drifts Ia to 80 feet
lliir i9si g hours trying to reach
tt5ii - b miles from town.
a4f5la crew retu.ued on foot.
sHaIlaued the train, US they
raycpous with hunger.
with Il locomotives
lsdt oleer the road 10 summit,
'tott ifty hal run two miles tliny
ec5a s i oeSed. and. snow falling
III aem,- they were last In both
i li,- passengers are quartered
ttei by tic railroad company.
tlon IL began showing
tf5Z4ud reports from The
pui iIaIs at Emlprant G,n
FIN lAa5 .f5,rea noriions of the
io4 solf ii#inr last The ON.
-A s4f IT pTeseut blockade ia
~ sti i5st#Est Thai they b.vn
li8 9ft len years plnws
% 10 III Ii on account OF the
snow. The block seriously
'ifsil ises.itles. No Eastern mali
ftel The city since las, Iue.dav
~
!" r. cru ltion Telegram Com.
hs a t.1i sc iotcd oil lnen In the
pms elts1lihg the wires of snow
u lines IN soine places ara entire.
ea nitt,er the dritts, notwithsland.
ne mifes are sif,ing on polrs %
Il, tie report that tie sapw.
u denied by The raiiroai oil,eiaIs.
|hliei'# o' iood is supplied thein and
! l4 aie at 10 point where il woul,,
sil.e TO feaeh uioin. Expert.
ID t',Itav a,a ~ .,,,a a,e 'i On me ROAD
!. Ifesi, ba.i 1 saa ,"e ae'aytu trains,
Al no linn d"t,,.,, H. at.,ai 4, 3',eeetfis,
l.. aillleultv 1,s',s hssn ! tlle bleeh hade
ia ,,s ~, "',, ueen 81 pefienscd IN
51f,,i,s -, '.l'isofts @ ana food.
n gEd Nm, ~ " sa,es oi Influenza
H. is,6i, =. ,nadiul,, uueieis are Kept
hitnleai Alu ptOinDtlV.