Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-07
CALIFORNIA AND COAST.
Mount Shasta a Grand Sight in its
GliStenins ROba Of Snow.
SUPREME COURT COMMISSION.
Disastrous Floods Reported From
all Points in Southern Oregon
Many Bridges Gone.
SUPREME COURT COMMISSION.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REoOnD-usIos.l
THE STORM ENDED.

THE STORM ENDED.
Work of Clearing the Oregon Railroad
VIII be Rapidly Pushed.
From the RECORD UNION Special Correspondent
Mort, February 6th.-Just before sunset
last evening the clouds all disappeared and
Mount Shasta was visible from here in her
grandeur. Clothed in robes of perfect
white, she towers above everything. and
the whole population of Mott were out to
see the grand sight.
Old residents here say she never looked
SO beautiful before, and many stood until
dark gazing at the lovely scene. The cliffs
and peaks are covered with fleecy snow,
and near the base of the mountain the tops
of the pine trees are barely visible above
the immense depth of snow.
An artist could not select time more ap-
propriate to sketch the wonderful scene.
In fact, it is such a sight that even at a
glance one can never forget it. The monu-
ment on the very loftiest peak is visible,
though covered with 8 coating of beautiful
whitentss.
Not bare spot can be seen on the whole
mountain, and to-day is the first day in
two months that it has shown itself clearly
to the inhabitants of the little town here.
The engines which are lying here partly
disabled are the ones which were showed
in for over a week between Sisson and
Edgewood. They were engaged in work
ing the snow-plow. and beside the train
men there were 105 shovelers.
The snow fell so fast during the whole
time they were there that the engines
could not move and the men had to crawl
on their hands and knees to break trail
to Sisson or Edgewood, in order to get
food to eat At last they succeeded in
shoveling out road to Sisson and arrived
here on the morning of February Sd.
Your correspondent learned at the tele-
graph Office here that Superintendent Pratt
was at Ager, fifty four miles above Mott,
and was pushing on north to Hornbrook,
five miles from the State line. The engi-
neers who are here believe that when Mr..
Pratt reaches Hornbrook he will not at
tempt to cross the Siskiyou Mountains, as
the road is in such bad condition from
washouts, but will turn back and endeavor
to open the road south again. so that trains
can run north of Redding as far as possible
The mail, it is thought, can be carried over
the Siskiyou Mountains, on the trail,
while the track is being repaired.
THE STORM ENDED.
Mort, February 6th.-The sun has been
shining brightly all day here, and the pros
poets are that the storm is over. A gang Of
Cinnamon left here this morning on q work
train to work on the slides between here
and Dunsmuir. The cessation of the
storm, which has been raging here continu-
ally for over two months, will give the rail
road company chance to get start, and
no efforts will be spared to clear the track
as speedily as possible.
Superintendent Lindberg of DuusmCir is
working like Trojan with men under his
charge, and he even travels with the work.
ing crews to urge them on.
Superintendent Pratt of the Southern Pa
cific Company was at Hornbrook this noon,
and he intends to push on over the Siski-
you Mountains. Since this is the case re-
ports about the bad condition of the road
must have been exaggerated considerably
or the attempt would not have been made
to get over the road in that region.
ON TO THE FRONT.
MONTAGUE, February 6th.-The Rec
ORD UNIONS special correspondent boarded
special train, consisting of an en-
CINE and car, at Mott this afternoon
and was taken north to Montague, forty four
miles. The road is in good condition this
far, and beyond here it is open to Horn
brook. where Superintendent Pratt is with
the work trains pushing on over the Siski-
you mountains.
He has plentiful amount of supplies,
tools and men with him, and will probably
not come back until he reaches Ashland.
On the trip from Mott to-day the stations
of Igerna, Sisson, Edgewood and Gazelle
were passed and the people were ali out to
see the train.
AT Sisson several buildings have caved
in, and among them is the warehouse OF
Sisson, Crocker & Co. Supplies are run
ming short in all these towns. Montague
appears to be better supplied than any of
them.
Beyond Edgewood there is no snow to
speak of, and cribbing has been placed un-
der most all the bridges to make them safe.
In coming here the engine ran over large
rock, and hole was knocked in the air.
drum, causing the air-brakes to become
useless. There are several feet of snow on
the Black Butte summit, though the greater
quantity has melted. Your correspondent
will endeavor to push on to Mr.. Pratt to-
morrow