Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-20
At IT AGAIN.
THE STORM KING ONCE MORE RESUMES
DISASTROUS OPERATIONS.
He Only Paused to Take Breath, and
to View What BE Had
Done.

Inc storm-klng seemed 10 pause lew
hours on Saturday, just to see how effect
ually he had battled with the railroad peo-
pie on the mountain.
He must have reviewed the situation
with real delight, when he beheld trains
snow-bound, and huge plows and engines
endeayoring, all in vain, to battle through
the immense banks of snow.
Then fearful that by some chance the
mighty work of man should conquer and
dispel the obstacles he had thrown about
on all sides, he again hurried to renew his
efforts. Commencing yesterday he again
caused to fall from the heavens another
terrific deluge of snow, which continued
to descend during the whole day and
night.
The plows were all making more of less
Roadway and in day or so might have
cleared the track, but the re-opening of the
storm again put
STOP TO THE EFFECTIVE WORK
And neither the east nor west bound trains
have made a bit of progress since they
first came to a standstill. The way the
storm has acted has been enough to set
the railroad people crazy, but they are still
working away as hard as they can, and
only ask cessation for reasonable length
of time on the part of the elements, to
show them how speedily they can then
clear the way. As it is now, storm after
storm occurs, and the track cleared is again
covered up with another huge bank of
snow.
The rear train of the two east bound
trains, which have been held in the snow
about two miles this side of Blue Canyon
for several days, has at last succeeded in
backing up and is now at Shady Run,
where the provision car is and where the
passengers can enjoy more comfort. The
release of this train was accomplished by
the snow-shovelers alone. The other train,
which was some distance ahead of this one,
has not yet been extricated from its posi-
ton.
The foremost west-bound overland train,
which has been in the sheds at Emigrant
Gap for the past several days, is still there,
and the passengers are as comfortably
quartered as can possibly be expected. The
only probable inconvenience they suffer
are the delay and the darkness in the sheds.
THE RoTARY's WORK.
Up to yesterday afternoon the rotary
pillow, which has been endeavoring to work
its way through from Emigrant Gap to
Blue Canyon, had not reached the latter
place, and was having very troublesome
time with the slushy snow.
A dispatch from Truckee states that that
important mountain town is guarded on
all sides by immense snow drifts, and that
the Sierra valley road will be impossible
for many days. A pillow with five engines
started to go east ont of Truokee the other
day and got cOrralled in short notice.
Five more engines were sent to help them
out and they met with the same fate
However, after several hours of work on
the part of the shovelers they were ena-
bled to back up into Truckee. 1t took
plow and five engines thirty-six hours to
get to Tunnel Thirteen, about five miles
distant. A carload of provisions was after
wards dispatched, and after going as far as
possible on the track men on snowshoes
carried the supplies the rest of the way.
Even after the rotary clears the road be-
tween Emigrant Gap and Blue Canyon she
will have to turn about and do great deal
more hard work all the way up to the
summit At Cascade there is a mile and
a half of sheds, which were burned down |
and never rebuilt, and the pillow will have
to go through deep bank of snow for the
whole of this distance. The road between |
Colfax and Dutch Flat which was gotten |
again have to be plowed out, and as things |
looke, resent there is no telling when
train will get through.
Late last night it was learned that the |
rotary pillow on the Sierras was at wood |
shed three miles east of Blue Canyon. 1t
was fortunate that it had got that far, as all
the engines had run out of fuel.
ANOTHER TRAIN BLOCKED.
A RECORD. UNION reporter called at the |
railroad Office late last night and the situa- |
ton was then the same, with little chance |
of lettering it. The snow shovelers who |
struck for a raise from 81 to So so at |
Truckee had for the most part gone back to |
work. Those who have not yet returned |
to work are hemmed in by the snow and |
in all probability will be only too glad in |
a short while TO get their jobs back.
Last night news was received at the
depot that a passenger train bound this
way carrying the mails and drawn by four
engines, had run into a snowbank in a cut
two wiles this side of Colfax. The train
had to back up to the latter station, where
shovelers were procured and taken down,
and it was expected that she would reach
here early this morning.
1t showed as far down as Auburn yester
day.
ON THE OREGON ROAD.
The condition of affairs on the Oregon
road also remains unchanged. Trains
bound this way are supposed to be at Ash
land, and those destined for the North are
tied up at Redding, and the blockade ap-
pears to be complete. Last night $50 men
were sent up this road to shovel snow, and
it is expected more will go in day or So
A dispatch from Dunsmuir states that a
binding snow. storm set in there again yes
terday morning, after q short spell of sun
shine. The storm did not let up until 3
Pm, when three feet more of snow had
fallen. Last night it was cold and threat
ening.
A gang of six Western Union linemen in
charge of Foreman c. FL. Coop left Gibson
Yesterday morning and came up the road
on foot as far as the snow pillow had cleared,
and finding farther progress impossible, cut
down a telegraph pole and, splitting it up,
made it into snowshoes, and thus crossed
the gap Of five miles between the two snow
pillow gangs. They came into town at dark
tired and hungry. The force of shovelers
and others who were working south from
Dunsmuir came struggling back to that
place Saturday night, the last coming into
town at daylight
AFTER FoRTY-EIGET HOURS WORK
Andno sleep. One engine was also brought
in. The others are showed in without wood
or water between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
crossings. Superintendents Lindberg and
Cooley were personally experimenting this
work, and after a few hours sleep started
out again yesterday morning with three
engines and a pilot pillow to reopen the
road southwark They will make run as
far as they can and then, after digging out
the pillow and engines, will back up and
take another shot at the snow. Progress
is very slow. The pillow that left Duns-
muir Wednesday morning got to Sisson
last night and was turned and started back.
Two of the engines on the Edgewood
pillow are disabled.
a tree fell and broke down trestle
north of Edgewood.