The sun., 1890-01-23
THE BIG SNOW BLOCKADE.
All hut Six and n Half Miles of the Central
Pacific ShoVelIed Out.

Pacific ShoVeIIed Out
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 22.-The train despatch
or on the Central Pacific this morning says
that favorable weather yesterday enabled sat-
isfactory progress to be made at all points. and
a great deal was ACCOMPLISHED. The road is
now open from Sacramento to Towles, and
east-bound train No. will leave Sacramento
at midnight The road is also open from Pros
pect Cut, about five miles east from Towles. to
Truckee, with the exception Of piece about q
mile and q half at Cascade. where the sheds
were burned last summer and have not been
rebuilt. This section of q mile and a half has
not been worked on at all. There are thus left
two sections Of five miles and IA mile and half.
Boston. Jan. 22-The Howard AthenHum
slope. numbers twenty-five persons. Mr.. VIM
fiarri IS. the proprietor of the AthenRum in this
with the company since last Monday. He re-
seUw oss nas hbeS were ere
but he Is afraid they will suffer from cold and
hunger. BE doesn't know how to account for
the non-receipt OF further Intelligence. but be-
lieves it is on account Of the disabled telegraph
system. The company includes the following
George Thatcher and wife. Wood and Shep-
paTdb the rvn sisters Ida Heath a,her and
wife, Wilton and Mora, Conroy and Fox. Lottie
Collins. Paul SCHNEIDER leader; John Fries,
teiG chIoAso % an. 22:"it is many esl years since
the far Northwest has seen anything like the
land. Ore. today W telegram. 'H Which h have
from the superintendent OF one Of my mines in
0FsgGa Se t there m fifteen f feet
the mountains is not unusual. but the snow OF
the last lew days that has fallen oil over Ore
dented. Tho stock men Of Washington will be
the hardest hit. They have been used TO warm
anything like the unusual snow fall and the
extremely cold weather which came with it. L
kn9y S SRs man man IN Wash Was,hipGton who has already
PonTLAND, Ore. Jan. 22.-The Union Pacific
Eoad is all open according to the latest reports
to-day bringing passengers and mails. Trains
left here to-day Tor the East on time. The
none me Of the trains is running on time. .t6e The
snow commenced falling here last might
and ,EH has continued at intervals during
at depsR of SEVERAL inches The
ls slightly below the freezing point Along the
cations of breaking up the present snow block
Sds inches are BE-
for several days. All the trains over the lines
e the Northern Pacific are moving East and
Kansas CITY Mo-, Jan. GA severe snow
storm prevailed in Kansas and Missouri to-
hours hour Railway traffic was imSeded. but no
blockade has been reported. Several trains
from tho west arc late, but not moro than
few hours. In this city the fall Of snow was
extraordinary for q few hours. and street car
traffic was abandoned for time. The storm
ceased about o'clock this evening.
The great snow storm on the Pacific coast
has caused considerable detention Of the mails
for this city. AT the Post Offlce it was reported
from San Francisco since Monday morning
last From Portland. Ore, however. mails
have been received regularly over the Northern
Pacific Railway. Mails from all other points
West have been received a few hours late. pos
ably ON Account of tha cold XaRthar.