The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-01-21
A SNOW BLOCKADE.
THE NORTHWESTERN ROADS
TIED UP by SNOW.
Washington and Oregon Entirely
shut of From the wOrId-snO<x
Eight Feet Deep on the Level
Other Notes.

; CHICAGO, ILL.,, January 2O.--Thc snov
blockade III the west and northwest il
one ot the most complete on record. No
: only has travel become impossible on tn,
western division OF the Central ant
: Northern Pacific, but the telegraph com
panies are equal sufferers and ever,
through line is down on both of tlcs,
routes. The only means of telegraph,
communication with the Pacific coast
now is by the indirect route of the Sout H.
crn Pacific, and the volume of business
transacted is principally a limited one.
washington and Oregon are shut of
from communication with the entire
world with the exception of one little
signal wire that still ticks iccblv between
San Francisco and Portland. When this
wire goes down these two northwestern
States Will he further away from New
YORK than China, So far as the tcle-
graphic communication is concerned, as
tne trans are not running ard the snow
blockade renders it impossible for the
telegraph force to reach the scene of the
break. The Western Union rcpairers are III
showed up at n half dozen points in the
west and there is little prospect of re-
ncwed communication until the railroads.
have mastered the elements.
The SHOW blockade on the Central
Pacific road is at Emigrant Gap, near
the summit of the Serras. Last night
eight wcstbound trains were showed in
and the prospect of the road being open
cd IN the next iorty-eight hours is poor
as the snow plowS cannot work through |
the freezing ice and the force OF the shovel |
lcrsis inadequate. Thercarc ! 800 men at |
work, but as the snow is eight feet deep |
OH the level and fathomcss in the cuts.
the work of clearing off the track while
the snow falls is tremendous labor.
On the Northern Pacific there is a COM
pletc snow blockade at Sissions, near
Mount Shasta, Cal.
Fred Crockcr, OF the Southern Pacific
who was going north. has been showed
III there for three days in special train
and hopes to get out tomorrow.
The Southern Pacific road has been
badly injured in the Tehahipi mountains
by the washouts and beyond Los Angeles
he floods have done much damage. The
only unobstructcd road is now the At
antic Pacific, but as this depends on the
Southern Pacific for connection between
Nlohave desert and san Francisco, and
IN the washed out Southern Pacific line
between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
travel on that may also he delayed at
my moment as il has been raining hcav-
ly in southern California for days past. l
while il is showing in the north I
vest. Advices this afternoon are that {
he snow is falling throughout the west
10 that the prospects are by no means
Encouraging. ,
ST. PAUL, January 2O.-A heavy storm |
accompanied by gale set in about II
o'clock last night and regular blizzard =,
$ owraging throughout the northwest. !,
Us yet there has been no interruption of '
abroad traffic or telegraphic communi- :
alton, but the storm is very severe Re I,
wccn five and six inches OF snow has l.
allen on level and the prevailing high
Winds has dritcd it badly, especially in
he southwestern portion of the State. e