Daily Republican., 1890-01-22
THE SNOW BLOCKADE.
WORK OF THE PLOWS AND
SNOW SHOvELLERS.
Prospects of Getting the Roads Open.
Heavy Slides and Drifts-The
Imprisoned Passenger Trains.
A Passenger Dies of
Pneumonia.

BAN FRANCisCO, Jan. Sl.-lHe Pros-
pects are that the great snow blocka1e
on the Central Pacific will be cleared to.
night or tomorrow to the delight oil the
snow hound passengers. Clear weather
is reported at all stations from Rockin
10 Truckee, save at Coliax aud Cisco,
here the weather is still cloudy. AT
each of these places one inch OF snow
fell last night. There is now three feet
Of snow on the ground at Colfax, while
at Cisco the country is covered to depth
of over Is feet on the level and in the
drifts the snow is three or tour times as
deep.
Last evening the Central Pacific was
enabled to open the road in the Sierras
| to the five dead engines near Champions
Spur. The rotary plow was pushed by
| Ii engines and the snow was thrown Is
feet on either side OF the track. One hun
dred and fifty snow shovellers who were
engaged IN digging n trench were sur
| prised and completely buried by snow
from the plow. They were badly scared,
but the only injury sustained was q
ducking. Five engines and plows were
taken to Truckee and the way is clear to
Tunnel No. IS. with the exception Of
minor drifts on the Blue Canyon side.
They hava passed to the Cascade where
| LuC lOlh ID again NJ Woi NJ ohA ~ - onAu
BY the railroad officials that the road
will bo open possibly tonight.
East of Truckee plow with sufficient
power to back It will plow to Reno.
Heavy slides and drifts are reported be.
tween Truckee and Boca. A rotary plow
ia clearing the road to Blue Canyon, and
during the night 1t 10 expected to clear
tho track to the two imprisoned passen-
ger trains, between Blue Canyon and
Alta. None Of tho snow sheds have
fallen, although the weight of snow In
places Ia incalcuiapie. Tne average depth
OF the snow along the sheds is 20 feet
Over 1000 shovelers and workmen are or
the mountains onight Truckee Is Gu
of from al communication with the
outside world, but this is true OF al
mining and other towns in the Sierras.
& passenger, named A. E. Langtord
died Of pneumonia, superlnduced by ];
grippe, and was buried by the men OF
I snow shoes at Truckee yesterday, !
y being impossible to break the road TO til
cemetery. Jacob Duntz, snow shoveller
was killed at Coliax yesterday by benz
= struck by car.
, Most Of tho passengers In the tw
= trains near Blue Canyon are well pro
: vided for the delay. There are fey
!, second-class passengers, who had onl
u enough money to buy tickets, and di
. not figure on the blockade. They ais
:. did not prepare for the cold weather tina
!. commenced when the storm ceased. A
" Dutch Fiat, on the western slope of th
Sierras, there are seven feet OF snow o
the level, or two feet more than eve
before recorded. The wagon roads an
u bitches are blockaded. Many hous'
l. have been crushed by the snow, but I
&c lives have been lost. Snow shoes aie Il
I only means OF getting anywhere.
,s The damage to fiuit trees will be col
!. siderable. Should tie snow go of wit
J, a rain, the damage to the valley will
& very great. In addition to the impri
: oned tralns near Blue Canyou, two cas-
ls bound passenger trains are showed
is have done everything in their power
ID make the pass eneers comfortable, payiu
the men big wages to carry provisions G
: SHOW shoes u distance of i've miles.
Johu Jennings, New York new
paper man, who came ont to meet Nil
Nellie Bly, In san Francisco and esco
her to New York, was caught in IL
blockade several daye, and then mad
the journey from Blue Canyon to Alto
on snow shoes, and then rode on m Ell
gine to Sacramento, where he arrive
this morning and took special train
it connect with Miss BLY, at Lathrop.
!. speaking of his experience Mr.. Jennini
II said: II have seen SNOW and blizzar,
!. in New York, but people back thel
e don't kn 1w what snow Is"
n On the Oregon toad the passenet
e trains bound to and from Portland n
d still stuck in tho deep snow of SIskyo
n Range. The road Is blochaded betw ee
y Mott and Dunsmlr, between Dunsm
d sud $ ms. and between Sims and Rel
ding. supplies are being taken 10 ii
i'm prisGntd trains at slime from Reddinl
5pogTLAND, Orc. Jan. 2l.-The fir
thIou b Train for the past week arrive
he, tlis evening at s o'clock from ov
the Union Pacihc line from the Eas
Abou; $50 passengers arrived on the fir
section. slso quantity of baggage an
mali, Another train arrived at d o'cloc
this evening with more passengers an
mail. A third train is due hero about
O'Clock to morrow morning, aud fouri
Is due early tomorrow forenoon.
: The trains will probably bring 600 d,
: layed pa sengers In all and not less tina
1900 tacks OF mail. The blockade
broken, ard unless another storm follow
the company will he ablo to keep I'll
road open and trains will depart and al
rive on time after to morrow.
The block ade on the southern Pacif
remains uubreken. II now looks as
there will be no through trains froi
California before the last part of til