Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-16
TRAINS TIED UP.
b ad State OF Affairs on the A. 7. & S. #.
Santa Fe Enjoying Special
Privils ges--SituatioH at
Las Vegas.

As a result of Sundays snow storm all
trains continue to be practically tied up
on the A., T. & S. F., and the telegraph
operators strike leaves the A. & P. and
Southern Pacific in little better shape.
No through train has gone over the Santa
Fe since Sunday morning last. They are
tied up at many points between Trinidad
and Albuquerque, and at Wagon Mound
and Springer passenger trains can neither
move forward or back ward. At all points
snow bucking crews are at work. 1t is,
however, probable that trains carrying four
days mail from the east may get in to-
night, although it is fact that the snow
from Las Vegas to Trinidad is heavier
than reported in these columns yesterday
and continues to drift badly.
From Santa Fe and Las Vegas south
and west there is no trouble from snow
and trains could be operated on schedule
time but for the difficulty south with the
operators. A "plug" train was run out
last evening and this morning, connecting
with Las Vegas.El Paso freight trains,
but no mail from Albuquerque or west OF
that point came to hand.
On the narrow gauge there is no trouble /;
mail trains are running regularly be-
tween this city, Pueblo and Denver, and
in this respect Santa Fe is enjoying privi-
leges which are exclusively her own as
compared to other New Mexico towns.
While all Colorado mail comes regularly
over this road there is no reason why the
delayed eastern mails at Trinidad should
not have been sent around via La Junta t.
Pueblo and thence routed south via the
marrow guage to this city, being distrbut-
ed from this point to Las Vegas, Albuquer-
que and other New Mexico points. This
should have been ordered on Monday, as
soon as thepostal authorities became ap
praised of the real condition Of things on
the A., T. & ST., but up to date no such
expedent for the accommodation OF the pub
lie has been announced.
THE SITUATION AT LAS VEGAS.
Surveyor General Hobart returned from
Las Vegas by freight train last night
bringing over a copy of the new afternoon
daily there, the Las Vegas Free Press.
Speaking of the snow storm he said it was
remarkable what difference there Is be-
tween the Santa Fe and Las Vegas
climatology. When he left here on Fri
day it was calm, pleasant day, but even
at Lamy hurricane prevailed and wind
and drifting snow was encountered at
Las Vegas.
Gen. Hobart says the snow is actually
two feet deep on the level in the streets
of Las Vegas and also at the hot springs.
East from those points it is even worse.
Up to Thursday sthe ice ponds about
Las Vegas showed thirteen inches
of excellent ice and cutting had COM
menced, but the wet snow has.practically
ruined it; some attempt is being made to
scrape the ice by the use of teams but the
dumped drifts soon become quagmires,
almost, for the horses and little can be
done. The damage to the ice crop will
amount to several thousand dollars.
The general adds that shoveling snow
has been the chief occupation of Las We
gas since Sunday, and that in the streets,
along the sidewalks, the clearing of the
latter has resulted in piling up the former
with from three to five feet of snow.