St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-10
THE RAILROAD REPORTS.
Delay Very General, but the Storm
Is Abating.

Is Abating.
AT the railroad offices the reports
were as follows:
Great Northern-It is blowing very
hard and showing in most of our terri
tory. 1t is the worst OF the season and
doubly surprising because it follows so
closely upon the elegant weather we
have had recently. While the temper
ature is about zero here the
reports this morning showed 10 be-
low at the boundary line. At
GAINESVILLE it is below, with terrible
blizzard and the snow drifting very
badly. There is lots of snow in the
cuts. The morning reports showed 5
below at Grand Forks and 10 below at
Minot. below at Neche. and the biz
gard equally severe on the Brecken
ridge division. The wires have been
down more or less since Tuesday after
noon. bnt are getting into order again.
We understand that the wires are all
right now. The storm was worse about
CroOkstOn and Grand Forks than in
most other localities. We expect to
start all trains tonight, in fact our Win
nipeg train--No. LIS going along all
right, excepting that 1T was ten hours
late at GAINESVILLE. The Canadian Pa
ciiic train got stuck in the snow before
it reached the Great Northern road.
Northern Pacifie-Reports this morn
ing from Fargo ssaid: THE wind is
blowing with such force that it is abso-
lutely unsafe to move trains in this sec
ton"
Supt. McCabe, of the Dakota division,
reported that it wasthe worst storm he
had ever known. Mr.. McCabe has been
in North Dakota, at jamestown and
Fargo, for fully twelve years past. At
Winnipeg reports up to 3 o'clock said:
1.-The storm is the worst of the season.
1t is impossible to move trains" The
wires being down prevented any morn
ing report from west of Staples, MINI.
The reports last evening showed that
trains on the Northern Pacific were
started yesterday afternoon with the
storm abating west of Fargo, and no
snow falling west of Jamestown. The
wind was still blowing and the snow
was drifting some what between James
town and Fargo. The blizzard extended,
more or less, as far west as Helena,
Mont, and also all through Mani
toba.
Chicago, ST. Paul & Kansas City-The
storm is quite general all over the line
except the southern division from DeS
Moines, To-, to st. Joseph, Mo-, where
the weather is reported clear but grow
ing colder. North of Des MoneS we
had rain Tuesday night, but snow fell
in the northern portion this morning.
The wind was strong. and we were out
about an hour and half during the
morning on account of por-
ton of the roof being blown
off of station little south
of Elma, 10. The telegraph is restored
now. Notwithstanding the storm, our
trains are moving fairly we'll. The pas
senger train was delayed about an hour
getting into st. Paul. The freights Will
be delayed somewhat.
Burlington d Northern-AIl trains
came in on time during the day. We
had rain and snow all the way down to
Oregon, Ill.,, except at Galena, lll.where
rain alone was reported. This after
noon the snow is comparatively light
and the wind blowing not near SO hard
+ to the southeast as up here.
I Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis &
I Omaha-There is snow all over the line
and the worst part of the storm is on
the Nebraska division. The trouble
/ there seems to be that the force of the
wind is so great, which may be said
generally of the country to the west of
st. Paul. The greater quantities of
snow, however, are to the eastward.
Our trains have arrived on time,
but the afternoon reports show
that some of them are getting half an
hour to an hour behind. OF course no
one can tell what delays may occur dur
ing the night, out the storm seems to
be abating and the prospects are better.
The telegraph was demorallZed during
the morning.
Minneapolis, st. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie-The storm is travelling east.
We don't know how it is west, as our
wires are still out of order between here
and Minneapolis. The 500 train from
]. The east came in exactly on time this
/ morning, and had no snow on it. The
afternoon reports show that it is snow
ing at Prentice and mild at Rhinelander,
Wis.
( Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul-The
wires are down west of MontevideO. and
the situation there is not obtainable this
afternoon. On the Hastings IL Dakota
division trains are reported moving
from one and a half to two hours late.
1t is showing. blowing and drifting all
|. through the Western section, but we
have no trouble, and only one hours de-
lay to passenger trains on the Western
division.