The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-01-02
MOUNTAIN SNOVDRIFTS.
They Are Seven Feet Deep at Emf
grant Gap.
The Snow-Plows All at Work, and
Shovelers Sent There-A Big
Snowslide Stops Train.

Snow fell on the mountains, along the
line of the Central Pacific Railroad, dur
ing the entire night of Thursday and all
day yesterday, and the storm still con-
tinued at late hour last night The at
mosphere was becoming warmer, how
| ever, and the indications were that rain
would take the place of the snow.
As result of the steady fall the snow
has piled up to a depth of six feet at Blue
| Canyon and seven feet at Emigrant Gap.
Orders were issued yesterday from the
railroad Office in this city for all the
plows to be put to work.
| Even at Gold Run there was a fall of
one foot. and the depth of the snow in
creased proportionately toward the Sum-
NIT.
The plows were having busy time all
day yesterday scattering the snow, and
some idea can be formed of the amount
that had fallen when the fact is stated that
| four headlight plows, two push plows,
the rotary and a couple of Hangers We're
kept constantly at work keeping the road
| open.
The crews and plows worked in such
| harmony, however, that not one train
would have been delayed, but for an un-
| expected and formidable drift between
Emigrant Gap and Cisco. West-bound
overland No. came sliding down
through the sheds about O'Clock. in the
| afternoon, when all of a sudden the train
ran into a bank of snow 100 feet long
which had slid down the hillside upon
the track in place where the sheds were
open for a short distance. The engine
| plunged through portion of the bank,
| but had to come to a standstill. The To-
connective was disabled slightly and as
| sistance was sent for.
A gang of shovelers was soon at the
scene and in about three hours the OBJ
! struction was removed and the train sped
on again, reaching this city at 10 o'clock
last night. Neither the engine nor any of
the cars were derailed by the accident.
THE OREGON LINE.
| On the Oregon road snow fell as far
down as Vina, and quite heavily at that.
| The Southbound Oregon express, due
here this morning, was reported on time,
| however.
GONE TO THE FRONT.
Superintendent J. B. Wright, r. e.
! Montgomery, his Secretary, and L. w.
| HeintZelman, Master Mechanic at the
railroad shops, left last evening at 7:30 on a
special train for the snow region on the
Sierras. Mr.. Wright will superintend
the movements of the trains and plows,
in case there should be continuation of
| the storm.
THE WEATHER HERE,
| The Weather Bureaus reports show the
| rainfall yesterday and the night before as
having been 80 of an inch, making for
this. season 4.26 inches, as against 4.I6
inches to an equal date last year. There
was storm last year on the 1st and I'd of
January, which precipitated .0S of an
| inch.
| The present storm is more severe than
the one on the same date last season. The
most peculiar thing about the present
storm is the extremely high barometer.
they mean anything at all, mean clear
! Tor fair and cold weather; but here we
| are having quite severe rainstorm
| The barometer last year, during the
| storm of the 1st and I'd, was equally as
high on The 1st as it was yesterday, but it
| fell quite rapidly on that night.
The temperatures at A. NJ, and
P. NJ. yesterday were 42o and 46o, while
the highest and lowest were 4S0 and 40.
! with fresh to brisk southerIy winds and
stormy weather.
The barometrical readings at A. M.
and P. NJ. were 30.2S and 1924 inches,
respectively, showing rising barometer
| when it ought to be falling.
! The highest and lowest temperatures
| one year ago yesterday were 50o and $50,
with .02 of an inch of rain, and one year
ago to-day the highest and lowest were
| oON and AZ, with .06 OF an inch of rain.
Last January was an exceedingly dry
one, there having been bat SO of an inch
of rain measured, which fell on five days
during the month.
| The following reports show the mean
| temperature and the total precipitation
during the month of December for the
| Weather Bureau stations named: Olym-
pia, 400 and 1850 inches of rain; Portland,
420 and 11:40 inches; Roseburg, 42o and
| II inches. Red BIuff 400 and z so inches.
Sacramento, 40 and 3.28 inches.
There was one inch of snow on the
ground at Red Bluff at 5 P. NJ. on Thurs
| day,