Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-04
BAD FOR THE ROADS
All Freight Traffic Suspended
During the Storm
PASSENGER TRAINS DELAYED
Fsonl r.s 70 Tsa aolss-Foas cosehss
"a sAs C ". n. Chicago Tam
I1np ne rssek At s.~yss.

II ne weather does not moderate De.
fers long the railroads. vii % forced 10
ensrge double fare % the Columbian
exposition a order - get ssen On the
years bassnsss.
There is1,t say more money IA run
nag = railroad unier the prrssns
atmospheric coalitions than tAere
would Be 10 a. GO cream saloon
TUESDAY gas storm v1s ~ far Tue
worst Ok The season. aud one of tba
sorst kn0wa dung the past twelve
fesrs. II ~ss not the quantity OF snow
lhat caused he troub.s. IL wss tae
iaaAty snd tae peculiar msthots Il nad
OF doiog business.
Fr-igas trst1c on the railroads sn.
leflng Las city vas suspended yester-
dsy. 10 ras al the roads could 90 -
keep tne.r passenger trans "a ni0tion-
All trains fnt0 ne city ~cr- ate, some
81 lfsln ~ az egnt hours. Three
aonfs was Tue rule. and nooe OF TIE
lr4ias irona The Eortn made any pre-
sense ~ getting IA on time-
Aasatss .nsaets ueaasss-
All trans "a aal osI u tae city ove-
ths a. r. = I. an1 a. : ". ". roads
We - .utle h-aIeTs. lhs heaviest
engines GA tGe Eoa1 were brought into
srrvsce. al g ~.s a. sw0 Of the pos-
srfui locomotives could Do "a pull tour
sr I've coaches. Cars Tat weFc pulled
INTO tie depot tr0m tnc north were
Almost hurried under huge masses of
sr0W. TIE trucks ~er- tb-cIEed from
rlghL - The accumulation o. snow and
ice. and tne trains iouNrd Ike gigantic
visitors tF0m tho ir.g.t acne.
AL 1'c!JcS yesterday morning al
iltergeat - Providence saved the
a. & w.. 81. roAi from a tatal sccsdeat-
4 AZ tral- from tpicago. due IN Grand
Rapids AZ = 10 =. a.. struck broken
ffoZ A. Sawyer. sua4i station n =
SIDE Of E-ntoD Hrrbor. Two sieepefs
aaa 40 day coaches iesI the rails.
The sGoN Sss 20 deep and the track 80
slippery to4L the engines we've only
nAk asg teu mules al nour, and the
tr14a vas soon stopped. IL did not
lrag. inc ties. bat the passengers were
frgnteuea by tue tsrr.fc jolung. and
M .les OF the sleepsTs were nlled
wit1 half dressed and nalt-irsntic men
aud womea. The passengers IN the
other coachers sprxng from Their seats;
Do. the train ~as stopped before they
had chance 10 freeze their feet by
Jumping into the adjacent snow drifts
The storm co8tiaas.
The tram was IN charge Of Conductor
N ram Brink. and the train crew sue
ceedsc ia getting the ears hack on tue
track without disconnecting the steam
pipes ana chilling the pa--~ngers- The
train reached Grand Rapids about
noon.
The train on the g.. Z & l., due AZ
III %, met with ar accident a. Howard
City which DELAYED u four nours.
Wnle toe engine was backing on the
switch 20 pull out the b., l.. Is y. cars,
II Jumped the track Al the frog. The
passengers sent TO the waiting room
and hotels until the eng ne vss pulled
back on the track, and consequently
nobody was frozen.
At 5 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon So.
pcrintendent simpson Of the g.. K. y
/. received Dispatches from the north.
stating that the storm still continued.
eve anal not try Co ron any freight
trains until the storm ceases" be said
"but / think &c shat have TO troub e
in keeping our passenger trans going.
We cant aspect 20 get them IA on
tine
The constant drifting Of the snow i
what IS PLAYING the mischief With the
roads. IAe engines are able 10 force
their way through the drifts. bnt the
snow pies Up the asa pans AID pats
cut tie tres-