St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-01

unlucky early risers had started path,
the others fell into line. Drifts 1ully
four feet in height were mantuliy waded
through, and when a spot was round
where the wind had blown clear pas
sageWay. there would be shout or JOY,
which was echoed TO the end OF the line
OF travellers. The typewriter. with her
daintilV tucked up skirts, followed in
The footsteps of the placid and ruddy-
checked banker and merchant. The
school teacher clambered through the
drifts. aided by the helping hand OF the
senior pupils. and all Of the others got
along in comparatively the same way.
Y no has lived in the suburbs during
q winter and has assisted in making a
track 10 the street car line or the rail
road depot? Those who did 1t yeSter-
day declared that they would never
pass another winter out of the business
portion of the city. They used the
snow sh0velS which they had bought
the winter before and those who were
not the posSessors of such utilized any
thing from a boiler cover to a coal
scuttle i'm digging the white mOraSS
from in front of their doors. Those
who ordered coal few days before and
left il ont of doors worked like beavers
n rescuing 1t from the interior of
drifts. Outside ciSteTns were located
with surveying instruments and piles
Of kindling WOOd were dug out and de-
posted i'm the back kitchen.
Those who arrived late at their places
0f business had an excuse III the gen
eral state OF the weather. \ jerk of the
thumb towards out-of-dOorS was an i'll
telhgence recognized without verbal
explanations, and the confidential ask
ing of the cashier for the loan OF 90
cents was a sufficient explanation OF
The fact that the OYershoeS purchased
he week before had been lost in the
drifts on the way down town.
Those who had words OF reprOach for
the representatives of the street car
company the evening before had only
words of praise when they found the
work which had been done during the
night by the SnOW-plOws, and that the
only available passage TO town was in
the middle OF the street, where the paid
labOreTS of the railway company had
eXcavated 4 comparatively clean pas
sageway. Although the cars were not
there the intention was obvious, and
many a man who had not praised a
higher church authority for years
praised Tom Lowry.
Those who expected friends from
other cities fully understood the mean
ing OF the meager bulletin received:
Number SnOw-bOund-
The entire city force was called into
requisitiOn for the purpose of giving the
public the exact location Of the city hall
clock, and a corps of men was visiting
the various portions OF the city for the
purpose of drafting men for the service
of the street car company. Carpenters
used up all of the lumber convenient in
the manufacture of snow ShOYelS and
the people used up all spare change in
the purchase Of the same. Many faS-
tidiOus resident OF st. Anthony Hill
buttOned up his coat and ShOveled the
snow away from the front porch while
the hired man made a path to the barn
ana fed the hungry horses.
The wind had performed the queerest
possible antics with the SnOwtlakeS.
In some places drifts ten feet high were
piled against houses and barns. 1t APP
peared as though every effort had been
made TO place the snow in most mac
cessible spots and where the greatest
amount or labor would be necessary in
disIodging it.
Some of the more enterprising livery
men Of the city had their teams cut at.
an early hour yesterday and sent them
out 10 the suburban districts with in
StructiOnS 10 the drivers TO bring in
snow bound pedestrians at so much per
pedestrian. All of the rigs were well
patronlZed and many man got to the
city who would have been COM
PEELED to wait for some other
method Of conveyance several hours.
The street ears were started
early. and as a force of 200 men and
thirteen snow plows had been at work
all night, they were not delayed so
seriously rs was expected. The Ham
line line was blocked for the greater
portion of the day. however, and the
interurban line did not make through
connections until almost noon. The
Fort Smelling line was in very bad
shape during the day, but cars were run
after much trouble.
The storm is said to have been the
worst seen for years, and even the "old
est settler is puzzled to remember one
much more severe. The fall of snow
was by far the heaviest, for the same
length OF time, that has been seen in
Years,