The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-12

CONTRASTS N CLIMATE.
Seattle is in about the same latitude as
Quebec. New York city is about 400 miles
south of Montreal, but last week New
York city and its vicinity was visited by
heavy snowstorm. The signal reports of
last Friday stated that "the snow Is eleven
inches on the level, but it is mostly of the
level. Some surface lines kept snowplows
ranning all night, and thus were able to
r-In out four-horse cars to accommodate
their regular travel, but no overflow. An
army of men were at work today making
passages IN the streets and rapidly form
ing 1t into heaps along the curling before
being carted away" This severe storm
that swept the Eastern seaboard did some
Of its worst work in the latitude OF New
York city, which is over 4oG miles south OF
the latitude Of Seattle. Now, what was our
situation when the metropolis OF the nation
had foot of snow and its surface rail-
roads blocked for travelling? Why. on
Friday, Saturday, and above all, on Sun
day last, when New York city was
swamped by a snowstorm. the sun was
shining brightly here in Seattle; not 4
particle OF snow in our streets; to find
| snow We had to turn our eyes on Mount
Rainier and the peaks of the Olympic
range, for there Is no snow on our foot
hills or our plain. That was the situa-
| ton last Friday, Saturday and Sunday,
when New York city was snow bound.
| In March. 1883. a snowstorm visited New
| York city SO violent as to completely para
| lyze the commercial, civic and social lite Of
| that vast city for two days. The exchanges
| and banks did no business: the theaters
were closed; the courts were adjourned;
| the women were housebound; the mail,
| telegraph. railroad and telephone service
va. completely demoralized; the ferries
| Stopped running; East river was crossed
| on the ice from New York to Brooklyn.
/ No railroad trains came in during twenty
| four hours; thirty trains were stalled on the
/ Central & Hudson and had to be dug out by
/ hand. Hundreds Of trains were blocked
/ within few miles of the city. the price of
| coal rose 3 cents pail in few hours, and
| snow s!loveiers commanded 81. 80 a day for
/ service tina. seldom commands more than
/ 81 cents This terrible storm of March,
] 1SSS that cost New York city 5000, 600
/ and the state SEQ, 600 600. and swept the
| atlantic seahoard from Portland, Me, to
t Washington City. did its worst work IN a
! latitude over 400 miles south Of the
| latitude Of Seattle. When the Allan
g.! tie seahoard- In March. Is>S. was
| swant bv this awful snowstorm not
/ only had we no snow. but our early spr.n-
/ Wild flowers were IN bloom: tie wake
/ rs,hin was full blown on our hiIlsi,ies and
/ ~.t1svs. the rn44v hut,s nf tha via CIV
,.,t we're bursting into scarlet glory. Tho
+! ar was bland. the woods were f,n ~ "a.
| haIr,- hvesth NJ sweet scenteI Iight-s.er-
,i,,. sn~ing snr.nr with rs must he like
=, Foriisb soring. Tor here our yio,e.s ain,
/ u.ar.ii,, 10 come hef,-e tn. swallow ..a-as
and MOO the winds of our March with
| ..,,tv
/ Surely when we real of billiards N
/ n.kct. Nebraska and Kansas N whic,
.ohanl rhiidre, have pe~Isnef on the way
I, school when we read of the Atlantic
! ,,,xt sometimes as far south - Wes},in--
~, civ. blocked in business ani fairly
h,-5ef IN snow. when Ne read Of summer
! c,eIones and torna,ioeS thar II the Middle
NEST and Southwest uD-eot trees. fI,,,s,
/ t,,,sax. unttorzs men, wh.rl thern int, the
air until they literally r.de tile blast:
when We read al this. does il m. become
| Is to grow thankful that Cur climatic