The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-05
MORE SNOW COMING.
endorsements on the Way to
Continue the Storm.
scoFs AND WIRES BREAK DOWN.
narrow Escape From . COLLAPSED Barn
-shoveling snow Everywhere-
Street Cars Running.

bef tibet the stormy weather is at an end,
Il begins showing again. Ali day yester-
/ day il was thawing slightly, but last night
Il commenced showing. Three inches of
NOW fell the night before, and the teams
travelling on the streets got the whole
mass worked mp into q slush, which Law
knee-deep and m ade it next to impossible
10 cross from one sidewalk to the other. 1t
looked like a great mass of brown sugar.
II Most of the street car lines are still
blocked, and it IS with the greatest diff
Guilty that the railroads can be kept open
and enough coal brought in to prevent q
coal famine. A large number of men are
employed shoveling off roofs of buildings,
and some roofs which had not been cleaned
of csved in under the heavy weight of wet
snow.
Alpheus Byers' local weather observa-
lions for the twenty-four hours preceding
O'Clock last evening showed: Maximum
temperature. 35; minimum %; mean. 3l.5;
snowfall. inches, being equal to 3 of an
inch of melted snow; wind, north;
weather, cloudy. Capt. ]. A. Hatfield,
local signal officer, at IL o'clock in the
forenoon received the following storm dis
patch from Signal Officer Pague, Of Port
land: Hoist storm southwest signal at
II o'clock, noon; storm Off Washington
coast, stationary" This would indicate a
shifting OF the wind to the southwest, pat
ting an end to the showing and probably
bringing up CHINOOK" but the follow
ing forecast for the succeeding twenty-four
hours, received last night. dispelied all
such hopes: ''Snow; decidedly colder"
The roof of barn Just south of Moran
Bros. foundry, caved in yesterday morn
ing, while the horses were in the building
and two men were asleep upstairs. The
men were so badly scared that one of
them ran out in his undershrt, one of
them picking up the clock and carrying it
out while he left his clothes in the build
ing. Neither of them was hurt nor was
any of the horses.
About O'Clock the evening before, one
Of the warehouses of the Cudahy Packing
Company, at the foot of Pike street, caved
In while Foreman Charles Workman and
four of his men were in the building.
They all beat hasty retreat into the adj
joining building. however, getting out in
time 10 avoid being hurt. The wreck was
due TO the accumulation of snow in the
valley between the two buildings. There
we're three warehouses all adjoining and the
snow accumulated in the valleys to the
depth of Eve or six feet. The pressure be-
came so great that one OF the outside
buildings was simply pushed over. There
was quite an amount of meat in the build
ing ready for smoking and a good deal of
II went into the water. but a gang OF men
was put to work and most of it recovered
The loss was therefore comparatively
Eight, as the building was only about 40x6O
feet. and the lumber can all be used in re.
Building. Yesterday permit was taken
out to put up new building. which is to
| cost $780,
The Grant street electric car line was
opened up yesterday from the power
. house to South Seattle, and passengers
were there transferred to the Commercial
street line and reached the city in that
way. Today it will probably be opened
/ up clear through to the race track and
. northward at least rs far as King street.
The lines of the Union Trunk Company
we're run about the same as on the previous
| day. The Rainier avenue line continued
| to be operated from Columbia to Jackson
streets. The Yesler avenue cable line
was kept running as usual, without any
apparent difficulty. The Madison street
cable line was not opened through to
the lake, but the west end was kept
running. The Third street electric line
vas opened in the afternoon so
i that one track could be used and no at
i tempt was made to clear the other track.
The Consolidated company's lines were
/ stall blocked. with the exception of the
Fremont line, and ii took great deal of
work 10 keep that open, though fair serv-
Ice was kept up on 1t. A large gang of
men was 1T work last night opening the
North Seattle line, and the company prom
ised to stick TO it until all Its lines were in
i operation. The West street line and Front
street cable were still blocked, and it is
very doubtful whether they will be opened
soday. Guy c. Phinney's Woodland park
me has been kept open right along.
1t Is with the greatest difficulty that
sufficient coal is brought in to prevent a
coal famine. The Oregon improvement
company received fourteen cars from
Franklin Friday night. but this was all
gone at noon yesterday, and from that
nme until night there was not bit of
Rouse coal to he had at the company's
eankers. The Black Diamond company
has been out since Thursday night. the
statement In yesterdays PosT-INrELLIGrN-
GER that portion of the twenty ear loads
Brought In Thursday night was for this
company being a mistake. The Seattle
toai and Iron Company got IN enough
Friday night to run all day yesterday. bun
last night there was not pound
!eIi. The wafer pressure is too
low to work the elevators. ana
We coal has 10 be shoveled
sgh. out of the cars into the wagons. All
Of the companies expected coal in last
aght The spur from Newcastle TO the
Lake Wash .ngton bunkers was opened up
ana twelve cars sent down to supply the
aty pumping station. The report started
~ some teamsters that the price Of coal
had been advanced is not true The re-
pert was evidently started by teamsters
NHo wanted TO extort more money for
1 themselves
j Inc railroad trains all came in nearer on
an'e yesterday than the previous day. bat
s@i most OF them were more or less de-
syet' A heavy blow was reported out on
'He sound. The steamer Mabel started
cut on her trip to Everett, but il was so
rough thar she turned back from Six Mile
point Capt Swift said the waves were
| so"ihc ten feet high. The steam schooner
rshal, which arrived in port from San
francisco. reported very heavy weather
Coming un.
VITA the rise Of the mercury and An
Ftsfance Of rain Friday the owners Of
most OF the fiat-roofed buildings in the
| sasiheSS part of the city put gangs Of men