The record-union., 1894-01-22
WIND And RAIN IN THE VALLEY.
And a Heavy Fall of Snow on the
Mountains.
A Large Force of Shovelers and the
Snow-PIOws Keeping the Rail-
road Open.

The Weather Bureau reports show that
since Saturday morning quite severe
storm has visited Northern and Central
California, Notwithstanding the storm
indicating instrument (the barometerl
was reading 30.25 inches. Even at the
summit of the Sierras it was % inches,
which is the fair weather hight of that in
strument, showing that storms will
sometimes pounce down upon the west
ern coast without giving a forewarning
by the barometrical indications, as is the
case east of the Rocky Mountains.
The rainfall in this city was nothing
like as severe as it was along the coast
and in the upper Sacramento Valley.
There was not one inch measured in this
city, while Red Bluff had considerably
over two inches, including little snow,
while at the same time the thermometer
indicated 6o above the freezing point.
In the matter of wind this city on Fri
day night beat the record for that partic-
ular storm, as it reached a higher velocity
here than at any other reporting station
in California.
From A. NJ OF the 10Th to 8 A. NJ. of
the goth there were 5I6 miles Of wind,
with a maximum velocity of 81 miles,
and an extreme velocity Of 40 miles per
hour, which was only beaten by the wind
storm Of November 18th last, when in "A
hours 535 miles was recorded, with a
maximum velocity of 60 miles per hour.
The rainfall since Saturday morning
was 81 of'an inch, making 800 inches Tor
this season, as against 1926 inches to a
corresponding date last year.
The highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday were $50 and 46o, with fresh
southerly winds and cloudy weather pre-
vailing, although for short time during
the afternoon the sun shone, only to be
followed by light northerly winds and
foggy weather.
The barometer readings at A. NJ. and )
p NJ. were 1929 and 30.26 inches, re-
spectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 40 and 80.
and one year ago to-day 400 and 360 with no
precipitation on either day.
RAILROADS, RAIN AND SNOW.
Division Superintendent Wright has
returned rom Truckee, where he went on
Saturday to superintend personally the
conflict between the whirling snow and
the rotary plows.
In addition to the force of men which
hau already been sent to the mountains,
sixty shOVelers were sent there yesterday
to assist in preventing the threatened
blockade.
Besides the great rotary snow plow that
bores its way through the drifting banks
and scatters them to the winds, and which
has been kept running between Gold
Run and Emigrant Gap, there is also at
work an oid-fashioned push" plow, op-
Grating between tunnel No. Ii and
Truckee.
The storm ceased on the mountain yes
terday and the binding snow has settled
down and begun to pack. There has been
a heavy snowfall clear across the State of
Nevada, but all the roads have been kept
clear, and the trains are running on time.
No further annoyance from snow is an
ticipated in that direction at present.
On the Shasta division, however, there
has been heavy landslide near Kennett,
which delayed the Portland express sew
eral hours yesterday. and will also make
it several hours late to-day.