The morning call., 1895-01-19
OIE TRAIN REACHES RENO.
Heavy Storms Raging From Clipper
Gap to Summit.
OVERLAND PASSENGERS SIDETRACKED.
Should the Storm Continue There Will Be
a General Blockade on the
Central Route.

RENO, New, Jan. 18.-The Southern Pa
citic has all the available snowplows and
rotaries bucking snow in the mountains.
All the trains from the East pushed through
as far as Truckee. The storm shows no
abatement in the mountains. The snow is
falling and drifting very heavily. TheVir-
ginia and Truckee express was delayed in
its departure this morning. Snowplows
are bucking snow near Franktown and on
the grade.
The Nevada California; Oregon is still
open, but if the wind comes up it will prob
ably be blockaded. No. 8 passenger of
Yesterday is still trying to bore its way
through and is somewhere between Blue
Canyon and the Summit. Three trains of
westbound passengers are being held at
Truckee.
At 100 P. NJ. the passenger train due
here yesterday morning arrived from the
West, preceded by three engines and
push-plow. Unless a strong wind comes
up the company viii be able to keep the
road open.
CoLFAx, Jan. ia heavy snoWstorm is
raging from Clipper Gap to Summit. The
overland trains are sidetracked as follows:
No. l, Thursday, Gold Run; No. 3, Friday,
Colfax; No. l, Friday, Colfax; No. 4,
Thursday, Emigrant Gap; No. 2, Friday,
Cisco. Engines and snowplows are work.
ing steadily in the storm belt.
CARSON, Jan. 18.-The snowstorm last
night was by far the heaviest of the winter.
over a foot of snow fell, and it showed
nearly all day. Railroad officials managed
to keep the road clear, but should the wind
come up the roads viii be effectually
blocked. A repetition of the blockade of
five years ago is feared.
VIRGINIA CITY, Jan. 1S.-The chronic
snowstorm continues. There is no serious
blockade yet. The Virginia and Truckee
Railroad was kept open between here and
Reno by most strenuous efforts. Trains
are running on nearly regular time. The
general snow level is about three feet.
street is almost impossible from huge
drifts of snow three to twelve feet deep.
Accidents are frequent from slippery side
walks. More caving roofs and serious
trouble is apprehended if the storm does
not abate soon.
DUTCH FLAT, Jan. 18.-Sixty hours OF
steady snow has left US nearly five feet.
Thus far there is no great damage.
Houses have to be kept shoveled off to
prevent crushing. No freight trains are
moving. Passenger trains are moving
slow but sure. The railroad company is
doing its utmost to keep the track passable.
Rotary plows are at work between Truckee
and Gold Run. A passenger train at Col
fax and Gold Run expects to move east
soon. The late westbound passengers will
get through this afternoon.
Tan oc+ so1,4
another rough one on the mountains. All
along ''the hill' the fall of snow amounted
to three feet. There is an incipient block
ade in the mountains which the snowplows
are successfully breaking. Several trains
are stalled, including the westbound over
land, which should have arrived in this
city yesterday morning. It is expected to
reach this city this afternoon some time
Trains which left here yesterday at noon
and last night, bound east, were stalled at
Gold Run this morning. Rotaries are
hard at work between Emigrant Gap and
Blue Canyon, where the snow is causing
the most trouble. Seventy snow-shovelers
were sent to the snow banks from this city
last night to assist in clearing the track.
\ snowslide caused a portion of one of the
sheds on the hill to fall last night, but the
damage is being repaired. Contrary to
expectations there has been no further
trouble in the valley and the trains are all
running on time.
DENVER, Jan. 18.-Reports from the
western slope of the Rockies indicate the
snowfall for the past twenty-four hours has
been one of the heaviest ever known. At
Ouray, Silverton and Telluride there is
three feet of snow on level and traffic is
completely blockaded In places the snow
drifted twenty feet deep. a snowslide
near Telluride caught the Rio Grande
southern passenger train. The car win
dows were broken and the engine cab
covered. Engineer Andrew Father had
narrow escape.
TELLURIDE, Colo, Jan. 18-A snowslide
in Marshall Basin to-day destroyed the
Cimarron stables and part of the Cimar-
ron MILL twisted the Union tramway, de-
molished the wires and did other damage.