The record-union., 1895-01-24

requlsltion. Ample meals of well-cooked
neats, vegetables and dried fruits are
furnished, and huge boilers of steaming
coIiee are always on hand.
Inc men are divided into two shifts,
ana when the days battle in the binding
snowdrifts is over with one shift. thew
are renewed, and retire to their comforta-
ple punks In the sleepers, there to forget
~ ureamless slumber the fatigue and ex-
cltlng incidents of the preceding twelve
hours of labor.
Inc scene along the line of the Central
racine, from Truckee to Gold Run, in
the openings unprotected by the sheds,
Is magnificent beyond description. AS
lar as the eye can reach is
VAST SEA OF SNOW,
Unbroken save where clumps of great
pine trees show in startling relief their
green tops, from which the wind had
shaken the snow.
The hotels at Summit and Blue Canyon
are buried ttom sight, and in the interior
OF the buildings lights are burning at all
hours to relieve the darkness caused by
the utter exclusion of light from the out
side world. From the track to the hotel
at Blue Canyon it has been found neceS-
sary to dig tunnel through the deep
snoWbank to enable passengers and train
men to reach the building.
Division Superintendent j. p. Wright,
accompanied by Chief Train Dispatcher
Breckenteld and Resident Engineer
Meeker. have been on constant duty in
the snoW-belt, and the work OF keeping
the road open has been under their per-
sonal supervision. Here in this city AS
slstant superintendent j ones has directed
operations, and has been almost con-
stantIy at the company's headquarters
during the storm.
INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE.
that was clearing the road before the two
west-bound overland trains, Nos and 4,
broke wheel on this side of Emigrant
Gap, causing the derailment of one of the
twelve-wheel compound locomotives.
The rotary was taken to Gold Run, and
the overland trains were detained at Blue
Canyon, reaching the city at and 4:3O
O'Clock in the afternoon.
THE LAST Days SNOW.
The snowfall for the twenty-four hours
up to noon yesterday was as follows:
Truckee, 20 inches; on the ground, s
feet inches.
Summit, Il inches; on the ground, 20
feet.
Cascade, "a inches; on the ground, 10
feet.
Cisco, "a inches; on the ground, Is feet.
16 feet.
Blue Canyon, Is inches; on the ground,
II feet.
Gold Run, 5 inches; on the ground, 4
| feet inches.
SITUATION AT DUNSMUIR,
On the Shasta Division the condition of
Things remains unchanged, and it may
possibly be that several days will elapse
before uninterrupted traffic is resumed,
\ o expense is being spared on the part OF
Inc railroad company to clear away the
enormous distinctions thar tbo
track.
An army OF men are constantly en-
pIoyed and night and day the work goes
on. Every appliance that human in
genuity can devise is being brought to
bear against the huge mass of debris.
SIreams OF water from powerful pumps
are steadily eating their way into the face
OF the slides; dynamite is used to rend
the huge powders, and gangs of men
with croSscut saws rapidly dispose of the
immense trees that block the road as fast
as they are cleared of snow by the shov-
elerS.
At night the scene of operations pre-
sents picture that will never be forgot
ten by one who had passed among the
various groups OF busy men. Huge bon
hres blaze and crackle, sending long
PATHS OF GOLDEN LIGHT
Across the frozen surface of the drifts,
and light up the deep river gorge, while
the face OF the snow-white mountain acts
as vast reflector and casts glow upon
the neighboring cliffs.
Men bearing buckets Of steaming coffee
are constantly travelling from the COOK
Ing-car along the line of laborers, dis
penslng lnYlgorating refreshment. Here
gang OF carpenters are rapidly repair
ing ruined culvert, and farther on huge
masses OF snow detached from the face of
the slide by the constant streams of water
brought to bear, go tum bling and crash
ing down into the canyon, where they
are broken and swept away.
Division Superintendent Cooley, in
charge of the Shasta Division, states that
he hopes to have the road in a passable
condition within twenty-four hours, but
that several days work will be necessary
before everything is restored to complete
working order.
The chief difficulty at present is the
constantly occurring slides that at times
bid fair to bury parties of the workers,
and compel them to proceed with the
greatest caution in their labors.