The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-04
CHOKED WITH SNOW.
Telegraph Wires and Car Lines
Work With Difficulty.
FLOWS TO CLEAR THE TRACKS.
Ten Isches or the white ObstructIss
Fsii snA More IL TO Csms-snew-
bslIIng Proves Coed spsrs.

TIE snow storm which sstsied down over
<Ae city Wednesday evening Continued
s1satii yesterday at noon. covering the
streets and rcofs 70 a depth of about ten
lncfaes The unusually heavy fail serious
Is impaired the service OK ali the electro
street car lines In the city arr. ;sfse storm.
which extended far snto Oregon, played
havoc With telegraph ianes. The railways
suffered no Inconvenience and all trains
arc arriving and departing on time, The
saux ceased falling atogt noon and 3
slight thaw set In, and ahoit : .. m rain
began falling. The Indications ere iaai
fhe storm will continue today ard then
will he succeeded by cold weather,
TIE storm center appeared 10 BE- tn the
sieinsty of Jsorsiand. where q snowfall CT
zAres feet is reported. and Il dsminsshes
In strength as it proceeds nos;hward, as
fs Indicated By the snowfall here. North
or seattle there Is very little sFses. and
tskagit and whaseofn counties have prac-
aleaIsy escaped the slorns altogether.
George n. Salisbury. weather observer
g. this c ~. has issued the fe55wl1g paise-
Tin.
..The snowgterm has stopped Geographic
communicative 18th the East and South,
20 that no weather reports have been re-
eeIsed this morning. ard IL IS therefore
impossible 10 iasue the usual weather map
With synopsis and forecast. The snow
whsen began In Seattle at s.35 last even
sng and Still continues is part OF a general
storm which was last night central on the
oregon csast. This storm has been hang
ing OF the coast for several days. The
falling barometer al the local station this
morning. with q reading OF I'D at il
o'clock. indicates that the storm center
ssas advanced Ia this direction. AT p.
IN. yesterday foot and half had fallen
at Portland. and the snow still continued.
Ii IL probable that as much. or more. will
fall az Seattle before IL IS finished. The
snow Is very moist and therefore heavy.
and will In ali probability cause blockades
on the railroads unless every precaution
IS taken. and perhaps In spite OF all. On
account OF the great weight of the snow.
owners of buildings with weak roofs are
cautioned that IL would be we'll 10 remove
the snow from them at once
sIsaser.-Keports have just been received
from six stations in California and Ore
gon. which show that the STERN continued
all night az Portland. and over three feet
Of snow has fallen there. The storm will
probably continue at Seattle today. and
be sueceefeS tomorrow by colder
weather.
The Westerns Union Telegraph Cont
pany is having "a good deal OF trouble
with itn wires south. there being no line
south of the Columbia river I'm Oregon,
and Portland Is thus completely cut of
from communication. 80 far as the COM
paay's wires are concerned commnni.
cation with San Francisco and Caiifor-
MIA Is kept nip Via the eastern circuit,
The Pacific Postal has a wire south, bur
for time yesterday IL had some trouble
with It's wires north as far us Woadiil-
Vile. At o'clock last evening the break
had been repaired and the line was work.
ing smoothly.
The electric car lines In the city have
suffered a good deal from the storm, and
people living I'm the outlying precincts
have experienced much Inconvenience
In going 70 and from their homes The
consolidated lines kept running all day,
but 70 pretense was made OF Keeping
Erhesiuie time Tn the Second and Third
street lines snow plows Mere kept busy
clearing the tracks and trains OF two and
three cars were operated with all the
speed and regularity possible
Nhat CAME very nearly being dis
astrou~ accident occurred ON the Second
street lire yesterday morning III Madison
street. An electric train of three cars
went dead AT the crossing OF the cable
road and In n few seconds a cable car
caine down the hill The electric cars re-
fused 10 move and the gripman on the
cable car let 80 the cable and applied the
brakes The brakes happened 70 hold
The wheels on the slippery tracks, other
wise collision would have been the in
eyitAhie result.
The Fremont and Green Lake lines are
tied up and Ii ~ said there e. no hnne
OF getting ears through until the snow
atsAppear. Ia the other OUTLYING dis
ulcts u has been somewhat easter tn
Keep the tracks clear than In the north.
Tor there Is not the continuous paSsipx.
OF vehicles and pedestrians to pack the
snow.
The Union Trunk iine has not close,
aeNn altogether. saa the Gran. street
sine continued running after 10 o'clock In
fhe morning.
The cattle lines did not seem 70 min,
the saow and kept running eli day on
schedule time. the Front street eahln
RUNNING az Wednesday night To keen the
conduit clear.
The osiy accident from the snow ,s -
ported fresa The Lake Washington branch
or the linton Trunk line. whore tw,, ears
eolfsdet near Walia walIa addition Wed.
snesssay night. No ore was hart. hut the
eaas OF TIA cars were more or less
scratched
The telenheue wires ia the city are IA
good ofstcr. but the lnm-.dtsiance wire
10 Portland IL down. sn effort win h.,
tnasie today IN restore commemorative
The vile east 10 spokane IS IN good
shage
The &nan' in the city wa made the ~.
cssioa ag "a holiday by the numerous
street urehtns and smashed hats ansi
angry owners were - ssgser ftnt,s ss,s
light 10 aaSk, At almost every es4fn.r a
sreNAi OK sFaasstng boys @ltls snoub,ag.S
were iaaatsss. and they we're no yespe,t-
ers 81 persons. Ter the cit as wfen a.. tbs
young had 10 raa the gauntlet. n MAS
- sorry day Tor the Cinnamon. su4F sew
Sentuset cot 81 doors. Tfz> toxx ss>ss,s~.
u have the Same aagspashy Tor tss, ps.,r
Asngcliaus that = well.brea doc has Soc
az insssan. asssl nothing pleased sha ,,r-
chsnS more than 10 have a t,AEnavnas, fn,.
. sasss>t. In the afternoon sr.ny-,xall,nv
50 - be such a Nuisance that 49,, rs,,,.,s
esSaFse active TN putting a ssoa 70 the
sssoxt.