Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1895-02-10
THE BND IN SIGHT.
TIE EXCESSIVE COLD CANE TO an END
YESTERDAY MORNING.
Warmer Weather Promised for TO-Day-Hun-
drsds Of People Crossing the les on the River.
Trains slayed-lncidentS Of the
Great Blizzard.
At STEEL BRIDGE.


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The end Of the six days cold snap
came in sight yesterday, and by this
afternoon there is a reasonable prospect
that the mercury will go up to 20 or
better, and humanity will be enabled to
move about with some assurance that
ears, noses, fingers and toes will uot be
frosted.
The lowest point touched at Schnepfs
before daylight, yesterday morning, was
below zero, while 4 below was the
minimum at the steel bridge, and from
those figures the rise was continuous,
although very slow until three or four
o'clock yesterday afternoon, when 10
was reached at Schneprs and u at the
bridge. The high wind of Friday and
Friday night continued quite vlo-
lent until yesterday morning. and even
last evening there were occasional
gusts which sent tbs chills running
up and down the human vertebra In a
most uncomfortable manner. The
blizzard died hard, and the cold was
not thing TO be trifed with at any
time yesterday or last night. No Sc
rous cases OF freezing have been re-
ported, although the doctors have
treated num6er OF cases OF frosted
ears, noses, fingers and toes. Many
other people were nipped slightly by
The frost, but not so severely as 10 re-
quire medical attention.
Trains were badly delayed again yes
terday. Thursdays New York mail
got in yesterday afternoon twenty
seven hours behind time. The b. x o.
trains from the west were five to seven
hours late, and the Pittsburg train
due here AZ 1918 yesterday morn
ing did not arrive until about
four, having been delayed by big snow
drift al Whitehall. Tne other roads
had slIghter delays.
A bad feature of yesterday was the
exhaustion of the coal supply in the va
rious railroad yards. The B. 81 0. yard
on Sixteenth street, and the Monongah
yard, south Of the creek, were cleared
out 10 the last bushel, and as no more
could be obtained by rail, owing 10 the
cold weather, and the Instructions by
snow, water freezing up, ETC., the
available supply for the city during
the day was limited to the output OF
the peddllng banks. With the extensive
demand, these were utterly inadequate
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orders went untitled last night
Peddling bank hsulers may de-
liver coal to day. IL no coal comes in by
rail, as people must have fuel, and mas
ural gas is an utter failure In such an
emergency, when il is most needed.
The kickers upon the short gas supply
have about given up in disgust, and doz-
ems have turned the gas off and resort
ed 10 wood and coal.
The river was solid enough for teams
yesterday, and number crossed at va
rous points. Early yesterday morning
Island citizens began crossing on the
ice both at Ohio and Fink streets, and
at the latter point Emil Warfuel and
VIII Sad er hauled ashes and made
path down the wharf, clear across the
river and up Fink street to South
Penn. Last evening they put up tres
ties at short intervals on the ice and
placed lanterns Oh them, and the path
way thus generously aud freely outlined
was used by hundreds of men, women
and children. To-day many city people
will cross the ice just for the sake OF
the experience. The ice is very heavy
and is perfectly safe, so long as people
keep away from the ''air holes" 10 be
found here and there. The creeks are
frozen to very unusual depth, ice
measuring sixteen inches being re
ported.
A curious episode of the cold snap
was the great amount OF city water
used. From midnight Thursday until
midnight Friday Supt Varney reports
that the WORKS sent S, 500, 600 gallons TO
the reservoirs, which is equal to the
top notch demand in the middle Of sum
mer. The explanation lies In the fact
that almost every one allowed hydrants
TO run TO keep them from freezing,
while good deal Of water was lost
through broken pipes.
The street cars did not make much
better time yesterday morning than up
on previous days, the high wind OF Fri
day having drfted the snow tadly, and
packed it so tightly along the rails, IN
many Instances, that shOvels were re-
Qured to remove it. There were some
touch little drifts along the railroads
within the city, also, which had to be
dug out with pick aud shovel.
Some OF the stories told by people
from the country portray the effects Of
the blizzard most wildly. One milk
man started 10 yesterday morning with
a two.horse sled. Before he had gone
a mile he was stalled in the snow. He
returned and got his wagon and two
neighbors, and the three men and two
horses were an hour in getting through
the oLe drift Farmers VINO started 10
market were compelled to turn back in
more than one instance, and the Second
ward market presented a very slim APP
pearance as result Of the cold and
snow.