The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-01-24
UP TO OUR NECKS IN SN0W!
Tied-Up Trains, Tired Travellers and Snow Till You Can't
 Walk, Scarcely.
A Grub Strike on the Delayed Passen- ger Train-A New York Girls Inn pressions of Flagstaff and Surround ings Revealed in Her Lost Diary.

tngs Revealed in Her Lost Diary. It may be well to state to the out side world and to THE SUN's many readers in the surrounding country that Flagstaff has not been exactly dead to the world during the late heavy storm, but she has been snow- bound without doubt. A truthful estimate of the depth of the snowfall would place it at seven feet on the level, But it didn't stay on the level. The shreking blizzard that struck the town last Saturday night scattered the snow in promiseuous heaps and the trails were hard to find. Snowshoes seemed to find general favor, and wood and coal were in great demand. The experience of some people in trying 10 possecs themselves of coal for coal stove ought to demonstrate pretty we'll that coal and wood yard at Flagstaff n,ight be paying institution. One couldn't buy good dry coal at any price, and as there were no coal cars on the track it couldn't be sto'en either. The trains of the A. & P. were baffled at every turn and engines went dead all along the line.
 First section of ire ght train No. B ran into washouu four miles east of Holbrook Friday morning, wreckins the locomotive and eight cars. B building "shoo-fy'' around the wash out and wreck passenger train No. 3 got past. Heavy rains fell all through that section, and the Little Colorado river bridge east of Wiaslow was in danger from high water and heavy drift.
 The two engines that left town Sun day evening to clear the tracks were wrecked near Cliffs mill spur but the crews escaped injury.
 It was tedious for those on the delayed tram, but most of them, bein 8 from the frigid cline of the far east, didn't seem to think the weather Il bit uncomfortable, and they took the sit nation philosophically. Great wonder was expressed that there should be so much snow in Arizona, and they were so much in love with the surroundings that run was made on Photographer Osbon's establishment for views of the many wonders of nature that exist almost at the gates of the Skylight City.
 Sunday night the ladies, having grown weary of paying hotel and res taurant bills, went on a grub strike. A delegation of fair New Jerseyites cornered the conductor and said the company would have to feed them while they were the guests of Flag staff. And the company did, so there.
 The diary of one maiden from the big eastern city by the sea, was found near the depot by one of the ever vigi- lant members of THE SUN staff. A few extracts from it will probably ex- cite the amusement of the reader who may be familiar with tine common east ern impression in regard to Arizona. Here are some of her memoranda, jot- ted down between meals:
 Saturday, January l9.-Oh, dear! Here we are snowbound in horrid Ari- zona, with l7 feet of snow and more falling. But oh, my, what q pretty country we are in. I wish I could de scribe it. We haven't seen one single Indian yet, although Florence and l walked all over the town in search of some.
 Sunday, January 20--We all went to church to-day and it was perfectly lovely. It looks very much like the winters in lower Canada here, but it isn't cold bit. The air is simply de- liehtful. No Indians have appeared yet, but we are very nervous at night, for they are liable to invade the town at any moment.
 Monday, January 21.-Siill here and last night we all told the conduc. tor we would refuse to eat longer at our own expense. The Indians came at last. Three of them surrounded the train and l covered my head, ex r pe3liDg every moment to be scalped But all they did was to enter the car, and try to sell some of their beautiful blankets
 Maud hadn't posted up her books fol Tuesday, when the train got out.
 Several hobos of the utterly worth
 less stamp were stalled here, and al though there were golden opportuni , ties for employment clearing tn, , tracks, they scorned the idea of worl and "bummed" the town industriously Several of them rode out in broat daylight on the tops of the Pullman coaches, which is regarded as darn. : feat in hobo circles.
 The immcnsity of the snow fall vii prove a blessing of incalculable valr, to the husbandman and cattleman , who pray that the storm will be dupli , cated later in the season.