Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-09
TO TWO BELOW ZERO.
MERCURY FELL LOWER HERE
YESTERDAY THAN SINCE 1898.
suow-Drifts Mt Long Bridge and VA
nn..ns Completely Block Trniiic In
THAT Dircction--.Iamcs River
rrox.u Oycr--Good skating.

ssoa IN a measure yesterday morning |
nm, the cold kept up its rigor WIN i''e'I'
Ices tenaclty, freezing up everything IN
49,. ,,i,,ri,v. even gentle. placid James
river. and blocking the raiiroaa' - '''a-
M trains could get into Washington rom
richmond and none could come thfo"s"
from the national capital am
Two degrees below zero was '"e 'u'"
,rg-noint to which mercury zen Ses'e
dav morning early, and the oypn'r NJ.
49, .o.to,, Of the thermometer was ule
-, ahout which the little red Ine d'i-
lied all day. The great storm oi '''',
n,ou remembered by many OF 'ue '
o,,,zens. was terrific in It's resu''''
.,,o,,1s unnarareled in the history oi t''V"-
-, Weather. hut IT is conceded tnat '''
cold Of Yesterday and Thursu"y -.
o,,,ai,v as trying. In January lsss ~, -
corn,nunitv was visited by some 49, ~
o,iJ weather. Mercury went uo"" "" n
,e., - that month to l6 below ~ -
ior1 and was all the way rom hc
haIou, here. but II did nol appear -.
"a disagreeable TO pedestrians a9
days cold ..,,,,,.>rrON
lanes river is frozen over aS ,i.. ~ tforls
- citv point. and looks Ike org 49,.
ss ,,,,',dv ice IL Will no doubt. be oplS
=. ecoromodate skaters pedestrians a.'
-, horses and wagons In "a 1ay OF -,
e -. .oi1 continues. TWO years Az" "
r.ra,r, WAS frozen 50 soilN a.,
crou from the monitor Meet VIM ~
60 tho city upon the ice Last e''n.ns -
ica was about inches tniCS j" D,,,,tn1on
nor The Roanoke. the old ,. ,o
steamer due here yesterday, - - tues
,,oarer than city Point Inc ~ -,
iI'al, - Lent busy during the day ore1N,nc
70 ,ha Ice around the wharNes, anu .l. "a.
VI pocahontas would ais" -
s',an', ~, In This work but she hau ~
SNNe. I'M 60 ber wharf. and could not ~
'.,,d The boats on the fotN-N's~
: ino have also stopped running tsh,
a1,,n. ~ the ice Latest adVlces l"a' -,
Noume ror,,iro the weather at Newport ~.
cohcetn,ns ta,,es river was freezing over
80, ~ min sheet Of ice eNtendlhb """
drols ~ Yards into the stream .,.,o,..
Tho drifting OF the snow cohlplepy
80 ,r,nsportation from Virginia mo
XVasbincton. consequently n'Ie -,
III nero from the North Nes''tuAy
1'ho last train running into the ha'o""'
c,nitaI from Virginia roach"l 'nete
to.go o'clock Thursday night lnc.e a."
suov-drlfts of enormous ulhe"Slo"9 t
tracks or the lfAAEf ift'''+s
Vie end Of the long bridge. ana on ,nv
tn.,,,,, ~ the Virginia Midland at MA
,aseos The latter drift Is reporter ~
"vton1 a distance Of 800 or 800 ieet anu
80 no ahout ten feet deep. IheIe arr
many other blockades OF snow. Dul hV'.
so serious as the two r"ierIeu TO- -
number Of trains OF the 'hcstICdN' W.,
ohio. the Richmond. FREDERICKSBURG anu
Potomac. and OF the Soutfeih i'H"ns
are now blocked Up in Washington ne
railroad authorities say they cdIho' VI
how long 1t will take thrn !" 49,.
lines open, but state that they htNc
largo forces of hands az work removing
,bo eescv barricades. The process -
vsrv tedious one. as a man can 40 hul
Il,tla owing TO the severity or the wea'n.r'
'rha snow has TO be removed Win ahoNeia
II il hard and fine and has been drlV.
and hacked down by the Wind, ana l.
not easily gotten out.
CONDITIONS SOUTH or rs.
Along the line OF the Southern railway
south Of Richmond the snow appears 10
have fallen quite evenly as far as Wei,
dor. y. c. Between Richmond am
brakes Branch it averages about eight
inches. and IN some places was on yes
terday three 10 five feet over the tracks
! OF the Southern The trains, however
ran along through the immaculate sub
| stance and were only slightly delayed
+ Very few freights are now being run
/ over this line while the Chesapeake ana
/ ohio has stoppod all freights FOR the
present in order 10 afford every possible
/ degree Of protection 10 passengers. lhe
/ Chesapeake and Ohio passenger trains
between Cincinnati and Richmond are
moving along nicely there being no "e-
| laws of consequence.
| The Richmond. Fredericksburg and Po-
tomac ran a train from Fredericksburg I'd
| RiCAmond yesterday. II also sent three
| to Ouan;ico. and brought them back. TWO
| freights went out nOrthwardly and TWO
| southwardly oyer the Coast Line, put
none left last night The regular passen-
ger which should have left here al t''
! Z. NJ yesterday was cancelled. lraln9
were made up here for the South - take
the place, of regular trains, but they car
ried no mails. Trains from the South over
! the Coast-Line arrived about an hour ana
half late.
THE STREET-CAKS.
The street-car conductors and motor
men suffered probably more from the cold
Yesterday than any class Of persons ia
| Richmond They remained at their posts
| on the platforms OF the cars all day long,
and got the full benefit Of the severe wea-
| tier. There was uO accident or coIs'-
quence upon these lines. eNtraotllnaIy
| precautiOn having been taken 10y the 'h-
ployees Of the company 20 prevent a rtpe-
| tition OF the casualty of Thursday. \ con-
| ductor on one Of the Manchester cars nad
his left hand badly bruised By the slipping
| Of his trolley. 50 ~ % mash the member
against the top Of the car.
The streets were almost deserted save
that many were out sleighing ana coast
ing. Notwithstanding the intense colh'
| Franklin and Grace streets were the
| scenes Of numerous merry parties VINO
| sang Joyous melodies 10 the harmonious
! tintinnabulations of the sleigh-beiIs ""
| skating at both the reservoir ami FOREST
! Hin was good. and hundreds participate"
| in that popular sport
! voun0 ladv. whose name is withheld
| bv her request. was very badly bruised
though not seriously hurt. while coasun5
| last night on Broad strcel just below the
| First Baptist church. The accident was
caused by the upsetting Of the sled.
EFFECT on BUSINESS.
The Gallego Mills. the Cedar-WorHs.
and. possibly, other establishments had
10 shut down operations on account OF
scarcity OF water or the freezing Or lhi
river This is the first time the Gailes'
| Mills have stopped on account OF me
weather in eight years. a blockade Ok
| Ice caused lnf AAaiAA ~ NfNA-tH'
| the city The water was tuIhed out
of the basin yesterday afternoon.
At O'Clock yesterday the thermometer
registered degree above zero ar Ash-
land This was the lowest reported Dy
the weather observer at that point ~
! Glen Allen the mercury fell 10 I beloW'
ana at Sioton's, two miles IRON HIeh'
mend IL stood at zero at o'clock.
The cold weather may help Nrsinians
| materially in one respect. \ teies anu
was received by Messrs. I. W. "2Vd ~
| Sons yesterday from lnteriochei, ~,
! order,ng large quantities OF vegetable
| seed indicating that most OF the truck
In that section. II not all. has been
kr ed Big crops have been put out oy
the Virginia truckers, and they WIZ pe'
gin to gather their beans. potatoes elo-
bage, strawberries, etc. almost a. soo"
as the F'loridans.