Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-01-26
SNOW CAME DOWN IN SHEETS.
Chicago Covered TIP and All Over the
Northwest severe storms Ragged
Travel Delayed.

Chicago Jan, 25,-Chcago is nearer be-
Ing snowbound tonight than at any time
during the last eight years. The storm
began at about o'clock ana hrst promised
to amount to little, hut an hour after 1t be-
Kan the snow was coming down In sheets,
which were hurled through the streets 10y
a gale which was blowing at the rate OF
siNty-hvc miles an hour. Between ana W
o'clock eight and one.half inches of snow
on the level had fallen. and the steets
were nearly impossible. The street car
companies put more men at work than
had ever been employed BY them before.
anj managed to Keep the cars moving fair
ly well. The cable lines on the North side
broke down Mt I O'Clock. and. although the
trouble was soon rectificd. no attempt was
made to keep the cars moving with regu-
larity after that time. In all other parts
Of the city the cable liLes made good time,
but traffic on the horse ear lines was cx-
ccndingly difficult and some of the lines
IN the outer parts Of the city were aban-
doned. The gale had materially decreased
at 10 o'clock. but was stlll blowing hard.
The average speed OF the wind during the
storm was iifty-two miles an hour
The mails for the most part came in on
time, the greatest delay being one hour.
Tonight however, 1t is announced that
the mails from the East would be more Sc
riously delayed than any Of those which
hal come in during the early evening.
The trains from the East were reported to
he from thirty minutes to four hours be-
hind time
Reports from all over the Northwest
showed the storm to be widespread and
severe.
Des Molnes reported the worst storm of
the year, with snow twelve Inches deep
on the level. Street car and railroad trar-
tic at that point were both badly impeded,
Business was at a standstill in Davenport
at 6 IN the evening. All trains We're late
and travel on the streets was very diff
cult. At Dubuque the snow was drifted
four and five feet deep in the principal
streets. and was being piled higher by the
heavy gale. All passenger trains were
late, and several freight trains had been
portions of Iowa.
In Illinois. Galesburg and Quincy report
ed heavy falls of snow, which was piled in
to deep drifts by heavy northeast wind.
Street car traffic in both cities was bad
lN impedcd. The worst storm of the year
was reported from Rockford. Six inches of
snow had fallen early in the evening and
was drifted so badly that the streets were
practically impossible. Trains were gen.
orally on time, however At bloomington
the snow fell from the early morning until
late at night Five inches had fallen by
S IN the evening. The same information
came from many other places. all of them
showing a heavy fail of snow, n terrific
wind and a general stOppage of street car
traffic. No serious accidents from the
storm had been reported up to midnight.
The storm had a most disastrous effect
on telegraph and telephone service in this
section of the country. and telegraph serv-
fee, particularly west and south of this
city, badly crippled all afternoon and
evening