The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-18

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6niscences of Other Late Spring Storms
"A Trolley Party.
Yesterday was beautiful, warm
bright day, and seldom has the clearing
off after storm presented SO many pleas
ant features. In the first place the storm
was God-send to many iaborers, who
have had but little work this winter
clearing the streets of snow. Superin-
tendent Staples said that 1t was the worst
storm of the winter, as far as blocking
the streets was concerned. On Munjoy
Hill it drifted badly, on some streets the
drifts being four or five feet deep. The
city had at work some eighteen or nine
teen teams and thirty or forty men.
"We employed everybody that aame, I"
said Mr.. Staples. land the street railway
company had more than we did. They
must have had thirty or forty teams and
sixty or seventy men,
The snow was melting SO fast that the
singular spectacle was presented of snow
teams, employed in hauling away the
snow and getting stuck on the bare
tracks in the middle of the streets. Water
was running in streams down in railroad
tracks and collecting in pools at the bot
toms of..the hills. Another warm day like
yesterday and the sleighing will rapidly
disappear.
The melting snow was dropping from
the cutters continually and the roaring
of big snow slides was very frequent.
One snow slide from the roof of the
a stylish looking horse that was standing
ON Myrtle street. Instead of running
away the intelligent animal simply
jumped forward out of the way and
stopped. Another snow slide fell directly
in front, but it only stood quietly and
looked on.
4 When its owner came, this horse proved
|tself no broken down hack, but started
off in lively and spirited manner. If
all horses were as well trained as that
one there would be no runaway accidents.
Of course all the weather prophets had
predicted that. we'd have a big snow
storm in March, and now that it has
come of course there are plenty of remit
niscences of bigger ones, Later in the
spring. -, a. *. s9uo9s f@@u
Deputy Sterling recalled an extraordi-
nary storm on the second Of April, some
five or six years ago. de had moved down
to his cottage on Peaks island the week
before. During that storm the ther-
mometer went down to zero and so
much snow fell and SO much wind blew
that big drift was piled against the
back door of his cottage, as deep as tine
door was high.
Mr.. Charles Howe related yesterday
an incident of curious ride that he ex-
perienced many years ago. On the 14th
of April, 1914, 1t showed for twenty-four
hours, and down in CherryAeld where he
then was, there fell fourteen1Einches of
snow on a level. The next morning he
started on the mail stage for Buoksport.
There were four of them and they had a
two seated pung and four horses. For the
first seven miles they repeatedly got
stuck in the drifts, and had to shove the
pung. 1t was very hot day and by noon
the snow was melting into streams and
rivulets. AS they got over toward Bucks
port they found that there had been
smaller fall of snow and the hot sun soon
melted what there was SO that the last
seven miles into Bucskport was made on
wheels. The sun was SO warm yesterday
and there was SO much snow for it to-
melt that a woman made the singular
complaint to Marshal Trickey that the
melting snow in her noighbor's back yard
flooded her cellar and she wanted him
compelled to remove the snow. z-asl
Marshal Tricky told her that it was as
much as he could do to compel people to-
clear their sidewalks, and that he had
nothing to do with the snow in their
back yards.
A trolley party Of some twenty or
thirty young Portland people went over
to Willard in the storm of Monday night
and had a dance and supper, and general
good time. The special car started for
them from the power station at twelve
o'clock. 1t did not reach the hall at Will
lard, mile and half till 100 D. m.
Coming back, plow accompanied the
car and they had hard fight with the
drifts. The p!ow would charge the snow
drifts like battering ram until the snow
would be packed SO solidly that the men
would have to open new path with
shovels.ss The party did not reach their
homes in this city till $3.50 p. m.
1t was one of the jolliest and most ex-
citing trolley parties that ever was an
joyed here or any where else.