The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-01
MAIN LINES OF TRANsCONTINEN.
TAI ROADS HAVE BEEN
OPENED UP.
SOME BRANCHES ARE CLOSED.
COLD WAVE OF MUCH SEVERITY
STILL COVERS THE WESTERN
TERRITORY.
TROUBLE EXPERIENCED IN IOWA.
Weight of Ice Formations Has Car.
ried Down Miles of Telegraph
Lines.

The resumption Of train service on
the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific was heralded early yesterday
morning by the arrival of the first
through trains since the great blizzard
tied up the two systems. The pas
sengers on several of the trains which
came through from the coast had lived
on the cars for several days.
The eastbound transcontinental train
from Portland on the Northern Pacific,
which should have arrived in ST. Paul
last Friday came rolling into the un-
ion depot about ,daybreak this morning,
and the passengers hugged themselves
in their delight at reaching the termi-
nus of their journey. Another of the
snowbound transcontinental trains
on the Northern Pacific will arFive ear :
ly this morning. The officials of the
Northern Pacific say that today will
see traffic fully resumed. A drift on
the jamestown division of the North
ern Pacific was said to extend the full
length Of a cut, mile long and forty
feet deep in many places.
Both systems have resumed the sale
Of tickets to Pacific coast points and
expect to be able to carry their pas
sengers through. The storm is said
to have been the worst since the sys-
TENS have been built. The branch
lines in North Dakota may not be
opened for several days yet, as the
ploughs have been confined to the
main line. The Editorial Association
Of North Dakota, which expected to
pass through the city last week en- route
to Texas on an annual jaunt, has been
delayed for several days. 1t was ex-
pected that fortyfive Of the editors liv-
ing along the main lines of the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern would
that another batch of equal size, shut
up in towns along the branches, will
have to weep and wall until they are
dug out.
The whole Northwest was in the icy
grasp of winter yesterday, and the
murcury hovered so closely around the
bottom Of the tube, as to insure a
perature on the Great Northern yes
terday was:
St. Paul division, 10 below.
Fergus Falls division, 10 below, clear,
and light northwesterly winds.
Willmar division, II below and clear.
bTeChSuTlUS0 DIVISION, 10 TO 2Z be-
low.
Northern division, no report
Dakota division 25 below and brisk
northwesterly winds.
Kalispel division, Ia above to 16 be
low.
Cascade division, 20 above.
Montana Central no report
Eastern Minnesota, 18 below
Train No. on the Great Northern,
which left st. Paul Nov. %, arrived in
Seattle yesterday, eighteen hours late.
Northern Pacific territory was equal
ly cold. At Morris it was IL below;
Staples, 20 below; Detroit, 20 below
Grand Forks, "a below; Winnepeg and
Pembina, "a below: Valley City, rs be-
low; jamestown, % below; Dawson, 25
below; Mandan, Is below; Billings, s
below; Miles city, Is below; Helena, 10
below; Butte, 6 above; Spokane TO
above; Tacoma, 81 above.
The Northwestern, the Milwaukee,
the Burlington, and the Great Western,
in Iowa and Southern Minnesota terri
tory, are experiencing great trouble on
account of the phenomenal forma ton
Of ice on their wires and along the right
of way. The Northwestern has sixty
miles Of wire down and has gangs OF
men from as far south as Cleveland
engaged to repair the damage. The
Western Union gangs from Chicago
were hired for the work, as the force
in the Twin Cities was not large
enough. The ice is from four to six
inches thick on the prairie. Farmers
are rigging up improvised ice boats
Traffic is generally at a stand-stiH on
country roads.