The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-22

t,east MOVING Jntsons WIN
Csies Preds~ted fcr. To-day.
seattle yre&entsd very wtntry APPEAR
anra Yesterday. ard the oldest inhsrs-
sus'swss Kept busy trying 10 remember
gas- when another ssAesa snow storm WAS
known bsf0se the 5,th Of any November
wtfasn ssts reroiiexsz ion. There were soEDe
osa esewiiEker HAYS. VINO poon-poohsd the
storm ard esao dug us from the ASH bar
re4E and r4ss,Sish os their recosl@rfsoFfS
storms Of greater severity at times when
4aa memory Of the present Sesaefsfion rHbs
ssos 10 the contrary. A conservative EST
mate. based On such records As were 90
sasnA3Is. made sas downfall OF sno" Oh
yesterday the heaviest known ia this city
~ this tim. OF year L. il doubtful IL the
crow WAS preferable 10 rain. scarcely naG
sHe dires4s effects 81 the tess days pouring
rain adjusted themselves. and merchants
and transportation people wsrs hop~iuiS
looking toward a revival OF regular tfdfae
sssss ratlous. saan fhss clouds sntserea ana
s!.eos ,slf : ne fleecy pail that settled down
over tile city yesterday. bringing with IL
.ro4her and more omtnoas and forenorlinx
sssss ook for. perhaps days TO come. More
over there WAS nothlnR IN the forecasts
ard demonstrations 81 the weather max
.r@ thai MAS conducive 10 cheerfuIness.
81 the distressing conditions.
The early riser yesterday looked out OF
his window ana vas confronted with
- bite picture There was snrw on the
ground ard the air sas ffecked with the
sssdying fakes thss came AT flrst as mes
s<nxsrs from the gray SKY, followed by
the frozen clouds themselves that blew in
fufry. dripping masses everywhere. hang
ing 20 the telegraph and telephone wives
BHtii the strain made the tense conductors
part, when III came hurrsinx to The street.
The warm soil soon converted the by
particles into a Sloppy. slippery and uneer-
tain footing. and oil that was white and
beautiful that fell from the SKY saS soon
ground under the feet Of dissatisfied hui
Fnagliiy thar found Vent for it's feelings in
language unprintabIe. There was not
good nature enough TO contribute 10 the
making OF snowfall. and Cinnamon.
those ever-ready targets passed without
Inspiring an attack.
The man. whoever he was. who wrote
"Heaasiful SNOW. was simply responsible
fer his individual Impressions. Years ago
there We're some unlawful hangings III /.
Pioneer place. Had the beautiful snow
fiian come along and let his presence be
known ~ Pioneer place yesterday the rail-
road men would have added another crime
10 tha history OF that part OF the town.
The railroad man Is not the buoyant effer-
e~Ssnt thing that he Is painted: he lives
dual existence, Jekyii and Hyde
life. aud Il was the Mr. Hyde who
ras abroad yesterday. Everybody was
mora or less dowrcast. except the care-fre.s
Kit Carson. who has just come down from
the Canadian islands. Mr. Carson oceu-
PIES the same relative position in his con-
nection with the Canadian Pacific railway
e. the man does who is hired 10 swear 10
INC circulation Of a newspaper. Later In
The day Kit went over to Tacoma TO see IN
hE rryx 2 hsSr l.
In the Great Northern office the post-In
feiaxeneer man Was told that all branches
q the road would he open 10 east and
~est-hotsfsd business Monday. The state
nent was qualified BY subsequent one
ihat sncn would be the case unless the
shes piayei havoc. The coast line was
opened Friday night and No was sent
north with the freight that had scct,uu-
lated IN the new shed During the mast
'es dass Everett. Anacortes. Fairhsye-,
ana Whatcom consignments were sent nv
BOAT from this city
y. Sadeau took philosophical view
81 me storm, as he looked out through tho
wh!riing clouds OF snow. and adr,,,,.,
that II might play the deuce with the new
nus snd repairs. No discouraging news
hsa been received by the Northern Pacific
f*opie Yesterday. and they showed tele
ktaihs IN support OF their statements thar
NO aud No. :. east and Yves; bound over
'AeH trains. had transferred their pas
stnsffs at Trout creek without any sx
citing Incident. II was also STATED 49,,
voc Hour FOR shipment on the kinshi,,
%asth arrived during the afternoon ard
tftt the hast ef the delayed messengers
yer the same ship would reach the .i.y
last night '
= Francis Lee, district passenger agent
y inc canadian Pacific At Chicago. ar
fiNed IN the city from Portland FRIDAY
q rh.sk 4. yrta
t"fia and Vancouver yesterday. Mr. Lee
sat IN tho Canadian pacsfl,, Office aurlos,
the morning and wondered what effect tb,
Storm would have on THE recently tied NJ,
ROAD mar ne represents \ wire was re-
setted from George Mel. Brown. saving
mat No ! overland west-bound had
reached Vancouver Friday night and tn,
40 :. east bound left on time, Yesterday
Al DELAYED trains were expected at Van
eateeg last night
The Seattle a international office Wa in
receipt Of tsiesrams that a heavy snow
storm prevailed all along the Inc Traffar
was snoFing and no Interruption had been
eatr0snsared up TO 5 O'clock
The street Car Companies.
such Was the situation among the rail-
roads entering the city yesterday. With
the street ear systems % the city n was
different. The cable roa6k. nv ravlng
Nnew Diows continuously ran their .-ar-s
regularly. hut the electric lines wrrc IN
bad shape. Down In the business part
~ the city near salt water. IN. snow
'"eHed Quickly ioio slusfl. Bat on the hui
travel vss greatly tntsrferc,f r-s,h a.
ears running trregulariy and win con-
siderable effort Many business s,,.,r, Nv.
'oK ~ the suburbs iegt fer home in tha
esriy part Of th~ afternoon rather ,hs,
s9anee Might and perhaps TO-DAY down
tNNR- me Grant street llne for = com
siderable distance was s.leara.i asss,,. ,,..
ss1sh falling between the ties ON the ,,ffs,s-
construction TIE Third Stree, and san.
WFtsn road moved ivresulsrly. and the
ss'ne MAS tha case with the Seattle =
Rainier Beach.
Telephone Wires Down.
~ c'ciock ais iouE. distance ts,sn,,,,,a
se'e'sa s"lesfion 10 POINTS out-l,lo fhs, city
fsa heSH discontinued. most % me ufrss
sfstng do@n or IN Naeh share n "a r,sb.
ssse service Wesski~fass4r A., hg,,,. -.