Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-11-22
AT THE UNION DEPOT.
Everybody Yelled and the Time Board
Looked Like n Chinese Puz-
zle All DIV.

Looked Like n Chinese PuE-
xIe All Day.
The snow storm had part in the affairs
OF men at the Union depot and occasioned
numerous little amenities during the day.
The interruptions. which broke into the or
dinary course of events at first, increased
with the growing of the storm until they
swung the current OF humanity their own
way. They had 4 freakish way. too. The
cold expanded the spirits. contrary TO all
laws of nature, and men forgot their usual
s,aid and sober manners.
After a long tie-up of street cars at Ninth
and Washington at O'Clock. which made
line of various colored cars three blocks
in length. the first car for the depot was
liberated. With ii were freed the voices of
men ard boys, who clunS 10 the grip and
trailer as they glided down the incline. Il
was like u victorious crowd of football
rooters or A band OF b!oodthirsty Indians.
They bounded of the car at the station and
went down the incline steps, still whoop
ing. Everybody yelled. 1t warmed them
Anybody had the privilege of shouting TO
room door 10 shut the door no matter
how quickly lie might let the self-closing
door swing behind him. OLD men and young
took a run and slide en- the platform. which
was kept swept TO a dangerous degree of
smoothness and. in places. of iciness, where.
steam pipes passed under il.
The truck man pushing small mountain
share Of tie fun. When the load refused
Ito move ard his feet slipped and slipped
the crowd yelled its delight. 1t kept the
workmen busy on the platform shoveling
snow into piles and the piles into rows. 1t
snow sifted between the sheds and around
the electric lights, its diamond dust offer
ing an unsteady footing for people hurrying
The time board at the telegraph office was
Chinese puzzle all day: The reEul2r time
Go ask the, blackboard" was the best
satisfaction a travelling public could get. 1t
was stone instead Of bread, for the
gotten pied. The Burlington would be in
when the Rock Island should arrive. The
parted. The sape train was in a snow
bank out west And a hypothetical train.
according TO the time card. yet train with
the same number was already speeding
away TO the east.
A crowd gathered about the board most
of the day kicking their heels to keep
bulletin from the telegraph office.
At 5 O'Clock it looked this way:
Santa Fe, No. ., California limited, 9ls
Santa Fe. No. c. Colorado 2is hours late.
Missouri Pacific, from Colorado. Sls hours
late. -.
Hannibal. TO WIRE if?) late.
Missouri Pacific. from the north, no wire.
81 late.
Burlington. from Omaha. ! hour late.
And that was the prospect which man
purchased. anef ' he gazed up p and down the white
tracks looking for train that would take
him away.
Hunting for Lost Trains.
The night depot yardmaster. W. NJ.
Russell, accumulated trouble faster than
the snow which gathered on his heavy ul-
ster and boots and cap. And he couldn't
shake ii off, either. After a tramp about
the yards looking for lost trains. he s, would
search of information and consolation. He
got neither. The night wire chief looked
| sad. tinkered with an instrument and re. e.
when a train does come in,s' said Rus:
| sell TO a reporter for The Journal, you
would think it had just arrived from ST.
IBERIA or Greenland. Iccles on the
caves and on the valves on the steam
| dow sills and the platforms. The ensi-
neers all claim to have passed through
the heart of the blizzard from whatever
Yes. it's a picnic 10 have everything
| bottled up this way. You're not one of
| those lovers of nature. are you? II you
| are, you ought to be in this business and
get your affections alienated. I'd like TO
get one of the poets who write about the
beautiful snow out with me for an hour
But the yardmaster was not the only
| man who had trouble. The switches
wouldn't IT,, work and tn, the targets &c wouldnt
| held responsible. When Santa Fe No. 6,
for Chicago. pulled down to, the Belt line
| crossing at 6:20 it was blocked by a red
| target. After ten-minute wait without
| a change in the signal brakeman ran
down TO the switch. The track was open
| so the train could pass. Twenty-Five min
| utes later the target turned. The SWITCH
| man had finally gotten his lever into work.
| ing order. The only thing that held the
| train was the color of the target. Con-
| ductor Foster. when he learned the
| trouble, remarked it was a frost" which
| it was.
Schedule of Delays.
| The DELAYS of more than thirty minutes
| during the day UP TO ~ O'Clock last night
| were as follows:
| Santa Fe: No. 8. from Oklahoma and
Texas. due at $50 m. arrived S:55 n.
M; No. .. Atlantic express. from Califor-
! mia. due at .:Uo Il. m. arrived at 800 p.
m: No. 8, first section. from Texas. due
| at =. m, arrived at 1:15; second section,
| from Utah. due at p. m, not Yet arrived; !;
| No. 4. California limited. due at. p. m,
not yet arrived. reported due liza p. m.
| Union Pacific: No. >. from the west due
at 7:25 a. m.. arrived at n. M; No T.
| from the west. due at ) p. m, arrived at