Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-08
STREET CAR LINES (
ARE TIED UP.
Snow Makes the Job Complete in
Today's Efforts.
EVERY BRANCH IS BLOCKED
prde.trinns who would pisc. Have
10 wade Kncc-Dc.p In snow
suow In the state.

There was no blizzard In tho Salt
Lake Valley today. the temperature
having moderated greatly from that Of
" c-urie or days nEo. nut there was
nnow- such n FnoWHtorm a. carried the
old residents memory back to severe
wintcsa Of twenty years aro or mote.
The snowfiakoH came down gently III
nighi. and came down rlentifuiiy The
great storm ~ last week was impIo, "A
upon na well aH being added "a. by o
heavier snowfall than ever. pnHainv ~
tho records m score ~ years Ia ~
accomplishments.
People looked for the street car lines
Ia be- blocked. but dld not expect thtm
o. b. closed up entirely. II VIVA thought
an occasional car would crowd through.
but would-be passengers waited IN
vain, and had 10 resort 10 wading knee
deep through snow, ur to secure other
vehicles tn reach their destinations.
ON al street ear lines tho tir.up wa.
complete till well toward evening The
Salt Lake city lines report this after
noon was that no ears were running
except FOR three OF four blocks each
side ~ East Temple street. u was cx-
pccted that By night some ~ the linna
would De- open for traffic. but the Cen
tef street branch VIII not BE- cleared an
tomorrow All day long. "douhlc-head-
err' were trying 10 extend the trafiic
service on each ~ the lines. aud when
the snow stopped falling this after
nom. ihe desired end was being gradu-
ally achieved.
The ilapid Transit lines were In about
the same condition. PRECEDENT Cameron
hnld u" had never seen anything like
u In his experience. His company WAS
hiring all the men II could 90 shovel
snow. aud was rctting u few Of rs cars
nruund tho center ~ town. All the
Hines were expected to be- clear by night.
with everything In fair shape after
such storm. one of the far-uut ears
came In this morning Calder'n
Park cur, which made the trip In four
hours, but the traffic could not be- kept
~.
The West side line simply gave up
business till there was some hope OF
efforts to move being successful.
Fortunately the weather was COM
parntivoly mia, and there was no wind.
~ FAR ~ "A good. big Hnowatorn was
concerned, todhy'r procedure was n
complete Huccerr. ne enjoyable na n
heavy winter storm can be-. with more
than o foot OF snow on the level. the
sat Lake Valley has had abundant
evidence during the past week of the
presence ~ winter.
CLEARING THE SIDEWALKS.
street Supervisor seldom had biz
bob before him this mufninH, and IN.
way u NaR accomplished brought him
the thanks ~ the Vart number III
I"u"rtfinnH. lie could not keep thu
SNOW on. but he had out hig for,a
| of inpfovifud anowplown cleaning side.
walks ~ pcoplo could get along with
reasonable comfort. This work was
carried On Ia an parts Of the city. and
~ the snow illcd IN. the paths wcra
| cleared again, or course an the SNOW
could not he carried nut. but tile work
done was most acceptable. and was ac.
compllHlcd IN good shape.
There IN IN be more snow tonight, and
consequently more struggles with IN,
| traffic question.