St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-02-15

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ing on more snow, the precipitation was
so light that little notice was paid to
what would naturally be considered a
heavy storm. But this proved to be
only the advance agent of storm that
struck this vicinity Monday night, the
like OF which the present generation has
never seen. Older residents recall the
great storm of about 80 years ago when
the Sunday services had to be omitted
and yesterdays storm recalls the blizzard
Of 1888, which was so severe in all parts
OF New England.
The precipitation Monday was quite
heavy and all the following night the
wind blew gale, piling snow every
where in almost impossible drifts. 1t
was wild night for the railroads and
one that will be long remembered. Supt.
Folsom, who has been connected with
the Passumpsic road for 81 years, says
this is the worst storm Tor railroads he
has ever seen. The Passumpsic road
Jared even worse than the Lake road, for
to add to the inconvenience of the storm
several freight trains got stalled Monday
night and thus blocked the track. The
last train run Monday night on the
Passumpsic division was the mail train
north. This arrived here two hours late
at $50 p. M. and had orders to wait for
the train from the north due here at
6 O'Clock. The mail train waited here
until late in the evening and then pro-
ceeded to Lyndonvile where it was dis
continued for the trip. The o'clock
train never got below Lyndon and then
backed to Lyndonville, reaching there
about o'clock.
No night trains were run on this divi.
sion and most of the time yesterday was
spent in clearing the tracks of the stalled
freight trains between Lyndonville and
Newport. The morning mail train yes
terday morning was made up at Lyndon
vile and started for White River Junc-
ten Two hours late QUO OF st. Iohns-
bury. The next train to go over the
road was the Montreal express south
which came in two hours late The air
line north was reported about four hours
late. The train despatchers hope to run
trains regularly today.
Assistant Supt. Blossom of the Lake
road anticipated a wild night and all
the freight trains were brought to cover
early in the afternoon. The only train
on the road Monday night was the mail
train due here at D. m. and that train
and all its occupants had night of it
on the road. Engineers Miner and
Walker each had their engines irving to
pull the train along and right ahead OF
more engines. Mr.. Miner has been rail-
roading Tor "a years and he said yester-
day that Monday night was the worst
he had ever seen. The snow fell all night
long and the wind was bio wing so hard
that the engineers could not see rod
ahead of their machines. Before Hard
wick was reached the train got stalled
and from there to St. Johnsbury it met
with series of delays so that it did not
pull into the st. Johnsbury depot until s
O'Clock Tuesday morning. At the lower
end oi the yard it again became stalled
and hy adding third engine to the
train it then took two hours to get the
train into the depot.
The mail train which arrives here at
noon left Swanton Tuesday morning
with three engines and was met at Cam
bridge Junction by the snow plow
and brought into st. Johnsbury last
night. The snow plow that lett here at
1 o'clock Yesterday afternoon was fol-
lowed by the mail train going west that
usually leaves here at 80 a. m. 1t will
take several days to get the Lake road
into running order and then there will
be rush OF freight that will keep the
motive power busy for some time to
come.
Traffic around the village was badly
demoralized yesterday morning. The
CALIFORNIAN office was represented in the
first team that came down from st.
Johnsbury Center, and on this road as
on all the others leading out of the vii
lage, the drifts were higher than the
horses body. A lew teachers and about
rs scholars made their own paths to the
Summer street school houses, but it was
decided to close the schools one day.
The snow plows each made their way
around the village slowly with two
horses and two men and by noon the
walks were in excellent shape for pedes-
trians. The morning was a particu-
larly severe one for marketmen and in
many cases the routes had to be changed
because OF the drifts.
Boston's Big Snow Storm.
The one big snow storm OF the winter
visited Boston Monday, adding % inches
to the snow already on the ground.
Railroad transportation was efftctuallv
blocked, train service being practically
abandoned at 4 p. m. A few trains strug
gled for short distances and an express
tor Portland was started a, II D. IN
The city was otherwise shut off from sur.
face travel. Thousands ot suburban
workers were delayed till midnight iu
get ing home, and hundreds who live in
remoter places, such as the Newtons
Lynn and Quincy, did not get home at
al. The moderate winds and relatively
high temperatures made the storm less
destructive than previous visitations o
the kind this winter