Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-15
AN olofAsH,o NED Storm.
The kickers At an Open winter Are Now
Fully Satisfied.

The regular old fashioned snow
storm which many had been looking for
has at last arrived and those who have
been growing about an open, winter
are now happy. The storm which had
been raging throughout New England.
since early Sunday morning. struck
Gardiner, about 4 O'Clock Monday
| morning, and increased rapidly until
evening when it had developed into a
blizzard which ragged all night. blocking
| the streets with immense drifts of
| snow, tearing down signs and playing
mischief-in general. 1t has been esti-
mated that at least IA inches of snow
fell on the level, which was hurled into
| drifts from 5 to 20 feet deep by the
northwest gale which accompanied the
heavy fall of snow.
The storm, which followed the in
tense cold wave of the past week, is
one of the most severe that has occur
red in this section. since 1883, although
in some respects it was equalfed, in the
first of February 1898, when business
| was delayed by the blocking snow
storm. The gale which accompanied
that storm was not SO intense as in
Mondays. and the fall of snow was
ABOUT Two lncneS less.
The Electric Road struggled hard -
keep the line open. during the fore
noon. but gave up the battle in the at
ternoon, and no cars have since moved
on this end. A large crew is at work
clearing the track and it is possible
that the line may be opened during
Wednesday. OF course it is not def
nitely known just when the cars will
start but the company is huStling mat
tiers in a way that pleases the people.
There had been no cabs on the street.
Tuesday up to 5 o'clock Il. NJ, and in
fact but very few teams of any de-
| scription. Everyone was busily en-
| gagged i'm clearing the snow from the
sidewalks and streets. and the one who
was lucky enough to have wooden
SNOW scoop was given the preference.
| Every lad who was large enough to
| shovel snow had an opportunity to
earn some spending money" and this
golden opportunity was improved by
| many.
A large number of the business pao-
Pile of Gardiner depended upon their
| snow shoes as a means of tranSpOrta-
ton to their place of business, Tues
day morning, and those who were un-
fortunate in not possessing a pair. had
| to fall back on the old reliable snow
shovel
The Journal man met a suburbanite
who had come to the city. Tuesday, on
| snow shoes to do some trading. He
said: The country roads are packed
full of snow. ranging from to 20 feet
in depth. Not since 1888, have the
| roads in the suburban districts been SO
badly drifted as at the present time.
The shovellers commenced work, early
Tuesday morning, and were progress
ing fairly we'll although the snow was
drifting some at the time
When asked how long it would prob
| ably take to open the roads for travel
he said: 1T is hard telling. Should
the wind continue to. blow the snow
will fill in as fast as it is shovelled out,
keeping the roads blocked up for no
Knowing how long, sbM IL the wind
ceases, the roads will probably be made
passable by Thursday night"
All the ice companies engaged in
| harvesting ice were obliged to stop
work. Monday noon. Large crews
were engaged, Tuesday morning, in
scraping. the unharvested. fields. 1t
will probably take about four days to
| clear off the snow. The most of the
companies will resume running, TODAY.
A three days run will fill most of the
houses. "a Aa.-.>..
All the streets in the city proper were
passable. Tuesday. but it required no
small amount, of work to accomplish
TINS Although the snow did not drift as
padly in the city as outside where the
wand could have full sway. and as the
past storms had filled the fences, the
: most OF the last snow was l1eaped up