The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
COLD SPELLS CONTINUES
In Colorado Several Towns Are Cut OH
IRON All Communication.
PREVIOUS RECORDS HAVE BEEN BROKEN
Never H-fore Was There Such II LONG
Period of Zero Weather Cont
Shortage ~ s-Ncr"iS Felt.

Denver, Colo. February II There was
no improvement, To-Day IN the conditions on
the railways travorulug the mountains
Snow continued faiitng in the vicinity OF
leadvillc this being the nineteenth day
OF the storm and Il also showed generally
today east OF the range Grave anSiety
ig expressed for the towns and camps on
the high line OF The South Park rms di-
Vision OF the road has been abandoned
since early in The wees, when a supply
train, after days az work behind rotary
snow piov mnngged to get food To Brock
inridge Dickey and other points helween
Breckenridge and Hokpmo This supply
was too little 10 last and the situation is
growing desperate
No attompt viii De made to open the high
limo until the storm clears and crust
forms on the immense banks sufficient to
hold them from sliding down and buryiby
the track, perChance with death and do
sirucilor following In their wake
In tho meantime the physicians obtain
able have rapidly disappeared. Again dis
patches suy breakfast food is being fed to
horses and stock. Another week and the
snow walled camps and towns will he on
the vctgo-of starvation. II nothing Is done
ON the railways-for In addition to the
south Park, tho Blue river branch OF the
Rio Grandc. running from I,cadvillr to
Dillon IL comparatively blocked snow
shoe relief PARTIES VIII start out from
l'eadviile. tho nearest large point. hauling
toeoggnps loaded with provisions. Appeals
for help from the towns have already been
sent out
Reports received by the railways indicate
more SNOW for the mountains aud more
snow slides,
Notwithstanding that both the Rio
Grandc aud South Park were getting coal
hc Tor tp~ 10 nIy
arerted. MS there Is scarcely more than a
iortnights supply OF coal in camp. The
railway officials and mine owners appre-
ciRte the fact that everything else will
have to be sidetracked In an effort to
supply coal.
No passenger trains were run today by
Inc Denver and Rio Grando west OF Salida.
More slides have occurred in the canons
OF the Grande river, but some progress has
been made toward opening the road.
tremendous efforts are being made to
oven tho line between Colorado Springs
and Aspen and as soon as II Is done coal
viii be rushed to Aspen, where the sup
plv is short
Through the efforts OF the volunteer
snow shcvelers furnished by tho mines and
amelters the Denver aud Rio Grande road
ms been kept open east OF Lendviilo In
spite of the billiards. which have piled
snow Mt many places ten TO fifty feet high.
and trains are moving between Denver
aud Lcedville. Even should the railways
remain open from now on thore will not
be sufficient coal fer ten DAYS 10 warrant
resumption of work AT the mines on the
gold belt, which are now closed down
trom cheyenne comes the statement that
win eighteen inches OF snow covering the
eslth and temperature OF 20 degrees be.
low zero, stockmen arc greatly worried
ever tho tate of all unfod stock. Cheyepne
u threatened with conl famine.