The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
LET'S Up N 4 HURRY
Atlantic Coast Storm Gets Off
the Continent.
AIR STILL AND SKY FAIR
Traffic Being Rapidly Restor-
ed Cold South.

New York, Feb. 14-With clear skies
and warmer weather New York started
to dig itself out of the snow this morning.
By noon the mercury had reached % de-
grees above zero and there was not a
cloud in the sky. After Saturdays half
holiday and the suspension OF business on
Sunday ad on Monday, today's street
traffic was tremendous, with the result ol
blockades everywhere. The snow contrac-
tor estimated that upward Of 4o,OOO loads
Of snow were removed from the streets
I'D to 6 o'clock tonight. At o'clock a
night force of about ], $50 men started to
work with between 800 and 1000 carts. All
the night force was practically concen-
trated on Broadway and it was expected
this thoroughfare would be cleared by the
time of opening business tomorrow, from
Forty-second street to the battery. At
midnight tonight the thermometer on low
er Broadway recorded Il degrees above
zero and the temperature was rising rap
idly. The railroads running into the Grand
Central station did not make much pro-
gres stoday in restoring order from the
chaos into which the blizzard had plunged
them. While their officials were very hope
full that they would be able to establish
some kind of train service tomorrow morn
ing, they were obliged to admit that no
through trains had passed over their lines
since Monday. Five hundred men were
struggling with the great drifts in the
Grand Central yards all day and late to-
night it was announced that all the tracks
were clear. The New York Central con-
tinued to be tied up all day, as far as in
coming trains were concerned. The great
drifts thirty miles south of Poughkeepsie
were too much for the snow plows and
trains were massed at both sides of this
point in large numbers. At p. m. two
trains for western points were sent out.
1t was announced that other trains were
to be started later. The railroads which
have terminals in Jersey City are much
crippled. The Pennsylvania did nearly all
the business that was done. No train
arrived from the west or south during the
day. At the Jersey Central depot tonight
it was announced that the road would be
open on all divisions tomorrow. The Le-
high Valley road dispatched and received
no trains. The Erie got in a few local
trains during the forenoon. The Delaware
Lackawanna and Western road kept its
local service open. By tonight the passen-
ger trains We're in good shape although no
attempt had been made to run freight
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE interruption
to railroad traffic caused by the storm
stiu continues. Not a through train on the
Pennsylvania, Baltimore and ohio or
Southern roads has reached the city TODAY
and up to 1890 o'clock tonight All the
companies are putting forth their best eff
forts, however, and confidently expect to
resume through business north and south
tomorrow. The Pennsylvania started al
train for New York t4:3O today and the
other lines expect to get trains out before
morning. The storm suspended a large
part OF the business of the city and also
many social functions. The president to-
day ordered that the reception to the gen
eral public, which was to have been held
tonight, be postponed until the weather
IS more suspicious. Coal has gone up
over dollar a ton. Eggs have advanced
from % to 80 cents dozen; pork has gone
up 7 cents a pound; Irish potatoes have
jumped from 45 cents to S. cents, and veg
tldDltS prices nave ADVANCED 10 per cent.
Charleston, s. c.. Feb 1.-THE published
tables showing the temperature of Charles
ton from 1873 to today, the oldest on this
continent, prove that the record of this
morning. 6S degrees above zero. is the
lowest ever known here Il Is remarkable |
that it was colder here this morning at 8
o'clock than in Boston and New York.
The fall of snow yesterday, 8 to inches.
also broke the record. The reports from
the entire state show unprecedented cli- |
matio conditions, the thermometer at |
Clemson College weather bureau, within |
fifteen miles of the Blue Ridge mountains, |
registering as low az Z degrees below zero. |
Reports from the interior are meagre, but !
the laboring classes, especially negroes, |
are suffering for fuel. and much destitu- |
ton is expected. Many hogs and COWS in !
the country are reported frozen to death, |
and the truck and other crops have been |
seriously damaged.
Philadelphia. Feb. 1.-THE general rail- |
road conditions tonight show considerable |
improvement. both locally and through |
out Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania !
railroad succeeded in raising the snow
blockade on all divisions in this city ex-
cept on the Philadelphia division, which /
viii be opened tomorrow. Trains are run
ming with fair regularity between here /
and New York and also chief points south.
Charles J. Summers. letter carrier, aged !
So years, and Josef Evans, aged 50, were /
frozen to death today.
Houston, Tex, Feb 14.-Reports 20 the |
Post, during the two days Of intense cold, /
show that fourteen lives were lost in I
Texas by freezing: At Houston, two: IN /
Collins county, three; in Lamar county. /
two; in Robertson county. two; il Bexar 1
county, one. and three children in Coryell I
county. In the past ten days the Post |
has chronicled the cremation OF twenty /
persons. Of whin sixteen were children. /
the majority having their clothing catch 1
fire from open freplaces.
Lexington, Ky. Feb. IA tramp named /
Anthony Boracci was taken 70 the hospi- 1
tai today almost frozen 20 death. \ negro /
woman was found on Dewey street almost I