The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-12
STORM STILL HOWL|NG
Starvation Threatened in the
Mountain Districts.
MORE SNOW IS PREDICTED
Sixty-Five Degrees Below Zero in Idaho.
Record rd-Breaking Temperatures Re-
ported in All Parts of the
United States.

| Denver, Feb. 11.-There was no inn
provement to-day in the condition of
the railroads traversing the mountains
Snow continued falling in the vicinity
| OF Leadville. this being the 18th day of
| the storm, and it also showed generally
to-day. Grave anxiety is expressed for
| the towns and camps on the high line
OF the South Park. This division of the
| road has been abandoned since early in
the week. when a supply train, after
! days of work behind rotary snow
plow, managed to take food to Breck-
| lnridge, Dickey and other points between
Breckinridge and kokomo. This sup
ply was too little to last and the situa-
ton is growing desperate. No attempt
VIII be made to open the high line until
the storm clears and a crust forms on
the immense snow banks sufficient to
hold them from sliding down and bury
ing the track, perchance with death and
destruction following in their wake.
In the meantime the provisions OBJ
talnable have rapidly disappeared.
Again, dispatches say, breakfast food
is being fed to horses and stock. ALL
other week and the snow walled camps
and towns will be on the verge of star
walton. If nothing is done on the rail-
roads-for, in addition to the South
Park, the Blue river branch of the Rio
lon is completely blocked-snowshoe
relief parties will start out from Lead
Vlile the nearest large point. hauling to-
boggans loaded with provisions.
Appeals for help from the towns have
already been sent out.
Reports received by the railroads in
oicate more snow for the mountains
and more snowsliles. peculiar situa-
ton over the state was made apparent
to-day when it was seen the conditions
had been reversed and the plains from
the Wyoming boundary line ito Trln-
dad were suffering from a cold wave,
while in the greater number of railroad
points in the mountains the temperature
had climbed up materially. This means
the conditions are ripe for a heavy fall
of snow.
notwithstanding that both the Rio
Grande and Midland We're getting coal
to-day into Leadville, the coal famine
is not entirely averted, as there is
scarcely more than 4S hours supply of
coal in camp. The railroad officials and
the mine owners appreciate the fact
that everything else will have to be
sidetracked in the effort to supply coal
No passenger trains We're run to-day
by the Rio Grande west of Salida. Cen
eral Superintendent Sample and Assist
ant General Manager Schlacks are at
Leadville overseeing the work of clear
ing the main line west of that city Con-
trary to the report of yesterday, the
company is having no trouble with its
shovelers, who are paid $1.75 a day.
More slides have occurred in the can
yon of the Grand river, but some prog
ress has been made toward opening the
road. Tremendous efforts are being
made to open the line between Glen
wood Springs and Aspen, and as soon
as it is done coal will be rushed to
Aspen, where the supply is short.
The Denver and Rio Grande narrow
gauge line is again blockaded on Mar
shall pass, where the storm was very
severe. President Ristine is superin-
tending operations on the Colorado
Midland from Colorado Springs and
hopes to have the road open to-mor-
row as far as Leadville, at least
A dispatch from Leadville says:
Through the efforts of volunteer snow
shovellers furnished by the mines and
smelters the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad has been kept open east of this
city. in spite of the blizzard. which has
piled snow at many places over this
district in drifts 10 to SO feet high, and
trains are moving between Denver and
Leadville. Colonel George w. Cook,
who superintended the work of the
shovel and pick brigade. said to-day
that at no time since the big storm be-
gan, over a fortnight ago. nave the
tracks been as free from distractions
as they are now
The Colorado Midland people expect
to open their line eastt without the
assistance of volunteers. Even should
the railroads remain open from now
on, there will not be sufficient coal for
10 day ito warrant a resumption of
work at the mines on the gold belt,
which are now closed down.
All available coal will be devoted to
pumping the deep mines and other alb
solutely necessary work
From Cheyenne comes the statement
that with IS inches of snow covering
the earth and temperature of 90 de-
grees below zero, stockmen are great
ly worried over the fate of all unfed
stock Cheyenne is threatened with
coal famine
This is one of the coolest nights ever
experienced in the portion of Colorado
east of the mountains. The mercury
was at or below zero all day and at 6 |
o'clock this evening stood below in Den
YER By 8 O'Clock it had dropped TO
% below and stood there at midnight |
At the latter hour Greeley, Col, re-
ported 25 below. Littleton reported 30 |
below and Sedalia SO degrees below
nr,