The Saint Paul globe., 1899-02-11

1t Has Been Working Overtime. and
Qu'AppeIIe and Mfnnedosa Are
Sending Some New MeteoroIoe-
ica1 Remnants for the Inspection
of the Eager Citizens of Mime
sofa and Vicinity.
cold wave Is coming this way and
will strike ST. Paul this morning II If
does not run off the track. This will
he welcome news to those people who
imagined the winter would pass with
out colder weather than has made the
past week so delightful 1t was feared
that the thermometer would not get be-
low 80 degrees below zero this winter.
but weather wise prophets predict
that 1t will go much lower before an
other week
This prediction is based upon condi-
tons reported from Montana and Da-
kota yesterday. Montana experienced
a hot wave Thursday, and it had an
effect upon Dakota weather also. 1t
was thought it might reach Minnesota,
but yesterday afternoon reports came
in that Montana was feeling quite
chilly, and Dakota was not as tropical
place as had been expected. At
Grand Forks, where the mercury went
up Thursday, it fell to AZ degrees below
zero yesterday, and there were indica-
tions that it would be much cooler be-
fore night.
The railroad officers which keep in
formed of the weather through their
station agents reported a cooler infiu-
ence all over the Northwest yesterday.
Even In Idaho and Washington the
temperature was lower than it had
been for several days. and there seem
ed to be no ground for hope that the
intensely cold weather of the past week
was to discontinue.
There is no reason" said a railroad
man yesterday, Ito expect warmer
weather within two weeks. Every
thing seems to be against it, The cold
area extends all over the country, and
there is no sign of warm wave any
where"
1t was a little warmer in St. Paul
yesterday morning The thermometers
registered 20 below early in the morn
ing, but toward noon they went up to
IL degrees below. and at 2 o'clock it
was only 9 degrees below
- II IOHn lUdt HUur the mercury Iell
gradually, and last night the tempera-
ture was very low again, and pedes-
tIians went we'll mufF.ed up
The coal dealers and the plumbers
are reaping a harvest from the wealth
er. 1t is bankrupting householders to
pay for coal to burn, and it is bank
rupting landlords to pay for plumbers
bills for mending frozen and broken
pipes. If the present weather con-
tinues coal will go up in price and
plumbers will be so busy that they will
raise their rates for work that must be
performed. 49,
There has as yet been little sickness
due to the cold weather but even the
stoutest citizen of the city will be un-
able to withstand the cold IL it con-
tinues many more days. The stoutest
constitution will feel its effects. AS
long as it continues business will be
affected Railroad men are now COM
planning that the cold weather is affect
ing that business disastrously.
1t is impossible to run trains at the
usual speed, shippers are not willing
to risk more freight than is absolutely
necessary at this time. Many are not
able to get their freight from distant
points to the railroads, and in the cities
and towns business men are not going
about to transact business more than
they are obliged to. The weather IS
consequently affecting the business and
traffic of the entire country.