Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-09
BATTLE WITH WIND AND SNOW
Ptsssrrt, Trans Delayed o. Nearly &.
Railroads E-ts-or Omaha
B-zz.so Unusually vpE " sco7E
Trains from East nud West Fare
AIike. DELAYS NaryinE from fif-
teen -,fuute. 20 Thrsc ours-
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ali -rH -r# --B5s t-.s--= 1-atu trr tr-
fury GO "Wednesday -Et-s storm very l1r.-
t Win a-t .sV lEr-au-us eli through
passenger trains we've l.lavs- trs- t-asu
minutes .a -heaf hours and .zs progress %
trains 1a-1 Gas, ana v.= &c .-s Missouri
-.ra- was ae.a-- shed -r1ar extreme --H-
rlr. eH. -.l.--aalig -saarrs reserved st re
rc-a-- tsa quarters ra..staa us. fhe
.~tl.zzlr1 which swept down g7a Omaha was
q sample .f che v-atta- conditions be-
west I'm Iowa ana clear through Nebraska
90 re Black Bills Of south -aEo.E and .hs
sout. Lls o. the EttE- wa--.a-nE u Colo
-adc
IRE r~or~ezs Of trains was retarded not So
much ~ the snow as tv Tbs de~cs wind
The vaa-la-1rE directions pursued tv -rH
WIND ua5F BE- what ~Eil-al1 us- Term d
ruH~-rrt-r vI1- j caught the trains
auI1sh.1 ~ and a. DO time we're tney able 70
ret INTO the teeth Of The wind and break its
velocity by 7lourhIrr he Locomotive through
d.
The Burlington and Union STATIONS pre-
scented d typical winter scene vest C-1gy
Passengers wee bundled ~ u every con
eaIvuhla tastf1- ana f-1HI-ntlv STAMPED
their feet as 4 ev waited the helated trains
Passenger trains tro- The cas- were delayed
aUut as tadl- Is were ne trains from ms
west. The bas, record from he cas-, was.
-Ede ny the Burlington Its Chicago
n-urs express reached here fifteen minutes
late. and the fast mail from Chicago was
rr1v tweu-v-r-re minutes behind time
From the YES. however. Ire Burlington :
Deuver-rticsEo express arrived TWO hours
4 and q haIf late. Az Burlington headquarters
ir was reported lhst on the northern div
sion. extending from FIsrisnouth 10 kaar-
nsy. there Was from one 10 sIE inches Of
snow. on me southern division. extending
from Atrhlsul. Kan. 10 Blue Hi Nah
the SNOW varied in depth from one to four
. inches. Eep9rts from Burlington trains in
me Northwest. on tha Billings and Dead
wood lines are B51swhat incomplete Il
Is known mat t1e trains are ny no means
keevtnE their schedules. but telegraph wires
ne down and accurate reports come n
4 slowly
The through Nurlhweste-D-Urion Pacific
trains from roth east and west were con
sy6e-aaly DELAYED. The fast man from Chi
cuco reached Omaha one hour ana ten min
u-es late and was a-rrespondluEly DELAYED
il It's departure for The west The over
land Limited rad 3 battle royal with the
drifting snow and heavy winds il. Iowa, and
was TWO hours and & hal: behind lis schsd-
Tie when j. Left Omaha for The west, The
/ Triau Pacific train from san Francisco had
an equally hard tine IN coming through
Nebraska. and was three hours and fifteen
minutes lac in reaching Omaha Tele-
graphic reports received g, Union Pacific
headquarters state that the snow and wind
il Nebraska was much the same as hat
experienced IL Omaha Il extended 10 Chsy-
puns and even west of that UIrv. Al Chey-
eune The temperature yesterday morning was
s degrees below ZERO. and this was q fair
average Of the sD-irs Union Pacific line.
Al EIkh0ru headquarters reports were re-
ceived that The snow mad fallen over The
entire system from Omaha 10 Hastings and
through to Dsadvood. varying NJ depth from
one and one-half 70 six inches. At the west
ern extremity Of the system the temperature
vas reported a. 16 degrees below zero. i
was reported that passenger trains had not
been seriously delayed and were operating
practically on scheduled time.
The Milwaukee passenger train from
Chicago was delayed an hour aod q half
a passenger who came il OF This train
stated thai al me ume Of leaving Chicago
Wednesday night & disagreeanle, cold rain
was falling. This developed into snow at
The train proceeded west ward through low
and ths journey was q decidedly unplsasan,
one.
The rRtnstoru around Chicago intsrtsrel
with The telegraph wires considerably ant
both the Postal and Western Union hac
trouble IN getting messages TO eastern IoVE
ana Illinois points. The trouble was con
fined TO the territory between Cedar Rapid:
and Chicago. The lines within the snow bel;
working al night.
The Rock Island passenger from the east
arrived thirty minutes late, but its tran
from the west was DELAYED Two hours. tn:
Omaha & 81. Louis tram encountered sever.
weather II Missouri and was TWO hours be-
hind time. The Illinois Central passenEs,
train from MinDsB polls and Chicago was IVY
hours late.
The only road reporting its trains ahso,
lutely on lime was the Missouri Pacific
The Omaha line reports that its passenee,
trains are moving over the road wilhou
any material delay.