Smyrna times., 1900-02-21
ALMOST ANOTHER BLIZZARD,
heavy SNOW AND HIGH WIND MUCH THE
NATURE OF THE BLIZZARD OF 90
country Roads Heavily Covered But Not
Enough to Block TraveI-MOre or Less
Activity on the Rail, Dads.

blizzard of '99, heavy snowstorm O.
companled with high winds visited RI
Atlantic Coast last Friday and Satin
DAY and for the time beng. our cit
zens thought they were in for anotbe
snow blockade.
February claimed its right. as ba
Deen the case for several year, to Civ
'ne worst weather of the winter. 7
commenced showing on Friday. on nm
frozen ground, melting largely as i
leil' put Saturday partook more of tbt
nature of ''blizzard" as far &c biol
winds and drifting snow was con.
cerned' lasting until well into the
hlght. 1t could hardly have been 3
worse Saturday-our chief business
DAY. The few people movino
ABOUT in the town were well muA1ed
up IN onercoats and rubber shoes The
tralns as the day wore away, became
oelated, and Charley" Archer. who
makes the rural delivery of the mail
reached home three hours behind time
the cllnglng snow to the wheels of his
Fenlcle' giving them the appearance. as
seen through the dusk of the evening
OF being bedecked with white ribbon
for public occasion.
Sunday morning was bright and
clear, but the mercury down to ID de-
grees. The streets were bIockadad
with high banks, which were not all
removed by church time and the at
tendance on the latter was slim. In
deed the streets had deserted appear.
ance, and most of the people fonnd
more comfort in clinging close to their
nresldes. The snow cleaners were ont
with shovels, and it was harvest for
them. By noon the pavements were
mostly cleared.
All day long the railroad men we're
busy clearing the way. The wind was
blowing the snow into large drifts. and
IL was with considerable activity that !
the road was kept clear. The Smyrna
branch was more or less blocked. Two
engines and a gang of men were at
work on 1T from about eight O'Clock in
n
the morning until about two in the
afternoon. They encountered a drift at
Flatiron Point, and for time thew
were blocked between two drifts and
could make little or no progress either
way.
Through Saturday night a powerful
steam snow plow was in operation on
the Delaware railroad. Officials of tho
road feared there might be a repeti.
uon OF the impenetrable drifts of last
winter in the cuts of Mt. Pleasant and
Seatord, and they kept the plow in oper-
alton to force away the accumulated
snow.
The mllkmen possibly had the worst
experience, and those living the far
therest away from town were DELAYED I
several hours from serving their custo-
mers. Our milkmen are the earliest
to move about in the morning, and if
fell to their lot to break the roads.
Local gunners are much concerned
over the birds they let out last week. '
There were over twenty dozen of them
and grave fears are entertained that
many have perished in the heavy snow
storm. The snowfall was ten or twelve ,
inches, but as thrown off the pavement
II made banks along the street two or .
-hree feet deep. q
Ihe Neck roads were not broken =
Monday, and G. B. Archer could serva u
he rural mail only on the State road u
de had better luck yesterday, getting '.
iown to EBAY View" II
The thermometer registered from 10 Ii
o IA degrees Sunday morning. and n
rom 10 to ~ degrees both Monday 81
ind Tuesday mornings-one of the y
'hree cold spells of the winter. cl
Ihe attendance at the churches was w
Illm At the Methodist church. Rev e.
;. A. Hill had congregation of 40 in l.
ne morning; there were more at night. o'
residing Elder Corkran preaching. II
ne Presbyterian church had 20 in the
forming and the Episcopal presumably 70
bout the same. th
There was more racing or fast driy- u'
lg last night probably, than at any ~
me during the three days sleighing.
etween and 8 o'clock there were ff-
zen to twenty sleighs on the track en- pr
aged IN the fastest speed they could ~ ~
ct tout of their steeds, some of them -
eeplng it Up for two hours and that, 'el
70, with horses they had used in the no
ternoon. 1t was cruel to the poor &c,
limals. SIC
Inc slelghing, especially where there " ~
ere trials of speed on Main street, 4u
ID large number of curbstone wit WI
'sses. The same would have been on
ue OF yesterday, but by two o'clock. ,ia'
: snow was reduced to slush where ms
posed to the sun and higher tenn thi