The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-09
North Wind GOT BUSY
ST. PAUL HAS ABOUT IT'S FIRST
TASTE OF REAL WIN
TER
ENOUGH SNOW FOR DRIFTING
Old BOreas WhirIed 1t Around in
Piles Yesterday Morning, and
Made 1t Difficult for the Pedes-
TRANS as Well as Electric Cars
to Get AIong-The ST. PauI-Chi-
cago Railroads Felt 1t.

The storm OF yesterday morning gave
an excellent example of what high wind
can do with very slight fall of snow.
The entire precipitation was little more
than five inches, yet 1t was sufficient to
blockade the street car lines for several
hours and make the city look as If 1t had
Just passed through one Of the old-time
billiards.. The storm began with slight
fall of Very fine sleet late Wednesday
night and increased in severity until be-
fore morning the snow was coming down
in moderately heavy fashion with a
strong wind busy drifting 1t everywhere
but the place the general public want
ed it, = - ~
The snow fall continued until the mid
die of the forenoon yesterday. Early pc
destrians found the streets badly drifted,
and until after 8 o'clock the street car
company was able to maintain but a
desultory service. On the Jackson street
line everything was tied up, and on the
lines across the river regular service was
impossible until the middle of the fore
noon. AS soon as the snow fall gave evil
dence of creating trouble the street car
company sent out its plows, the first time
they have been needed this winter, but
the high wind blew the snow back onto
the tracks again as fast 1t was cleared
away. The wind moderated during the
forenoon, and with aAicessation Of the
snow fall the company was soon able to
clear their lines.
The Como interurban line suffered
worst. Until 10 o'clock In the morning
only three cars had reached the corner
Of Seventh and Wabasha. The Saltwater
line was in operation, though all cars
were delayed. The interurban line was
tied up for an hour and a half by an
accident at Chatsworth street. which
added to the irreguiarity of the service.
BY noon all lines except the Jackson
street were again In regular operation.
The storm extended southeast OF st.
Paul nearly to Chicago. north as far as
Staples and west to the boundary line.
Slight furries were reported from Ne
braska and Michigan. For this reason
trains on all railroads south of the city
were late, and tho ST. Paul-Duluth serv-
ice was interfered with. The coast trains
on the Northern Pacific and Great North
ern reached st. Paul only few minutes
behind schedule time, the Great Northern
being delayed forty minutes. West or
the state lire there was not sufficient
snow to cause delays. The morning Chi
Omaha We're each an hour late, and the
Kansas City train over the Great West
ern, due at 7:50 arrived at $3.50. Tho
morning train over the Iowa & Mime
sofa division Of the Milwaukee was two
hours late, and the Wisconsin central
suffered delays of an hour and an hour
and a half in the arrival Of Its Chicago
trains. The service on the Western div1s-
lon of the Omaha was delayed, though
the variation from schedule was not I'm
portant. The lines into Chicago reported
that the storm began with rain about III
O'Clock Wednesday night, changing TO
sleet and then snow, causing slippery
tracks and .unfavorable time conoltions.
All lines were drifted. though the snow o1o
not exceed eight inches on level IN any
locality.
AT Prince Albert the temperature stood
az below yesterday morning. AT HaVre
II was 50 below, Qu'Appelle "a. winston
80. Winnipeg go, and Sault Ste. Marie 54
below. The temperature in st. Pau was
onlv degrees below. Weather predic-
tions Yesterday were for change In tenn
perature. followed by cold wave Inc
white7f1 flag with the black center was OUT
ond before o'clock in the evening a IAN
of , degrees over the morning record was
observed. During the evening the mer-
curv fell several degrees, with a sleaoy
wind !, from the north and northwest.
chicago prophesied snow for today, Dut
local observers are Inclined to the theory
+bat with the prevailing wind ana low
temneratures through the entire Nolln-
y,aet snappy weather is to be looked Tor,
which will prevent further precipitation