Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-05
SNOW TO SPARE.
If You Need Any Send in Your
Order EARLY.
It Gave Worse Battle for Years to
Steam and Electric Cars.
But We Have the Upper Hands and Can Srsre
You a Cargo.

day evening, II gave prnmii" ~ tc!nS
a regular old-tashionod ring tailed
pr"!rr." nnt the proniis" was kept win
vengeance. The flakes We" Of the
hard. cutting variety and were driven
WITH great force by tn" heavy wind
that b.N ell through III" night TEis
piled the snow up in mighty drifts In
places and left the ground bare but for
III. il. III others.
'Th"re'll i" trouble in th- morning.
w;.s III. steady refrain If the evening.
and shoulders ached in antic! patton Of
III" shovel drill before breakfast. There
| were Il f-N social aaffirs going nn in
! n" city. Tuesday evening. and those
attending them did not hay" very
| pleasant trips home. TIL" Womans $
Literary club met with Mrs Martini
| Baker Dunn on College avenue and tn"
| ladies had an awful time getting to
! their homes. The sam" was tru" Of
those attending the social at the Free
| Baptist hall ana the SUPPER at thr
| Ware parlors.
! The snow fell during the evening at
/ the rate Of almost two inches III hou:.
| Tn" trouble for the l;lcctr!rS C1m-
mcnccd carly aud lasted throI%n the
! night I;ut the road Is prepared for
! abou, anything in th. shape tf sn1w
| stcrrIs that Old Prob has III st,,N. The
| pluw was set at work tariy in tn even
! ing and kept going al thr"u%h the
, night Tie last car ont Of the city VAS
! over z half hour late ana ,nu.d only
got through by closely following tn.
srcW plow. The big eight wh~.l"rs
/ We're soon sent to the barn ana thr
/ littlc snow fighters pulled ont. The
| EunCs citation was coupled on with IN"
station at Fairfield and the ,ombin .
I oulnut TUNED into IN" trolley 80 thar
th,- rloN had power enough tn lip the
| rails Of the sl-epevs Hence the road
! w., n running order "Wednesday
/ moruing
+, i;ut on" Gar ana the I'!ow M-r" krrt
( running through n day. but ~" CAR
liaG' i,s hourly trips regularly ali
4 ihrnrgh the day and accommodated Il, all
( TIL travel all right. pn" ,ur, on t!r,'
/ u letter man two someN here on the
! ln, ana the pcoplc were well sItt=N r.
/ viii, tn5 service. Eat H." powerful! uii
I.lnw had To throw >nnW ike Ttrjln
! I" Keep tn track clear.
/ The storm proved l'cman ~ rIGy
ot the steel NJ the Maine Central and
I y litter fight wa. wes-rd M jnr1urh
! the night ana Wednesday. III, snow
was of kind mos; difficult IN handle
rs Il was sandy aud rolled ha' h ont"
tn" tracks about 1e fast as it could tt
thrown nut by the plows. Thcn tn
drifts were very bad. The t-ainn II
Nho came in during the f., -n"uu ,e-
ported that the storm was Nnr@- h.
tween augusta ana mis- city thtn be-
tN.en augusta ami Portland. Pull
maA ". ,. uu" Ecrr at 1905 in tn .Ven-
in. was only 4 few minutes lrtr ami
IL fnr rs This city was mt much
troubled by the storm. Puli;nan No s,
du mere at Ia In tie morning. got IL
htl. not rely much behind hut stru,l
heaps of trouble. between her. ana ~
guSta. Pullman ~. u. dur here At
10 in the morninS. did not arrive.
Wednesday. until noon. having be u
stall ID al n,erinE. THIS Is th" ;rein
that brings ur the Journals from Au-
@ueta and the was the reason for the.
not being any in the city until after
noon.
~. - due here lit II 80 III the fo,
noon. was an hour and n half lai". n.
;. due AT l.3u in the afternoon. Was
about a half hour late. Nh. J. due AK
90 was tW" hours late.
I:ut towards noon the trains began
II draw UP To- their schedule tinla and
the afternoon trains We're not 50 far
behind. All the frcights fur ihe day |
were cancelled and many of the freight |
engines put onto ploU- trains. Three |
If these wer" at work between tAiN |
city and Bangor ana one ua each uf !
IN. branches. - the storm abatad |
these began to win The fight and IN, |
NGtk gradually began to get back Into
4 normal condition.
The storm was as bad right in th,
city as out in the country. ON the !
sheltered streets lhr wind did not get |
50 good 4 chance at the snow and Il
piled up at 4 great rate. The grocery |
teams managed Ia get about somehow |
but If ever horses went to dinner dead |
tired it was thcse that had groceries |
behind them during the forenoon II
was useless to MAKE any systematic |
attempt to break the roads or side |
walks during the forenoon although |
something in this Zine VAS done.
Main street was piled high with |
afternoon this was somewhat levelled |
and the street got back into condition |
again. The side walks got their share |
of attention in the afternoon ami hv |
dark the street had settled Down in |
winter form.
The mail carriers. mikmen and Sroc-
erymen would have changed places
with almost anyone when they turned
out. Wednesday morning, and the
forenOOn's work was about equal to
an ordinary week. /
i:v the latter part of the afternoon
things began 10 livon up a bit in the
city ard there was some business. The
I:lectricr resumed their regular trips
and were pretty nearly on time. The
Boston mail arrived about 4 o'clock,
none had been expected. No
attempt was made during the day to
clear Main street and the snow was
piled high. most Of The teams using the
car tracks
There will be some great stories in
dial les about the Storm as so severe
4 one has not occurl ed so early in the
Sc2 son FOR some time and il is seldom |