Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1902-03-20
(FRoM SATURDAYS DAILY

(FROM SATURDAYS DAILY.
The worst snowstorm of the season
commenced Friday evening and con-
tinued Saturday. hestorm was worse
between Valley City and Mandan on
the line of the Northern Pacific and
north and south of the area named.
Traffic on the Northern Pacific Friday
was greatly interfered with and all
trains were late east and westbound.
The through trains succeeded in get
ting through all right.
The jamestown and Northern pass
enger train arrived all right but a
freight was showed in near Edmunds
and stayed there all night. In at.
tempting to get out the train was
divided and was in sections when
finally showed in for good and the en-
CINE died. The crew consisting of
Conductor Delmoreand Engineer Hun
tlngton and the fireman and bra keman
stayed with the train which was soon
enveloped in snow. The rotary snow
plow was sent north early in the
morning to get the j. & N. train out
Of the drifts.
On the main line two freight trains
were stuck in the drifts between
jamestown and Mandan Friday night
an6 snowplows and shovelers left at
an early hour Saturdays to get the
track cleared. The snow drifted
about as fast as it was shoveled out
making it almost impossible to gain
any headway.
The eastbound morning passenger
train was held at Mandan in the morn
ing and the westbound passenger train
was held here. The westbound pass
enger arrived here but 10 minutes
late and had no difficulty in getting
through as between here and Valley
City the drifts are light.
Freight traffic has been at a stand
still all day and all efforts have been
directed to clearing tie road.
Fortunately the weather is not very
cold and so far as known there was no
one lost.
Stock is believed to have Jared badly
in some instances at least, as the fine
weather led people to believe that the
animals would require no further care
this season.
All the available snow bucking ap-
paratus here was pressed into service.
The big rotary which has not been
used on the main line for two years
was sent north and then west propel-
led by three large engines. The en-
CINE on the rear had a plow attach
ment so that the outfit would not get
stuck.
The snow drifted so rapidly that the
efforts to clear the tracks were met
with very discouraging results.
Fargo reports rain and fine sleet in
the morning and this afternoon a
heavy fall of snow began.
The storm also reached Valley City
about II hours later than Jamestown.
The fall of snow is estimated to be
about foot.
A wedge plow was sent west in the
morning and got in the cut west OF
Jamestown. There it stuck and it
was decided best to bring it back to
Jamestown.
The opinion is general that the only
thing the N. P. can do is wait until
the storm is over.
The storm is the worst since 1897
when the railroads was tied up for
three days and in some instances for
more.
(yROM MONDAYS DAILY.
The big storm of 1902 is over and all
admit that it was like one of those In
the early days. Some 60 so far as to
say that it was of greater severity
than that of 1883 when so many peo-
ple perished but this view is not by the
greater majority Of people. The
storm lust over was Of a. different val
iety Of billiards. than those Of the
past, PROBABLY because of the fact that
it occurred in March while the other
noted storms were in months when
the cold is more intense.
All day Sunday the storm, which
began Friday, continued. Tho fact
that there were church services had
little or no effect on the average per-
son. Some who had to 60 distance
to their boarding place cut out q few
meals. Most of the business places OF
the city closed up at about $50 Sat
urday evening, figuring that but little
was lost thereby. There were few