The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
IN GRIP OF A STORM |.
Communication Throughout North
west Cut Off BY Wind, Snow
and Sleet.
Street Railway Keeps It's Lines Open
But Railroad Trains Are
Delayed Somewhat.

Aside from few scattering kilograms
in the evening by, roundabout routes, Min
neapolis and the entire northwest were
cut off from communication with the out
side world by the storm which ragged
throughout the Mississippi valley last
night. The storm conferred at Dubuque.
Iowa, where the wires were all down, and
street-car traffic at standstill. The
service between: Minneapolis, Milwaukee
and Chicago was cut off early in the eve
Ming. newspaper offices being notified by
the Associated Press that there would be
no relief in that direction until morning.
Forces OF men We're put promptly at work,
put the breaks We're in. such. widely scat
tered Localities that their immediate re-
pair was impossible. . The wires were
coated with fine, wet snow and sleet, and
the .erossbars of the poles became huge
1c1cles which created a short circuit and
turned the current .earthward Il, .
The Western. Union succeeded late in
the evening in opening communication
over the Wisconsin Central line. It was
oVercrowded and was 3'lost" before mid
night At midnight wires were working
between. Chicago and Des Moines, but
breaks occurred between Dubuque and
Oelwein and Oelwein and Des Moines.
Inc telegraph companies made several
cross-cont1nent connectionssin the attempt
to supply the news service. Chicago. got
in touch with Montreal and Montreal com
,nunicated with Minneapolis by way. of
Winnipeg, but the storm king would not
tolerate even this makeshift and closed it
UP at midnight. $: %..H ! -. - ~ =
Western Union lines were serviceable
along the Milwaukee road only to Camu
douglass and there was nothing doing
along the North Western The eastern
most point reached was Elroy. The St.
Louis and Rock Island lines were ont OF
the running early in the evening, and
there was no telling when they would be in
commission again. The North American
wires, which follow the Burlington and
Great Western, were dead east Of Du-
buque. ....t. 'Er.c. -. =. -
Street railway service in Minneapolis
suirered little interruption, the only delay
being caused by slippery tracks. AS a
rule, the cars were on schedule time. In
the absence of Geographic instructions
passenger. trains ran by the time card
only freight trains We're DELAYED. Trains
from the south were on time Trains due
to arrive in Minneapolis this morning
were reported all the way from thirty
minutes to. two hours late: =
Trains leaving Minneapolis last even
ing 1or Chicago and Missouri river points
were provided with two engines to pre-
vent any possibility of their being stalled
Inc train due to- reach Minneapolis or
the Great Western at II p. m. did not ar
rive until o'clock this morning.
The sudden advent of winter finds Min
neapolis with a fair supply of coal
Charitable organizations are exertins
themselves to prevent any suffering among
the poor, and the, immediate wants of the
destitute will be met as soon as reported,
One : satisfactory result. of real cold
weather is the fact that the street rail
way company has been forced to fire up
its cars. 49,. 5... .,.-f, a..