Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-16
That is, the Mercury IS Not Quite
So Low As Il Has Been.
AT ZERO THIS MORNING
weather Map Indicates n 6eher"'
Freezing Up Throughout En'ire
Iniermounnin Region

the weather today the lowest record
being zero between and o'clock AZ
a. m. the mercury had risen 10 one
degree above zero; at Q a. M II was
three degrees above at 10 a. M six de-
grees ana by 1880 the thermometer
had gone up to Il degrees. Yesterday
morning the record was two degrees
below zero. The weather office map IN
dicates continued fair skies although
there is low pressure 10 the north
which later may develop INTO y slulIl
unless IL passes 10 the east before the
storm can materiaize. SeclOn Dileu'ol
Murdoch looks for gradual thousn
SLOW Improvement In the tempeialu, 3
and thinks the worst OF tn1 c7'l wealth.
er Is over.
COLD IN OTHER PLACES
The days weather map shows gen.
eral condition OF cold all over me couh-
try west OF the great lakes Even AT
Portland Flst night, there was a Killing
frost. the thermometer there indicating
20 degrees something very unusual IN
that section; and at Los Angeles tue
mercury went down TO 81, when means
a lot Of trouble for the orange ana irul'
growers. Al Pocatello the mercury req
istered II degrees below, AZ Mo4ena AZ
below, at Miles City 80 below, ana ~
Blsmark, NJ D., the coolest spot on tiie
map. the mercury registered ~ below
zero, II was within four degrees Oh y.
freezing al Yuma, and at PhoehN II
WIS Two degrees below freezing. a
phenomenon was nearly nine inches Oh
snov at El Paso, Tex, with the Their
mometer at 10 above zero. TINS VIII
give good seighing there today an
event only to occur In 6 cycle Oh years
Grand Junction continues TO expert
ence tribulatlon as the Thermometer
sank TO ~ degrees below zero there iast
night. But the sun Is getting SO hlgh
now in It's northern course thde durlns
the middle OF the day 1t Is beginning 10
have considerable influence on the Their
maneter, aud In ~ days more contlh-
ued cold weather viii be thing OF
the past.
COAL IN GREAT DEMAND.
The severe cold spell has made things
lively for coal dealers, as the local con
sumption Of coal has about doubled TOT
me time being and dealers have mad
hard work TO find teams ana men
enough TO fiji orders at all promptly
There is no shortage in coal whatever
although no Rock Springs coal Is being
Skinned In here, and citizens are coming
M rsaIize that there are other kinds OF
coal besides Rock Springs But dealers
state today. that orders are now beng
filed, and that they are in shape 10
answer all demands likely to be maze
ils,on them. la one coal oiiice THIS noon
one clerk had been writing as fast as he
could ali the morn.ns, taksns orders
The intense cold has penetrated the
walls OF houses, and made the burning
on extra coal An imperative heVess''3 .
and even then, In many cases houses
cannot be sufficiently heated, Then' tne
water supply In cry Creek canyon IL
being imperiled by the cold. as the wa
Ter IS freezing up fast and ii is only
Iby the clty's keeping the channel free
from ice that any thing Ike an adequate
supply can be secured The shortage Is
made worse by the action Of citizens
in leaving their faucets running, fear
ful mat otherwise the pipes viii frees
up. Many pipes have frozen, and caused
no END OF trouble ana inconvenience
PLENTY OF POWER.
II has been reported that the Utah
Light q Power company Is hampered
by the freeze, but Manager Campbell
SAYS this II not so. There was trou-
bic Saturday, but that was due to trou-
bic on the Telluride Power company
lines, so that for half day or 80, LOCO
horse power was lost But that Is
righted now, and there is no trouble.
Al the Ogden dam this morning the
water was seven inches below the dam,
so that there Is plenty water there
and at the Big Cottonwood plant a
good supply of water was reported this
morning, with the mercury ct five de-
srrpcs above zero.