The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-03-23
Sunday SIeet Storm Covers Every
thing With Ice and the
Wires Are Heavy.
MORE DAMAGE DONE NORTH
Milwaukee Papers Late as They Come
in Over the Electric Line,t Which
Did Not Get Car Through
Until ay.Evening.

Kenosha awoke Sunday morning to
find driving rain pe1ting down with
the thermometer at the freezing point
and the whole city covered with a
glare of ice. The storm commenced
shortly before daylight and was one
of the worst ice storms that has visit
ed the city in a good many years.
The storm ragged with varying inten-
sity all day, and only a fortunate
shift in the wind saved the city and
the telegraph and telephone compan-
les from heavy damage from the &C
cumu1ating ice that loaded the trees
and wires. About 10 o'clock the rain
changed to snow for while and no
more ice gathered on the trees and
wires until late in the afternoon.
AS it was Sunday few people were
obliged to venture out, and the
streets we're practically deserted all
day after the church goers had re-
turned to their homes. The ice
stopped accommodating on the tele-
graph and telephone wires just as
they had about reached the breaking
point and neither of the companies
suffered anywhere near as much dam
age as had been anticipated by the
managers. The Citizens and the
Wisconsin telephone companies each
had a few wires out of business at
times during the day, but the breaks
were not anywhere as numerous as
they would have been had the storm
continued for a little while longer,
and the repair gangs were able to get
the lines in first class working order
again early this morning. The change
from rain to snow saved the compan-
les a repair bill of thousands of
dollars.
The storm was more severe outside
Of the city, and Kenosha was cut off
from telephone communication with
Chicago and Milwaukee. The long
distance wires refused TO work early
in the afternoon of Sunday and the
break was not repaired and communi-
cation established with outside cities
until nearly noon today. The tele-
graph wires were working badly
and little, but the necessary railroad
business was handled. The street
railway company had great deal of
trouble with the ice all day, but the
cars were kept running after fash
ion, although little attempt was made
to adhere strictly to the schedule.
The city was without the Mi1wau-
kee Sunday papers yesterday for the
first time in years. The Sunday edi-
ton of the Sentinel left Milwaukee as
usual at O'Clock in the morning, but
the storm came near putting the M. r.
& X. road out of business entirely and
the car carrying the papers did not
reach this city until ha1f-past in the
afternoon, taking over fourteen hours
to make the trip.
1t was lucky thing for the city
that the storm came on Sunday when
there were so few people on the
streets, as the few that did venture
out apparently managed to skate over
the slippery walks in safety, andsthere
were no serious accidents that might
result in damage suit against the
city, reported.
The storm was much more severe
north of Kenosha, and the Western
Union company reports that two hun
dred of its poles are down in Racine
county and the Wisconsin Telephone
company has lost nearly as many.