The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-27
CHILLY BLASTS.
ENROL" C D ! n T..R||Y''|'..
sI1tc asst a Two Y ]. Day 4 VII .'l1.r.
Coolest of the
sS5S8Sl& Winter. 81
TRAINS MANY HOURS ~. LA j E:
Sunny Florida Gets Share, Share * &
Freezing Weather, With tIIlly
cThermorne at II 9. II.

Ill 81 IA II YEA Their, with a higher thermonl-
Il ter il p,red ictcd for Richmond to- day.
I1enLs 81 this balnyl cltybof The South
will not be aversc to q chang for warmer mel
went her FOR the cold snap Of the last two
Il IA ~ has been as frisld as Alaska.
Pola bears would he,ve sighed In utter
contentment. basking in the
gof yesterday and feeling TINT q = last asst
Il Richmond3 hat provided all the comforts ts
0f home, hut the thin-skinned human ma
lives stiivercd With acute discomfort.
81 trains from, the North. were hours late;
for at ilmingt Del.,S the sno| "a
u 20 deer, that all traffic was ana
u rain after 4 train was banked up behind
N the great sno drifts. # "a q u
.S3&5 ono ii train, the Chesapeake and Ohio
a FLYER. was NJ delayed more than Twelve
N hours, and this is the history OF al
trains coming South. 81 8 s V Es} 81 I, !,
ss$,In5the West the cold was as great, but
traffic va s IN no way delayed, for there
vas no I snow to bar1icade the tracks 7 ,e' as
Had to Stop w, York ',.
SS Railroad work was discontinued tor 1t
WAS Impossible to hire men TO v DO the .l
work. ats q 81 s z. q. NJ, q, &. /.
No amount Of wages could induce the
u laborers to face tho5Ecold ;EEwork " trans rains
N stood idle upon the side tracks ana an an
ali OF a holiday prevail ed. 5$3
Northern malls that should have reach-
y al n edmond yesterday morning did not
reach the city until late yesterday lt yer
moon. s5 ~, 8;53 IS III . ~ 4 x
rho mercury. went down to 1l6 degrees,
witch Is the low mark for tho winter,
y but added to this a cold bleak wind NEG NEG
II the city In its grasp and penetrated every
Il thing and body.
Ice is everywhere and skating parties
are on every rieighborlng pond.
5:8s AZ 4 Lakeside the crowd was especially
&1 large. swarms of people being upon INC
8 ice. on the shores huge fires gave an air
4 t,f comfort to the occasion, and lent a
picturesque tone to the scene as night
IS came on. si ii IS
Blew Great Guns.
At Hatteras. the wind blew a gale at
fifty-two miles an hour. New York had
4 q wind storm OF forty miles. \,
Davenport and st, Paul share the dis
4 tinction Of being the coolest places on the
map with the thermometer at degrees
Y below zero.
The only warm section in these United
States Is on the Pacific slope, and the
vy;lrmest spot is Los Angeles with the
mercury at SO degrees.
In Florida the Northcrners, who have
forsaken their homes for the balmy mir
of the Peninsula, arc shlverlng and wish
4 ing themselves back In that dear Battles
boro Vermont. Jacksonville has 16 de-
"A grees Tampa % degrees and Key West.
Athe place that made warm weather
famous" has an off day with the Their
sl1nomcter at 46 degrees, a %
All The telegraph companies, both Western
Union and Postal, report that their
wires arc in excellent condition, and that
Their business has not been interfercd
with. 9.5G4
i Despite slightly warm weather to-day.
there will be plenty OF Ice for skating and
all ponds around the city will provide cN-
81 celent sport for days to conc. @
James River is frozen over, although
& the ice Is not thick enough for skating.
The city tug is engaged in Keeping tho
larbor clear.