Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-25
Report Of Jan. y Rather
Bad for Ice Harvest.
New England Rivers Show
Tremendous Falling OFF.


washington, jan. Z4.-AS a WHOic,
the area covered with snow at p.
NJ, Jan. %, was about equal to that
covered at the same hour on the 18th
but portions Of the middle Atlantic
states covered on the 18th are now
bare, and a considerable part Of the
lower Missouri and upper Mississippi
valleys then free from snow are now
covered to considerable depths. Dur
ing the week snow disappeared from
the western portion of the middle
Plateau region. where depths ranging
from 8 to Is inches were reported On
the 18TH, while quite an extensive
area, embracing portions Of southeast
ern Montana, northeastern Wyoming
and western South Dakota, then bare,
are now covered with depths ranging
from 1 to 3 inches. Materially in
creased depths are reported from the
Lake Superior region to western Mon
tana and also In the southern Plateau
region.
At the corresponding period of 1905
the whole of the Lake region was COW
cred with snow and the depths in
northern New England were greater
than they are at this date. There was
hI8O IItOTc ouoW tAC SChtltt
souri, valley, but IN the lower Missouri
ard central Mississippi valleys and
generally throughout the middle and
northern Rocky Mountain regions
there was less than is now reported.
The reports of ice measurements
made at p. NJ. Jan. %, show a slight
increase In ice formation at stations
on the upper Missouri and upper Mis-
81 mi riv ond Of 70 in
the northern portion of the upper Lake
region, while the reports from sta
lions In the lower Lake region show
that there Is practically no ice in that
region. where ice was from 1 inch to 5
inches thick on the 18th. In the rivers
OF New England the situation remains
practically unchanged as compared
with the reports of the previous week.
In the upper Missouri northward Of
Sioux City. Iowa, ice generally ranges
from 10 to 20 inches. being thickest
in the vicinity of Bismarck, N. OAK;
in the upper Mississippi it ranges
from IL to IA inches northward of
Dubuque. Iowa. and in the rivers of
New England. from to 1876 inches.
The following special reports have been
received by telegraph:
Gardiner. Me-. JAN 22-The mili wealth
er In very unfavorable for the ice harvest
Ice in II inches thick on the lower river,
where the cutting is going on as the
weather permits.
Albany. N. Y. Jan. 23.-In the Mohawk
valley there is no snow. except in the
vicinity Of Little Falls. where there is
about an inch. In the Hudson valley
q
burg, where 1t is two inches deep. There
10 no ice in the Mohawk river except at
Little Falls. where it is about two inches
thick. and none in the central ard lower
Hudson. In the Schroon river the ice is
two inches thick at Warrensburg.
Davenport, Ia. Jan. 2o.-The river IS
covered with running ice.
Hannibal. Mo-, Jan. 1.-THE river is full
Of floating ice.
Sioux City. Ia, Jan. 23-In the river
ice Is 10 inches thick in places. but there
IL none In front of the city.
Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 222.-Therc is thin
floating ice in the river.
Omaha. Neb., Jan. ce.-The river is prac-
tically closed. There IL still some open
water. with ice running along the city
front.
In all Northern districts there is now
decidedly less ice than there was at the
corresponding date of 1905, except in tho
upper Missouri river northward of Bis
marck and In the western Lake Superior
region. where there IS somewhat more. On
Jan. q. 1905. the Missouri frozen
southwark to Kansas City. Mo. where
the Ice was eight inches thick, and the
Mississippi was frozen as far south as
Hannibal. Mo-, where ice measured 1O.5
inches. At that date stations in the lower
Lake region generally reported from eight
to 13 inches of ice, where there is now
practically none. and in the rivers Of New
England there was from four to II inches
more ice than there is now.