Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-01
The Government Report
Shows No Improvement.
Only Floating Ice in Hudson
and Mohawk Rivers.
And Conditions in Maine Remain Unfavor.
able for Much Harvesting.

Washington, Jan. 31.-The following
is issued by the weather bureau
AT s p. NJ, Jan. 20. 1906, there were
two small areaS-One comprising por-
tions of western New York and north
central Pennsylvania and the other
western portions of Virginia and North
Carolina-covered with snow that Were
bare on the 22d instant. Generally the
area covered on the last mentioned
date was much greater than on the
29th. There is now very little snow
eastward of the upper Lake region
and nearly all has disappeared from
New England, only sheltered places in
the extreme northern portion being
now covered. The bulletin of the pre-
viOus week showed considerable depths
il. the lower Missouri and central
Mississippi valleys wnere there is now
practically none, and diminished
depths are reported generally through
out the central and northern Rockq
Mountain region and also Pin the
northern districts from Montana east
ward to the upper Lake region.
At the corresponding date of 1905
the northern half of the country east
of the Rocky Mountains was very
generally covered, the southern limit
extending into Tennessee and to the
coast line in southern Virginia. The
to depths generally ranging from to
II inches, portions of New England
having much greater depths.
In the New England and most of
the western rivers there was less ice
at 8 p. NJ, Jan. %, than there was at
the same hour on the 22d. A slight
increase. however, is reported from
scme stations on the upper Missouri
river and in the upper Lake region.
The following special reports have
been received by telegraph
Gardiner, Ne, Jan. 29-ITnfavorable
weather continues for the ice harvest
The ice in the Kennebec river has LOST
considerably during the week and there
are many open places. Indications point
to Il short and expensive crop.
BrattlebOrO. VT. Jan. o9.-Thcrc is nc
ice or SHOW. The Connecticut river is en-
tir"ly open.
Concord N. H., Jan. 3o-Thc Mcrrimac
river Is open here.
Albany. n. ". Jan. N.-Thcrc is Eo
snow in the Hudson or Mohawk valleys
Thee is only GoHtinS ice in the Hudson
and Mohawk rivers.
Dubuque, Ia. Jan. 29-The ice is honey
conlbcd on top.
Davenport, Ia, Jan. o9.-ThCre is some
floating ice.
Sioux City. Ia, Jan. 30.-Thcre arc
inches Of soft ice at the place of meas
urcmeut. but none in front of the city.
Omaha. Ncb.. Jan. .9.-Thc ice is
inches thick along the shore, but tho
channel is clear along the city front.
Al the corresponding date of 1907
ice in the rivers of New England was
from S to 20 inches thicker than at
this time, and throughout the central
and western districts there was much
more ice than there is now. On Jan.
so, 1905, the Mississippi was frozen
as far south as st. Louis. Mo, where
the ice was II inches thick. There
is now practically 10 ice in the Mis-
sissippi southwark of Dubuque, and
northward of that station there is
from TO II inches less than there
was at the corresponding date of late
year. In the Missouri river between
Pierre. S. Oak. and Kansas City, Mo-
there was from 6 to 16 inches MOI c
ice than is now reported, but north
ward of Pierre the difference was not
so great; in the vicinity of Bismark
n. Dak there was somewhat less tnan
there is now.