, 1906-10-23
STORM IS A
VERY SEVERE ONE


SO much snow that the horse could not
make Roadway Inc he returned, The
horse floundered into drifts up to his
breast and could go no further.
Trains Without Schedules.
The railroad is somewhat crippled,
although the line is open and trains
are running. Train No. 10 arrived from
the west at 5:32 this morning, in
charge of Conductor Woodmansee, and
No. 6, in charge of Conductor Doyle,
arrived at 6:25. The trains left for
the east preceded by a snow pillow
and with orders not to exceed twenty
miles an hour at any point. Trains
are blocked at each station, SO that
they are not closer together than that.
They are moving with extreme cou-
ton.
Trains from the east were reported
as due here early during the forenoon.
but at 10 o'clock it was stated that
they had not then reached Cheyenne
and it was not known when they would.
Keeping the Line open.
Engineer A. j. Wharf of the Wyo-
ming division IA here this morning,
arriving on a snow pillow and leaving
again Immediately. He stated that the
track was being kept open with some
difficulty. At 10 O'Clock he was told
by long distance telephone that snow
had ceased falling at Cheyenne, but
that the storm was raging on Sherman
hill and that the snow was drifting.
Plows in Both Directions.
Trainmaster Let's and Roadmaster
Wilbur left for the west early this
morning with a snow plow. The Rus
sell pillow is keeping the lines open,
but the wind raging around Elk noun
tain is filling up the cuts and the pillow
must be kept moving to prevent the
necessity of a rotary pillow. Freight
trains are not moving when it is pos
sible to prevent il.
Nc mails from the east came during
the night, the last train being Nos. 3
and 8, between 6 and I o'clock.
University closed at Noon.
Owing to the severe storm, and the
difficulty of getting about, there was a
decreased attendance at the university
today. Half hour periods instead of
hourly were adopted in all the classes,
and the days work was gotten owe by
noon, when the university was DIS
missed for the day. The snow had
drifted badly in certain portions of tho
streets leading to the university and
on the campus.
The children reporting for duty at the
city schools were sent home, the SUI
perintendent finding the attendance
would be slim and the inconvenience
great.
Business at ~Standstill.
Business in the city was not lively
at any time during the forenoon.
Much of the snow was shoveled from
the walks about the business houses,
but the snow was blowing and none
of the walks could be kept clear The
business men found little need for a
large force, although some callers
were taken care of, in spite of the
storm.
Sick Man Reaches the City
Sam Gillespie, who occupies a ranch
about twenty-five miles down the river
and who is i'll and under the care of a
physician, reached the city last night,
reporting a very severe storm in his
section. He was suffering somewhat
both from his illness and the rigors OF
the weather when he reached the city.
Delayed Trains interfering.
One of the physicians of the city,
who had contemplated a trip to Denver
today in the interest of his profession,
found that the first train had orders
not to exceed twenty miles an hour and
there was no certainty that it would
get through at all, sent word by tele-
phone that he would not be present at
the operation.
Wires Working Badly.
Manager Johnson of the Postal CON-
pany was informed this morning that
the wires to ogden would suffer an in
definite delay. The wires of that COM
pany were working to Denver and n
of the overland wires from that city
westward was still intact. The West
ern Union has an outlet in every direc.
ton except west, the lines west of
Green River being down, as no com.
m~unicatiOn had been established over
that district The telephone lines are
standing the storm. The lines to Chey.
enne is out and westward beyond Rock
Springs they are not working. The
Woods, Jelm and Centennial lines were
in shape, the latter having connection
as far as Holmes.
Not Receiving Sheep.
The traffic department of the Union
issued orders today not to &C
cept sheep for shipment during the |
present storm. The sheep now in J
transit will be gotten through if pos
sible and those at the feeding stations
will be taken care of, if possible, but
company wants no more until the
schedules have been restored.
Lost Two Sheep from Exposure.
1t was reported this morning that
Hall & T~regoning, who dipped a band
Of $500 sheep Friday, at the watts at
the stock yards here, had lost a large
number from exposure, but the story
was without much foundation. 1t was
said at 10 o'clock that the loss at that
time was only two animals. The sheep
are nicely housed on one OF the Davis
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