Omaha daily bee., 1907-02-05
SNOW FOUR AND HALF INCHES
Depth Greatest of the Season and Precipita-
ton Most Constant.
SLIGHTLY WARNER MONDAY AFTERNOON
Beautiful OrnnRe-GrOwiBg weather
In Omaha as Compared with
the Brand Further
North and West.

-Four inches of snow lay upon the ground
when Omaha awoke Monday morning. 1t
was by all odds the deepest snow of the
season. By noon the precipitation had in
creased by another half inch. And then
the fall ceased. A more picturesque sight
could scarcely be imagined than that which
greeted the people OF this city as they
braced tho fresh breeze Of the morning;
the ground, under it's thick coat of inn
maculate white, and the flakes falling in
thickest shower. made a pretty picture.
The wind had subsidized and the tempera-
ture had dropped slightly. so the work of
art could be more appreciated than IT
might have been the previous night. 1t was
below zero at a m. and / above at
. D. m.
Street cars were not running very regu-
larly early in the day. owing to the snow,
and they had to proceed with unusual
caution, but so far as reported no serious
accidents TRANSFERRED. Nor do the railroads
seem to have suffered as much inconven-
fence as they frequently do under such cir
cumstances. Telegraph and telephone wires
also have been fortunate.
Snow is general over Nebraska and
Kansas. Railroad reports show it is cold
TO North Platte and warmer at Denver
and Cheyenne and below at Kansas City
All trains from all directions were consid-
erably late Monday, and Sunday many OF
the trains from the west were quite late
coming late from western connections. The
snow was not drifting much and did not
Aterfere seriously with the running Of
WAans on that account
Blockade I'm tine North.
Because of the blockade on the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific all the
through mails from the coast cities have
been coming over the Union Pacific via
the Oregon Short Line for the last three
days. A telegram was received Monday
saying the blockade had been broken and
the mails would be sent through via the
northern routes after today.
The Burlington road has arranged to
handle the immense volume OF freight
which ordinarily would go west over the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
routes through this territory. The COLI
gested freight AT Minneapolis and st. Paul
will be brought via Sioux City and taken
west via the Billings route and all heavy
freights for the west billed through Min
neapolis and st. Paul will be diverted at
Chicago and handled direct from Chicago
TO Billings over the Burlington.
Although the Billings line of the Burling-
ton is one OF the heavy traffic carriers on
the system, It so happens that at this sea
son OF the year most of the business is
moving east. and the officials figure they
win be able 10 handle the westbound busi.
ness, The Hin fines are practically blocked
in North Dakota and Montana and nothing
Is moving except coal.
snow L. General in West.
Snow is reported at Valentine and Nortl
Platte. throughout South Dakota and tn,
northwest generally as far as the Oregon
line. Rain is reported at Grand Junction
Colo, Salt Lake, Baker City, Ore, an,
throughout Idaho. Some excessively Low
temperatures are reported from the north
west east of the mountains. At Havre
Mont, AZ below zero is registered, As beloy
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