The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-02-07
WORST STORM
FOR A LONG TIME
.ilroad Traffic Was Badly Tied
IL Up by Snow
ArTLEBoRo MISSED WORST
ArrLEBoRo MISSED WORST
T. Northern Part Of tho State tho
ow Fall Was Much Heavier-Wess
Ter Passenger Train Did Not Start
r 4 Saturday Night


- Of the country has seen Tor a
PI time, swept over Vermont sa'nr
nd part of Sunday. At times the
IAkI assumed the proportions Oh
t.rd which, combined With the
v zero weather, made the weather.
Tn tina much abused individual. All OF
good weather that has been ours
is darioy during this mild season was
~ forgotten and many found fault
the man who ordered such q
The amount Of snow that fell
.aid 10 be from 10 inches TO three
4, the greater depth being in the
Nern part Of the state. In some
- - the wind piled the driving snow
heaps eight feet deep. Trans
c,uI stalled, causing great ineonven'
Ciiiiu 10 the personal comfort OF those
ovoctwere travelling. In many places u
impossible TO get train through
to usrjfts after hours of trying. fas'
-, RS in many instances had 10
The ] the best Of their dilemma and
;nr their delay from phiiosopni.
iiis ,oint. Trolley ears and rural MAJ,
knowrs were either delayed or obiigea
turn to the point Of starting. IL
- all out of the question for many
II ,e stage drivers to bring their
He TO their destination. Indeed
of the wiser ones did not make
...ssenture, while others who were
"To yenturesome were obliged to stop
- first convenient point. The Cen
Vermont railroad, which has been
pretty well of late in the matter
ming ON time, suffered badly in
80 ,attle with the elements. The
nHfule was all torn to pieces, hardly
bretence being made Of running on
Every snow pillow in the reach
company was put into use ana
that had been delayed were sent
ueW ,ehind these pathmakers. But all
WV not then clear sailing for many
the trains were held back in the
to push through unusually big
.""" storm in the southern part OF
On STATE was much less vigorous, the
largest st fall being in the vicinity Vi
Fare eleboro. The first flakes began 10
ents; ,r about 4 o'clock Saturday morn
0 dGnd the snow continued to ran un,
MS ms, light Reports show that about II
..is accumulated. Trains arrived IN
wileboro from the north from one to
hours late. The West River d.
llarl was without train service Satur-
donipht. the officials deeming 1t IN
TABLE to try to send a tram
nus n,gh. Sunday the owl train due TO
''nr . here at 5.2S did not get into
Tnleboro until 1890. By sending a
nlow ahead the West River train
was due to leave the night before
.,sBrattleboro at $50 Sunday morn,
md arrived in Londonderry at
without any serious delays. 1t
fssaid that the heaviest fall OF
-. on the trip was found between
lrattl, ane and TOwnshend and thar
-, that point the snow was not so
. Credit is due the officials IN
NO nlow over the West River
earlv Monday morning that the
train might make the trip on
Monday afternoon the 4.23 train
in at 7'3O. All the other trains
a from an hour to three hours late
N-eral of the local rural man cur.
- found it hard to complete tneil
-Ionday. A. P. Eddy made but
! his trip. He covers portion
Brattleb0ro. Although way
! xtheir schedule all the stages
INTO Brattleboro except the VII
- stage. The roads were impas
,m Wilmington to Marlboro and
er concluded that it would be
BILE to make the attempt. Inc
stage driver said that there
-, drifts on his route and tina,
no more difficulty in one par'
- rip than in another. There was
- rain in Hinsdale near the enc
~ storm and it served the double
,se of making the snow compact
|keeping it from being blown int
On Tuesday little difficulty
/ Rexperienced on account of the
LIE; and by Wednesday things hae
ned normal condition although
- of the trains from the north were