Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-24
AT WEATHER BUREAU.

MI WEATHER BUREAU.
The storm follows a month of I'M
precedented fall weather, In which the
season has had time to show itself III
the height of its purple and melancholy
gloriea. Commencing with blow SuH-
day, 1t drifted into snowfall at 0 p. III.
Monday, and has continued without in
PERMISSION through Tuesday.
The weather Offices promise for to-
| morrow is n cold day, clearing Al
that office this morning it was found
that reports show the storm 10 have
been limited in zone to Salt Lake and
vicinity. North of Pocatello 1t has
made no impression, nor south of Pay
son. Coming from the northwest, 1t
has gone to the eastern and western
limits OF the state, between these par
allcls AT the Dooly block an S-inch
fall was recorded, and on the benches,
12-inch fall. 1t is estimated That in
the mountain twice this amount fell.
The S-inch fall at the Dooly- block ranks
this storm with the big ones OF recent
years, but not as q record breaker. The
figure was obtained at o'clock this
morning, and it is possible that later
measurements will double it and the
brunt of the storm seems not yet TO
have wholly passed.
This weather bureaus report on the
storm Is as follows: The storm over
this section has caused rain or snow
over portions of Nevada, Utah. New
Mexico Colorado, Idaho, Washington.
California, and Oregon. Another storm
is central over the Missouri and Up
per Mississippi valleys, producing RAIN
fall over portions or arkansas, MIS-
souri,, Nebraska, South Dakota. MIN
nesota, Ohio valley and Lake region.
with heavy rains at Cairo, Little ROCK
and Huron. Over the Pacific and AZ
lantic states she air pressure IS hlgh
The temperature changes are general.
ly slight With a fall Of 10 degrees or
more over portions of Nevada, Oregon.
Montana, Colorado, Nebraska. Kansas
Missouri, Oklahoma and Michigan.
Snow and much colder is Indicated
tonight, followed by clearing and cold
Wednesday in this locality
METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
Record at the local office, United
| States weathere bureau, for "a hours
ending at 6 q, IN. today
Temperature at a. NJ. 33; max
imum Temperature 40; minimum 50
| mean temperature sc, which is ] de-
| gree above normal. Total excess de-
ficiency since the first of the mouth,
| So degrees; total detisiency since jan
! 1, 4S3 degrees.
| Precipitation at G a, m 80 inch; total
| precipitation since 1iras OF the lnonti
| $50 inch, which is 20 inch below nor or.
| NAL Total excess since Jan. !. 4.9o
inch. Relative humidity, 100 per cent
BINGHAM CANYON.
At Bingham canyon this morning
conI halllers refused to deliver coal or
to attempt TO drive their wagons
through the bad weather. over a 1901
and a half OF snow lay on the canyon
bottom with deeper falls in the hishef
ind
has blown all morning, anu Ut !.
O'Clock It is still showing. The heavy ran
started this morning after daylight ana
soon had the telephone lines down ana
the generators out of order in the cleo
trio power plants. The camp Is pa
alyzed and will remain SO untll tiic
weather clears No traffic occurs on
any of the roads. Ore hauiers are ieu l
IN throughout the camp.
The most serious result of the storm
~ the postoffice, was the failure 70
reach Murray with the morning ii'ali.
Ru1al carriers who receive MILL y.
| Murray for their rural delivery dls-
tricts were held at Murray tor over
| an hour while the power was OIL pre-
venting the delivering OF illall - ,,+sidn
| from Salt Lake. Mails from OUTSIDE
| minis arrived on time, and the only
trouble was little slower city ueilV-
cry due to the inability or mail "a,
riers to make their rounds as rapiuiy
ne us,,al Postmaster Thomas SAID at
/; noon that both incoming ana outso,hs
mails we're being handled on scheuuis
Trains ran to schedule on all through
~, ffir today into Salt Lake. in spite
~ tbe storm. The Salt Lake Route
trains from Los Ageles encountereu
| Tho storm at Caliente, and 1t grew ~
| severity as they approached ostll i.s -
Wires down In the dispatchlns servir.,
! cr;nnled operation on al lliou ,5. -
routes. The principal trouble was ps s
tween Salt Lake and Ogden Miot
| trains could not make schedule.
WHAT THE STORM COST.
The expense of the storm will mostly
be carried by the street car company,
l whose fares We're greatly diminished,
and who was given q repair problem
1 on its lines of an extensive nature.
/ This morning the cars were restored to
circulation at 9:15 o'clock. But the
i hour and halls intermisslon had al
flowed the rails to cover with drift, and
l to undo the efforts of the night crews
to clear the tracks. Slow time was
made to the southeast and southwest
/ where the long hauls occur. On the
| hills the Sixth street cars managed &c
get in half shifts and to keep going
/ Had the snow been rain. the floods
would have buried this track in gravel,
4 and its trouble may come with the gen
eral thaw, which is declared to be due
tomorrow.
The Poplar Grove line made about
half of its regular runs to that point
/ and back AT 7:45, when the power
went off the car was loaded with teach
q ers and children bound for the Poplar
Grove school. They turned around. not
4 caring to brave the storm for the lona
3 walk in the city's low lands
Limbs of trees suffered extensively
from the weight of snow. Had it come
Fl -. .,,.,--Iaai no season great Camag,