The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-06
REAL WINTER HERE
Mercury Drops to Eleven De-
grees on Sunday.
Today 1t Is Considerably
Warmer.
GAS SUPPLY SHORT.
People in City Have Difficulty
to Keep Warm.
The Manager Anticipates NO
Further Trouble.

Not satisfied with having furnished
the coolest weather of the year, the
first winter storm of the season and
covering the central west generally
with sleet or snow, the weather man
announces today that rain or snow
will come tonight and Tuesday The
prevailing temperature will be made
permanent for the stormy period
which is approaching and there IS
little prospect for early relief from
the present cold spell.
A heavy snow is falling this AFTER
noon at Topeka and prevaihrS over
easern Kansas today During sun
Gay night, however clouds hlo
the sky and this fact as
application of low temperature, as
was the case Sunday nigEt.
After sleet storm which lasted all
day Saturday the weather grew colder
than was anticipated and at daylight
Sunday morning the mercury touched
the mark II degrees above zero. o
degrees lower than the weather OBJ
servers expected it would go.
Sunday the temperature arose to
maximum of % degrees but the strong
northwind made the cold seem doubly
severe. Sunday night the temperature
went down only to Is degrees above
zero.
Little Trouble on Railroads.
Railroad companies with offices
here report no trouble with wires on
account of the storm. Trains are late
but this is due to the slowness in op-
GRAFTON incident to cold weather. No
damage worthy of mention is report
ed by either the Santa Fe or Rock
Island. The Santa Fe had some trou-
BILE Yesterday near Holiday, a station
a few miles out of Kansas City. caus-
ed by a pole being blown across the
track. The tangle of wires was soon
Strengthened out and the pole remov-
ed. This is all of the wire trouble re-
ported for yesterday
The Rock Island reports partly
cloudy weather for the Kansas divi-
sion with a temperature of from Is
to % degrees, and no rain or snow
since last night. From Herington to
Liberal weather is reported calm and
the sky partly cloudy. The prevailing
temperature is from 15 to 20 degrees.
No rain or snow is reported for the
last "a hours.
Reports from Western Kansas are
that 200 miles of Bell Telephone wires
are down as result of the wind and
sleet. Many of the rural lines are de-
clared to be out of commission. T1o-
cally the storm did little damage ex-
cept to cross wires and cause incon-
venience to patrons in this manner.
According to reports today the
thunderstorm of Saturday was not
confined to Topeka. At Usage City
and other towns in Kansas lightning
and thunder in the midst of the storm
of sleet are reported. Sunday the
wind blew from the north and north
vest, driving the cold through great
coats and the garments underneath
until the pedestrians teeth rattled
The river here is falling now at the
tate of two feet day and there is no
way of making the river a factor in
The situation.
Reports frlom the central part of
the state and tn 70
line indicate that stock suffered as a
lesult of the storm and the cold wealth
CT following Beside the sleet there
vas fall of two and three inches of
snow over this section. Preceding the
: S,eet there was cold rain which froze
rs it fell. All contributed to the suf-
fering of the stock
If some of the good roads enthusi-
astS who are coming to Topeka soon
could ride a few miles over the Kansas
roads they would be more enthusiastic
in their efforts. Previous to last weeks
storm the heavy and continued rains
Rad made the roads soft ard traffic had
cut deep rutS in some portions of the
roadway and piled up mud in the 9TH
ers. Then came the drop in tempera-
ture and the roads froze. 4 ride in
the country is not exercise-it is hard
work. Many towns report the roads to
be almost impossible.
Gas Supply Low.
The gas supply ran low in Topeka
Sunday afternoon. The down town dis
trict was not affected by the shortag ge
but in the outlying districts of the city
the tiny blue flame fiickered and all
but went out. For several hours this
continued, but as night approached the
supply was Increased and no trouble
because of gas shortage was reported
last night. The cause of the shortage,
according to a statement given out at
the office of the Consumers Light, Heat
a Yl6 POxVn- xxrnc I7ok 81,
off communication with the controlling
stations, at Ottawa, and the local Off
cials could not get word to the men
there that the supply was short here.
After considerable difficulty this was
accomplished and there was plenty of
gas as far as could be learned this
morning.
Today L. G. Treleaven, manager of
the gas company, declared he
anticipated no further trouble When
a pump. in the Montgomery county
fields Saturday afternoon he said it
was very likely that this affected the
situation and that with the assistance
of this pump it might not have been
necessarv to call to Ottawa for more
pressure. At the time the m pressure sssu
was low here, he stated. the same
pressure was on the Topeka line that
was on the Kansas City line. -
At shortly after noon today real snow
began falling and it was expected at
the weather bureau that this would
continue several hours. The wind is
blowing 18 miles an hour f1om the
northeast. Since 2 o'clock Saturday
the precipitation amounts to .05 inches
Following are the hourly temperatures
today:
Z O'Clock. ....16 IL O'Clock.
s o'clock. ..16 II o'clock Is
Q o'clock. 1 O'Clock ..... 20
10 O'Clock. .......1S 2 o'clock 20