The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-07
NEAR ZERO MARK.
Coolest Weather of Season in
Kansas.
Mercury Here Drops to One
Degree Above.
STORM WAS SEVERE.
Traffic ON the Railroads Is
Delayed.
Street Car Service Is Restored
This Morning.

After night of wind and snow To-
peka people awoke shivering in a tenn
perature Of 1 degree above zero. 1t
was again the coolest weather of the
year. This temperature prevailed at
and again at o'clock this morning.
Shortly after s o'clock the temperature
began TO rise slowly.
And there is the promise of the
weather man that the temperature to-
morrow will be much more to the lik-
ing of the average citizen than is the
case today. The storm Of yesterday
was caused by the combination of an
area of high barometer in the north
west acting in conjunction with an
area OF low barometric pressure in New
Mexico. The axis of the cold weather
iswcst Of Observation-Disclosures and seems
to be moving toward the South Atlant1c
states. It is expected to be past To-
peka and this section of the country by
tomorrow. Last night the thermometer
registered IL degrees below zero at Miles
City, Montana. At Bismarck, North Da-
kota, the lowest temperature recorded
last night was 10 below zero and in
South Dakota the temperature tumbled
to zero The zero weather line, how
ever is moving north rapidly today.
Last night was the worst night OF
the year in Topeka From 8 o'clock
Until the last car reached the barns
the street car service was demorahzed.
The snow drifted in on the tracks and
cars was stuck on every grade along the
line Snow sweepers did little good be-
cause the wind blow the fine snow
back upon the track rapidly as 1t was
removed People waited from until
o'clock for cars to take them home
from work and many of them did not
get cars at that time, and walked IN
stead. Others who waited left the cars
H. xx-1,n fnI1nd
what a task ii was to get home by rail.
In many cases it was necessary for the
conductor of the car to sweep the snow
eff the rail ahead of the car, md even
at this slow rate travel was difficult.
The street car men worked all night
trying to get the lines in shape to ham
ole todays traffic This morning the
service, while delayed, was Tot bad
when compared with the service last
night.
Trouble for Railroads.
All over Kansas the storm has
delayed traffic. There is not great
deal of wire trouble as it was too cold
for the snow to cling to the wires
But the snow which fell drifted in the
cuts and for a time it was almost i'm
possible to get trains through. Rock
Island train No. was ten hours late
according to reports received here
from the western parts of the state
this morning. It was held up six
hours on account of snow.
The temperatures reported from
over the state by the railroads range
below to 10 above zero. The low
est temperatures were recorded in
southwest Kansas, around Buck1in.
The wind was strong and the most
severe storm yet reported was in that
section of the country. Trouble on
the Rock Island between Topeka and
Herington was reported and caused
some delay last night but this morn
ing all the trains are moving. A slight
derailment at Dwight assisted the
storm in delaying traffic. All trains
are late today.
The Santa Fe reports snow and Sc
we're weather all over Kansas but
early morning reports indicated that
there was not so much trouble with
the drifting snow as was feared. The
storm ceased about midnight after a
fall of snow which amounted to from
one and half to three inches. The
heaviest fall of snow reported by the
Santa Fe in Kansas is on the Strong
City Newton line.
Unsheltered stock suffered in last
nights storm. It was the third day
of the storm and was the worst ex-
perienced this winter for such stock.
At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing % miles an hour from the
northwest and the temperature had
risen to degrees above zero. The pre-
cipitation last night amounted to .23
inches. Following are the hourly tenn
peratures today:
Z O'Clock. 1 II O'Clock. ....... 6