Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05

The snow storm, which lasted from
early Tuesday until midnight, and
which was succeeded by a drop to
below zero in the temperature. left
freight traffic on all of the steam roads
entering the city in a practically par
alyzed condition, and so seriously Grip
pied the movement of passenger trains
that they We're got over the lines many
hours late and then only with great
difficulty. During part of Tuesday, last
night and early today most of the
freight traffic on all three roads was
at a standstill.
Some passenger trains were so late
that they We're annulled. and in almost
all cases they We're operated far be-
hind their usual schedules.
Ties UP Freight Trains.
Orders We're issued by the operating
departments of all three raods during
Tuesday afternoon to tie up practically
all of the freight trains In some
instances efforts, more or less success
full We're made to get the thru fast
trains over the lines In the large ma
jority of cases the freights tied up for
the night at the most convenient di-
vision point. All of the Iowa Central
freights with the exception Of one
tied up here for the night and part of
today. a few of the Great Westerns
fastest freight trains We're operated.
but the Northwestern issued orders for
all freight to lay up
Passengers Badly Delayed.
ONLY one or two of the passenger
trains due in here during the night and
this morning We're even close to being
on time The Great Western came
nearest TO operating its passengers on
time than did either of the other two
lines. In one or two instances the thru
trains of the Northwestern were an
nulled. and no effort was made by the
Iowa Central to send a train up over
its branch to Story City last night. In
its stead train was sent out over this
line this morning. The branch train
Tuesday afternoon had to leave the
train it started with at various stations
Il before it could get the engine thru.
With two immense engines, which
were coated in places more than a foot
thick with ice and frozen snow. this
Iowa Central south bound train which
left Minneapolis and St. Paul early las
evening. got in here at o'clock thi:
morning, six hours late.
Clear Lines With Snow Plows.
All of the heavier trains on all the
roads had two engines pulling them
and even then they We're not able t.
make schedule time. The passenge
trains on all of the lines We're from {
few minutes TO many hours late.
Snow plows We're being sent owe
the local divisions of all the lines thi
morning ahead of passenger trains
Plows were being operated in both di
1 rections thru here by the Great West
I ern, and pillow was sent north t
4 Hampton, and over the Algona branel
] this morning by the Iowa Central.
Trainmen who Were out in the storm
4 late Tuesday afternoon or during III
4 night, report the snow TO have drifte
1 to depth of from three to six feet il
a the cuts.
Street Line Has Its Troubles.
The local street railway line ha
troubles of lis own III attempting /
open lis tracks Tuesday night. Durin
3 greater part of the day il was prac
ticallv impossible to attempt to oper
ate cars. After the snow slackene(
4 cars were got out, and most Of tn
b night was spent in clearing the linz
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