Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-29
Telegraph, Telephone and Pow
er Lines Suffer Somewhat
From the Combination.
HEAVY WINDS SAVE FRUIT
Orchardists say They Prevented tic
Blight From settling ON Buds
should be Projected Tonight

Weather conditions have assumed
somewhat unusual aspects within the
last "a hours and the weather bureau
this afternoon is sending out warnings
TO nurserymen, park attendants aud
florists to carefully safeguard their
plants from frost The indications are
that heavy frosts viii be- experienced
tonight.
The storm has again visited the
Southern Pacihc companys property On
the lake with great damase, tearing
out the western approach e. the Lucin
cutoff, told elsewhere ia this issue %
The News The Western Union Iele-
graph company reports its mountain
lines seriously damaged by last nights
wind. but expects all damage 20 be re-
paired by the end Of today. The Pos
tai company has escaped damage. the
telephone and power companies nave
been Inconvenience, but not 10 great
extent
The storm is general throughout the
central portion OF the country, slect
falling in many places accompanied ny
heavy winds and low temperatures or
the storm In general Section Director
A. H. Thiessen OF the local office OF tho
weather bureau says.
Yesterday moderately deep low
Colorado and British Columbia. These
have coalesced. forming storm OF
considerable energy with its ceutcf
over Nebraska. This storm Is causins
weather changes which are character
istic Of low pressure areas as thcy
sweep across the country nom west I"
east To the east OF the storm center
the temperatures have risen; while
west Of the storm center, temperature
have fallen sharply. Rain or snow, due
10 this storm. occurred In the Rocky
mountains and their northern slope. IN
the east the temperatures are stil hlgh
and much above normal The nlsh
pressure area in the northwest VIII tol-
low the storm area 70 the east, ana
Will cause fair weather with heavy
frost In this vicinity tonight; Wed
nesday will be fair Park attendants
and nurserymen should use all precau-
ton for the protection OF their tender
plants tonight"
CAR SERVICE GOES OUT.
The Utah Light q Railways street
car service was put out Of commission
for an hour at s pm, and three hours
later for 80 minutes Monday by the
fierce gale blowing down the high teh-
sion wires between ogden and wiener
river. The company finally secured
an extra current from the Ieliuflae
people. and managed TO pull through.
The Western Union Telegraph wires
east Of this city were IN trouble ana
i'm the vicinity Of Denver the sleet
storm PLAYED havoc with the wires,
greatly impeding service However
Manager Long was confident this noon
that the wires would be restrung by
evening, and the service fully restored.
The Postal people report no trouble
on their reservation.
VEGETATION NOT HURT
The weather ONCE reports that as far
as is known there. no damage was done
To vegetation, although the mercury
fell 10 52-freezing point. The STEADY
gales kept frost from. being deposited,
and the cold was not intense enough
TO seriously chill buds or blossoms.
The ground was only slightly frozen.
The wind has blown steadily and heav-
ily an day. the same being due 70 the
pressure Of a strong high barometric
area eastward against weak. low
area which Is now over the Mississippi
valley. But the weather officials said
tho wind would subside with the set
ting Of the sun. The cold, raw blasts
have made things unpleasant on the
streets. and the coal dealers are look
ing pleasant once more.