Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-01-06
the BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
1t Looks Nice; But. When u Oh
structs Railway Tracks and Rural
Highways. 1t Greatly Ressm.
bies q Nuisance.
The Heavy Fall of the White Stuff
Appears to Have Been General 10
Northern Sections, and at
Some Southern Points.
The \. v. Gets q Few Trains lnto
and Out OF Linton, but No MIL
waukee Procession HAS En-.
tered Town Since Friday.

waukee Procession HAS En-.
tered Town Since Friday.
Since the last issue of the Record.
Linton and neighboring towns on
both Of our lines Of railway have ex-
perienced their FIRST serious incon-
venience of the present winter as
the result of snow blockades. Friday
Of last week service on the Milwau
kee was yet normal: but since that
time there has been nothing but
trouble for the railway people. for
the public, and for every one in
general.
Conditions have been somewhat
better on the Northern Pacific.
While in this immediate vicinity the
storm has not been violent, both to
the north and to the south there
have been very severe storms.
Saturday the Milwaukee freight
train made the trip south in safety;
but the situation was such that the
passenger-train turned back at Ros-
coe. Sunday the cuts were dritted
so full of snow that snow-plow
was put to work clearing the way
some distance beyond Roscoe. where
it went off Of the track. Monday
night another attempt was made to
open the road, rotary being kept
busy all that night and all day Tues
day
BY industriously working a snow
pillow the Northern Pacific succeeded
in clearing the line long enough to
get train through from Bismarck
to Linton Monday; but only to be
again showed in by Tuesday That
was the last train to reach here.
Tuesday morning the N. P. train
left Linton, but, after going about
three miles, it was found that it
would be impossible to get through,
and the train was brought back.
Yesterday morning the train started
for Bismarck, got through all right
and reached Linton again last even
ing
Caused by broken rail. "a passenger
train on the Milwaukee coast extern
sion was wrecked Tuesday near Java,
S. ID. 1t was reported by telephone
that three people were killed and
five injured. No further particu-
lars regarding the accident were re-
ceived Java is about fifty-fve
miles little east of south of Lin
ton.
The deep SHOWS and stormy wealth
er of the last week or ten days seem
To have been general over very
large part Of the United States, ex-
tending even to some Of the south
ern states.
In New York and New England a
number of lives were lost from the
cold.
Conductor Bertrand. of the N. p.
who ON Monday made his first run
TO Linton since he returned last
week from trip to Wisconsin, says
there is twice as much snow there
as here
This is the first year since Linton
was established that we have been
cut off from the outside world for
several days at time by a snow
blockade of both railways entering
here However, il misery loves
company. we have no cause to COM
plain on that score, for there s
company on practically every
branch line in the northwest. and
also on some of the main lines.
LATER.
This forenoon about nine O'Clock
the Milwaukee snow-plow reached
Linton, and was followed about an
hour later by the long-looked-for
train. The passengers were tired
looking but happy bunch happy
that finally they had reached their
destination. as it was somewhat
monotonons spending three or four
days going a distance of little
more than a hundred miles.
The Milwaukee people did all that
could be expected of them in striv-
ing to promptly open the line; blu,
it was impossible to do so. There
were Milwaukee engines with the
snow pillow and train at Hague Al
one time. Water could only be pro
cured by melting snow. which wa
very slow work. as the snow is sof
and quite fluffy. 1t required con
slant work to keep up steam at all
let alone obtaining enough power {
haul train.
Call on Charles B. Carley. count
Judge. for final proofs and filings