The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-02-17
Weather Predictions Say That
It Will Be Clear Tonight and
That Zero Weather Is a
Probability.
RECORD OF YEARS BROKEN
MORE SNOW COVERS WAYNE
COUNTY TERRITORY TODAY
THAN HAS BEEN RECORDED IN
TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS.

With a snow fall OF fifteen inches
in nineteen hours. yesterday. Rich
mond and community is now in the
throes of one OF the scverest billiards.
experienced in the past twenty five
years II is anticipated that the cold
est weather of the winter is yet to be
experienced. although as Yet this par
ticular feature of the blizzard has not
been realized here.
Transportation companies and all
lines of business have been seriously
handicapped and have suffered con-
siderable losses as a result OF the
| heavy snow fall. Upon the poor peo-
pie of the city. the most misery has
| fallen and there are constant de-
| mands for coal at the charitable in
stitutions today.
Schedules Knocked Out.
Both the Pennsylvania and the C.. c.
4 l. trains were verv late last night
and today. InterUrban schedules
were thrown entirely out and the ac-
! commodation afforded by the city
cars was poor. bu. the best which
could be given una ,r conditions. On
the Pennsylvania lines. all through
and conditions were as bad on the c..
& & L. line. Interurban service be-
tween here and indianapolis was prac-
tically valuless. Reports came from
different towns throughout the county
hat i. ssengers waited NOR, t.,an three
II 'u.S for the arrival of cars.
Regular hills OF snow were piled up
along Main street by the merchants
in clearing the snow off the side
walks. In the more cOngested parts
OF the street. especially Eigth and Main
streets. Commissioner Gem had a
large force of men AMI teams employed
c'aa, ing up and hauling away the
saCw. Another force wen. about tho
city and cleared away sections OF the
cutters. near inlets. to the sewer sys-
tcns. The snow has been by far the
most extensive OF III, winter.
eaIks Rural Carriers.
4: the post office. il was reported
| that all Of the rural carriers we're stall
ed early in the day. Some completed
a good portion Of their routes, but the
m.jcIiiy gave up the work early. The
city carriers had all they could do. even
with their light loads. Much OF to-
days mail was not delivered. owing to
! the delayed arrival OF mail trains.
Similar conditions were reported to ex-
ist at all other distributing post offic-
es of the county.
The snow drifted badly last evening
.S dc in ho
~. it is reported To be from four to
eight feet deep. The roads have not
been broken as even horses can not
wade through many OF the drifts.
Extra Horses Used.
Merchants in the city were handi-
capped in the delivery Of merchandise
Several draymen engaged extra horses
or teams and the sight OF seeing three
and four horses hitched to a wagon
was not an uncommon one. Those
who depended on teams to do the usu-
al work had to carry light loads and
even then were forced to rest their
horses frequently.
Walking ceased to be a pleasure
and became a labor. The snow plows
cleared many paths. but the snow
drifted badly. Even the snow plows
left about two inches on the walks.
and as the snow did not pack. II was
very arduous and slow work to get
about the city on foot
Perhaps the only merchants who
really, from business standpoint. en-
joyed the weather were the restaurant
and hotel keepers. Customers simp-
ly had to stand around and wait for
places at the tables Or counters and
some of the proprietors were con-
fronted with the possibility Of the
food supply running out
Poor Demand Coal.
Township Trustee James Howarth
stated today that the poor people were
not making many requests for food
However, the demand on him for Goa;
was very heavy. He said that similar
conditions existed at the other char
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