Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-02
BREAKS AS NEW YEAR is BORN
Soon After Midnight Gale Hits Omaha,
Increasing Hourly
RAIL TRAFFIC Is HAMPERED
Passengers Generally Late, While
Freights Are Cancelled.
TELEGRAPH LINES IN TROUBLE
Many Lines Wcathcrbound aud small
Towns rut out Of Communicn-
Uon--UItS Folks Spcod
DnN nj Home,

DnN ut Home,
High wind carrying biting sroN and
chill which reached several degrees below
zero swept down tho Missouri river vale,
extending over Nebrasta, Iowa and the
ueiEhhorinE states the first day OF the New
Year. Tho blizzard began In the carl,
hours OF the morning and by day.brco>
swept the country With furious sale. Tho
highest temperature Of the day was as
degrees, registered at midnight as the year
was born. At nEhtfali the thcrmomctr.
registered degrees below zero after
constant decline through the day
Traffic within the three cities OF omaha.
Council Bluffs and South omaha was
hampered by not serious affected The
steam roads suffered considerable delays.
although no trains were reported cancelled
Wire service OF both telephone aud
telegraph companies was rendered uuc.f.
tain and on some connections was broken
early in the afternoon. Few wire lUn
down, but grounds aud corses" caused
by the high wind put many circuits ont Of
operation.
Reports from the west indicate increased
severity in the direction of the Colorado
line. At Broken Bow the temperature rrl
to 10 degrees below zero before sundovu
Train service was se.iously affected a..
cording TO reports from Julesburg, Colo.
throughout that entire section.
Schedules Arc Abandoned.
Train schedules throughout Nebraska.
the northwest and west have been prac-
tically abandoned because Of tho ensuing
storm. Engineers say that the snow blow
ing in drifts along the cuts I'm the rights
of-way and the strong wind have made Il
almost impossible TO run trains anywhere
near on time
The Union Pacific and the Chicago &
Northwestern have probably suffered most
according to the train dispatchers. Pas
senger trains the Missouri Pacific COM
ing In and going out OF omaha have been
running three hours behind schedule since
the first strong winds began drifting snow
along their routes and the Chicago Il
Northwestern complains or snow drifts two
and three miles long and two feet deep.
extending at Intervening points along the
line to Sioux city. Bloomfield, Crofton and
Norfolk
There are many cuts OF various depths
between Omaha and these points in north
ern Nebraska which are filled with snow
almost all the way" explained an engI-
ness THE snow is just high enough to
damponing and cooling them off so that
coal is fairly eaten up without producing
the desired pressure OF steam The wind.
too has kept up such terrific gale that
to keep on schedule Is impossible"
Passenger trains OF the Chicago & North
western have been running an hour and
an hour and a half behind time. Freight
trains too were delayed, but so few OF
them were operated Sunday that the
handicap proved not much hardship.
Freight Service Abandoned.
Union Pacific passenger trains ran an
hour behind scherdule yesterday. Freight
service was abandoned. Snow plows made
several trips over various sections Of the
routes terminating in Omaha. one Union
Pacific snow plow was kept busy yester-
day clearing the rght-of-way OF drifts
south Of Valley Another was doing duty
between Beatrice and stromsburg at va
rious times throughout the day.
Train dispatchers for the Burlington say
their schedules have not been hampered
to any great degree in the immediate vicin-
ity of Omaha. The Burlington has. how
ever. been handicapped in the north and
west.
In southern South Dakota the blizzard
had the effect OF putting numerous local
frcghts" out OF commission and the regu-
lar passenger and freight trains lost man.
hours.
Trains on all Of the Iowa trunk lines
were late in the afternoon. Railroad office
reports received At Council Bluffs fiom
the Interior Of the state showed uniformly
worse conditions than prevailed here
Every train had 10 buck snowdrifts and
the engines came In late I'm tho eyenius
covered with snow and Zee. On several of
the roads the snow plows had 10 be pu,
into service during the afternoon. but ON
none 81 the roads was the main hu-
blocked az any time, A number ~ rHe
passenger trains came in late pulled b..
tao engines. Trains from the south LaI
a continuous struggle with the hgu aIuF
but were not materially delayed hv iur
snowdHfts Al of the trains went ort
from Council Bluffs last uirht u-arIr "u
time with the expectation o. mostIns tH-
creusiug difficulties 0ut on the lu.
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