Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-06
HEAVIEST SNOW OF THE WINTER,
ACCOMPANIED BY WIND,
BLOCKS ROADS.
STEAM ROADS HAVE
TROUBLE MOVING TRAINS
Northwestern Passenger Engine De-
rallied. Passengers Wade to Town =
Central Train staIled-strsst Car
Service Paraiyzed-RuraI Mail Ser
vice Interrupted.

The seve-est snow storm OF the win
ter. and one of the heaviest falls Of
city Sunday and resulted IL blockading
highways, steam and electric roads. Ten
! inches Of snow fell during the day and
night. and al;ho the snow was we, it
! was wiped into drifts by the high wind
I that accompanied the fail.
Traffic on all Of the steam roads vas
I more or less seriously interfered with
! during the day, and especially the night.
! With the abatement Of the storm dur
ing the night traffic conditions were
rapidly assuming normal condition,
altilo delays in the movements of trains
/ continued 70 be more nearly the rule
! than otherwise.
One Train Stuck: Another DeraiIed.
The most serious difficulties result
ing from the storm. happened 70
I Northwestern and Iowa Central pas
senger trains during the night. The
engine OF the former train was de-ai-ed
in this city and passengers for this city
! were forced TO wade blocks thru the
/ stalled for a time near Dillon.
| While pulling into the city about s
! o'clock the engine o. the Northwest errl
eastbound passenger train, No. 5. was
! derailed near the interloc!Sing tation
! on Third street \ number Of p.,ssen-
gers for this city We're on the train
and rather than wait for an uncertain
length Of time. until the engine vas in
! place again. wa5al up town. derrick
was brought here during tha night and
placed the engine on the rails. The
train was sert east with another en-
CINE.
The Iowa Central fast night north
! bound passenger. No. ,. vas stuck for
! a time a; Dillon. but eventually got
rhru
| All Night on the Way.
Both Of the Iowa Centra!'s nigh. pas
sengers were practically all night COM
ing from -Aiber: Lea and Abba. Both
| arrived here between : and o'clock
this morning. being from four 20 six
! hours late
The ,rain-nen reported die snow
drftel IN places 70 depth II four 10
six feet. During the night. and early
/ this morning. snow plows We're sen. out
| over all OF the lines 10 clear the snow
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trains, while practically all of them
were delayed in their movements Sun
day and last night. Were in a. good
shape this morning as the others.
Trains We're kept moving on all Of
the lines constantly during Sunday
which in q measure. prevented the
blockade from being more serious than
i, otherwise would have been.
Street Car Service Paralyxed.
The local street car service was total
lily paralyzed from late Sunday until
well into today. II was not until the
middle of the forenoon tina, the Main
street line vas completely opened and
lit was still later before service was
resumed on the Third street line. Those
who were compelled to go distances to
their work early this morning were
forced TO wade thru the snow.
Mild Weather Helps.
| All branches Of transportation SER
vice We're aided during the storm and
| in clearing their tracks today by the
mild weather which prevailed The
! temperature dropped no lower than IL
above Sunday, which was the mark
shown by the government instrument
early IN the morning. The te1npera-
ture rose during the day. the lowest
/ IQdEk lOT Tue Il!Slli IDelllS 10 dbcSc "C1 -.
| Il was 10 bove at o'clock this morn
! ing Measured in precipitation the
snowfall was IS Of an inch.
Rural Mail Routes Abandoned.
/ Owing to the heavy snow and the
I big drifts. especially in the north and
! south roads, carriers on rural mail
routes out Of the local postoffice had
difficulty in even making a start on
I the delivery Of mail. All made efforts
to get out but at the postoftice at noon
1t was said that il was not expected
any Of the carriers would be able to
make his entire route. The roads run
ming north and south were reported at
the postoftice as being drifted full in
places, and would not be passable until
tshoveled out.
On route No T. running sou tlrwest to
| the county farm. Carrier Kinsey. got
our few miles and had to turn back.
The same was true on route No. s. also
running southwest and Carrier Nc
Manus returned to the city after get
ting out few miles. Harry Cook, on
route No. ), 70 the northeast, telephoned
in from a point five miles out that his
horse was exhausted and that he could
go no farther.
Great Benefit to Winter Wheat
Farmers say that the heavy snow
will result In untold benefit to agricul-
tural lands, and especially to the many
fields OF winter wheat in this county.
1.-THE ground has been drier this winter
than it has In many years. owing to
the droutn OF last summer. The pre-
ceding warm weather has taken much
Of the frost out of the ground, and the
snow that has now fallen will, in the
opinion Of the farmers, be received into
the ground almost in its entirety.
Farmers say that there have been some
statements made to the effect that the
winter wheat was already killed, but
THAT this Is not true, and the wheat is
in very fair condition.