The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-27
Service on Most of Street Car
Lines Resumed.
One Track Cleared as Far as
POtWin.
RAILROADS ARE DOING WELL
Expect to Be Running on
Schedule Tonight.
Santa Fe Still Having Trouble
Near Dodge City.

The street railway company has
continued efforts today to open traf-
fic on all lines. and it is hoped 10
have the Highland Park line ready
for service tonight or Wednesday
morning Also there has been hard
work put in on the Cemetery and
West Fourth street lines and the an
nOuncement that cars are running
will probably be made within the
next "a hours.
BY working strenuously all night the
street railway company with a force OF
nearly 100 men was enabled 10 run
cars on most OF its lines by morning.
There were places. however. wehre the
tracks were still buried under the
snow and ice. The announcement made
last night that servise would be re-
sumed on most Of the lines proved
mistake as the road failed to make
good
This morning traffic was resumed
on the West Sixth avenue line as far
as Potwin, a double header doing duty
in carrying passengers. using but one
track. The other was entirely buried
at places. the wagons and automobiles
having made the right Of way their
path and consequently PACKED the
snow down over the rails. The work
of clearing this track is in progress
today.
Cars were not running on the Gem
etery and West Fourth street line.
and the Douthitt line. on other sec
tions of the system traffic was re-
sumed. although the cars in few in
stances were making schedule time.
The officials Of the line have been
working night and day experimenting
the work. superintendent Albert NJ.
Patten worked all Sunday night and
the greater part Of Monday night be-
fore taking a much needed rest.
frozen on the tracks, it was necessary
to use pick and shovel to clear tho
tracks.
Weather Is Cold.
The temperature last night reached
a lower point than was expected. At
the local office OF the weather bureau
the temperature registered IS de-
grees above zero This thermometer
is located on the top of the Mulvane
building. government thermometer
at the residence OF s. d. Flora. "a
weather observer. residing on Clay
street. the mercury stood at / above
Director of the Weather Jennings. in
Potwin, the mercury stood at de-
grees below. His thermometer was
nearest the ground and therefore in
contact with the cold coming from the
snow.
The snow will begin to disappear to-
day, according to Weather Observer
Flora, but will not entirely disappear.
warm weather, to melt all OF the snow.
The temperature tonight viii not be
nearly so severe, the forecasters de-
clare.
Considera BILE warmer weather is indf-
Gated by the shippers forecast for the
next "a hours. Perishable goods should
be protected against a temperature OF
20 degrees north and west Of here. "A
degrees east and 2s degrees south.
Railroads Doing Well
BY this evening all main line trains
of the railroads running through To-
peka will be running only slightly be-
hind schedule. Very few o the branch
lines of the Santa Fe. Union Pacific
and Rock Island have been opened but
main line trains have been pushed
through i'm good shape.
The Santa Fe is fighting snow drifts
20 feet deep between Dodge City and
BeesOm in southwestern Kansas. All
California trains are being held UP at
terminal points awaiting the opening
Of these drifts. The Santa Fe Is block
ed also between Canadian and Higgins.
Texas. but viii have this line open by
night The Dodge City blockade will
be raised by s O'Clock this evening. Tho
Superior branch is stfl at the mercy n
the snow.
The Rock Island VIII be in good
shape tonight unless the wind blows
The southwest line is open as far as
Bucklin this afternoon and will be
cleared by late tonight. ROtarics and
wedge plows are bucking these drifts
which officials state are 30 feet deep
and in some places one mile long.
The Colorado line has been opened
and everything south of Herington -
Texas is in running order
The Union Pacific main line was
opened early this morning but was
blocked again when No 10 was block
ed at Russell. about 200 miles west Of
Topeka. This train will be through be-
fore evening, however. and the main
line service to Colorado and the west
viii be back TO normal with slow sched-
ules. The branch line the MarysvilIe
branch out Of Topeka viii be cleared
by tonight. The Blue Valley branch
north of Manhattan and the Salina-
Plainville branches are still impossible
The Missouri Pacific is working
through with heavy motive power