Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-26
WORST STORM OF THE SEASON
STRIKES SUDDENLY, PARA.
LIVING TRAFFIC.
RAILROADS SUFFER-; NO
STREET CARS RUNNING
First Time This Winter That Street
Cars Have Had to Suspend Opera.
tions-comparatveIy Little Snow
North Of County Line-No Complete
Rural Deliveries.

BY far the worst snow storm Of tho
season, which struck this city Sunday
right, practically paralyzed traffic Of
all kinds. With a government meas
urement OF twelve inches Of snow,
based on the precipitation IL inches.
and high wind that blew all night
from the northwest, difrting the snow
badly, 1t was almost next to impossi-
BILE for pedestrians to get about, to say
nothing Of trains and street cars.
With the country roads already in
bad condition owing to recent thaws.
fact that horses are endangered in
attempting travel. the drifting snow
added to the difficulties OF rural mail
carriers attempting to get over their
routes. All Of the carriers started out
but not one was able to make an entire
trip. About the best that any Of the
carriers was able to do was to get
out six miles. only to give up the
struggle owing to exhausted horses
Comparatively Little Snow North.
Compared TO the fall here, to the
south. and both east and west, the
snow toward the north was lighe When
No. 4, the morning passenger on the
Minneapolis & ST. Louis railroad. left
Mason City. eighty eight miles away,
this morning. snow was not dreamed
- ivty
miles to Hampton. still there was no
snow After leaving Ackley, sixteen
miles farther south. enginemen saw the
first signs Of snow ahead of them in
the air Until the train got to Union.
a few miles north of the north line of
this county. no snow was visible on the
ground But in the next five miles,
from Union to Liscomb, snow was en-
countered. At Ackley the. train had
been double headed" and Engineer
Ed Brown. who pulled the train out
of Mason City. thought somebody
must be crazy" BY the time the two
engines had reached the bridge over
Doud creek, one and one-half miles
north of Liscomb, the reason for "dou-
ble-heading" was apparent for the first
time. for here the first drift was
struck From Liscomb into this city
there was about two feet Of snow over
the tracks all the way. The train
reached this city fifteen minutes late,
with two engines pulling combination
baggage and mail car and two Goa ches.
After the engines had stopped here to
change it was impossible for the two
locomotives together to start under
their own power and get over the
crossing a switch engine had to be
called to help the engines get to the
round house.
Trains Running Late.
Practically all trains into the city
are running from one to four hours
late. The Chicago Great Western ap-
peared to be having the least diff
Guilty, and from one to two hours late
was reported in the time Of the fore
noon trains. The Minneapolis & ST.
Louis local train from the north this
morning was the least late Of any into
the city, but the trains from the south
suffered owing to the severity of the
storm in that direction. At $50 this
morning neither No. 1 due at 1857. nor
No. 5, due at 1855 this morning, had
left Abba. Fifteen inches Of snow
this morning
On the Chicago & Northwestern
trains were running irregularly. from
one to four hours late. No. 5, due Tor
the east out Of this city at 1853 this
morning, was annulled. An extra, No.
321, consisting of an engine and way
car out of here at 9:55, took passen
gers as far as Belle PLANE, and accom-
dated several at the union station who
were trying to get east, with no train
in sight until about II o'clock.
An illustration Of the severity of the
storm south as compared to the oppo-
site condition north, is shown in the
time Of No. g. on the Minneapolis & ST.
Louis, due at $40 this morning. The
train was only forty-flve minutes late
into this city out OF Minneapolis. yet
between here and Grinnell, twenty fee
miles, the train lost an hour.
Street Car Service Abandoned.
For the first time this winter street
car service was abandoned. The cars
ran until midnight Sunday, in an effort
TO keep the line open If possible, but
all got stuck and endangered their
| motors. A gang Of men was put to
WOl N IIAAS lhoi iiib6 SAS1A AA16 S1AS s4s~SAN
and superintendent Hovey said that he
thought cars would be running on
schedule time by o'clock
Rural Carriers Have Hard Time.
! At noon most of the rural carriers
had reached the postofffce after a
| fruitless. and exhaustive mornings ef-
fort to get over their routes. Nearly
all of the carriers got over about one
quarters Of their territory, or five to SIX
miles out Of Marshalltown. The car
riers reported it impossible to get far
Their Horses broke thru the undel
crust Of snow and ice, going belly deeI
in the fresh snow, and cutting them
selves badly about the legs and feet.
! Harry Cook, on route 5, northeas
of the city, went out horseback, think
ing to save the animal. He got out {
little over five miles and his horse Eel
SO many times, and was so exhausted
that the carrier walked IN and LEI
the animal
Wires Got Thru in Good Shape.
Il The storm was not severe on wires
.rd telephone conditions were norma
this morning. Some Of the operators
due on day duty At Z o'clock, were lat
in relieving their sisters Of the nigh
service, owing to- the fact that n
walks were shoveled at that hour, bu