The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-26
4 HEAVY SNOW
COVERS STATE

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on their way to work. In places whero
there was no street railway right of
way to follow it was necessary for the
pedestrians to wade through drifts Of
snow three feet in depth in places.
While the snow did not drift to the
extent that would have been the case
had the temperature been lower there
was considerable drifting of the white
substance.
The cab men at the stations-,~
rather the few of them that met the
trains-tried the hold up game. An
instructor in the high school who came
up from Lawrence on a train that
should have reached here before mid
night, but which was considerably be-
hlnd schedule time, was told that IT
would cost him one dollar to go to the
I. M. Z. A A second man came m ~
that time, end the question was asked
what would be the fee for two passen-
gers, one to go to the Y NJ q ana
the other to the Rock Island denot and
the reply was that it would be double
the hrst fare mentioned. The man VINO
nailed from Lawrence stated that he
mad ridden a mile in that city on his
way to the Santa Fe station and II had
cost him but a quarter.
fortunately there is a fair gas pres
sure, and there is enough coal on hand
IN the city to meet the present demand
Inc coal dealers, however are finding
it necessary to haul the fuel in snafI
quantities as the snow makes the roaIJS
SO heavy. 0e'N'7
Tuesday all Topeka will probably be
one great mass of slush, as there is fair
weather ahead. -@'--
The indications are. "Genars111,
fair weather tonight and Tuesdav
The minimum temperature for the
past As hours was recorded at Y 3 ana
cIock TINS morning, and that was
10 oegrees. BY o'clock, however,
there was the first indication of ris-
ing mercury and at noon it was slOn1v
in many places.
since o'clock this morning the bar
ometer has been rising and this means. |
according to Sunny Flora the local
weather observer, that the storm is |
over By $50 o'clock this morning |
the snow had entirely ceased falling
and there was the general appearance /
OF an attempt of the elements to clear
the skies
When the PRECIPITATION began sun
Gay morning at 10 o'clock the Their /
lnometer reading was g. degrees, and /
Things we're indeed soft underfoot.
me reading at noon was the same but |
at that time came a change in con-
dlt1onS and the mercury began slowly
10 take downward course Bv
Q CLOCK In the evening a drop of 8
degrees was recorded. The wind has
shifted from the northeast to the
northwest which is q further indica-
tIon that the storm has moved away
from this section of the country
All day Sunday the wind velocity |
averaged rs miles an hour" said Mr..
Flora today This could not be call
ed a blizzard. When we've got a
we've got som thing that we
don't forget. The storm is accompan-
led by low temperatures in case of a
blizzard
I was miSquoted in respect to what
said about the cold weather being
over for this season. What I said
was that there is not much chance of
zero weather. In nine times out of ten
here is no zero weather after this
late. However, the heaviest SHOWS
come after the middle of February
md the first part of winter.
November 9, 1883, 9.5 inches of
NOW fell; February II, 1898, 8 inches;
February 27-28, 1900, 1877 inches. The
after was the heaviest snow on our
'ecords.'
No able bodied man had any excuse
or being idle. There was work for
hundreds of persons today shoveling
IF snow from sidewalks and doing
)ther work necessitated by the storm.
wood yard was suspended, and the
nen who applied for work were sent
tut to shovel snow at one dollar and
30 a job.
Up to o'clock this morning two
lozen men were sent out to take care
# Jobs by the Provident association.
ma many others appled later IN the
lay.
zone man had seven jobs by
o'clock this morning at one dollar a
OBJ said Secretary Guy T. Justis.
He started out to work at 2 o'clock
his morning. Any energetic man had
t in his power to earn anywhere from
80 to S12 today"
Telephone Lines Down.
The telephone companies have been
busy today fixing up and re-
broken down along their
ines, as a result of the worst snow
storm that has occurred for a num-
Der of years. However, the lines that
we're down are rapidly being repaired.
md communication re-established
The Bell Telephone company had its
worst trouble in the vicinity of En-
0oria- With one exception, they have
been put into working order again.
The line from Wamego to Abilene,
which was dilapidated, is now re-esta b.
ished, and the Kansas City lines also
lave been put in order.
For the most part the troubles of