Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-01-08
COLD HAMPERS
RAILROADS
Six Golden State Limited
Trains Blockaded on
Rock Island
"A BELOW At ST. LOUIS
La Crosse, Wisconsin, Reports
Thirty-Eight Below
Zero.

by Special Leased Wire to New Mexican,
Duluth, Mimi, Jan. Sit has been
the hardest seven days in the history
Iof northwestern railroading, even as
1t had been record breaking period
for continuous low temperature. The
operation departments of the various
roads report conditions unprecedent-
ed. Loss OF locomotive power has
been fully so per cent. Nearly all the
passenger trains are running behind
schedule from 50 minutes to several
hours. Orders prohibiting making
up time have been issued by several
reads.
Now the snow is filing the road
beds and otherwise slowing up traf-
tiC. Practically all trains in the
states where snow prevails are run
ming behind time
At 10 o'clock this morning the
temperature here was 8 degrees above
zero, the warmest weather in four
days.
/ Man Frozen to Death.
st. Louis, Mo-, Jan. S.-One death
a. a direct result of the cold was
reported to the police today. A negro
was found frozen in a barn. The
temperature at O'Clock was II de-
gsees above Zero % degrees higher
than the lowest temperature recorded
yesterday when a five year record
! was broken.
/ Thrty-eight Below Zero.
i Lacrosse, Wis, Jan. 8.-After yes.
:, tCrday recording the lowest tempera
ture since 1888, thirty-eight degrees
below zero, the cold wave was brok.
] er today and the thermometer has
! risen to the zero mark
Mo Trains Into FL Paso Since Friday
Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. S.-No trains
from Chicago over the Rock Island
road have reached here since last
Friday, due to snow, blockades NORTH
Of here and train officials do mo-
promise any relief before Tuesday.
There are now six Golden State
Limited trains somewhere between E
.. Paso and Chicago in the snow, be
sides several other passenger trains
: Railroad officials report most of th'
l trouble in Kansas, where they sd.
1 the snow has frozen so hard snow
plows cannot operate to clear th
railroad tracks.
short-Lived Joy.
= Chicago, H., Jan. S.-Predictions O.
warmer weather for today brought
joy to officials of railroads operating
west and north of Chicago. But i
was short-lived. Heretofore through
out the cold spell they have beer
hampered by frozen pipes and othe1
equipment that is damaged by ex
treme cold
Silver Thaw in Oregon.
e Portland, Ore, Jan. S.-With the1
: mometers still registering below tn
: freezing point, there are no indica
) tions of immediate relief from tn
+ silver thaw,' which set in Saturda
u afternoon, covering Portland an
vicinity with a coating of ice savera
}. inches thick and resulting in a fnar
cial loss which may reach 100000.
i Four Feet of Snow in Oregon.
= Throughout Central Oregon sno0
|. ranges from one to four feet on tn
X level and all trains from the east ar
from IL to "a hours late. Zero weatl
c er generally prevails. The Will;
}, mette valley reports freezing weatl
u er and light snow. In this cit.
wires were torn down in all dire
tions, while districts being withou
light or telephones last night. For
time street car traffic was virtually {
a standstill