The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-13
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been held up and the passengers given
hotel and eating accommodations.
The Union Pacific is meeting with
the same trouble. Near Sa4ina they
have annulled number of their
trains A few of the trains are run
ming fifteen and twenty hours late. No
promises are given at ticket Offices. A
passenger must wait until the train
whistles for town before he is sure of
his ransportatiOn-and then there IS
a chance that a snow drift just outside
the city limits will hold up his train
Send Out Relief Trains.
Many relief trains filed with coal
and food have been sent out over the
lines of the Rock Island, Santa Fe and
Union Pacific. Towns in the western
, coal and fuel for many days Many
, of the rotary and wedge snow plOws
are accompanied by cars of coal
These cars are dropped off at the
towns as the plows progress
AS long as it remains cold and the
air is still the railway officials in To-
peka feel that everything will be clear
ed up Sunday. When the air is crisp
and the snow is not melting it is more
/ easily thrown from the tracks by the
rotary and wedge plows. II the snow
melts and packs and freezs it will be q
hard matter to lift 1t from the cuts.
On the other hand If the wind blows
it means that all of the work Of the
last few days will have to be done over
again.
Santa Fe Saves Hutchinson.
Hutchinson, Kan. Jan. 13.-At noon
Friday there was not a pound Of coal
in dealers bins in Hutchinson. The
coal situation was relieved before night,
however, when the Santa Fe ran
switch engine over from Newton with
five cars of coal.
Nearly 400 passengers of Rock Island
and Santa Fe main line trains marooned
here are being fed at the railway eat
ing stations. The Santa Fee main line
was opened almost to Dodge City, but
all the branch lines are in a hopeless
condition Hutchinson has had no mail
from Kansas City or Topeka for "a
hours, and mail for western and south
western Kansas has been accommodating
here for three days.
General Superintendent J. ". Kurn,
of the Santa F'e, is still snowbound
with his party in Lane county. The
relief train sent to his rescue became
caught in a drift at albert, 20 miles
from the maroOned official train.
Stock Freezes in Transit.
Kansas lily, jan 13.-About $50 dead
hogs were taken from incoming cars
at the Kansas City stock yards. Some
of the hogs had frozen to death, but
most of them had been smothered.
When it is cold hogs pile in one end
of the car, some OF those on the out
side freeze and some on the bottom
smother. Those between are conforta-
BILE, Cattle and sheep apparently have
show signs of being chilled they are
driven up and down the alleys after
being unloaded until warm. Then they
are put into sheds bedGed with straw.
Cattle and sheep can Withstand in
tense cold as long as water and FEED
are available.
A shipment of about 200 cattle from
Syracuse, Kan, were in pretty bad
shape When taken from the car they
were so stiff from the cold they could
hardly walk, but they were soon warm
ed up, and later sold at $3.50.
No Gas and a Coal Shortage.
ottawa, Kan, Jan. 13.-Ottawa is
now in line to freeze her feet unless
the weather gets warmer and does it
right away The Kansas Natural Gas
company has cut down the gas pres
sure several pounds and many hotels
were without gas. Wood burning stoves
were being installed as rapidly as pos
sible. The gas company is making
promises for more gas While the gas
is short, a coal famine is on. None Of
the coal dealers in Ottawa could fill
\ orders. Wood was selling at a pre-
MUM and most of the supply is green
wood which will not burn readily
Families are suffering from the cold
The county has a supply of three tons
for use at the county infirmary and
the court house and Jail.
Line to Scott City Open.
Ness City, Kan, Jan. IA severe
cold wave has swept over Ness county.
The therm omete is registering 10 de-
grees below Some snow has fallen,
but this is light. It is accompanied
by sufficient wind to cause it to drift.
The Santa F'e is having a difficult task
in maintaining even meager service. A
| rotary was sent In from La Junta,
Colo, and succeeded in opening the
entire line to Scott City. The passen-
ger train, eastbound. which was in
the snow five miles west with one
dead and one disabled engine, was
| brought in to Ness City and continued
the run to Great Bend. but has been
unable to make the return trip. The
snow pillow left Scott City this morn
ing. but is tied up with a disabled en-