Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-12
ANOTHER COLD SNAP.
LIKE CIoscd over Again, with Tenn
perature 20 below Zero.

The second real cold snap of the win
ter struck Burlington early Yesterday
morning and when most of the populace
awokc the thermomot tiers We're around the
20 below zero mark which was the Of
fetal temperature at the United States
weather bureau station. In some places
It was colder than that but the kiosk in
city hall park and a number of other
thermometers in sheltered spots regis
tered Is below as the lowest mark. The
cold is expected to stay AT least a day
or two longer and the record this morn
ing will probably be colder than that of
yesterday 1t may possibly reach % be-
low zero. The wave came from the north
west, where the snap had lowered for
several days Yesterday it was 40 below
at Stony Cliff, ont The wave Travelled
slowly as the wind blew at the rate of
only 70 miles an hour.
The cold did much to cheer up the ice
men who had begun to worry. In spite
Of the wind the ice crept steadily out
into the lake and at nghtfall there
were only the openings north and south
of Juniper island. 1t IL expected they will
be closed by to-day. The ice which has been
formed is rough on account of its man
ner of freezing and the wash of each
wave can be traced. This shows that the
water is ready to become solid as it Is so
thick that 1t freezes to the depth of about
an inch with each wave. If the lake Is
frozen to-day and remains that way
the ice harvest will commence next week.
julius Roland walked out on the ics
that had been formed the night before
mile yesterday and found It two inches
or more thick off Lakeside, where he
harvests his ice. At the distance Of a
quarter of mile he encountered the ice
which was made during the day and did
not travel on that Near the shore the
ice off Lakeside is now 10 inches thick
| and If necessary could be used for stor-
age purposes. Last year a large guam
| tity of ice was cut inside the breakwater
! for that purpose hut this year the lea
inside the breakwater Is not much thick
err than that on the outside.
| The lake really froze over last year on
! February q and the ice harvest was be-
gun on March s. The sun got so high
that the work was made difficult and
| as the season was so far advanced only
a few weeks were given over to the work
This year every Ice house will be filled
to its capacity, and probably 10000 tons
will be put away. There IS n chance OF
a shortage along the Hudson river, and
there is always a ready market for ice
among the creameries and other large
consumers in the State.
| In a record, which goes back to the
year 1916, the earliest date of freezing
of the lake is found to be January Z.
Other years in which it froze early are
1872 and 1884, when it closed over on
January g. and in 1851 when open water
disappeared ON January g. In 1885 the
bridge was formed clear across on jan
uary 10 The latest known date of closing
is March 4, 1919, and in three years, 1925
1912 and 1850. the water remained open
through the year In the latter year, the
steamers were employed all winter and
on New Years day an excursion, which
resembled summer picnic was held
The average date for closing is January
81.
A number of people reported frost bites
II yesterday and the cold was particularly
trying to the soldiers, two of whom weI,
seen rubbing their ears with snow IN
! the park yesterday afternoon. They had
come down from the post in dress uni