Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-12-30
Records Show Greatest Falls
Are in California.
sheds Cover 32 Miles Of Track to En-
able Trains to Run--TrnvcIcrs
through sierra Ncvatlns See
Buildings buried.


office of the United states weather
bureau.
TO those familiar with the mild,
equablo climate OF San Francisco and
other cities where conditions are favor
able, this statement will come MS sur
prise; for the fact is sometimes over
looked that California is n State of re-
markable contrasts.
California contains the highest point
in the United states. Mt. Whitney, 14,5o2
feet and the lowest point, in Death Val
10y, about $50 feet below sea level. Along
the 1900 miles of coast line the influence
of the ocean is strongly felt, while back
of the mountain ranges strictly inland
conditions prevail.
On account OF fits enormous size the
State can offer variety in climate equal
TO it's variety in natural conditions. In
Outstanding this. the statements Of the
weather observer are more easily grasp
ed
/ From san Francisco, where snow would
We the curiosity OF life time. to Reno
is not great distance; yet In taking
this trip one would pass through the
point in the Sierra Nevadas where the
heaviest snowfall recorded by the Unit
cd States weather bureau Is to be fou' d.
It is admitted I'm the report that there
may be some uninhabited spot in the
United States where the snowfall is
equally great, but there is no record to
r,o,.o e.
! ,,-- - .
RECORDS OF AVERAGE SNOWFALL
Throughout many square miles crossed
by railways in the Sierras. more than
/ 100 inches of unmeltpd snow falls every
winter, record mat mas no ea"'I al
any o'"ei "'',e' an" ''''S rs "'o 10 'i'''i
e'e""S eN'eeuo" Ut so'i'c Po''''''
F'i eNdlnpie' ut t''ue oahSoi III 'aoei
'uu'E' 'ne "'.'"5 'o"'o',,.' '"o" IAN
- 80 ''oneS' ~ ;" iiNo
~ II IS "o lhches' NJ oroSce uaH'' III
NcNaol county 1t IS ST. inonos'
summit IN Racer county, II Is 4l''o
lI''hes, ana at "''aravN' III ''Co' Gun,
~ {, -, "I.'' go inohos dm,ira tho
,viutor of 1s-o.So
Travellers nassinr through tho Sierra
Nevadas durinc the winter are familiar
with tho neculior sights that follow a
heavy snowfall not accompanied with
wind fo, the,. have seen buildings COM
nloteIv buried frou view. the only indi-
cation of thai,. nrosence beinp a mount
of sno,y sI,aned like tho roof They have
seen small buildings with snow perhaps
IN foot doan on tba roof and nosts Will,
eucb , hi,, white can that they looked
like s,iont ,,ousbrooms
At numerous noin,s snow ~ feet deer
ON the level il not uncommon, and a
one-s,ory building. buried to the caves
2 is a treatment sight. This peculiar con-
, di,io,, i'm ,be Sierra was The cause for
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e hi' pof'AD' fo'- "iio'
, These sheds are constructed TO hold vi
snow to the depth of 10 feet. Nhei
= ii becomes deeper they must be shoVeie'
g off by hand. Small boys in the East
4 who are in the habit OF making littl
s. spending money by clearing off TN
neighbors sidewalks whenever there /
a snowstorm. would regard such plac
as an FL Dorado and that Is what 1t IS
for the snow shoveler
AT some points along steep slope
y thousands of tons of snow slide owe
the sheds every winter ana at thre
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ISL
eu This increase In pressure Is eNplaln