The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

April 4, 1899. 81 inches.
April 6, 1889, o. inches
April IL. 1895. Trace.
April II, 1907. Trace.
March.
March -, 1914, : inches.
February.
Feb. p. 1889. 10 inches.
Feb. Il and 10, 1922. Is inches
Feb. Is. 1892. lis inches.
Feb Is. 1892. IA inches.
Feb IL. 1892. so inches.
January.
Jan. IS and -. 1893. l. inches.
San. %. 1899. I inches.
| December.
| Dec. 81, 1892. SIS inches.
Dec. 81, 1905. 5 inches.
| Dec. 2. 1896. s.5 inches.
Traffic DcmOraliZcd on &. n. l..
Traffic on the Seaboard Air Line
was greatly d~emoralized by the storm.
some Of the trains being many hours
behind time.
ms street station showed the
principal effect OF the storm on the
railroad system. At one time early
yesterday morning there were about
sixty loaded ullman and passenger
cars ia the Johnson street yard One
Of the trains detained there Was the
Florida Limited, passengers OIL which
were, in some cases. attired in the
thin garments OF a warmer CSme and
wearing low quarter shoes. One OF
Liz p1SScilSCiS OH lhlS lId1H ~siS
Judge Alton +. Parker. former can
didate for President Of the United
States.
All trains were crowded and the
passengers accepted good humoredly
the h~ardships and inconvenience re-
; sulting from the delayed trains. Su-
p~erintendent Stanley, of the ~Seaboard.
was at the scene in his private car
and personally directed the work OF
5 making the passengers as comfort
able as was possible under the cir
; CumstanceS.
One of the causes Of the delay on
1.-The system was the derailment Of the
Y engine of train No. 2. This train was
due here at 1:10 yesterday ornIng
e It got here at 3:4S a. m. and left at
= 4:01 a. IN. Its engine left the track at
) an open switch one mile north Of
y johnson street. The train was going
e very slowly and no one was injured.
It was necessary to build a track
5 around the derailed engine-
Among the passengers on No. : was
a young man who was TO be married
in Washington city at 3 o'clock yes
iterday afternoon. Naturally he was
- more impatient Of the delay than any
Of his fellow passengers
Nearly all of the trains OF the Sea-
board were badly off schedule. No.
6, due at 1850 yesterday morning
came in at the union station al 9:55
~ 1 dllu lCl az 49, - S0NAS 11t
~ due at APO a. m. arrived at LAD =.
m. and left at 2:1O p. m; No. /, due
at 5:115 a. M. arrived at LOS y. m.
: and left at LAO p. M. Nos. 4 anu
u, n~orthbounds ran on time. The
- train from Portsmouth. combined
= with he Shoofiy, reached the city last
81 night at $50 and right along behind
came No. 3 due here ordinarily q,
40 5:55 p. m.
Southern Not So Badly OF.
80. The Southern was in better shape
~ No. 21, going west, due at 800 go
re here at 1890. Several other train:
u were off schedule but none OF then
very badly.
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