The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-01-29
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SNOWPLOWS LOST IN SNOW IN.
/ CIDENTAL TO WORST Wealth
ER IN DECADE.
FEW TRAVELLERS ABROAD
COLD WAVE WILL BREAK To-
NIGHT, ACCORDING TO
WEATHER BUREAU.

M~dheSnlIlS, SuCn As nave rarely De-
fore been necessary on railways in
this section, were resorted to today to
keep trains moving, but all the Ak
pedients known to ~railroading have
been insufficient to keep trains con-
tinuously crawling along.
Even powerful locomotives sent
cut with snowplows TO clear the rails
for regular trains become stuck in
snowdrifts for nearly a day before be-
ing "shoveled out"
Break Through Drifts.
Short trains, with two engines, on
many lines, have been unable to
reach their destinations except when
following in the paths recently made
by snowplows, and locomotives which
wer built to pull freight trains are
being converted into battering rams
for engines drawing passenger trains.
The Milwaukee road has given notice
that ii will not accept perishable mer-
chandise or livestock for shipment.
Day and a Half i'm SNOW.
A snowplow and crew SEN from
here Thursday to open up the cutoff.
between this city and Sioux Falls, re-
turned here shortly before midnight
last night, after having been stuck in
the snow at a point near Huntimer.
about eighteen miles south of here.
for a day and a half. The pillow crew
report that being unable TO make
progress. when coming in contact
with a 11-foot bank of solidly packed
snow, they started back TO Madison,
only to find that they were showed in
on both sides. 1t was necessary to
send a crew from here to shovel a
way for the engine. Towns on the
cutoff have been without mails since
last Tuesday night.
Snow ShoveIers Busy
Practically all the men who can be
engaged for the work are %shoveling
snow. either on main lines or
branches or i'm city railway yards.
All over the northwest, railway men
have unwillingly violated the 16-hour
service law. With from two to four
times the usual time required to
make their regular runs. r%ailroaders
are required to keep plugging away,
for, it is said, TO tie up" their trains
after sixteen hours service, as the
law requires they shall do. would
prove little short of fatal to traffic
and might prove the source of inesti-
mable suffering to passengers.
Move Car at "A Time.
The Milwaukee passenger train
from the east, due here at / o'clock
this morning arrived shortly before 4
o'clock in the morning. Two engines
were pulling the train. and directly in
front of the passenger locomotives
were a detached freight engine and
box car of coal. which were used as a
buffer. The freight engine had start
ed with a train from the east end of
the division. In the vicinity of Pipe
stone il was found necessary to side
track all the freight ears but the one
containing coal. After the freight
train was stopped there, il was found
impossible for the engine to start it,
and to get it from the main line to
the siding, ii was necessary to nov
one or two cars at a time.
Eight Hours Late.
While the morning passenger train
from the west was less than two
hours behind schedule, the passenger
train due from the north at 9:15
o'clock this morning was not expected
to arrive until about 5 o'clock this
afternoon. The lateness of the train
from the north is due to the fact hat
the train, when going north last night
did not reach Bristol until thirty min
utes from the time il was due to start
back, making yesterdays run for the
crew fifteen hours and thirty min
utes. AS the law requires hal the
trainmen have eight hours rest be-
tween extended runs, the train was
held up at its northern terminus.
Reports received by telegraph to-
day are TO the effect that it was IL
degrees below zero this morning at
Bristol and II degrees below at
Woonsocket. The temperature at 7
o'clock this morning was 7 degrees
below zero. At 2 o'clock this after
noon thermometers registered s de-
grees below zero.
AS a result of the rough weather,
travel is at a minimum. Only those
whose business have compelled them
to set put seem to have lately ven
tured from home.
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