The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-09
cities today over the Omaha or other
roads for Mankato.
Ofherc Are Stranded

cities today over the Omaha or other
roads for Mankato.
Others Are Stranded.
Another Mankatonian who seems
to have been handicapped in his
travels by the interference with train
service is Rev. M. w. F1eckenstein.
He was to have arrived at Alden,
Mimi, from Minneapolis on Wednes-
day. Alden is in Freeborn county on
the Milwaukee road. Mrs. Flecken-
stein telephoned today to Alden and
inquired about him. He was not there,
and she was told that Alden had had
no trains for three days. Where he
was she had no means of finding out.
Carl Friedman of the local clothing
firm of Friedman & Co., was among
those stranded neal Cleveland, Mimi,
last Wednesday night, when No. 40,
from st. Paul, due at Mankato at
2:55 Wednesday afternoon, was
caught in a snowdrift, and stuck
there. The train was still sticking
there this morning and it was re-
ported that the passengers were TAX
ing it easy at a Cleveland hotel.
There were no trains through this
pldCc dI oil JCOtCiOdJ O1 thO NIL
waukee line with the exception of
two snow lows. One of these came to
Mankato Wednesday night from
Harrington and on. Thursday was
sent to relieve the helpless No. 40
near Cleveland. But Nc. 40 was not
released, and instead of that the
pillow itself got stuck in the snow and
was still stuck there this morning.
There were but three cars to that
train, and four engines were used in
the vain attempt to get the train
loose. 1t was this morning reported
that two of the locomotives were
dead and the snow-plow and cabOose
were off the track. Another snow
pillow arrived at Mankato from Wells
>at eight o'clock last night and re-
manned here, waiting for the drift
ing to cease, and for a little more
moderate weather, before attempting
to do any more work in the way of
clearing the track.
Milwaukee Tied Up Tight.
There was absolutely no service on
the Milwaukee road yesterday, freight
or passenger. The last Milwaukee
passenger train to go through Man
kato was No. Al, going to Minneapo-
lis shortly after ten o'clock on We'd
nesday morning, and almost on time.
Two freight trains, one going north
and the other going south, went
through Maukato on this road after
that. Since that time, only snowplows
have gone through. One train is still
held at Cleveland.
The Great Western all day yester-
day was likewise without any freight
or passenger service through Man.
kato. Up to this morning the last
Great Western passenger train at
Mankato was No. LA, which left for
the twin cities Wednesday morning
at nine o'clock.
There was some passenger service
today on the Northeastern. No. Al,
due from the east at 9:35 a. N. to-
day was announced to be coming
three hours late. No. SOB, due at 1885
this afternoon, was announced n
hour late. No. 6, east bound, was
nounced to start from Mankato on
time at IL a. m.
While the Northwestern line was
| blocked to some extent both east
and west of Mankato it was
! nounced today that snow plows would
start out today from both Waseca
and Tracy and would open up the
way towards Mankato. Yesterday it
was thought that there could be no
service from Mankato any farther
west than Sleepy Eye, but No. SOB,
which left Mankato at six o'clock
last evening, got as far west as
Springfield.
No. 5O7, due from the east at 7:05
last evening, got in at 11:55 p. m.
After that nothing got any farther
west on the Northwestern last night
than Waseca. No. 412, made up of
equipment that got as far west yes
terday as Sleepy Eye, arrived at
Mankato last evening at 1920 o'clock
and got out of this place on its way
to Chicago at 1907 this morning. No.
412 is due to leave Mankato for Chi
| cago at $50 p. m.
No. SIG left for Chicago yesterday
morning at nine o'clock. This train
is due to leave Mankato at 6:10 a. m.
This equipment came from as far west
as New Ulm.
No. All left Mankato at 1906 yes
jterday afternoon and got as far west
as Sleepy Eye. No. 10 went out yes
terday morning at eight o'clock over
the old route to New Ulm and arrived
there.
Fairmont has been without train
service for three days.
Ignorant of Outside Happenings.
People in surrounding towns called
up The Free Press today and stated
that being without mail service they
had not received daily papers for
lseveral days, consequently they did
not know what was going on in the
outside world. All the towns thus
isolated were well supplied with fuel
and provisions and no suffering was
anticipated.
Mail Service Handicapped.
Mail service at the local %postoffice
has been sadly handicapped since
he bad weather began to block the
trains. 1t has been possible to get off
some mail to the north and east and
to get some from those directions,
but to the south and west the COM
munication has been cut off. Local
mail has, been accommodating at the
post office, and there is much that
local business men are anxious about
and would like to get it off at once.
There is much inquiry for mail that
has not arrived at the p~ostoffice on