The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-03
SERVICE IS RESUMED
LINE PRACTICALLY CLEAR -
EVERYTHING IN FINE WORK
ING ORDER BY MONDAY.

Railroad men are breathing easier
today and they have a good reason
for so doing as train service, after
a lapse of nearly a week has been
resumed. North and west traffic
will be delayed but Dispatcher Moore
stated this morning that trains were
expected from both directions this af-
ternoon and that trains listed for the
north would go out IN time.
Employees at the station and the
yards are unanimous in declaring the
tie up to be the worst they eyer X
~perienced. Mr.. Moore, however, was
not so positive. He has been through
several of them and while this was
the longest he V e. encountered, he
did not consider 1t as the very worst.
Further west the snow has been
so deep that the plows have had diff
ficulty in breaking through the crust
and while the trains are to run today,
at the same time there is no chance
for them to arrive here on schedule.
Trains from the west. however, went
out nearly on the dot.
Mail was distributed this morning
for the first time since Tuesday and it
was almost a novelty to see a man
go up the street with letters and pa
pers in his hand. AT the postoffice,
the sudden flood OF delayed mail mat
ter had Postmaster Lowe and his as
sistants on the trot to get it properly
distributed to the patrons.
A cheer went up at the station this
morning when the train was called
ed when the one for Sioux Falls was
announced. Several drifted down to
the station to see a train since they
had forgotten how one looked"
Everyone wore a smile that would
not come off. 1t is funny how COM
munication with the outside world,
once more, will restore the good ma
ture of the populace. BY the time
the trains departed they had forgot
ten the tie up and were earnestly
declaring that 1.-The road did we'll in
clearing up so fast" when yesterday
they were cursing the road as one of
the worst in the country"
By Monday. the division will be
in working order once more and regu-
lar schedules will be resumed until
another snow storm or a wreck oc-
ours to disrupt the service and dis
courage itinerant %eitizers. For which
we are duly thankful-not for the
disruption of the service an the dis
couragment of the citizens, but for
the resumption of traffic.
The morning train for Sioux Falls
was routed to the metropolis via
Egan as the conditions south, while
much improved, did not warrant the
sending of the train over the cutoff.
Going east, the way to La Crosse was
reported clear and the train crew
stated hat they would go through
on time, barring accidents or snow
storms.
A special train bearing the body Of
Conductor William Blake and the
members of the train crew who were
with him at Garden City was seEe-
duled to arrive here at 6 O'Clock this
afternoon following the relief train
which was listed for some minutes
earlier.
Another train was expected from
Washington Springs at $50 o'clock.
The south cut off Is clear and traffic
was to be resumed on the line late
late this afternoon. All west and
east bound trains are scheduled to
go out and come in on time.
Regular service on the Madison
Bristol line will be resumed Monday,
but a special train has been made
up today to carry passengers from the
north who were delayed there by the
storm.
Work on the w essington
Springs line has progressed much
more rapidly than was thought and
the line is now open for the regular
traffic. The drifts were bad but the
plows we're able to handle the snow
much faster than they were expected
TO.
That train from washington
Springs will bring home the high
school boys who have been sojourn:
ing in Howard for the past few days.
but not in time to play Vermillion
tonight. The game has been can
celled but will be arranged for later
In the season.