The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-09
W. }. WAeEN HAS STARTED
ONE TRAIN FOR MANKAT0
Special Left Winona at Nine O'clock
This Morning and It Was Expected
To Reach Here This Evening; Two
Cars. of Fuel Were Brought in Behind
The Snow-PloW At Two Thirty This
Morning; Some Relief
From Tuesdays Dairy.

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News that. the Mankato coal ia
mine was about to be relieved came
this morning, when Charles T. Tayl-
or received a telegram to the effect
den with coal, had started out from
Winona, and vas on its way to Man
kato, via the Northwestern line. The
train made it's start at. nine o'clock
this morning and it was thought that
it would arrive some time this after
noon or early in the evening.
Over the same road, two cars Of
coal were brought behind a snow
pillow, last night, and arrived this
morning at 2:3O o'clock. These also
were consigned to Mr.. Taylor.
With the public library added to
the list OF the local institutions that
have had to shut down for want of
fuel, the news of the arrival of the
two cars, and the coming of the nine,
was exceedingly welcome.
This morning it was reported that
the Northwestern had received moth
ing in from the west. No. SIG, bound
for Chicago, started out of Mankato
at 6:21 a. M, IL minutes late. No.
SIT arrived from the east at 1925
a. M, and left for a further trip
west at 3:37 a.. m. This train was due
into Mankato at 1905 a.. m. and due to
leave at 1890 a. m. 1t was expected
that this train would get as far west
as Sleepy Eye.
Train Came in This Morning.
No. 5O7, coming from Chicago, due
1okf Duo~;rr 30 T.1l -;- - E.nE
this morning. Mankato is the termina-
ton of this train. A second section of
No. SIT came from the east at $40
a. M, and left at 1880 a. m. Both of
the sections Of No. SIT followed snow
p1ows.
No. All, due here at 9:35 a. m to-
day, was reported 35 to 40 minutes
late. No. 500, due here at 1890 p. m.
today, was reported on time.
1t was reported that the snow along
the old line between Mankato and
New Ulm lay in stretches of 200 feet
to half a mile, and was 3<to Z feet
deep.
A snow pillow was reported to have
been derailed at Springfield. Other
wise it would have probably been pos
SlUlG W run LLC INOllhW SStSIh tIdIIl
as far west as Tracy.
Omaha Line Open to ST. Paul.
The Omaha line was this morning
reported open east to st. Paul and
west to St. James. in addition to the
special that came from st. Paul last
evening at $3.50 and left on the return
trip at nine o'clock, there had been
two other passenger trains through
Mankato on that line. An extra pass.
enger train from st. Paul arrived at
one O'Clock this morning and went on
as far west as st. James. West of st.
James, the drifting of the snow was
reported very had. The NOW pillow that
had been stuck between Lake Crys-
tai and Minneopa had been freed and
was out of the way. No. 8, due from
the west this morning at7:25, arrived
from st. James at s a. M, today and
went on to st. Paul. A {6cal freight
train left over the Omaha for st. Paul
this morning at $3.50. This is the first
freight train that has left Mankato for
some days.
The Milwaukee road this morning
was still closed both north and south
of Mankato. The last passenger train
ito reach here had been the n ar
irving here Sunday morning at two
o'clock. The Milwaukee had quite a
crew of men at work shoveling in the
yards yesterday and today. Word was
received that a snow plow was about
to start this way over the Milwaukee
line from Pennington and that it
would go on through Mankato to
Wells. 1t was reported that trains from
La Crosse on the Milwaukee had man
aged to get no farther west than
Austin.
The Great Western snow pillow came
back to Mankato last night, having
cleared the road from Mankato to
within one mile of Madison Lake. The
pillow went out again this morning to
clear the road farther