The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-01-16
HEAVIEST SNOW OF
SEASON FOR MANY YEARS

The heaviest snow on record for
January in many years now covers ali
Central Kentucky, the fall of the beau
tiful having attained depth of twelve
inches by Sunday night
The snow began falling at about one
O'Clock Saturday morning and fel,
steadily throughout Saturday to Sun
day morning, when a steady decline in ,
the temperature and cold wind
which set in made the wind up of the |
snowfall a decidedly disagreeable night {
affair. Shortly after dark the snow
lessened somewhat, but with the
change to the north in the wind the
snow began to come down again. it |
was the first all-day snow storm that /
has visited this section in many years !
AT midnight Saturday the wind became
stronger and piled the snow in drifts !
and rows almost waist deep. Long be- |
| fore this business was practically sus
/ pended, merchants closing their places |
| of business and making their way
home through one of the most disa
greeable nights they have experienced |
Traffic in all directions was seriously
interfered with and the Interurban ser
vice between Paris and Lexington, as
we'll as train service on the Louisville
& Nashville from all points, was very
! irregular, trains and cars all being
late. Country roads were almost block
ed in some places, and the county peo-
pie of necessity, became enforced
"shut-ins" and "stay-at-homes."
The city street cleaning department
made an effort to clear the clogged
streets Saturday afternoon by using
the county road scraper, but the four
mule team became stalled so often AMI
so effectually by the huge accumula-
tions of wet, soggy, hard-packed snow
that the attempt was abandoned. By
hard work a passage was cut through
the pave'nents of the city by the use
of horse-drawn drag and the way OF
pedestrians was made a trife easier.
Yesterday the snowfall began again
early and the prospects were for an
other dose of the same.
Rural mail carriers had great diff
Guilty in making their routes, as did the
city carriers.
The heaviest previous snow record
ed here was during December, 1910.
when the ground was covered to
depth of 91a inches. 1t was dry snow
and did not pack like the present
snow
The county roads were reported well
blocked against travel yesterday ana
garages were called on in several in
stances 20 bring in machines that had
become stalled in the heavy snow
drifts. Two of the machines were
abandoned on the North MiddletOwn
pike. while their drivers walked TO the
nearest farm house to telephone 10;
help. Mail carriers who left the local
Office yesterday did So in the fim be
lief that they would have to turn back.
The louisville & Nashville experience
ed great difficulty in handling freight
traffic. all freight being delayed by the
difficulty in switching and handling In
the great drifts that impeded the pro-
gress of trains. Only perishable freight
was delivered during the day.
The Paris City Schools were dis
missed at noon yesterday for the day
ON account of the extreme cold and
the deep snow, which worked hard
. ship on the pupils attending, especi-
ally the little tots who suffered from
the cold Many pupils in the county
who attend the Paris School were
srowbound by the snow-blocked roads
and could not get in to the city. The
; county schools were also seriously Of
fected in the matter of attendance by
, the blocked roads.