The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-08
DOWN TO 6 BELOW
Coolest Morning on Record for
This Date in Topeka.
More Snow for Sunday Is the
Official. Forecast.
GAS IN name ONLY HERE
And Officials Hold Out Nc
Promise for Future.
Railway and Street Car Service
Crippled by the Cold.


Z o'clock belowl11 o'clock l above
8 o'clock 6 belowl12 O'Clock 2 above
o'clock 5 below Il O'Clock above
10 o'clock l above 2 o'clock above
A twelve mile wind from the west
has been blowing all day, but will fall
off considerably during the night. The
temperatures for today averaged 81
degrees below normal for the date.
The afternoon temperatures were SO
degrees below normal.
All previous low records for this
date were broken at 1880. this morn :
ing when the thermometer dropped
to degrees below zero. And the
mercury will probably hover closely
around zero today and tomorrow; it
will certainly never get above the
freezing point in this time. Going
on from this statement, S. D. Flora
stated that the snow was general all
over the state Friday, the fall varying
from one to tn ee inches
The temperature reported from
Oklahoma City this morning was zero,
so the boys at Doniphan and Sill
are having no lovely time of it either.
Light snow fell in that vicinity Friday,
but the skies this morning were clear.
This does not necessarily indicate
warmer temperatures in the tent city.
The temperature in Topeka today
was expected to reach 10 above, prob
ably climbing to 20 above tomorrow
afternoon. Also Topeka will proba-
bly, be subjected to another snow
storm tomorrow. 1t looks like the
prayers of the western Kansas wheat
men have been answered, for the snow
now on the ground is of inestimable
value to the wheat.
The official forecast for the day as
propounded xby Meteorologist Flora
somewhat warmer west and central
portions tonight; Sunday probably
snow; warmer in east portion Sun
day.
Shippers are warned to protect &C.
hour shipments north against a tenn
perature of Is below; west against 3
below; east and south against 8 below
Topeka thermometers are expected
to drop to below tonight.
Troubles in Topeka.
Two conditions, a gas shortage and
crippled street car service, allied
today to make life miserable for To-
pekans. The gas shortage was ex-
pected. And, as a rule, nothing spec
tacular is looked for from the street
car company when ice covers the rails
and cold breaks the wires.
At the offices of the street railway
an official of the company intimated
/ that time to figure up the number OF
| trolley wire breaks in the last twenty
| four hours had not yet been available
| However, an inquirer was assured that
the trouble shooters had been busy
The Union Pacific crossing in North
| Topeka is being blocked by trains doz.
ems of times every "a hours. Police
men swing their clubs idly and ex-
! change repartee with train crews de-
| spite the fact that there is city ordi.
nance prohibiting the blocking of the
! crossing for more than minutes al
a time. At one. time a Union Pacific
! official ordered the use of a switch.
! ing track that was responsible fol
much crossing blocking abandoned. A
| few months afterwards he died ant
his orders were countermanded by his
successor. Traffic handled on the
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