The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-14
Enable Chicago To Resume
+. Rail and Street Traffic.
City Paralyzed and Isolated for
# FOrty-Eight Hours.
10000 SCHOOL. BOYS HELP
County Fuel Dictator COmman-
X deers Coal in X. r.. Yards.
24.7 Inches of Snow in Two
Storms BIOckaded the City.

II Chicago. Jan 14.-An army of
workers estimated at more than
100000. including some 10000 school
boys, today resumed the attack on the
great snow drifts which for forty-elght
hours tied up traffic in this city and
Vicinity and caused what the health
authorities termed an alarming short
age of fuel and milk
Il Every one of the twenty-Seven
steam railroads entering Chicago re-
stunned limited service today, but Of
ificials said it would be at least days
before anything like normal passenger
schedules could be established, and
perhaps a week would elapse before
movement of freight trains could be
put back on the same basis as before
the storm.
I. All coal in the railroad yards was
commandeered by County Fuel Admin
istrator Raymond f. Durham, and or
ders were given to the railroads TO
divert coal on tracks to the most avail
able yard or team track.
Begin Bringing in Coal.
AS an evidence of the readiness with
which the railroad men had respond
ed it was announced that one line, the
Nrhicago & Northwestern. had brought
into the city since the opening of its
tracks last night, a total of 125 cars
from the Illinois fields. Every avail
able motor truck and similar vehicle
,has been called into service by the
fuel administration for coal distribu-
'tion. At the rate the railroads had
begun the movement OF coal trains IT
was thought the fuel situation would
be quickly cleared.
Only a few sections of the city were
Supplied with milk yesterday and this
morning. but it was said that by
tomorrow the deliveries of. that COM
modify would be restored to normal.
Wind Piled Up Drifts.
: The snowfall on a level for the two
great storms of the week was official
~ announced at 24.7 inches This in
itself would have given no more than
Temporary inconvenience. it was as
serted. but the high winds accom-
.panying the snow made drifts that
brought trouble.
The Union Stock yards today began
to emerge from the huge piles of snow
that covered the pens and switching
tracks within the stock yards area.
The stock trains started unloading
with a semblance of usual activity,
but numbers of cattle and hogs were
found frozen in the cars. Despite the
cold of Sunday, considerable progress
was made in Kidding the streets in the
residential sections of drifts. Numer-
GUS digging parties" were formed. in
many instances led by the alderman
of the ward. the object of the citizens
being not only to facilitate movement
of delivery vehicles but to provide for
the movement of fire apparatus
y Large forces worked all day yester-
day in the business section and today
the central section of the city was in
comparative good shape for traffic
Hotels Overlooked
Thousands of supurbanites were
compelled to spend another night in
hotels because of the abandonment of
suburban train service. Each of the
large central hotels reported that it
had turned many away last night.
Three times as much gas as ordi-
narily is used was consumed yester-
day, according to an official of the
gas company. and this despite the fact
that Industrial plants were shut down.
Several passenger trains due here
Friday night did not arrive until to-