The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-12-24
Those From West From 5 to 90
Hours Behind Schedules.
Three and Fosr. Engines Used
In western Part of State.

Kansas railroads are today digging
their trains out of snowdrifts. On the
Santa Fe west of Syracuse, Colorado
train No. and the California Limited.
from Colorado and California due
here today. are tied up in terminals
waiting for the rails to be cleared OF
the traffic. Schedules of trains from
the east, as well as those from the
west, on all roads are badly disorgan-
lied.
With the exception of the Emporia-
Kansas City plug no trains from the
west have entered Topeka today over
the Santa Fe. On the Union Pacific
and Rock Island trains were reported
"still moving" but they are futering
schedules. Practically all trains are
from five to twenty hours late. Thru
freight service Is out of the question
Until the lines are cleared. But little
local freight service is being main
tanned.
Some Trains Are Lost.
Santa Fe operating officials here
knew little about the exact location OF
the California and Colorado trains tied
UP west of Syracuse. The official ad-
vices merely said they were being held
in terminals at certain points along
the line" -
The snowfall in western and south
western Kansas is reported by the
railroads to range from IA to 20 inches
on the level, and is drifting badly to-
day under the pressure Of high wind.
Annulment of several trains on all To-
peka roads seems a certainty. Off,
cials say it will take "a hours or more
to get the schedules untangled and
traffic back tQAanything near normal.
Three and four engines were neces-
sary to drag trains thru the storm
in western Kansas on the Union Pa
cific. Nothing on this line, however.
has been reported annulled. No. 2,
due in Topeka at S:20 this morning.
will arrive, officials said, at 2:20 this
afternoon. No. % on the Rock Island,
due here at 1850 o'clock this morning.
had not left Belleville at 10 o'clock.
Heavy Fall Along Santa Fe.
Santa Fe reports were to effect that
the snow had reached depth of from
6 to inches in Topeka territory on
the level before the storms abate-
ment. From Wellington north the
fall was reported to be IL inches with
temperature of about IL above.
This depth is made considerably
worse by drifting.
The Union Pacific reports the heav-
lest snow in Kansas on its lines west
of Russeh and Kanopolis- In this
territory, serious trouble is being ex-
perienced.
More than a foot Of snow fell Mon
day and Monday night at Hutchin-
son, but the sun was shining over
most every part of the state this morn
ing. The western Kansas condition
extends far into Colorado. western
Oklahoma, the Texas Panhandle and
New Mexico and Arizona, with more
than 20 inches over a large part OF
the Santa Fe southwest.
No Traffic in Western Kansas.
Pueblo. Colo, Dec. 24.-Heavy
SHOWS in western Kansas and in the
Panhandle of Texas have blocked
train traffic south and east of Pueblo
The Santa Fe is blocked near Garden
City, Kan by three feet OF snow. The
Missouri Pacific is blocked between
the Kansas-Colorado state line and
Scott City. Kan. The Colorado &
Southern from the south is blocked
between Amarillo, Tex, and Clayton
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