Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-30
FIGHTING THE SNOW
FORTY YEARS AGO
The Horse-Drawn Sweeper and
the Armies of Rail
road LabOrers


II N'' ieeI an inclination I" Slt by the hre
these nights and talk about the sixteen
horse Sn"Wplow that used to rumble through
.ne r',N 'l'"'S III tno tno 'n'nSi @, Surh storm
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ro, ,rbor, yoI tosecd ,o,,r soaIyl,in can in
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vhirb' ,,,, mn tbn r,I,cd snow ami nrcnarcd
,bo ,y,,. for ,bc s,yoo,or r'hcro ,.crr ,,e,,aliy
,,roo mon on ,ho ,Io,,. +,,n ,o d,i,,o and
on, g., ,oo ,h,t ia ,i,,h,r., ,.or, 7,oiIi,c to
,hoir ,,or,, ,Tho s,,o,po,. ,,hic,, rotrn,,od rn-
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nrn,,. az ,Lroo ,r fo,,. ,,o,, !, had Lr,.,,oe
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n,ado a bra,e racl,,, and tr, veIod in a r,,irp
,,hi., ,l,,,,I ~. f. ,,.o,,t r.,II,t,i. I,,,,, ,l,,
,nIl,,od .troats Il, y, s,or, NC,,,. IT,, Iorc
,,,,lf ..>1
Nbink--tbn dunn carts car,o and toll ,,o
snow away to Delaware River wharves,
where it was dumped overheard
,IH,, ,ro,,-. ro. ,,r,,,. ,,,l ,,,..,,,.,,,. ,.,,
roouisitinned rro,,, o,,oro ,ba moe, oxno,,+
drivers or tho borse rarg ord ,bos, MOI, ,,.il
toll Won now, thnt ,bo a,,st, % ~ ,rln. 80,
storm evar ,,oro eorio,ysl,, o,raotod , st,.oo,
co. Ii,a ,ban IA rod,,oo ,,o h,.T,,'a,, rno,,,
ten minutes to rvo ,,ir,,oe ,y-o Co. ta ra
member tihcs. however whom the civ, was
suhiectod to crcator bordshIos ~" ,bon d.
But who are we TO dispute the word Of men
who We're once our heroes?
-,
Inc Iharge OIL the OUO
Rlt tharc vas a bigrer aud ,,id,,. o,Id
of rnn,,ncn in ,ho biso ,,,n to,,,,, ,
city which had ia bc corontorod to ,,o,,,,i, of
The oporation of the railroads Man. cons
tracior wac called o,,t of 1is ,,,,.,,, to, i ~
middle of a stormy nigrt ,Lirty ~. r,,t,
wears ago to round nm eangs nf 1ohn,ors 20
clear tbe tracks IA Env- Wi, on, 10 .,,oo
contractors durins tho great bIizzard or 800
mobiIizad a force or Goo l,ho~ors ~ ar
crIore and rationaIi,ios ,,.1,o 49, li,.,I,i
nm in souads ana dronnod ocr 80 ,,ari.,
noirts oIon, thc rood ,n N,, vi, ,,
iocaI contraoto,. y,,g s,,o,,oao., IN ~. ~, nc
territory as far as Trenton and tben ,rorI,
back, clearing up the drifts that had undope
part OF the earlier labor OF Tho shovaIors
on that occasion the noble 600 were hard at
II TOR a whole week before the tracks were
opened for traffic
There was a storm eighteen years ago
quite as bad as any that contractors In tbis
neghborhood ever were called unon 10 over
A Fra ford ba 1,iftS ,,..r. 49,, t,tul,