The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-12
SANTA FE AND
FRISCO. TRAINS
ARE ANNULLED
Rock Island and Katy Tracks
Are Reported Cleared,

Two Of the railroads entering Okla
lioma CIiy are practically tied up TODAY
as 4 result Of the blizzard ot Thursday
ana the below zero weather which has
been experienced since then These two
roads arc the Santa Fe and the Frisco
The Rock Island, the Katy and the Fort
smith and Western the other three
roads operating into Oklahoma CITY re-.
ported today that their lines are prac,i
raIly clear and that their tram, are
running about on scheduled time again
Added to the FrlScos trouble, due tu
the snow banks and the bclow zero
weather the lawtOn branch is closed
today because OF broken nil near
Cement which dcrailed several coachcs
OF passenger train No. ~ IRON Iawton
Fort Sill Chlckasha and intermediate
point, to Oklahoma Ciy yesterday. No
10 is due here at 1901 p m. but was
running late before the accident which
caused a further delay Of several hours
The Frisco operated trains TO Iawton
over the Rock Island last night but it
was announced that No III. which is
due to leave here at T. As p m today
has been annullcd.
Trains Are Annulled.
The Frisco tram from Muskogcc and
Tulsa due here this morning at 7I5|
o'clock has been annulIed, as has the
Frisco from ST. Louis and Tulsa, due
here at 7;S8 o'clock
Frisco No. 40S due to depart for the
east this morning was annullcd but No
Alb also an cast bound train, departed
at 4 o'clock a m
The Santa Fc train from Chicago and
Kansas City due here at 9.lO o'clock !
this morning has been aunuled. but re-
ports arc that the Kansas City train
due here at II 81 o'clock ma, not been
No report had been received |
this morning as to the time this train |
will arrive, but it is believed that it /.
will be several hours late Yesterday II !
arrived at S o'clock in the afternoon
The Rock Island train from the west |
1uc here at $50 o'clock this morning
arrived at 9 10 o'clock Yesterday morn
ng this train was six hours late From
The improvement today it appears that
The road has been cleared OF the snow
Frisco Train Derailed.
The Katy reported that one train due
here at 7:35 o'clock this morning had !
been annulled, but that it was due not
% storm conditions, but to the fact that
he train due here at 5.J5 o'clock was
'unning only little behind the schedule
of the train due here at 7.2S o'clock
his morning They did not believe it
necessary to run both trains so close to-
,ether, The Katy train from Atoka and
Texas points was reported only. one
lour late
Frisco officials reported today that no
,aSScngcrs were injured when their No
~ broke a rail near Cement Yesterday
The dispatcher said today that owing |
10 the heavy snow over the tracks
hc train was proceeding at slow speed
when the coaches were dcrailcd and
Tho road bed was badly damaged for
,cveral hundred feet II viii be late to-
day before the road bed will be in tc-
pair and due to this all trains on that
division Of the Frisco have been an
lulled A freight train on this division
stuck" IN snow bank near Mustang
Yesterday morning and it required the
-ombrncd power Of five big freight en-
grnes to pull 1t out
Rock Island, Katy and Fort Smith /.
and Western officials are optimistic
,ycr the immediate outlook but the
Santa Fc and FRISCO official, are
,nxiouSly awaiting for a rise in tenn
)crature.