The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-29
TODAY's TEMPERATUREs.

With a blanket of ice, sleet and
snow covering the entire state from a
depth of two inches to one foot, caus-
ing great difficulties for transporta-
ton and telephone and telegraph com
panies, and severe cold making great
dents In the states rapidly diminish
ing coal piles. s. d. Flora, state me-
teorofogist, announced this morning
that the last of the storm had passed
thru Kansas
After light, intermittent flurries to-
day, Flora predicted there will be no
snow tomorrow. 1t will be a much
colder day. however. Temperatures
Will range between 15 degrees Sunday
morning to about 25 degrees in the
afternoon. The lowest temperature in
Topeka this morning was II at
O'Clock
| Phone Service Denornlizcd.
| Long distance telephone service out
Of the city was demoralized, accord
| ing to the Bell Telephone company.
There was only one circuit open be-
tween Topeka and Kansas City this
morning. The company hoped to have
lningsSc Riehty long distance circuits
were out today. Telephone and tele-:
graph wires snapped under tho
weight of the ice coating.
! Trouble over the toll lines was ex-
perienced east and south of Kansas
1
comparatively unaffected. The heavi.
est damages were reported from
around Olathe, Ottawa, Leavenworth.
Kansas City and Lawrence. Between
/ Kansas City and Lawrence poles are
down and there will be indefinite de-
| lay In resuming service
Restoration of service south of To-
peka is rather indefinite. Repairs will
be hampered by the bad roads
| Local trouble was not heavy today.
4 n~0 dfr.rp 60 -
| effects were from sleet breaking the
| drop wires. The trouble is general
and will require time to remedy.
| Street car service in the city was
restored to normal this morning after
night of chaos" according to
Howard Patten. superintendent Of the
| Topeka Railway company both
sweepers were working this morning
to get the tracks in readiness for an
other possible snowfall today
! Car System Crippled.
Late Friday afternoon and night.
| the situation was at its worst. Rain
and sleet began to fall just before the
rush hours and ice caked trolley wires.
The company was nearly entirely out
of commission all over town last
night. The thermometer stayed be-
| tween 26 and 2S from 3 until 10 d. m.
| Rural mail carriers started out on
! their routes today from both the To-
peka and North Topeka postoffices,
out no reports have been received
| from them as to condition of roads.
Altho the heavy precipitation is oc-
casioning delays in operating trains
/ railroad officials report trains today
| fairly close to schedule"
santa Fe trains were greatly delayed
in southwestern Kansas In the md
die division, from Emporia to Newton
| 1t was still showing this morning. Be-
! tween three and four inches of snow
and sleet- cover that division.
j In the southern division, south of
Ottawa, about one-half inch of snow
covers the ground. A steady drizzle
fell thruout that territory Friday. Be
= tween two and three inches of snow
! covers the eastern division.
Ice Breaks Wires.
i The Union Pacific, Is having consid =
cradle difficulty in Kansas territory,
it was said.
Rock Island trains were reported
moving satisfactorily" today, but re-
ports over the lines as to the storm
laked detail No reports were avail
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