The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-03
SIX INCH SNOW
|ON Anniversary
'0[yERi' COLD DAY
Today's Precipitation, First
Real One Of Winter,
Created Joy.
|BIG FLOOD RUNNING OUT
Fall of Five Feet Was
Registered Here In "a
Hours.

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Coming swiftly upon yesterdays
high river weather, a snow which
began about three in the afternoon
by this morning reached a height OF
six inches.
The snow fell fast yesterday, al
first melting rapidly. Later, as II
grew colder, 1t began to pile up until
by morning all streets and walks
were we'll covered. Early this morn
ing many residents got out and began
to shovel entrances into the streets
So lnog delayed, however, has snow
been in this locality, that vast ma
jority of people let 1t decidedly 4 one;
so that everybody could h. ~ a
chance to wade undisturbed. The
school children didn't mind in the
least and the teachers all over the
city lost part of the morning session
in an endeavor to dry tteir pupils
over the various registers in the
buildings. The girls in spite Of a last
warning to KEEP in the PATH" when
ther wasn't any path, plunged glori-
ously in, tossing the white snow in all
directions, eat down in 1t exultantly
and generally made q riotous play.
thing out OF the long looked for arti.
Gle! Boys did even worse, and by the
time school was reached and the heat
OF the building began to permeate
clothing, 1t was discovered that moi
much in the way Of dry wearing ap-
parel remained.
Walking on the main thorough
fares, after the snow was cleared wat
found steAhe q slippefy tssk, due "a
the frozen wet walks underneath,
Those In town this morning walked
carefully many of them in the
streets. This is practically Fair
mont's first real snow, though two
other small ones, soon gone. have Wis
tied the city. This time last year
on the same day "a cold spell struck
Marion county, registering seven de.
grees below zero. The temperature
this morning at eight was 10 above
Just cold enough to keep the snow In
good condition.
A year ago on the 4th Of January,
Sam r. Nuzum made the remark that
Fairmont had experienced more cold
weather with SHOWS than had been
experienced since 1886. December,
last year, gave US some Of the coolest
weather on record in West Virginia,
This past December has been unusu.
ally warm. 1t was just year ago
tomorrow that the gas pressure in the
city was almost entirely shut off with
much attendant suffering. Today
the Traction company says there is
some complaint from Industrial con-
sumers, but as a whole the gas stu
alton has caused very little commtOlt
these consumers. Most industries In
the city have made other gas arrange
ments. Ayear ago this time some OF
the coolest weather in the experience
of the state was making people suffer,
and should this same cold weather oc-
cur again this year, the Traction com.
pany says there will probably be the
same gas shortage. The M. v. T. Co.
lis endeavoring to buy kas at present
tIQ uVkiuG COu6td4Ily 4OI U6tL6E iCOus
ditions. Two wells were turned into
their lines last week and another is
expected to be turned in next week
with a capacity OF one and a half mil.
lion feet day. Others wells are be-
ing drilled and the Traction company
claims to be doing all possible to pre-
vetn a gas shortage such as was had
last winter.
Water Commissioner Smith stated
this morning that the river yesterday
reached the next to the highest mark
on record at the pump station. Other
parts Of the river were not so high as
It was at this point. The highest rise
at the pump station on record was
reached last spring when the ice and
snow melted. The boiler room door
was corked fhut yesterday. but as the
river began to fall, no further trouble
was anticipated. The river fell rap
idly about noon yesterday and by this
morning had fallen five feet and q
fraction over. It registered 24.6 feet
at 8 o'clock.