The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-02-28

zero.
TODAY'S TEMPERATURES.
J o'clock --. II II o,eIoek- O'clock, 49,, 9
o'clock. 4 l O'Clock -
10 o'clock 80. . o'clock. ....15
At o'clock this afternoon the wind
was blowing at the rate of "a miles
an hour from the northwest.
The temperature for the day aFer-
ages &c degrees below normal.
The sun came out today and the
high wind moderated slightly just in
time to keep Kansas railroad traffic
from being badly demoralized for the
fourth time this winter Drifting
snow, high winds and zero tempera-
lures swept the state Thursday night
and this morning up until almost 8
o'clock. Then the sun came out AL
tho highways in many parts of the
state were made impossible. no trains
were snowbound. Trains on most all
Kansas railroads. however. are run
ming several hours late, especially
from the east, and probably will con-
tinue so thru tomorrow.
Demoralized street car schedules
were practically Strengthened out this
Afternoon and the 80 per cent OF Ia
boring Topeka which walked to work
mis- morning enjoyed its usual trans
iortation home. Street car schedules
ill probably not be thoroly complete
'efore tomorrow morning, at the ear
ast. Service, tho. is being given on
'arly all lines
Storm Covers Entire West.
Billiards were reported Thursday.
ght and today in Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri Oklahoma. Kansas, Ne
braska and Southern South Dakota.
The storm was working eastward In
Minnesota a stock train stalled in the
snow, was. struck by a passenger train.
two persons being killed and num-
Der injured. Near Wausa, Neb.,
passenger tran with 25 persons
aboard was stalled in the snow All
of the states affected reported huge
drifts with train service delayed In
Nebraska the temperature ranged
from two below zero. at Omaha and
Lincoln to 16, below at Valentine In
the rural districts many schools were
clio ed because the children could not
make their way thru the snow.
The storm that passed thru Topeka
during the night reached Illinois this
morning, tWenty-four hours after it
LETT Colorado, says S. d. Flora. state
Iaeteorolog'St. The storm is still mov-
ing east with the speed of an express
train. The wind was making its high
e t speed of 35 miles an hour from the
northwest at o'clock this morning.
Three and one-half ipches of snow
fell in Topeka. Based on reports from
North PLATTE, Neb., which is criter-
ion of what probably prevailed in
western Kansas, zero weather and
about one and one-half inches of snow
must have been general. North Platte
reported {. temperature of 10 degrees
be ow zero. The temperature in To-
peka at 1880 this morning registered
= degrees above zero and this was the
low mark here. The lowest temper
ature in the United States was 26 de-
grees below zero, reported at Willis
ton. n. d. At I o'clock this morning
the cold had not yet reached Chicago.
They reported a temperature CT AZ
degrees But the storm will break III
Chicago before tonight.
To Zero Again Tonight.
Tonight the temperature will go to
zero again, says Flora. Temperatures
will rise no higher than between 25
and 80 tomorrow. The wind also, says
Flora, will change to the south by to-
morrow afternoon.
The storm broke in Topeka about 8
o'clock Thursday evening. Snow was
falling at 10 o'clock. 1t was still fall
ing at 8 O'Clock this morning. But at
10 o'clock this morning the sun was
shining again.
The extremes on record for this
date were 20 in 1895 and below zero
in 1900. At o'clock this afternoon
the temperature had risen few de-
grees, registering Is above.
First Cars Get Thru.
The first cars to leave the barn this
morning, according to Howard Patten
superintendent of the Topeka Railway
Co, buffeted their way to tSe ends OF
their runs and back again but were
hours late returning.
After the initial car. however, the
wind increased in velocity and piled
snow on the tracks as fast as it would
be swept off. and for several hours
cars were unable to move on any line
The entire city-all downtown en-
ployes-eXcepting the few fortunate
enough to catch the early cars or OBJ
tain taxicabs walked to work. Need
less to say. tho. taXicabs were few
and far between" and SO per cent OF
the downtown employees and business
and professional men either walked OIL
waited until a stray car battered its
way thru.
Following the Frightening up of the
skies about 9 o'clock this mornine
Patten promised that all lines wouId
be open by this afternoon. 1T least >
he said. you can count on catching a
car occasionally o nmost any line by
noon"
Founder Thru Drifts.
Pedestrians who walked this morn.
ing because of the absence of cars be
tween and o'clock tramped thru &
binding. swirling sheet of fine. cutting
snow. Shop men, business men anC
women alike took to the middle of tn.
street. travelling over the strips O
pavement blown bare of snow. A
many points even these bare spot
were lacking and the pedestrian
floundered thru drifts knee deep
SILK stockings were not respect
ed. and hundreds of downtown womel
employees, their skirts whipped abou
their knees. tFamped thru the biting
icy snow to their work.
Street cars which left the barns t,