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Show I Brkakino the Blucicmh;. We were pleased to meet lost night Mr. Benedict, of M. T. Wells & Co., Chicago, Chi-cago, who has just got in from the east. lie left Chicago on Thursday morning, the 30(h, came right through to Laramie, where tho train was only about two and a half hours behind time. The train arrired there on Saturday Sat-urday evening, but in oonsequenco of snow ahead they were held there until Sunday morniog, when they Btartod westward with three heavy locomotives attached. After making about twenty- j two or twenty-three miles they ran j into a snow bank, smashing all three of . tho engines to atoms, but fortunately j injuring no one seriously. The (rain i lay there until Sunday night, when! it was taken back to Wyoming, and I remained there until Tuesday morning when it was taken to Laramie where , comfortable accommodations could be obtained. Tlioy remained at Laramie until Friday morning, and then the exertions of the men on the line having hav-ing been successful in breaking the blockade, (he train proceeded westward. west-ward. Some of the passengers ran out of means during the detention, and a dispatch dis-patch forwarded by Mr. Benedict and others lo Superintendent Sickles brought a prompt reply that orders had boon given that all passengers without with-out means should be fed at the expense ex-pense of the company. Mr. Humsey, proprietor of the hotel at Laramie, also received fimilar instructions, thus the passenger on that train was cared for. Hut there were other trains at. different points on tho line, of which wo have not yet learned anything defioite. One train was so tmowod in that the cars were almost covered; and the passengers pas-sengers by another train were out of fuel aud light. The passengers apeak iu high terms of tho exertions of the ollicers, and ' great credit is due to Kuimey & Son, of Laramie, who instead of taking advantage ad-vantage of the detained passengers, when they found they would havo to remain (here, reduced tho price of meals to two dollars and a quarter a day, instead of one dollar a ' meal. The same gentlemen also proposed pro-posed to return the money paid for food lo those who were out of moans, so as to carry them along, trusting to j their honesty lor repaying it, which ; should be chronicled to the honor of j liumsey & Son of Laramie. Tho first eastward bound train Diet j by those passengers coming west was at Medicine Bow, and was a glad sight to those they thus met, as it indicated a clear track eastward. The snow on the level was about twelve to fifteen inches, but in the cuts it had drifted terribly and was closely packed and almost as hard as ice. A telegram rccoived last night from Omaha, and which will bo found in the regular dispatches, "saya that five trains from the west are now detained at Laramie, and that the trains from the cast have reached Cheyenne, but the Hue betwecu that point aud Laramie Lara-mie is still blocked. |
