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Show TRAFFIC 15 DELAYED BY MM STORMS Snowfall Is Seriously Interfering Inter-fering With Traffic Throughout West. GOVERNOR IS TIED UP Snow and Ice on Rails in Suburbs Make Going Hard for Street Cars. With an average thirty-mile wind blowing all day yesterday, driving fine snow and drifting the heavy fall of snow of the past week, practically all train service over the lines in northern Utah was delayed from one hour to as much as twenty-four hours. A driving storm prevailed throughout through-out the northern section of the state from Saturday night, through yesterday yester-day and was still raging last night. The precipitation was light during the day, but the heavy wind caused heavy drifting of the snow that had already fallen, and this interfered most seriously seri-ously with traffic. In addition to the local storm, the wave has passed on eastward, spending itself in fury in Iowa, Illinois and other middle western states, so that reports here are to the effect that all transcontinental trans-continental lines in the northern section of the country are badly demoralized in their running schedules. All Behind Schedule. It was reported last night at the railroad offices here that all trains are moving, but that they are running behind be-hind schedule, and it is useless to attempt at-tempt to make up the lost time while present conditions prevail. The fury of the storm in the east is indicated by a telegram received yes- I terday by John K. Hardy, private sec-! retary to Governor William Spry, stat- ; iug that he was tied up behind a snow- ! drift in Illinois and would have to j change to another line to get through.' He announced that he was duo to ai- rive in Salt Lake on the Pacific Lim- j itcd today some time. This .train is ' due to arrive here this morning, but information in-formation from the local officers last night was to the effect that the train is running about twelve hours behind schedule, and in view of this the governor gov-ernor probably will not reach home before be-fore late this afternoon or tonight. Conditions in Utah. Local train service in the state bas been delayed an hour or more during the past twenty-four hours, it is reported, re-ported, but information last night was to the effect that all trains are running. . The greatest effect of the storm is being felt by the transcontinental lines. The Pacific Limited on the Union Pacific, Pa-cific, which was due here yesterday morning, did not arrive until last night, and the fast mail, due in the afternoon, after-noon, did not reach Ogden until after midnight last night. On the Rio Grande tra ins were all about an hour to two hours late, it was reported. Snow and wind were general over the northern part of Utah yesterday, but reports from the southern part of the state arc to the effect that the storm did not reach that section except in a few spots. Centerville Line Closed. A steady snowfall and an equally steady and strong wind yesterday blockaded block-aded vason and automobile highways and tied up street car service to Centerville Center-ville entirely. Tramway traffic within the city limits was not disturbed to any noticeable extent, but in the outskirts the cars on some lines were unable to get within several Mocks of their terminals. ter-minals. The Mid vale cars also were stalled for short periods, but trafric was kept open on this line by strenuous work. The blockade of the Centerville line, which was caused by heavy drifts in the cuts near Bountiful, promises to continue today. Two or three cars were stalled, but fortunately the passengers were able to walk to the Bamberger and the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line roads and continue their journeys. The snow, drifted into the cuts by the high wdnd, was packed so hard that snow plows proved useless. A crew of fifty men was at work all day yesterday, yester-day, and last night a second shift was sent out In relief. Bamberger Keeps Going. The Bamberger line, with heavier cars, and running two cars coupled together, was able to keep its service practically on time. The heavy cars and high speed carried the plows and the trains through the drifts where the lighter cars of the traction company could not make headway. head-way. The chief trouble in the city was caused by rails slippery with ice and snow, on tiie Second AVest and Fifteenth East lines, as well as on all lines reaching scattered territory, cars had difficulty in reaching their terminals. Three plows and six sweeper cars were busy all day, but the snow kept pace with the efforts of the tramway company. There were several derailments, and the poor track surface made travel slow. Canyon Roads Blocked. j Reports from the main roads out of ! town showed that In the canyons traffic was utterly impossible. A telephone message mes-sage from Pitiecrest was to the effect that In Emigration canyon the snow in some places had drifted from fifteen to forty feet deep- Even on the level drifts five and six feet deep blocked the roads in many places. Similar reports came in from Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood canyon, where the drifts on the level were said to be six and eight feet In depth. Tho weather bureau reported a total fall of .5 of an inch during the day and an average wind of thirty miles an hour. The maximum wind velocity recorded was at 11 o'clock, when it reached thirty-six thirty-six miles an hour. While the snowfall was not heavy, jt made the total fall of the week about thirteen Inches. The bureau reported that it was one of the steadiest snowfalls snow-falls of so long a duration that the state has had for several years. |