Show I COLD SNAP I SAVES CITY FROM IRA W H. H-H. H 4 Salt Lake and vicinity To To 4 1 I. t night partly cloudy Friday Friday- r 1 Snow 4 UTAH clouds cloud I UTAH Tonight Tonight part partly 1 v I. I with snow warmer in on south i portion Frida Friday snow no I i cI I w Sleighing is possible in Salt Lake City's business district and excellent in inthe inthe inthe the residence districts today This is unusual and livery ery men report man many orders for cutters this afternoon so o it itI itis itis I is evident ident the tho opportunity to enjoy a rare sport is not b being in overlooked Today's thaw may lOay not materialize owin owing to the snails snail s 's 5 pa pace e at which h tho mercury is climbing up the scalo scale I It was cold last ni night ht dropping from rom 31 degrees above tI zero the record for G 0 GI I o'clock clock last evening to 20 0 de degrees rees above I zero tho the record for 6 0 o'clock clock th this s morn- morn I rug lug DC and for fOl the better bettel portion of the I ni night bt t At 7 0 o'clock clock this mornin morning the lowest t r mark was tras reached when the tho mercury I touched the 10 19 and showed an inI inclination inclination in in- I to go 0 still lower two Thirty two degrees above aboe zero is freezing so 50 the 7 0 o'clock k record was 85 thirteen degrees colder than real leal cold This is cold as ninny many a resident who had to get up early carly ill il te At this mornin morning tho mercury stood tood at 23 degrees above zero About this time the tho sun took the tho hint and behind fo which a L fog covered tho the ity awhile This softened tho the suns sun's rays rays an and helped to dela delay tho the predicted thaw Rapid Thaw Impossible With rith no wire reports comin coming coining in from the important meteorological cal stations owing ving to today bein being a holiday the forecast fore cast cat for this locality camo came from Denver nud and full details of ot weather conditions throughout the United States cannot been be bo given en for this season n Bv By 11 0 o'clock clock the mercury had bad climbed to 3 32 degrees but Lut tho the air was as still crisp and I snappy Y Around Aroun noon the weather w-eather offices admitted that any j great thaw than f fr r. f r today was improbable I Should tonight turn cold the cud of oft I I t this is w week ek wi will seo more moro snow in n the paved district than has been thero there for years Well its it's over an- an anyway ay I I True And while bilo it lasted fasted it broke broko all ail records It was surely a great snowstorm From 1015 1013 0 o'clock Monday Jonda evenin evening until about G ti j 0 o'clock clock last evening a total total to to- tal depth of inches of snow seen had fallen bUen this uro bein being just twice ns os lar large e as any ever made by any single storm in the city's history Tho The records of snowfall at the local weather offices ollices is complete from and aud even the oldest inhabitant had to admit there had never been an any storm like e ethis this in the olden days s Just as the weather man miu predicted it cleared toward to ard evening c yesterday and aud th the began to drop It was a cold sharp night n nd the tho slush of ot yesterday was icu this tIis js morning But with a warm wave rave expected today to to- day there thoro may be trouble ahead A sudden thaw would raise hob bob in null and about t the e city aUll and to lessen tho probe Continued on an pu COLD SNAP Continued from page n 1 J. ablo able trouble ns as much as pO possible the city an and public service companies put several oral hundred men to tn work removing removing ing lug snow from streets and ditches One hundred men and H tI score of wa wagons were at work all day yesterday removing remo snow for tho the eft city and tho the work will be earned carried on with all hasto haste today The street t ear ar company has a abig abig abig big tan gang shoveling sho snow from tracks and tho the telephone and telegraph aph companies corn corn- panics havo have tan gangs s working under rush orders With snow snort from a foot Loot to two o feet deep throughout the tho city and the ditches choked a sudden udden thaw would mean a lot of damage daniago o or at least a lot lotof lotof lotof of trouble Telephone and telegraph companies are aro paying payin special attention to surrounding canyons as are expected Rea Heavy wet snow anti and a l warm day is a dan dangerous combination eo so steps are aro being heing be he- jn ing taken to eliminate dan danger cr to poles pole wires vires and exposed property Street cleaning reached an advanced tn f stage e yester yesterday a so 60 ditch ditches s aro are getting etting most attention from the city this morn morn- ing These aro are being rid of snow an and debris to insure flow when sno snow has turned to wat water r Street Car Service Restored Street car car- service ser has bas been restored in all aU parts of the city although outside lines are being covered wih slow ached sched ules Superintendent Hunt announces announce that operation is normal a again ain and will improve wherever improvement is poss possible possible pos pos- s sible h throughout bout the day When tho sun came amo out strong and clear this f morning ning it was in ono one wa way welcome but the e warm rays spelled mis mis- chief Warning that last ni nights night's ht s 's cold coW snap would be bo followed by a climb of tho the mercury was given by the tho weather weatherman man so armies all nIl fitted out ut with shovels ahoy sho els cis be began n a campaign n a against tho the new danger dancer before daylight Railroad com companies panics have gangs an s ready for it is feared feam-ed a sud sudden en thaw will mean slipping embankments and choked gui gul u- u lies To prevent collisions derailments and other accidents which mi might bt result seriously all trains are arc bein being operated under a rather slow schedule Deep and narrow gulches cuts and fills must be bo watched carefully when a heavy fall fan of wet vet snow is followed by a warm wave wa Guard Against Seeds This applies particularly to lines on tho the or order er of tho the Rio Grande's Grandes os o's Park City branch Ono One of the most peculiar accidents and accidents and luckiest luckiest of of last winter happened on this line Tons rons of loosened boa loos OOS' OOS ened earth slipped and fell fen directly in in front of tho the en engine ino tearing tho the pilot off as neatly as if it had bad been een chopped off Hud Had th the tho dirt slipped a second later it mi might ht have pushed the tho cn engine ino off the track and down tho embankment embank mont ment which would have spelled loath death to at least two There is no way of tellin telling when an embankment or outsize will slip so extreme extremo caution is taken As warning had been sounded and aul precautionary measures taken no great eat damage is anticipated from tO today's thaw It will simply simpy mean miserable walking an occasional sprained ankle and strained comment and continued continue rush tomorrow for tho rubber urn um hrella and leins' leins men |