Show drifting snow the snow blockade on the uintah railway at the baxter pass was finally broken last sunday and the first mail consisting of fifty nine bags baga of mall mail matter was delivered at the vernal P postoffice post ost office monday night it was the first that had been delivered hince since the prece proceeding eding saturday sir mr ML Andrews of the railway company stated upon his arrival here that the cause of the trouble was waa the heavy wind accompanied at intervals by heavy snowstorms snowa snow storms that rendered all their work useless until the storm abated last sunday morning the company compan y had seventy five men at work on this end of the blockade and all obtainable men on the other end but until the storm eased ceased tb aba wind filled in the drifts as fast as the snow was shoveled out thereby undoing all their work A ork it was also almost impossible for the men to endure the cold as the val il was so BO fierce and the temperature so low they were not long getting out when the storm ended mr mcandrews pronounces this the heaviest winter he has ever seen in this sect lection ion of the country the company is well equipped for handling snow two snow enow plows and five locomotives were employed in breaking the blockade the trains have been making regular trips since sunday I 1 |