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Show RAILROADS ARE 8NOWED IN Northwestern Lines West of Missouri Mis-souri River Completely Tied Up. U. P. Main LlneKept Open Omaha, Nob., Fob. 5. Somo of the railroads ontorlng Omaha roport conditions today the worst on record. rec-ord. For tho flrst tlmo in moro than twenty yoars not a wheel was turned on the Chlcngo & Northwestern lines west of tho Missouri river, all trains having bcon nnnulled and not ovon snow plows bolng oporatod. Tho Burlington susponded operations on the grcntor part of tho Alliance branch. Tho Union Pacific has kept Its main lino opon, but Boveral branches, especially es-pecially In tho northorn part of tho stnto, woro out of business today. Railroad men roport that nftor many hours of hard work with rotary plows, on BOnio linos tho plows bolng bo-lng run as many ns soven or eight times, it was found that conditions .woro no bettor than at tho boglnnlng nnd It was doshled to ccaso nil offorts to opon trninc until tho storm abated, |