Ogden Evening Standard | 1912-01-13 | Page 1 | Railroads Blockaded

Snow Driftsf in Kansas Are Thirty Feet High Topeka, Kan., Jan. 13. Tho railroads rail-roads aro still fighting for a passage through western Kansas. The Santa Fe has been opened to Dodge City, hut west of that point the line Is blocked b drifts In some places 30 feet high' and only rotary snow plows arc effective. Snow bound passengers at Dodge City hae been brought out. No promise prom-ise Is held out at the general officeB that the trade cap be cleared by night The Rock .Island reports today that the lino southwest! from Herrington will -bo open by tonight. Tho Union Pacific is" having less trouble and will o"e running trains through boforc night. Local conditions; aro improving with the rising temperatures, tho minimum, here befng'six below zero.