OCR Text |
Show oo EVEN THE GAS ON TRAINS IS FROZEN All trains with the exception of the locals between here and Salt Lake, am running late as a result of ihe intense cold. With the exception ex-ception of N'o. J perv Rio Giande train today was annulled The mail train which shocld have arrived here from the east at 11:57 did not arrive ar-rive until 4 p. m today Through the freeze-up of ihe Salt I ake water supply, all Oregon Sihort Line trains northbound were thrown off schedule A remarkable occurrence In connexion con-nexion with the cold along the railway rail-way lines la that the Illuminating gas on the trains "froze and the lighting light-ing system was placed out of commission. commis-sion. The explanation given by the railroad men is that there is a certain cer-tain amount of moisture In the gas and this moisture solidified, closing up the tiny apertures through which the gas reached the lamps. The thermometer at Sprinr Valley, a short distance east of Evanston, dropped t3 a2 degrees below zero las', night. At Green River 32 degrees below tho 2ero point was recorded At Carlln. New, the temperature was 27 degrees below zero The lowest point reached by the thermometer at the local depot was j 2 below. |