Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-01-29 | Page 13 | Lifting Blockade on Electric Line to the North

LIFTING BLOCKADOw ELECTRIC LIE TO THE NORTH Following the snow storm of yesterday, yester-day, the temperature dropped to 11 degrees above zero, the minimum point not being reached, however, until un-til tho lattor part of tho night. The fall In temperature caused the sluflh to harden and this morning the surface sur-face of the streets was hard and smooth, affording good sfelghing. Snow throughout the city Is from 6 to S inches deep. Since the heaw wind of Friday night, the Ogden, Logan & Idaho Railway Rail-way company hag been put to considerable con-siderable Inconvenience in operating cars of the Interurban lino to Preston, a 20-mile strip between Dewey and Mondon being almost Impassable because be-cause of the heavy drifts of snow in the cuts. It is stated today, however, that headway has been made with the snow plows and shovelers. Regular Regu-lar trains may be running to Preston before the day is over. City service today Is on schedule time and the Huntsville car has succeeded suc-ceeded in getting over the canyon line. The North Ogden car is still snowbound in a cut just beyond the North Ogden station and it Is uncertain uncer-tain as to whether service to Pleasant View will bo resumed before tomorrow. tomor-row. The mean temperature In Ogden today to-day has been about 25 degrees above zero. oo