Show THC SNOW BLOCKADE ve va alayo it I 1 it talk with mr babit thayer about the enow blockade ito ira has born been out there twice silica tile the bidlle ili 1 of december and jut j it returned says regretful ly that there is no profi prospect act of tile tho road being per ninno itly illy opened except ly by tile alic waxing war nth of next neit ephings Ep rings sun eun on tile ino Ivall sach divi division ion the know 1 H I heavier than further ent but bilt it is not TO t only of at a gnip lc l kc k c that of u iho ibo sierra neva ll il is it fills fill i in 1 n such quantity ij maity ns its to cover the ground awl and heep the dirt anil and ann I from drifting so ahat ill at by lila ilia constant uso use of snow new plows on ol I 1 that division is ii little or no had this teen itono dono belicen B 13 byan yan ind cayenne Ce yenne constantly the road ulilla ibay etro bacsi bee kept jept pers open tile fie cHill of tha C cantril pielpo road read TI mccomi corna n J h vill ia i cry ry i iiii to lu if lant at u lit tha un i va S w between weon bryan ail cheyenne Chr Che veine venne a nl nil by y keeping snow plows run binig or lt it cell rind day juring the stormy wa lither it has bas been lorit open tile policy on tile tha U 1101 racille lia bas boon been rather r to via lie up durins during earnis nail and work only between i liina viii irence ho snow A nl 1 I dirt have got gol tile ail vantage advantage probably v 2000 men are empio employed yai iu in that rog region jors now oni shoveling snow wa wages es per city diy 83 0 10 per night ili lit often litter men lauve cl without cui lation for is hours awl completely taken it a fw few hours ho avs they ha hac a waked to find end ther the r cut again ahila they slept the hell lavo beta fount to bo be too loose ned and slight glit so that in sorro 0 avat instances ances tiley they have been compact ly dy filled with snow front from end cal to end the fences have apparently t r r rr d to collect tho ilia snow haing been plit plat il 1 too near ilia trad track it has ailed up C i ve vc between them and between tile the ir rl irl l tier aej even tho the third men would oil tile itald khuol three lct feet of clow alid do art t nen nearly aly as larj as lee ico off ilia alia trad track he liels lin ls egx feet hiigli this lad had tu be ba done over agrin in aal sni assini agatin ilia second time there would bo be fix eix fact to throw out 1 I ad ahen done the basils banks woul woula 1 be twelve feet hibb and so 60 on oil until the snow cuts cut Is in some mma places are arc thirty to forty feet fact deep igaina there ere are places p where the track traci is on an ment and obstructed as aa badly bally ns as ID the ailts this is on account of rising land rear by on one oae silo si lo or the outer other or both which acts tko ako faine as a fence in catching run anti nn j no it is about 30 30 milo miles from green il cheyenne on this pait of the ilia route sub adeall are nil that can bo be deperi dUd on oil to protect the road all apoi spa lin lif ole to ta be in ilia worst ora seasons will willbo bo be fearl cj this winter minter mr thayer khinki that to no theda will bo be needed on the wasatch wa ajeh division divi tion because there tile IMO diw enow seems inertia to be ba damper d inizer and heavier tind anil they have no sand to contend with for the re at lie not more than ore ono lath tho the distinct di niiles miles will need the covering would not need to a f m bif iv dl alint on the cent at al rim inai because tic cause there is ia no such wei weight lit of snow to flonteny flon tend s ith and would probably cost not ti it exceed or a mile 1 l in all tins this vill A ill undoubtedly be done next sentell ana now that union bacille stock lias has been depreciated from 35 33 to 14 would it not be as ais well if practicable to begin it at once ata aing it by tho the or middle or of M mit a 0 kive give if coms ic kil kiln ln n mill I 1 tile ilo lut ol 01 ett or lihn aca j sa suy e 0 o li ij or efti r |