From the Cortland Standard of Cortland, NY
Tuesday, March 17, 1874

   Last week was the most blustering of the season, and the roads in some directions were badly drifted. From Monday until Saturday there was no mail between Cortland and Virgil. All the cars came and departed nearly or quite on time save the Midland, which arrived on Tuesday night and did not leave again until Monday morning. On Sunday a snow plow and three locomotives came over the road, breaking a passage for the train on Monday. A little bit of energy on the part of the management could have kept it open all the time and given us trains every day.