Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-13

oi"'o' 40 the Jay wore on there ives little aDate-
meht either In the force or iciness OF the wind.
Atnough some trains arrived last night and tele-
graph communication was opened To some points,
the city was almost as completely cut off to-day
from the outside world as yesterday. The
WORK done yesterday in the way OF repairing the
dlsnantled telegraph wires leading to the city and
Clearing the wind-strewn railroads was, to large
extent, undone by the high wind last night. In
The city, TOO In many cases, the repairs made to
wires yesterday will have to he done over again.
20 the capital continued to-day in state OF siege,
beleaguered by the elements and almost COM
cities.
The Disabled Telegraph Lines.
MORE DAMAGE LAST NIGHT-HUSDREDs OF POLES
DOWN ON THE RAILROAD TRACKs-THE COLD WIND
INTERFERING WITH THE WORK or REPAIR.
The repairs attempted TO be made to the dis
aoied telegraph lines go ON slowly. Men naturally
OBJECT 10 climbing poles with such a high wind
blowing. The poles at the Aqueduct bridge and
at the Long bridge are down and cut or commu-
nication in those directions with the city. The
portions OF the service restored yesterday were
! Alexandra, and to-day the Western Union sent a
large force OF operators there and teegraphic mat
Yer from the South viii be relayed ct Alexandria
and sent 70 this city by train. The Western Union
has wire TO Pittsburg and one to chicago, ana It
cation viii be estaSsSe soy Win anieaSo TSese
two wires and also the one to Baltimore are being
graded, TO use telegrapher's expression, four
messages being sent on each wire at the same
time.
SEVEN HUNDRED POLES ACROSS THE TRACK.
force OF linemen that started out from Phila-
delpha arrived In this city early this morning. Be-
tween Philadelphia and Washington they removed
from the railroad track over seven hundred tele-
graph poles. The cut-0n between this city and
New York seems to be hopeless, for the present at
least and there seems to be no chance OF reestaD-
fishing communication as long as the weather
VaSf min fl,6 Ind
blew down all the poles along the Metropolitan
Branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio Bailroad and To-
DAY an effort Is being made to repair the damage.
IL is difficult TO get men TO work, and then II is
dlnlcult for them to accomplish anything when
they attempt 10 work. Telegraph men state that
known. There seems to be but little chance to re-
pair the damage, because OF the severe weather,
sx9T sh ahe changed
quiry heard Is:
.Gsn you reach New York;" and the invariable
. Whe an1 40 you expect tO'" is the next inquiry
.II leave adispatch will it get through to-daye'
"The chances are very SLIM" replies the opera
tor, "but we will 90 the best we can"
Inc brokers' made frequent inquiries this morn
day.
'None directly for New York" they were told.
"0ut an EFFORT Will be made to get the New York
stock market through by way OF Chicago,
In case the Chicago lines are not established as
rapidly as Is expected the dispatches win be sent
andrla.
The stock operators are sitting around the boards
In the brokers offices and idly gossiping. There
are no quotations and consequently no business.
There were no quotations yesterday and IL was
understood that the New York stock Exchange
had closed.
THE SITUATION LAST NIGHT.
The western Union Telegraph co. succeeded
last night in establishing connections with Pitts
burg and also with Richmond There were two
wires to Pittsburg, which gave a Western connec.
ton, while from Richmond It was possible to reach
IN ns and po' n Tns
The Few wires, however, were Insufficient to
handle the business that had accumulated The
telegraph poles blown down by the fierce winds
put very effectual Stoppage to all railroad
travel. Up to the hour or The STAR going to
Prs s no train had reached tins city from the
10 arrive was about haltpast 8 yesterday after
noon. This happened to be the passenger
o'clock and had been making its way Slowly TO
this city. The sunday midnight train from New
YORK reached this city last night about 1890
IL should have arrived here at o'clock yesterday
morning. Southern trains arrived on a delayed
schedule, owing TO the caution necessary to be
exercised on account OF there being no telegraph
The Western trains were also all running The
Baltimore and OHIO road was still blocked between
Baltimore and Philadelphia, but the Western con-
from Point OF Rocks The local traf1ic was ielayed
early IN the day. but trains were soon running as
regularly as possible.
UNDERGROUND WIRES THE THING
The manager OF the Postal Telegraph Company
Is congratulating himself that he has an under.
ground wire. 1t cost good deal of money, but In
the present emergency it is the only wire that
hasn't failed. This wire Is laid underground
through the city, and after passing Boundary on
over heac. The company has had perfect COM
municatton between here and Baltimore on this
line, and thence to Pttsourg and Chicago. Man.
hn nnha
a little bit ahead In the present emergency
THE LOCAL FIRE-ALARM AND TELEPHONE SERVICE
STILL INTERRUPTED.
superintendent Miles, OF the District telephone
and hre-alarm service, said this morning that the
wires were In better condition to-day than they
were yesterday. Last evening, after many breaks
and crosses along the lines had been fXed they
tested the working or the lines ard were able 10
sound alarms OF nre from number OF boxes, but
done in the way or repairs and to-day alarms can
only be turned In from three engine-houses-
sixth, seventh ara second The linemen were
sent out again this morning. but, owing 10 the
high winds, they are not able TO accomplish much
The telephone service is also badly demoralized
and but few OF the lines are in working order
The lnemen on the District telegraph tines cid
good work to-day notwithstanding The hip winds
ana this lso afternoon nTe OF the eight police pre-
quarters, and before night IL Is expected that COIN
muncaton will be had with all the police stations
ana engine houses.
Tine Del8ye0 R8tlfO80 Trains.
This morning STAR reporter called st the Baltl.
more and Potomac Railroad depot TO learn the
situation regarding the arrival OF trains over the
snow bound portion of that road. There have
been no trains here from New York or Philadel.
phia" said an Official, ''stnce last night, The
great trouble has been with the wind; lust as soon
as the wOrkmen clean the cuts OF snow to allow
the trains to move, the wind drives the snow into
them again and nils them Up. All the wires are
down and we can't tell when they will be re-
paired, as this kind OF weather makes working
Also" continued he, Sin making up trains as most
or the cars are at the other end. The freight like
the passenger trains, also all DELAYED. but we
expect, provided we have an ease I'D on the
weather, TO get In trains from the west to-day
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is in a like
the general manager busily engaged over some
books. When asked the situation along his line
he said: I'VE have not had q train in from the
west since last sunday evening. Trains from Bal
timore, however, are not delayed. II passengers
succeed In getting as far as Philadelphia they can
come on through, provided they take the street
cars at Canton, which run TO Baltimore. The
water In the basin Of the Delaware, he continued
SIS so low the ferry boat can't run. All our lines
and poles are down, and we are completely cut on
trains coming from the west are also delayed but
if Old Probabilities would only let up for q little
while we could go ahead"
TEE NAIL SERVICE DBMoRALIzKp
At the city post-ofnce to-day q singular state OF
affairs exists The Southern and Western mails
have come In. but Northern mails are not coming
Mails due here yesterday morning have not yet ar
rived. The mall wagons 60 70 the Depot on
schedule time, but come back empty, not hnding
any train there. Consequently In some divisions
OF the once the WORK was light to-day, but the