Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-18
THE SNOW STORM.
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About the same time the llrc alarm
telegraph pole at the corner OF Jacob
and Twelfth street fell, and wires con-
tinued to break all over the city at
intervals during the day.
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAID.
Last evening Manager Wolff, of the
Telephone Company, said: Il estimate
our loss at about seven thousand dollars,
and it will be considerable time bfore
the system will be again in complete
working order. Out of seven hundred
and fifty telephones under my charge
not many over two hundred are in
working order. There are about six
hundred and fifty telephones in the city
proper, and but small proportion are
intact We saved our Main street sys-
tenn in good shape, but the Market
street system is about total wreck,
We have no communication with out
side town, in this vicinity, connected
with the Wheeling central office, but ]
understand that the wreck in Martins
Ferry is about as complete as here in
Wheeling, and suppose other towns
are pretty much in the same shape. IL
is by far the worst experience We have
ever had, the blizzard 81 being nothing
like as disastrous as this"
Chief Dunning, of the Fire Depart
ment, said:
"The fire alarm system is pretty badly
crippled, but | hope to have 1t In fair
shape again in few days. The east
ern circuit Is all right, except that box
No. 80, at Twelfth and Jacob, was cut
out by the fall of pole, and box No.
81, at the Reymann brewery. is also
out. The southern circuit is all right,
so far as | have been able 10 tell, but
the northern circuit and the Island are
entirely useless. The firemen will have
to be on the alert for the next few days,
and citizens should be exceptionally
careful
Manager Tracy, of the Western Union
Company, said:
"We were never SO badly crippled as
to-day. AT noon we have but one wire
out of the city, out of seventy-five usual
ly in operation. that one being a wire tC
Steubenville via the Bellaire bridge and
along up the river. Not only are the
wires down everywhere in tie
city, but the lines must be in very bad
shape in the country, necessitatlng the
going over Of every route with force
of men to repair breaks. Money is
no object to the Company, in such a
time as this, the only thing TO be con
sidered being to get line through and
a circuit opened up, and as result we
are bending all our energies to that end
| | have about twenty-five men at work
comprising all our regular linemen and
lot of extra men who happened to be
within reach, and we will rig up some
thing before long. OF course, perma'
nent and careful repairs will take lol
OF time, and a good deal of money as
well. Our electric clock system went
with the rest, but will get it in shape
again just as rapidly as possible. | hope
to have line to Pittsburg some time
tonight"
Mr.. Tracy kept his word in this re-
gard, two wires being open TO Pitts
burg at seven o'clock last evening, but
there was little communication between
Pittsburg and other points, single
wire holding the communication with
the East.
How STEAM RAILROADS FARED.
The storm Inconvenience the steam
railroads to some little extent, and APP
pears to have been far reaching in its
effect. The outgoing trains left on
schedule time, but no track OF them
could be kept by the train dispatcher,
as the wires were down early in
the contest. and remained down until
late last night, when one line was got
in working order TO Pittsburg. While
but little wind was experienced here
during the day, there was quite n blow
and of varying intensity at different
points along the lines, and in some
places the snow was well piled upon the
tracks. There were few trains in yes
terday over the Il. X o., and traveller
who arrived i1 town on an evening
train about o'clock, that was due here
early in the morning, wore tired and
detected look, and exclaimed "a he
dumped his valise into the hotel,
There, I'm glad something got in
He had been riding all night and day
from Baltimore.
The storm was evidently more severe
to the east Of this city, as the trains
from that direction all experienced ser
ious difficulty, and upon their arrival
were well blocked with snow and ice,
some Of the cars looking almost like
snow huts. The officials Of the trains
had a hard and tedious time of it, and
none welcomed the destination more
gladly than they.
The passenger train No. from Bal
timore due here at s:4j in the morning
did not show up until q o'clock last
svening, and the passenger train No.
also from Baltimore, which usually ar
rives in Wheeling at o'clock in the
afternoon, did not put in an appearance
until o'clock last evening. On the
Pittsburg division there was less dis
crepancy in the schedule, although all
the trains were more or less late, some
of them one and two hours. Another
circumstance that tended TO show that
the storm was eastward was the fact
that all the trains from the west arrived
practically on time, although the train
due here at GEO last evening was hall
hour or so late.
Despite the storm it was quite day
for travel, and nearly every incoming
train brought loads OF passengers.
The trains on the Ohio River and Pan
Handle roads were fortunate in striking
few obstacles, and with the exception OF