Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
RAIN, HAIL, SNOW.
RICHMOND TREATED TO A DAY Or
TYPICAL WINTER WEATHER.
walking Bad and the Car-seryice Very
Poor--Lots Of Fun for the Boys
and Girls.
The elements combined to make yes
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The elements combined to make yes
terday typical winter day.
Rain, hail, snow, and sleet all took
hand and we were given just such
weather ns delights the hearts and flushes
the cheeks Of the young folks.
The atmosphere was raw and damp on
Sunday and there were several hard
showers before the middle of the day.
Rain fell Ices copiously during the after
noon and the descent OF the mercury was
noticeable while the dull leaden clouds
portended the f&l of the beautiful
but disagreeable spow.
Shortly after midnight there were in
tervals Of rain, snow, and hail-the lat
ter predominating
THE STORM BEGINS.
About half-past 3 yesterday morning
the storm began in earnest. The hail
came down with q clstter which woke
many who call themselves sound sleep
ers. This continued pretty regularly
until daylight, and early risers were
greeted with sight not beheld here
many times in the last two or three
years-that of the ground clothed IN
spotless white. But those whose busi-
ness was OF the nature that demand
ed their presence down town soon
in the day were the first to experience
the inconvenience OF the weather-that
of locomotion. Some Of these were for
tunate enough TO catch the cars, but
many OF these lucky ones bad to aban-
don them before getting to the end OF
their journey. The streets were as
"slick as glass and in many localities
there WAS no improvement during the
day. Still owing to caution and luck
no accident OF any kind was reported
during the day.
CAR ACCOMMODATIONS.
The service on both electric lines was
execrable in the early part Of the fore
noon.
1he Main-street cars ran as usual up
to about 7:30 o'clock in the morning,
when they were stopped by the current
being cut off at the power house Mean
while the tracks and wires became frozen,
which caused further delay of about
three hours.
The car-cleaner was put to work. Way
mp on west Main street a party of gen.
tlemen boarded n car attached to the
cleaner. A short distance below Monroe
Park the cleaner, with car attached. ran
off the track, and the passengers had to
walk down town.
Part Of the time only one track was
used. A number of cars ran up to Ninth
and Main streets and met the eastward
bound coaches. These exchanged pas
sengers and mGde return trips in the di-
rection from which they had come.
There was decided improvement later
in the day, and towards night the service
was nearly up TO its usual standard.
On the Union Passenger line the ire
gularity continued nearly all day. A
gentleman informed n DISPATCH reporter
that it took him several hours to make
round trip There were frequent tie-upe,
and as late rs Z o'clock certainly four
land probably more) cars going east
passed the corner Of Twelfth and Frank
lin streets before one going west.
The horse-cars were only intertered
with very slightly.
DELIGHTFUL SPORT.
What man is there in Richmond who
can say that he derives from all his sue
cessful real estate investments and bank
stocks even small portion OF the
pleasure that he did in "sleigh-riding
down the hill /" when a boy?
Yesterday was the first time for three
wears that the children had chance at
this fun, and. right well did they enjoy
it, Sleds presents of the last two or
three Christmases-who runners were
rusty from dislse, were brought out, and
dancing eyes and glowing cheeks bore
testimony to the keenness OF the sport.
1t wss IA merry sight, and enough to
mako man feel, ii not wish, to be
young again.
The DISPATCH would suggest to the
coasters. however, that they should not
take up both sides OF street, for even
pedestrians have some rights that coast
ers must respect. Generally though 1t
is the pavement that has the most snow
on it and least fitted for walking that is
used. Certainly it is no great inconve-
nience for person on foot to take the
best side Of the street.
TRAINS on TIME.
As whole there was no serious do
tention Of trains and mails were not de-
layed to an appreciable extent.
The train irom the North was thrown
back about five minutes last night by
the snow plow being derailed on Broad
street near Elba.
DOWN TO FwESTY-EIGHT.
The day was the coolest of the season,
the reading OF the mercury at the Office
being as follows:
d 4. NJ. ............''' '''...''..... 20
" =. NJ ....s.'. -. ="
NOON. ........'. -
. 4. NJ. ................. .oU
b l.. M M................. 20
M;dr;obt
Mean temperature. PSI
In the middle of the day there was
slight rain. followed by occasional snow
faIls mn to IN O'clock T. NJ