Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-19
THE AFTERMATH.
A GLANCE AROUND IN THE TRACKS OF TEE
STORM.

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STORM.
How the Wires Were Affected and Their Present
Copditon-The Condition Of Travel
Gepually-Damagsd Sizsd Up.
Tho storm was more far-reaching In
its effects than was at first supposed,
and wa, especially disastrous to wires
of all kinds. Notwithstanding the
large amount of damage done Manager
Tracy saws the service will probably be
all right by tonight, and with the ex-
cention of the ten wires on the suspen-
sion bridge, the Office will be practically
In as good trim as before. Manager
Tracy has four men working on the
wires outside yesterday, and expects 10
double the force to-day. The great
difficulty has been to obtain
enough experienced men to car
nv the work on expeditiously, those
already in the field being early taken by
the electric and telephone companies.
There were some thirty-iive men work
ing for these last named companies yes
terday, and while they are all making
good progress, there are yet several
days ahead OF complete and cifectuai
mend.
Up to two o'clock yesterday morning
the Western Union only had one wire
running to Plttsburg. OF the forty
eight wires running to West Alexander,
ali but eleven are now in use, ana
throughout Yesterday there were three
wires being used TO Pittsburg. There
were no connections with Bellaire or
Rridgeport, and several other nearby
towns. All the business was
transacted through the Wheeling
Office and large grist oil
messages that had accumulated Tor Bel
lajre over night were sent down early
Yesterday morning by train, and mes
sages that arrived during the day were
sent by boat, and the same to Bridge
port and Martins Ferry, and Benwood.
In cases OF emergency like TINS the
Wheeling office acts as the centre over
vide range Of territory. All who
send messages in times like these are
Obliged to give the operators consldera-
BILE leeway. So much business being
crowded on limited number OF wires,
the forwarding must necessarily be
slow.
The trains OH the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad have been running, but not on
schedule time. All of them have been
run with "double-headers. D." The lrregu-
larity in the time is not so much the re-
tr.nls. a IL i tnn
suit Of broken down telegraph wires.
Only, 4 part of the wires are III operation,
and the others are being put IN repair
as rapidly as possible. Passenger traihc
is as heavy as usual, and travellers are
unusually good humorcd considering
the delay.
The snow has impcded travel gener-
ally throughout the country districts as
well as on the railroads. In town there
was noticeable absence OF country peo-
pie, which was pretty fair indication
that the roads were not opened. People
about the city have been busy scraping
off roofs and providing against COL
lapses. The only buildings OF any size
that have fallen in, appear to be Poultry
Department buildings and Horticultn-
raj Hall on the Fair Grounds, both
buildings being about fifty feet square.
SANE As IN EIGHTY-FoUE.
The snow storm of Wednesday was
lust such one as caused the great Hood
Of 81, when property amounting In
value to millions OF dollars was swept |
away and destroyed. 1t will be rcmcm-
bercd that the river, In that year, arose
from very low stage to the greatest
height ever known, within twcnty-fonr |
hours. The flood was caused by snow
fall of IS inches, mingled with rain.
Last nights reports from the noun
tains show that flood is possible at the |
present time unless the storm closes up
in very short order, which the Signal
Service people do not promise. Two
feet of snow is lying on the noun
tains, in which the head waters "i
the rivers leading TO the ono are 10 De
found With these indications, at least
a big river is assured, though persons
connected with the river interests are
hoping that nothing beyond that will
come. They say that If the snow goes
off at once il will result dlsastrously; !
but they hope to see 1t go gradually.
The rivermen profess TO be not badly |
scared at the state of affairs; but for
that matter they declared Just before
the food of 1854 that everything was
solid and there was no possibility OF |
big river. The next day they they were
almost paralyzcd to find everything Just
as they thought it wouldn't be.
Will the flood of 1854 be repeated? Is il |
a not unnatural inquiry at present. So
far as the snowfall alone is concerned |
the conditions are as favorable as they |
were then. The record Of the |. >.
Signal Office show that this Is the heaV-
lest snow storm which has visited the
upper Ohio Valley since 1871. The total
precipitation for the 81 hours ending at
o'clock Wednesday night was 30
inches, which is the greatest amount OF
melted snow ever recorded at the Pitts
burg Office, and is greater than any
monthly snowfall in the past ~ years.
In January, 1856, the monthly snowfall
was 29Js inches. On January ;, 1851,
the depth of unmelted snow IN level
was 9Gi inches, and as the temperature
did not 90 above the freezing point dur
ing that day, or the next, the snow
storm probably appeared to be heavier
than the present.
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and Jewelry, fine Onyx, Clocks, Bronzes,
etc.
DIAMONDS at the lowest figure at IL. |
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Ladies' Solid Gold Hunting Case Ameri-
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& Co.'S.
THE Mayflower Social will give a
grand ball at Germania Hall Saturday |
evening, December Goth. Music by |
Billy Mayors orchestra. Admission -
cents.
FRENCH CHINA PLATES.
We uifer for the next ten days "a dozen
French China Plates at so per cent reduc-
tlon. L. liz DiLboN W.
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