Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-09

The present storm has moved from the
New England coast to New Brunswick and
has diminished somewhat in intensity. A
ridge of high pressure extends from the
east gulf country to the north of Montana.
Snow has fallen In New England, the lake
regions and throughout the Missouri val
ley. Throughout New England and the
extreme northwest the temperature has
fallen, though it has generally risen else
where. The temperature will rise generally
east of the Ohio and lower Mississippi
rivers.
The following precipitation Gn inches) is
1.O2; Saugeen, 1.1O.
The weather bureau has been informed of
a dangerous gorge of ice in the Ohio river
at Parkersburg.
The indications are that Sunday will be
more pleasant than today.
Papers Were Scattered.
As result of the storm. communication
with Alexandria was cut off last evening.
and it was impossible to get The Star to
its hundreds of readers In the Virginia
town, either by train or boat.
An effort was made to get the papers
down by road and a big two-horse sleigh
was laden down with "all the latest news"
Just across the bridge 1T encountered a
drift so deep as to be practically fmpaSS-
able. The sleigh was broken to pieces and
the horses floundered around In the drift
until some men came to their rescue with
shovels and dug them out; and hundreds
Of copies of The Star were picked up by
the blast and scattered all over the stale
of Virginia, while the good people OF Alex
andria had to go without.
Street Car blockade.
The blockade still continues on all the
suburban roads. Travel has been suspended
since Thursday night Great banks Of
snow have drifted across the tracks al
most the entire length of the lines, and
the ordinary snow plow is found to be Of
little avail Efforts will be made to have
the tracks on all the roads cleared and the
cars running tomorrow. The electric snow
plow on the lexington road has been rem
dered useless by the burning up Of the
armatures. The fight against the snow
drifts will be pushed with vigor, so the
managers of the various suburban roads
say, and now that there Is prospect of
the violence of the wind somewhat abat-
ing, they hope that the snow will stay
where 1t is put. AS far as the suburban
reads are concerned, the tie-up has been a
complete one. The city roads are being
operated, and last night the Belt line was
able to run up 14th street. There are no
cars on 5th street, as the main line to Eek
ington is not In operation.
Their Gas Supply Cut on.
One effect of the cold snap has been to
deprive many persons in the eastern sec
ton OF HSut. 1Hc IdiiuI0 VI tAC "oeSA
supply in that section, due to the fact
that water is run from many pipes to pre-
vent freezing, has caused the shutting
down temporarily Of the gas works at the
east station of the Washington Gas Light
Company. The company hopes soon to
make other arrangements for water.
Winter Scene.
The scenes around the Baltimore and
Ohio station today were but q repetition
of those of yesterday. All the trains from
the north and west were from four to six
hours late, and the greatest difficulty was
experienced in getting outbound trains off
on schedule time.
The force of wind has been strong ever
since the storm began that it has been
impossible to keep the tracks clear of snow.
No sooner does a train pass by, leaving a
again and brings back another furry Of
snow, making a drift deep deeper
than the preceding one.
AS a result Of the drifting of the snow
even greater hardships were imposed on
railroad men yesterday than was the case
on Thursday, for in many places along the
tracks the wind has beat the snow down
so hard that 1T is possible to walk ever
the tops of drifts, as if one had on snow
shoes. In the yards Of the Baltimore and
Ohio the scene presented is not unlike that
on the western praires during a blizzard
There are long stretches Of hard white
snow where there ought to be only turn
tables, switches and side tracks, causing
the greatest difficulty to the crews who are
engaged in making up trains. The fast