Evening star., 1895-02-11
In This Locality.

Philadelphia, Pa. 1t Key West Fla..... 81
In This Locality.
So far as Washington is concerned, mat
ters have almost resumed the even tenor
of their way. The street cars are running
on time shops are doing business, the
streets are thronged with people, pipes are
thawing out, and the city Is as gay as
usual. One of the drawbacks which the
thaw has not altogether overcome is the
scarcity of milk. The dairyman has been
missed for several mornings past from
many of accustomed haunts. The reason
of this is that the dairyman. as rule,
lives in the country, and things are pretty
well showed under out there Great drifts
lie across the roadways. and travel even
now is difficult, while when the blizzard
at its height travelling was almost inn
PC ssible. But even this IS coming around
all right, and If the gulf storm, scheduled
to reach here this evening, is not too hard
on US, everything will be working smooth
ly by tomorrow.
The Indications are: For the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. fair to-
day, followed by snow tonight, or early
Tuesday morning, probably turning into
rain: warmer variable winds.
Signals are flying on the gulf coast at
Galveston, New Orleans and Port Lads.
Encouraging Bustlc.
There was an encouraging hustle appar-
ent about the 9Th street depot during the
able decrease in the velocity Of the wind
yesterday it was possible to resume the
running of trains on something approach
ing schedule time. During Sunday the ma
jority of the trains due came in, some on
time and some several hours late and the
railroad officials for the first time in several
nights slept peacefully.
At an early hour this morning the depot
became crowded. Hundreds of persons were
there who desired to leave town and an
equally large number expected relatives or
friends on incoming trains. The bureau of
nforma ticn was besieged by an apparently
endless line of persons. seeking facts re-
garding the arrival and departure of, trains.
Travel was again choked for several hours.
however, by car leaving the track at the
southern end of the yard. Until the OBJ
struction was removed it was impossible
for train or even a switch engine to Lass
in out.
Great difficulty was experienced in maxi
ing up trains, because of the lack of avail
able rolling stock and for this reason per-
sons were forced to wait about the depot
for several hours, in some instances. before
their train was announced by the depot
usher. That official probably answered
more questions during the day than ever
before in his career.
o'clock ran on time. One train came in
today on the Washington and Ohio branch.
The station master assured Il ;o,ai le.,.. -
that no further difficulty Will he expert
at and depart from the Pennsylvania de-
pot.
Marked Improvement.
There has been a marked improvement in
the condition of affairs around the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad station since Saturday.
Incoming trains still report heavy travelling
along the run, but with the going down of
the wind there is less tendency to drift of
snow and it is at last possible to keep the
tracks reasonably clear of snow. Notwith
standing this fact, all trains are still sub
iect to considerable delay, and trains from
the west this morning were all from two to
four hours behind time. Less delay, how
ever, has been experienced in getting trains
off than was the case during the latter
part of last week. Trains We're leaving al
most on time, and there have been no fur
ther reports of trains caught in drifts and
unable to make any headway at all. AL
together things are in much better shape.
and unless there is a recurrence of The
storm it will not be long before matters
are moving ahead as if there had been no
blizzard.
Narrow Escapes.
Homer T. Hirst of the Treasury Depart
ment, who lives at Ballston, Va. had a
terrible experience on Friday morning in
endeavoring to reach a station. whence he
expected to take train. He was badly
frost-bitten.
In attempting TO walk from BlduenSDufS
road to Brightwood Friday night, Joseph
Packer who resides at 1921 c street. this
city fell from exhaustion. When found,
some time later. his hands, feet and ears
were frozen, and it is possible that his toes
may have to be amDutated.
Travel Resumed.
Travel which has been suspended on the
suburban street railways since Thursday
night has been resumed. The heavy snow
drifts have been cleared away, so that the
cars could be run.
a Good Use for Old Newspapers.
Many people believe that one of the best
chest protectors in cold weather is piece
of paper The Star has received number
of suggestions concerning the use of old
newspapers one correspondent writes:
For the benefit of suffering humanity l
desire to give my experience with cold feet
during the last few days of dreadful
weather through which We have passed.
Thursday I put on two pairs of cotton
socks. shoes and rubbers and suffered un-
told agony. my feet being very badly frost
dtten Friday. wooden seeks. cotton socks
md extra large shoes. and again ] suffered
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