Evening journal., 1895-02-08
SWOOP DOW N ON DELAWARE
And Massive Drifts of Snow
Cover Up Tracks and Streets.


stnI DrIfting-Anothsr Bitter Cold
Wave Expected Tonight.
A fierce Northwestern storm With the
temperature around zero and a heavy
snow has swooped down upon the coun-
try, raralyzIng business and blocking
streets and roads.
While the snow ceased falling before
dawn, the bleak and piercing winds are
still high, carrying the dry snow about
Ia clouds and completely stopping all
out. door work and traffic And the end
is not yet. But by nightfall the FIRST
biting blasts of the new cold will un
doubtedly be In evidence, increasing In
intensity during the night, and forcing
the mercury below zero.
It was not althogethsr the deep.s snow
that made 1t q remarkable storm, but
that 1t came in the midst of period Of
cold weather whose low range of thsr
mometer has rarely been equaled In this
vicinity, and was likewise accompanied
by an intensely dlsagreeable northwest
erly wind. blowing at times twenty one
miles an hour and cutting sharply into
the faces of everybody on the streets
These two elements, together with the
three inches and half of snow which
fell, drove people indoors, delayed rail-
road trains, piled high the drifts on
suburban rosds, and all in all made a
...-.a g. s4noIF - ,ro of tl.o ,..on4 ..,-a...
storms which Delaware has had
Fortunately no trouble was caused the
Western Union, Postal or Delaware and
Atlantic Telegraph ard Telephone
Companies Messages were received
and transmitted as usual. The
snow was SO dry it did not stick to the
wires and break them down with It's
weight, as does a wet snow. Neither
was the wird Of sufficient forcs to tear
down the wires.
Unlike the blizzard Of 1883. this storm
started out In very mild and peEceful
manner Snow began falling in light
way ct late hour on Wednesday night
and continued without being in the least
disagreeable until 3 o'clock yesterday
afternoon. Then the wind suddenly
veered around from northeast TO north
west, began to blow harder and harder
and TO drive the snow hither and thither
In decidedly unpleasant manner.
The snow, too, seemed to have been
started into renewed action by this
activity Of the wind, and before o'clock
there was every element Of first class
blizzard on hand and ready to begin 9
most energetic campaign.
Every ybody who was out Of doors made
for the street cars, but they, tho. we're
the prey of the elements, and 1t was not
long, despite the big snow plowS, before
some Of the lines gave up contending
against the storm and confined their
/ efforts to an occasional car sent along ht
slow rate on cable or trolley and
loaded down with twice as many people
as they ordinarily carry.
Around the Electric Cars.
The elcttic car service was practically
broken up after s o'clock last evening
The result OF thirteen hours exposure tc
zero atmosphere on the unprotected
! fronts OF trolley cars showed themselves
and many Of the men who
had charge Of them yesterday
were nnsble to report for duty. Iti:
l fair to say that the motormen on every
line In the city we're used up yesterday
Most of the street car employees, as IL
Philadelphia work thirteen hours day
| The conductors and motormen have
room heated With q big hot stove, where
they can warm themselves and make
out their accounts on their card slipi
between trips Some Of the conductors
find it 3 hard task to write with half.
frozen fingers.
Pleasant Trip From Philadelphia.
William Michael BYrne started will
about thirty fellow-pRssenger from
Philadelphia last night on the Rccomoda
tion train leaving about II 80. Whel
they started out OF Broad street station
they didn't know that they were doomst
to spend q night Ia the dimly-lightet
and stuffy day coaches but they did
Their train ploughed through immens
snow drifts with such force that the fin
snow was hurled into the coaches througl
the crevices and door cracks, almos
destroying the heating facilities an,
making snew paths up the sisles,
The passengers finally concluded tina
they must wrap up, settle down an
make the best Of it. At o'clock thi
morning, with bis locomotive buried in
snowbank, above Landlith, up to th
smokestack, the engineer left his cab an
photographed for aid.
J The train was slowly drawn in at th
} Wilmington station at Q o'clock thi
J morning. nearly niRe hours late. Tn
passengers bore their punishment
good spirit and ccmplimented the traiI
men on their patient work.
Chilling Prospects for Saturday
On Saturday morning the new col
! wave will be reinforced by companic
from the far Northwest, the weRth'
man says, and the temperature is liAb
. TO take decided drop In fact, it mI
make new record, and the cold wa'
may hover over this section for sever
days Its effects will also be felt ov
: the Southern States clear down to II
!. gulf The storm Is general and tl
!, entire Western continent, above Il
g extreme Southern States, is affected.
County OniciaIs Storm .stayeds
E Register Of Wills Cooch. Clerk Of d
Peace 6lggs, Clerk Of the Orphans Cou