The Portland daily press., 1899-02-14

between the wharves lying in the ship
ping that might be moored there.
Practically no business was transacted
in Portland yesterday afternoon. While
there were few men to be seen about the
streets they were only those who were
forced to venture out into the teeth of the
their offices as quickly as possible. The
public eoaveyanoes were in demand and
owing to the drifts which began to ac-
cumulate as the afternoon wore along
these conveyanoes became harder TO OBJ
tain and more and more crowded.
The street railroads did their best to
serve the public with their accustomed
regularity. Big snow plows were kept
going back and forth along the car lines
and big crew of men was at work at
various points trying TO keep the lines
open. The Portland Railroad company
met withyvery good success up to six
O'Clock. They ran their cars in pairs and
by threes, following snow plows and
though they were several times hung up
by the big drifts they managed to keep
their lines open until after six o'clock and
run their cars with some sort Of regulari-
ty. On the Cape road the management
did not meet with quite as good luck as
this as their cars began TO run more and
more irregulnrily as the day drew to a
close and finally had to lie dropped.
The Yarmouth road gave up the game
early as far as the car service was con
cerned and only an occasional snow plow
was run over this road as the day drew to
"A close.
There were many anxious ones waiting
in the Portland Railroad waiting room
nt the head Of Preble street about five
o'clock, who were desirious to get by the
cars to their homes IN Deering and West
brook. Even the annexation of Deering
did not seem TO make 1t very much nearer
to their homes in the teeth of the gale
and blizzard and as the ear service on
the Deering and Westhruok lines was very
irregular these people were many of them
forced to walt long time before getting
home. At six o'clock on tho Wsstbrook
line the cars had not been running in
from that city with any degree of regu-
larity, though several had been started
from Portland TO take the people out be-
yond the Deering limits The car service
hetween Morrills and Portland was work
ing all right, and though not running ON
time by any means, cars were being run
ana the people accommodated Great
efforts were made by the railroad COM
pany to keep the Mestbrook and Deering
lines open for business and snow plows
were constantly on the move, but the
continuance of the high wind and the
keavy fail of snow will make the struggle
OF this road with old Boreas a severe one
before this morning. They will undoubt-
edly conquer, for Manager Newman al
ways succeeds in doing things on oooa-
sions like these, which seem almost i'm
possible to do, but 1t Will require an i'm
mense amount of work on the part of the
road officials. No cars lett the head of
Preble street for the suburbs after eight
o'clock.
AS for the steam railroads the trains
over the Boston and Maine were all the
way from three 20 four hours lnte. The
train due here from Boston at eleven
O'Clock did not reach Portland until three
hours later and at seyen-thirty O'Clock
last night the other afternoon trains from
Boston were late all the way from three
to four hours SO the railroad officials said.
The freight service was suspended.
The Maine Central did not feel the
storm in all its severity until late yester-
day afternoon. This train number i02
from the east, due to reach hero at 8 35
O'Clock did not get In until an hour later
She was sent out for Boston little after
seven o'clock with a big crowd of passen-
gers. The other trains from the east, with
exception of the freight trains were only
an hour or two late at eight O'Clock last
night. The officials reported that the
trains from st. John over the Bangor AZ
Aroostook with which connection Is
usually made with the night train into
Portland, had not gotten into Bangor at