Evening journal., 1899-02-14

the present series Of snow storms be-
gan. The falls were: Sunday Al
Inches; Monday, inches; from $50 to
li.30 on Saturday, inches; from lt.30
Saturday until 10 o'clock Sunday. G
inches, and from that time untm the
present the fan is eetimated at 70
inches.
On account OF the blizzard ycster-
day DR.. e. C. Shoithdge. president OF
the Board cf Education. ordered the
schools all closed. as It was considered
impossible fer teachers or children to
attend.
ONLY ONE LINE DOWN.
tn spite OF the violence tf the storm
the De.marvia Telephone Company
had only one line down yesterday It
twas on Seventh street. and was soon
repaired The young women at the
exchange, eighteen in number were
not permitted to go to their homes.
but were provided with dinner at the
expense of the company at a reetau-
rant and spent the night at the Clay
ton House.
WIRES IN SERVICE.
The telephone wires Of the Delaware
and Atlantic Company throughout the
city and down the state were in work
ing order all day yesterday, and the
De,marvia's wires were only out cf
service for a short time. President
McCorkle OF the latter company, had
a force Of twenty men at work al Gay
repairing breaks.
FllRB FlRlFFl
In order 70 be prepared in case Of
fires. all the ire companies Of the city
are provided with extra horses to
draw the apparatus through the heavy
snow drifts. If an alarm should come
In Chief Sasse has suggested that the
chemical and hose wagons go out fnet,
and II the fire be a large one the
hoises can return TO bhe lire houses
and double up on the engines.
The Delaware Truck Ccmpany has
been provided with FIVE homes
TO draw the truck. -Four CT the ami
mails are the property Of tho COM
pany and the finh wan loaned by
James Logue. CT Brandgwine.
MAILS DELAYED.
A.l the mails in and out Of the city
were delayed yesterday Carriers at
tcmp.ed 70 make their daily rounds,
but we're unable to gdt through the
heavy drifts cf snow Many persons
win look yainly to-day for the ''valen-
tine that never came. as 1t win be
some time before the mails arrive reg
ularly.
STREET. CAR SERVICE
=, Although President Fox, OF the VIII
ming,on City railway. made heroic ef-
foigs to keep the tracks open. and
= the men in his employ worked like
Tlojans, railway service on moot ci
The Anes was practically abandoned
The RiveIview line was working eau.y
in the morning. but had TO be abandon.
ed later in the day. ais IL was impos-
b sibe to keep the tracks open The
Maryland avenue and East Eighth
street lines ran cars at intervals, twc
3 being coupled together and both mo
tons ueed. The Delaware avenue line
operated the same. though the can
: only ran on one track, and all CARRIED
; extra crews, who were often com
PEELED to leave the cars and, arme.
j with shovels and brooms, Gear IN tn
e track ahead.
e The motormen and conductors sur
: fered fearfully from the piercing win'
a and binding snow. and It was neces
o sary for the company to provide tn'
e men with hot coffee at Intervals slonl
b the line to prevent them fIom abso
e lutGy freezing.
n No attempt was made to operat
Il the West Eighth street branch, tn
Il tracks being showed under, and man
2, persons living in the western sectio
'f Of the city were compelled to strua
d PIE home on foct An EFFORT was mad
to nun the West Fourth street cars bt
the steep hills IN the line made SCI
rs vice impossible.
le The East Fourth street and Ne
1t Castle lines We're operated during q
~ day by hooking two cars together an
10 preceding in this manner
m NO TRAINS RUNNING.
MT No trains have yet been run on q
Delaware or Maryland division Of u
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Ban
st more railroad, although it is hoped
I'd get a train through to Dover and
IS Washington this afternoon. Two snc
ey p.5ughs, three engines and about /
to men have been taken down the De-
or ware road 10 dear the tracks, and sc
at eral snow p.oughs and a number
Dts men have been sent out from this c'
rs to washington and Baltimore to Gle