The Grenada sentinel., 1899-02-18
(lIN[!!NI FROM UNDER.
:, ustional Capital Emerging from
its Snow Blanket Under
a Sunny Sky.
,t,uuINs TRAFFIC WITH the OUTSIDE.
poads southwsrd stili Somewhat
INV -, ,,.red and this Potomac Clossd to
water rr~no-The Eastern h.'iroAd'
,,.,srsl.y Gsstisg Into Trim to Do Busi-
ness Again. ,.. -.

ness Ags"" 5 '5+5 81. 4
washington, Feb. l5.-A clear, sun
:, sLya temperature 20 degrees above
~ at noon and q light breeze wer.
1..' 1. davis weather conditions in WASH
."aton In the main business streets
80 ,Ds.a gangs OF men were at work cart
,aa ,s away the snow. The principal
'.s .s.et railroads were again in opera
. .;au blockaded householders reap
.sared . on the streets and business was
rssnmrd. Steam railroads are maxi
- heroic efforts to clear their lines,
and and to limited extent traffic has been
rssumed north, and will soon be in
t,l, operation to the south.
w STARTED ITS FIRST TRAIN.
The Pennsylvania railroad started
rs first train out at $3.50 a. M, the
$ ,ro,onial express. It's tracks east have
,sen cleared through to Jersey City,
hit the lines west are not yet in
sh.m to resume travel Closely fol-
,owinp the Colonial were several other
trains, and the company hopes now to
MA tain its schedule for the east.
The Southern started the 11:55 a. M.
limited out on time. No train got in,
however. from the south during the
morning hours.
On the Baltimore & Ohio the tracks
east have been cleared and trains from
Jersey City and intermediate points
bppan coming in here late Tuesday
njpht. Several trains also have been
started out with expectation of main
4ainng schedules. The St. Louis lin,-
tied, which had been stalled in snow
hank near Boyds, Md, for two days,
arrived, and it is thought trains west
bound will be sent through regularly
very soon, though there were immense
drifts in cuts all along the line, and at
nresent trains are run only several
score miles westward.
THE POTOMAC 'ICE-BOUND.%
The Potomac river is still covered
with. a 12-inch coating Of ice, and all
river navigation has been suspended.
No immediate resumption of water
traffic is in sight, the big Norfolk y
Washington steamers having suspend.
ed operations entirely, so that passen-
rers for Fort Monroe and the south
must choose the rail route.
President Mckinley and party left
here at p. m., on a Pennsylvania spe-
cial train for Boston, where they will
be entertained by the Home Market
club. The party consisted of the pres
ident, Secretaries Alger and Long,
Pcstmaster-General Smith. Secretaries
Bliss, Porter and Cortelyou.
Resumed Travel Out Of New York.
New York, Feb. 15.-There is some
what of an improvement in the out
look for resuming travel on the Penn
syIvania system. The first train for
Pittsburgh in two days left the Penn
sylvania depot in Jersey City at 9:s5
a. m. The Chicago limited was start
ed for the west at 10:14.
The agent of the Pennsylvania road
IL Jersey City was selling tickets fol
Washington, but would not guarantee
anything beyond Philadelphia. There
Is but little improvement on the Erie
road. None of the roads will do much
with freight until passenger traffic
has been generally resumed.
Through Trains Arriving At Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. T., Feb. 15.-Sever
through trains on the New York Cen
trail from the east arrived here Tues
day night and Wednesday morning
Passenger trains for the east are
leaving about on scheduled time. The
Pennsylvania has resumed the sale O.
tickets as far as Harrisburg, Lehigf
Valley trains are coming through
about four hours late. g
Opening Up Out Of Boston.
Boston, Feb. 15.-The railroads hav'
succeeded in opening up their block
aided lines, and all systems have train
moving with some approach to regu
larity. .,4..
Resuming Traffic Out Of Philadel phia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 15.-The railroad
companies have succeeded in openin.
travel over all lines, and the official
are of the opinion that by Thursda.
the full schedule Of passenger train
can be resumed, and that freight ant
coal trains may also be set in nation
THE FLORIDA FREEZE.