Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-15

| much can be done for the outlying sections
| horses along them. This was done to a GER
tain extent yesterday, as stated in The
Star, and is being continued today
THE STREET CAR LINES.
Resumption of Traffic Today on Rapid
Transit Roads.
After two days of entire suspension of
| all traffic on the street car lines of the city,
with the exception Of the Columbia line,
the cars began running again this morning
on the Capital Traction and the Metropol-
itan roads. The suburban lines were still
beneath the snow drifts, however and the
mass of snow had not yet been removed
! from the tracks of the horse-car lines, ex-
cept from the Anacostia road to the navy
yard gate.
After shoveling steadily all day by the
large gangs of men set to work on the two
roads, it was possible toward night to begin
| the running of the sweepers over the roads,
and then to follow with trains of cars. Be
| fore morning the tracks were cleared and
by the time the day travel began the two
companies were able to provide cars.
| While a car ride in this city is not sup
posed to be novel experience, still for two
days people who have left their homes to
come to the center of the city have been
| obliged to walk. This morning they could
| ride if they so desired and so the spectacle
| of long lines of muttied figures passing
|
part of the city was not noticeable as
has been the for the past two days.
| To accomplish this result lots of work
| has been done and good deal of executive
| management on the part of the officers of
the two companies has been displayed. That
| they have been able to get the roads into
running order SO soon after the very I'M
| usual storm of the past few days is looked
| upon as a record in street railroad manage
ment that is something to be proud of. OF
| course it was not the easiest thing in the
yarId 1t.asA
of men to do the required work, the
demand for labor of this kind came from
| all parts Of the city. The employees of the
! companies We're utilized and willingly did
| they respond in this emergency and come TO
| the help of their employers.
| Large forces of men continued this morn
| ing the work begun yesterday of shovelng
| the snow from the street car tracks in the
| attempt to place few cars in operati ton
between Congress Heights and Anacostia
| and Anacostia and the navy yard. After
| the hardest kind of work three four-horse
! cars were finally placed in operation to the
gate. The work of getting the electric cars
running up the asylum hill proved to be a
| task but it was accomplished.
Suburban Lines.
| The situation along the suburban lines is
| not very promising one as to a speedy
| restoration of communication with the city.
| The drifts in the country are hardly con-
| ceivable by those who are only familiar
|
| twenty feet high are not uncommon. Some
people are of the opinion that some of the
| roads will not be running until next week.
| In places the only way is along a path that
is lined on each side by high banks of snow
| 1t Is estimated that the snow has drifted
at certain points to a depth of a least forty
| feet.
Col. Robert l. Fleming, with two strong
| horses attached to a buggy, had great diff
| ficulty yesterday in reaching his country
| place on the Tenleytown road, formerly the
residence of Ex-Gov. Cleveland. He was
| the first one that made the trip from the
| city through Cleveland Park.
| Communication between Chevy Chase
| and the city was established yesterday af-
| ternoon by Mr.. Morris Hacker of the Dis
| trict engineer department and a party of
| six residents of that place, who reached
| Tenleytown aft er most difficult trip. Each
| of the seven men was on horseback and
| they started in Indian file for Tenieytown
| about noon yesterday. Where it was pos
| sible they kept to the main road, but as the
| snow had drifted on the road as deep as
| ten or more feet in the exposed points, the
| party was compelled very frequently to
| leave the thoroughfare and cut across the
| fields Even then, drifts of five or six feet
| in depth were encountered, when the lead
| ing horse would quickly become exhausted
in attempting to rear and plunge through.
! Then the horse would be pulled aside to
| rest and the next rider would do what he
| could, and SO on down the line. The trip
| to Ten!eytown and back was made in about
two and half hours, and last night
| communication between TenleytoWn and
Georgetown was established.
| This morning Mr.. Hacker reached the
| city on horseback from Chevy Chase by
| following the car track down Connecticut
| avenue extended, being very materially
| assisted by the gangs of men the Capital
! Traction Company has engaged in clearing
| its tracks on that thoroughfare. By sun
| down today 1t is probable that there will
| have been made a rather clear road to
| Chevy Chase, and it Is said the Chevy
| Chase cars will be running tomorrow or
| next day.
| Mr.. George Mullen, a local contractor,
broke a road along the Broad Branch road
| to the Tenleytown road yesterday with a
number of horses and men, snow pillow
| being used by them. They also broke a
| road from where the Chapel road joins Con-
| necticut avenue extended through to Chevy
| Chase.
Everybody Helped.
| Every man was out on the road at work
| helping to clear the tracks, and even the
| clerical force Joined the gangs. There was
| practically no one left in the offices of the
| from the tracks practically over the entire
| distance of the lines Of both companies at
| tempt made to solve the problem Of
| getting space in the snow-filled conduits for
! the underground trolley to move.
| This was done with great success. sort
| of pillow was pulled along the slot, which
| served to press the snow down below the
| conductor bars and in places on the Metro
| politan road where 1T packed in to
| closely to be treated in this way gasoline
| was poured into the slot, set on fire and
| the heat melted the stubborn material.
| CLEARING THE RvvEu