The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-04-12
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Pittsburg, April s. - Pittshurx was
yesterday the center Of q snowstorm
that began early in the morning and
continued with great force until after
noon, doing thousands Of dollars worth
of damage, rendering practically use 4
less for q time every electric wire In
the city, suspended all streetfcar travel
and in the early hours isolated the
city from the outside world. Heavy
rain fell before the storm came, and
all reports from up-river points tell of
rising streams which may bring about
a food here and below. The losses
cannot be fixed at this writing. but
conservative estimates place s the
amount at between $3.50, 900 and SSOO, 900
Telegraph and telephone companies
are the heaviest losers by, reason, of
the fact that their lines reach every
part of the storm district. Early in
the, morning a heavy, wet snow be-
gan falling. 1t chung tenaciously I'd
everything 1t touched, and at 8 o'clock
every wire in the city was coated with
snow. The trunk lines Of the central
district were the
First to Give Way &
and most all Of the other troubles
that followed are attributed to the
failure of this service. The poles were
heavily laden, carrying $50 telephone
wires and two cables. Wherever q
pole gave way long stretches of poles
went with it, falling over into the
street, breaking trolley and electric
light wires as though they were
threads The city street car service
was practically at a standstill all the
morning. By dint Of hard work with
a large force of men street car travel
was resumed on the Fifth avenue line
at 1880 p. M, the other branches fol-
lowing rapidly until all except the
Ellsworth avenue line were open by 5
p. m. The telephone company has a
large force at work and say they will
be in operation within a day or two.
Last night, however, at least one-half
of their telephones were out of com
mission. The Pittsburg & ALCHEMY
Telephone company suffered by sight
ly because their wires are mostly UNI
foreground. The storm passed fast-
ward and. all of the suburban TWINS
in that district
Suffered Proportionately
with this city. williamsburg, Bad
dock, Homestead, Duquesne and Nc
Keesport all report business at g
standstill for a portion Of the dy,
caused by the prostration Of the wills.
Allegheny escaped with comparativ{y
little damage. landslide at the he'd
Of Federal street. which brought to\S
of earth to the street, covering u
car tracks to depth of five feet, beiH
the worst happening. /
Mount Washington and the othe
hill-tops suffered severely. All rail-
road trains from the east were hou1
late, having encountered in the mou1
tains snow to the depth of twelve AM
fifteen inches which was so wet az
clinging that snow plolws could n
clear the tracks. For a time 1t VIII
feared there would be blockade Il
both the Pennsylvania and the Bali
more 6, Ohio railroads, but last nisl
all the trains were getting throug
but not on anything like schedul
time. The Western Union and Post
Telegraph companies suffered heavil
the former not having a wire of H
regular eastern routes up to a la|
hour last night, and the latter haviI
only two as far east as JohnstoWn.