The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-22

bed, consratulating himself that til
fortunes Of life did not call him int
the cold and oreary world last nigh
the policemen toiled and watched
and tramped from street to trcet
lie had to face the rain aud the ic.
and the beating seet. He had t.
contend with slippery sidewalks, AM
he had 20 keep an urccasing ylgi
lesa he run face 70 face with live
wire.
Through the long hours Of ycstcr
day the policemen guarded tie live
wires that fell In various parts Of the
city, and directed pedestrians t1
ways Of safety along the streets. 1t
was due to this activity that nobody
was electrocuted.
| AT nightfall the more difficult peril
began. however. The policemen
had been ably directed by Chief OF
Police Black and Captain Evans dur.
Ing The day time and at night Cap
tain Kane cook command Of the force.
The patromen, as they lett the police
station last evening 10 go on duty for
the night. each carried red lantern
to be planted wherever dangerous
wires were placed. The policemen
presented an unusual sight as they
marched along with swinging Ian.
terms. They lad use for lhcse dan.
ger Signals, ,0,, for the live vines
were discovered in every place, and
where the danger WIS the greatest,
policemen stood guard for hours lest
any person should GccGme entaugicd
in the wires.
Wherever a wire fell or pole snap.
ped oil, word was lmmelialeiy sent to
the police station by telephone or in
the most con!enant manner. by
this meals Captain Kane and the ul.
liccrs within the station hnu were
kspt informed Ul the actual condition
OF affairs
shipping was at atand>fi!l and
along the railroad affairs were almost
On the sumo footing, and the French
street station WAS the ont " plac"
where Cher" was any marked activity
In some Of the yards about the city
where II "aS possible shifting was car
.leH on, hut the crews were obliged
70 Nnrl, with cnutipn to avoid being
ulrt.
The oilirli> Of the railroad COM
,anlrs experienced almost aa much
r"t' . III operating Heir lines aS did
he Street railways. Engines here
mi there jumped the TRACK, and de-
aged ltanir, and Superintendent
iaHnarl, Trainma,lcr C1rii,'r art
'tlIrr officials Of III irunsEhAlia
y>'rin were constantly ON the move.
Tn" Pennsylvania raiiroti k"pi it,
lain> no'ino, bat TN ter difficulties.
Ther" was practically no oastruclors
n Tie tracks but thc trouble was
Win thc telegraph service, rs The
'irr> we're III very bal condition. Tie
i"el was 50 heavy on The wire, Jllt
hey broke frequently. \, fast rs one
'lrc went out ui service another was
aiken, unLil ab III O'c.ock last night
very wire had been broken except
ne, and that was only in partial up-
ration.
The railroad company had commu-
lcatlOn with Baltimore and with !
hester, but beyond t!ic,c points the
'npAny could not get any teieyrapnc
JiilGcllonS.
Probably The worst state OF affairs
\l>icl along the lra'NS Of the Btll-
lore and Oliu railrotl betwncu tli,
ly AMI PniladclpnIa. 1t WIS report
| at the Delaware Avenue station
rat every wire and many Of the poles
ere down and tnat all conrlunlcl-
on was cut OIL except by train.
Between here ant BllLimort the
ate OF Affairs wa, intlcn better and
wa, not much inter-
'plcd.
The operator 5 room at the Dcla-
are Avenue station wIs turncd into
It chief despatcher's oAce, and that
'iciaI came in haste 10 tni, city and
ON here dIrtc,cd the course Of all
aims.
The Hal! signal system, which was
1t recently installed. worked well I
III gave the best Of satisfaction. This
Is due to the fact that all the wires
t un Ter the gruunl AMI were out of
G wind and srct.
While one Of the diamond State
every team, was being driven up
ng Street between Second and !
llrI the horses were shocked by 4
ngilng telephone wire which had
lea across the Peoples Electric wire.
us was about ). IL clock an for Il
arlcr Of an hoIrthc animals kicked
an effort to get awly from the
adIv wire.
Driver Hyatt Of the Washington
re comp my arrived on the scene
th a hltchci and cut the wire there
saving unrol lhchOrscS.
Tic horse was Il beautiful black I
ighing 1900 pynnl, ana worth I
10.
Mr.. Storke wouId not have taken i
90, for the pair of h'r,r, Il, he '
z"d them more highly than any /
Ter pair in his stable lie was Il Il
If IN getting Possession Of them, I
y beng owned and raised by Il /
mcr in Brrks county. t
lr. ~ioecN has the finest horses S
his city anI never stand, ON fifty o
.wo hundred dollar, when they suit II
L. lie buys the best and keeps p
m in first class condition. II
It. feels the loss of the animal hay- "
become very much at lached to it. ,e
i've wires were responsible for two ~
last evening. Thry did not do :, ~
great damage, but one fire was J.,
building Of the Jackson and a.
rp branch Of the American Ca
Foundry CDrlDluy th1t rnni,iur