Evening star., 1902-03-06
ROADS SN0W-B0UND
Yesterdays Storm Caused No
End of Trouble.
SUN SHINING TODAY
ONLY SERIOUS DANGER NOW is
FROM FLOOD.
The Worst Conditions Prevail In the
Mountain Towns Of Penn
sylvania.
SUN SHINING TODAY
DIspatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, March 6.-Weather
conditions have improved somewhat here
today, but trains are runningy very late.
The snow is beginning to melt. Instead of
being in the mountains as usual, the main
trouble on the Baltimore and Ohio Is east Of
here, where the snow is two feet deep and
has drifted high. Three snow plows and
number of empty engines are in con-
stant use, while short trains are run to
keep the track open. The street car line
here was opened this morning. The snow
is interfering greatly with the restoration
of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal and the
completion of the Cumberland -Frostburg
electric line. putting work on both back
several weeks.
Veteran railroad men say last night was
the most trying in their experience
Frostburg is reported completely snow
bound, with roads leading thereto impassa-
BILE Nearly all the business of the March
term of the Garrett county court has been
postponed until summer on account OF the
prospect of roads leading to Oakland being
impossible for some weeks
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, March 6.-Under
the warmer rays Of the sun today the
eighteen inches of snow that covered the
ground on the level at daybreak is melting
rapidly and there is much alarm over the
possibility Of another serious flood In the
Potomac river. The snow ceased falling
about II o'clock last night, but from that
time until this morning the wind blew
regular gale and immense drifts were
formed. The trolley system in Hagerstown
has been completely tied up since yester-
day morning. Superintendent Hepperle
stated at noon today he hoped to have cars
running by this evening.
The Cumberland Valley railroad, which
suffered severely during last weeks flood
through traffic being blocked for three
days Is again tied up as a result Of the big
drifts between Hagerstown and Harris
burg. The snow plowS are unable to cope
with the drifts. and 1t Is likely they Will
have to be shoveled out by hand. On the
other railroads all trains are running from
one to four hours late. Country roads have
been rendered impossible and star route
mail carriers who reached HagerstoWn to-
day came by circuitous routes through
fields. At Cherry run the snow is twenty
four inches deep on the level. Reports from
the mountain districts are that immense
drifts have been formed from ten to twen-
ty feet deep.
Situation in Pennsylvania.
BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, March 6.-The snow
fall which began in the state yesterday
morning ceased during the night and to-
day the weather is bright and clear. Re
ports from the mountain districts show that
as much as two feet of snow fell In some
districts. AS a result trolley and steam
railway traffic Is very much impeded and
in some localities abandoned altogether
until the huge snow drifts can be cleared
from the tracks and deep cuts. In the
anthra acite coal regions many collieries have
ceased operations until the snow is cleareu
away. In HaZleton a condition amounting
almost to famine is reported. The coun-
dc INN h "a a nd % ~
are blocked. making it almost impossible to
get produce to the markets. From Allen
town it is reported that the heavy snow
fall compelled the traction company Operat-
ing 130 miles Of track in that vicinity to
abandon its entire line. Drifts ten or more
feet in height are reported on trolley tracks
in many localities
Deep Shows in Mountains.
PITTSBURG, March 6-Pittsburg and Al
legheny are slowly recovering from the
snow storm Of yesterday. Traction lines
are again In operation and telephone lines
are working, but the railroads are still suf-
fering and trains are all late.
The storm was the greatest since 1884, the
snowfall in this city being fifteen inches.
At all points within radius Of seventy
five miles Of Pittsburg came reports OF the
storm.
Fairmount, w Va, has Is inches Of
snow; Johnstown, IL inches; Greensboro 1,
13 inches; West Newton. Is inches. and
Freeport, 10 inches.
In the mountains the storm was almost
unprecedented.
AT Somerset there was a snowfall Of 20
| inches in twenty-four hours. and at Ebens-
burg which is near the crest of the ALLIE
! ghenies, two feet of snow has fallen.
The damage was not heavy at any place,
and the only danger that threatens now is
from flood in case Of rain, but this is
remote.
Weather Forecaster Ridgway says that
while the volume of snow that fell was very
great, another flood Is unlikely.
Electric Lines Tied Up.
ALTOONA, Pa, March G.-The City Pas
senger and Logan Valley electric railways
! are still tied up, snow covering the tracks
| to such a depth as to require the use of
picks and shovels to remove it. A pas
senger train on the Altoona division Of the
Pennsylvania railroad was caught in a
snowdrift near Martinsburg last night and
held thirteen hours. The passengers waded
through snow three feet deep to reach the
village, where they found shelter. The
train was dug out this morning. The Penn
sylvania railroad main line Is being grad
ually opened for freight traffic by hundreds
of repair shop hands. who worked all night
clearing snow from the automatic switches.
| Trains Of about half the usual tonnage are
being made up and some have been sent
out this morning. Passenger trains are
| moving today nearly on schedule time. The
bright sun today Is helping to remove the
| srowdrifts and before the end OF the day
the blockade will be entirely gone.
READING. Pa, March 8.-As the result
| OF the extraordinary fall Of snow street
| railway traffic in this city is at q standstill
| and not line Is running to the country
| district. Great drifts we're reported dur
| ing the night along the lines OF the steam
| railroads. but the trains managed to get
through although some OF them were very
| late. To accomplish this result the snow
nlows were in operation all night.