Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
PREDICTS MORE SNOW
OWNERS OF sTEPpERs AND
sLE1GHs ENJOY FINE SPORT.
Railway Companies Busy Clearing
ely
Their Tracks -. District Employs
500 LaborerY on Crossings.

Washington is not yet done with It's snow
| storm, if the indications gathered at the
weather bureau are truly prophetic. The
| forecasters at that place announced this
morning that there would be another fall
| by tomorrow night, but declined to predict
| the duration of the second storm. The
present one lasted for thirty six hours and
covered the ground to a depth of eight
| inches That is, it did at the weather bu-
| reau, where 1t was measured in special
guages, that do not count for much with
| the pedestrian who has to wade through
| foot of the beautiful or shovel off two
| feet of it's drifting whiteness from his side
| walks.
On the streets this morning the ground
was hidden beneath at least ten inches of
| snow of the whitest description, and many
| persons declared that there was more than
! a foot of it. Measured on the roofs of va
| cant houses. where there was no artificial
| temperature. the depth was, in no case, less
| than ten inches. During the storm the
| mercury in the thermometer began to drop
until, at $50 O'Clock this morning it had
! reached the lowest point touched during
| this storm-6 degrees above zero From that
| time it began to move slugg1shly toward
the top again, but it's slow motion took 1t
| only to 10 degrees at 10 o'clock, and at that
| rate 1t crawled upward until 3 O'Clock. To-
| morrow 1t will fall some more. and then
| we may expect the next addition to the
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| Atlantic coast region. 1t is barely possible
| that this addition may come in the shape OF
| rain but the chances are greatly in favor
| of snow. The storm of yesterday and the
| day before has gone toward New England
| and Boston, and that vicinity is today i'll
| for a siege of 1t.
| Better Sleighing Than Usual.
| There are more sleighs on the streets
| and avenues of the city than have been
| seen in Washington for a long time, and
| this is said to be the most protracted snowy
| weather that Washington has experienced
| in several years. CarnivaIs of sleighing
| are in prospect, and many parties have
| been and are being organized to take ad-
| vantage of the unusual weather for the
| capital city.
| There will be some fine sport this after
! neon on the new driveway, the Road DrlV-
| ers and Riders Association having planned
| for meet there with their sielghs. IL Is
! expected that there win be more than one
| brush among some of the crack trotters
| and PAGERS of the city, there being many
I speedy horses owned by residents OF the
| District The rendezvous will be at Isl
| street and Maryland avenue at l O'CLOCK
| vyhence the procession will move TO the
| driveway where the speed contests VIII DC
! pulled off. In order to make the occasion
| specially enjoyable invitations nave been
| sent to many gentlemen owning fast horses,
and it is expected large company OF
s.eighers will take advantage of the
| weather conditions and be present
Makes Work for Street Railways.
The street railways had their plows busy
every hour during the storm in order TO
| keep their tracks clear, and they have had
| all they could attend to- to do it. There
| has been no stoppage or congestion OF
traffic on any of the, main lines, and but
temporary delay on ANY line, but 1t was
owing to the steadNiwork of the plow that
iSfn
plcyed five hundred men yesterday to carry
away the snow. and as many more Wouia
have been given work fathey had applied.
In the House late yesterday afternoon MT.
McCleary. from the appropriations commit
tee, reported a bill fpRrepriating So,0Oo LOT
the removal of ice and snow from the
streets of the city. which was passed Just
before adjournment Mr.. McCleary said the
District Commissioners had asked for Sl0.-
600, but 5000 had been deemed sufficient,
as Congress was here to provide further
money should it be needed
Thousand Workers Employed.
Superintendent Warner Stutler of the
street cleaning department stated today
| that he has force of more than thousand
men at work cleaning the snow from the
cross walks and cutters within the city
limits Practically all the crossings and
| cutters will he cleared, he states, by =
| clock this evening.
| 1t Will De necessary 10 Keep loiSC VI hieii
J employed for several days, Mr.. Stutief says,
in order to keep the crossings and cutters
| clean until the snow meltS.
| The amount available for this work yes
| terday morning was So, $50. All OF TINS sum
| will be used in paying for the work OF yes
| terday and today. For the next rev DAYS
| 1t is stated, it will be necessary TO draW OH
| the appropriation reported TO the Rouse al
the request of the Commissioners yesterday
| 1t is estimated that not more than $l,ooo OF
the new appropriation Will pc usea at tnls
| time in clearing the cross walks ana cutters
| The city water has been growing mudoief
| with the snowfall, and there is no prospect
| of clearing of the waters OF the Potomac
| for week or two. All of the snow that
! now covers the mountains will have to go
| before the water can clear up
Visited by Frost Fog.
! washington was visited early this morn
ing by a genuine frost fog, novelty IN
| the fog line in this section, but quite COM
| mon north. 1t has all the dense, veii-ilke
| properties of ordinary fog clouds. but DIFF
fers from it, being made up of minute pieces
| of ice or frost instead of moisture, as IN the
common fog.
, Early last night 1t was comparatively
| warm but along toward midnight the
| northwest winds came and CONCEALED the
| little particles of moisture in the air INTO
| frost, and in this way the fog came
! When the sun obtained sufficient power
| early this morning to penetrate the veil
| the particles of frost could be seen dancing
about in the air in all directions 1t dis-
| appeared from the streets uptown hrst but
| fingered over the river until after lO CLOCK
| this morning. At am it was SO thick
that objects fifty feet away could not be
| made out Captain Posey of the steamer
| Norfolk arriving here from Norfolk this
| morning, says his vessel entered the fog
below Indian Head and ran through 1t all
the way to this city.
General Weather Conditions.
The weather has cleared in eastern dis