Evening journal., 1905-01-26
BLIZZARD COMPLETELY
BLOCKED ALL TRAFFIC
cIeaninq the Crossings.

Cleaning the Crossings.
Tho street and Sewer Department put
1oo men at work the first thing this morn
ine. cleaning he crossings in the business
section At many of the crossings there
were large drifts that people VINO We're
out early mad to wade through. In the
resident sections shovel brigades are out
in force AMI by night the snow viii be
cleaned from nearly all Of the sidewalks.
Delaware Division Blocked.
Traffic on the Delaware division was at
a complete standstill for nearly twelve
hours all trains running several hours |
late. The greatest difficulty was expert
enced between New Castle and Middle
town where the snow drifts were from |
six 10 eight feet in height. Train No. So, |
due here at $40 a. m, was abandoned en- /
tirely, the first train TO reach Whining /
ton over this division being the New York |
and Norfolk express due at 415 a. m. and |
arriving at 11.S5 in the morning. This train |
was followed at an interval Of ten min
utes by train 80, due here at 1905. Both
trains were double headers and on the
pilot Of the head engine snow TO the depth
Of several feet was piled. The cab driving
frozen snow while the engine men and
hremen had the appearance of being rolled
In the snow. Icicles hung from the roof
Of the cab, tops and steps Of the cars and
presented the appearance Of a train hav-
ing passed through Siberia. The New
York and Norfolk express, southbound,
due in at 11.50 o'clock, did not arrive here
until after six o'clock this morning, on a
portion Of the road the south bound track
was completely covered with snow and
only the north bound track was used.
Train No. 90. due here at lib o'clock will
not arrive until some time this afternoon.
Railroad men say that the storm was the
worst experienced in this section for
years.
Public Schools Closed.
By order of the Board of Education
all the public schools are closed to-
day.
Market Postponed.
For the first time in a number Of
years there was practically no mar
ket on King street yesterday. There
were but few farmers in and those
who did brave the storm were unable to
open their stands after they got here.
Business on Market street was practi-
cally at a standstin all day yesterday.
Last night Market street was de-
serted.
Could Not Get to Work.
Many business men who live in the
country did not get to their places Of
business until noon today. There was
a great demand for cabs last night by
persons who live in the suburbs as the
street cars were all out Of service.
There has been a big demand for rub
Der boots.
Few Went to the Shows.
Although there were shows at all
the local theatres last night but few
lventured out as far as the playhouses.
There were less than 100 at the Opera
House and about the same number at
lDockstader's. The Lyceum also had
a small crowd.
Walking Was Bad.
On account of the storm several
meetings scheduled for last night were
postponed. About six o'clock last
levening was the only time during the
day that many persons were on the
lstreets. They were all in a hurry to
get home and many were nearly ex-
lhausted by the time they reached their
homes.
Some people who arrived home in
the evening found it almost impossible
to reach their houses. The snow had
drifted until it covered the door. steps
land porches and it was impossible to
tell where the steps were located. The
only thing which they could do was to
wade through the snow and get into
their homes in the best way they could
Boats Running Today.
The Wilmington Steamboat Co.'S
boat is running as usual today. The
boat started out yesterday but the
storm was so bad it had to return to
the wharf The Bush and Warner
Companies freight steamers are also
making their regular trips today.
City Escaped Damage.
The most remarkable thing in con-
/, nection with the storm was that the
city escaped damage. In previous
billiards telegraph and telephone wires
went down and the town was cut of
] from cities. This time not an import
= ant wire was out Of service. This 4:
r not because the storm was less severe
) than previous blizzards. but because
. THE companies owning pole lines have
greatly improved construction.
Lighting System Intact.
Despite the severe storm the lightine
system of the city was kept intact BY
the Wilmington City Electric Com.
pany. All of the lamps were kept il
regular operation and were lighted OF
4 time last evening.
The Wilmington City Railway Com.
e pany is getting its lines in shape ant
4 expects by this afternoon to have al
e OF its lines in operation. The PeopleI
r Railway Company made no attemp