Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-02-09
Weather Situation Goes From
Bad to Worse.
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Find Many Ostaces to be Overcome
Many Cities in the South Entirely
Shut OF From Outside World.
.,i:y Associated Press.

LOUISVILLE i<G. Feb S-With
:a!u and slcG1 over nearly every nile
Of country from the Ohio river to New
Orleans. the usual avenues Of wire
communication. which have been de
moralized since Sunday. today Went
from bal 70 worse. Nearly every
branch of commercial life felt the in.
tcrruptiCn and the prospects for bet
ter conditions are not promising
Cloudy weather with rain, slect or
SNOW prevails from the Dakotas to th;,
gulf .; Mexico, where. With warmer
weather. Il heavy rain has been fall
in% for fort y-.i.it hours.
\ storm area is moving in over the
central gull region. Tho indications
arc TO-! warm rains over the entir,
uisli'ic, south of the Ohio river during
the next thrty-siN hours, which it is
expected will raise all streams and
rivers ana start the ice which has
Bound many Of them in 4 tight clasp
Tor several weeks.
Against Tremendous Odds.
Tho telegraph and telephone com
panies arc fighting against tremendous
odds. Enormous quantities Of new
material are required III a. widely scat
tered area and difficulty is expert
cncrd in finding workmen. Business
is accepted only subject to indefinite
dHlav. Tho loss in revenues to the
telegraph! companies and TO the broll-
eragG houses controlling leased wires.
is enormous. The small armies OF
in"mcn sent on in every direction 10
repair the damage are handicapped by
the continued rain and Sleet Wires
arc no sooner strung than accumulated
ice snaps them. The broken and ice
covered wires puts added weight on
th2 poles ana many poles also fall TO
tho ground.
May Require Month
|, is believed that it will be a month
before communication is resumed ovcl.
that With the present large force OF
nncn il will hr ten days before the
wir"3 arc restored between Chatta-
nnpGa and Atlanta alone, to say moth
ing OF repairing miles Of broken wires
ana broken poles throughout Missis-
Slppi Arkansas. Texas Louisiana
Florida ana Georgia
Reports from Arkansas and Texas
are ,hal the temperature is rising.
The dcmora liHation Of the telegraph
and telephone wircs continue and com.
mnnicaiun With many points in sew
era! sections Of tho South is uncci-
tain
Shut or Since Saturday.
Natchrz, Miss. has been shut Off
from the world since Saturday last.
Nickshu.=, Miss. was cur Off for two
DAYS. and nothing has been heard from
Shreveport. La. since Yesterday a
special from Mobile reports general
rains in Alabamn and rivers are boom
ing.
Chattanooga reports q SLOW and cola
rain ami telegraph and telephone lines
n" in d&moralizcd condition All
trains arc delayed ana stree, cars in
tcricred With The Tennessee river is
rapidly ri:'in..
Knoxville reports tha, tie stryers
ihcrc arc impossible for pedestrians
and teams on account Of the sleet
Cold Rain in Louisville
In Louisville the cold rain fell
steadily on Il thre2inch layer Of ice,
which has Tor two weeks. made the
streets; and Sidewalks uncertain means
q. travel. Street car traffic was inter.
Irr>I with seriously. Railway trains
were late on all line entering the city.
New Orleans reports delay in the
arrival Of railway trains and unscasou.
ahlr- warm weather