Evening journal., 1905-01-27
CONDITIONS ARE
BECOMING NORMAL
Railroads Gradually Re
suming Operations-Trol-
ley Lines Tied Up
NAVIGATION is THREATENED

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Conditions Of travel are beginning to as
sumo normal state after the blizzard OF
Wednesday and within the next twenty
four hours. II is hoped that railroad and
railway lines will be operating as usual.
Trains on the Pennsylvania railroad with
the exception OF southern trains are maxi
ing fairly good time considering the state
Of affairs that have existed although sov-
eral Of them are from 30 to IS minutes late.
Yesterday afternoon there was consider
able difficulty experienced in getting
trains out from Broad street station,
Philadelphia and as a consequence many
of the expresses and accommodations on
both the Maryland and Delaware divisions
were late. So great was the tieup at the
station that only the trains having the
most important connections were let out.
First Train Over Reading.
over the p. & r. railroad this morning
the first train to arrive here since We'd
nesday night came I'm this morning. The
train was the regular milk train from
Coatesville and brought in the FIRST supply
Of milk from points along the line since
the storm began.
A large force Of men is engaged on the
tracks between Coatesville and Reading
and it is expected that that branch will
be in operation by tonight. The worst
part Of the line Is at Isabella, Pa. where
the snow drifts are many feet in depth.
B. & o. Opened.
After much trouble the B. & o. railroad
has orened its line and trains are running
at intervals although on no regular
schedule. 1t will be several days before
the regular schedule can be carried out.
Railway Companies.
While the railway companies are still
crippled to some extent officials are do
ing their best to resume operations. All
branches Of the Peoples line. including
Brandywine Springs, will be in operation
by night, and cars win be run on schedu1,
time as nearly as possible.
The Wilmington City Railway Company
is working TO clear its tracks, but th'
progress is slow. Cars are running at in
tervals on the DUPONT and Front street
lines and tho French street line wa.
opened a part Of the way this morning
Much complaint is being made by tn
residents Of the East side for The faiIur
of the company TO open up Spruce an'
Walnut streets. which It Is claimed coull
have been done so with but little trouble
Many workmen use this line in going Il
and from their work at the railroad shop
and feel that they have not been treate,
fairly. The Darby line is still blocked an,
it may be several days before communica
tons are made.
Condition in River.
For the first time this winter the for
nation Of ice in the Delaware rive
threatens TO effectually tie up shipping
A continuance of the present cold wav
will close the port Of Philadelphia to nav
igation, unless the three iceboats are KEEP
constantly at work keeping the ice in tn
channel we'll broken up With such un
Z favorable conditions as prevailed yester
day only one iceb oat was available, an
proved inadequate.
In the Horseshoe, Just below Gloucester
a fleet Of vessels lay helpless, unable t
move because Of the ice Three barge
.
ice pier while to the east of the channC
the British steamship Carthaginian, out
ward bound for Glasgow, was unable I
extricate itself from the fee pack. 4
change in wind enabled the liner to &c
its engines going and it succeeded late
the afternoon in forcing a path down IN
river Along the New Jersey shore IN
wind piled the fee many feet high an
/ opened a path in the channel sufficient {
permit detained craft to navigate.
! The Steamer Brandywine of the WI
mington Steamboat Company has bee
able so far to make her daily trips but III
boat is so built as to be nearly as service
= able in breaking ice as the regulation ic
boat.
Iceboat No. 1. which was at Holmes
burg, was ordered out shortly befor
: noon, but grounded on a bar of Holmes
burg and was unable 10 render any assist
ance to moving craft. No. is still a
Holmesburg. The only boat battling wit
the fee is Nc. 3, which is in the vicinit
OF Marcus Hook. Superintendent jaime
z. Jefferson. in charge Of the ioeboatl
left Philadelphia on the steamer Brandy
wine yesterday afternoon to make an II
: spection Of the ice conditions in II
, Horseshoe.
No serious accident was reported as
result Of Wednesdays storm. The Britis
steamship Lucifer, which reached pol
from Penarth lost an anchor while in II
: Delaware Bay. The Lucifer passed in froi
Delaware Breakwater on Tuesday, an
! only passed up the river yesterday afte
noon. Anchors and chains were lost by
number Of other vessels which were al
chored at points along the bay and riv,
during the storm.
A high wind. with a velocity OF fort
miles an hour, swept the river yesterda
n and compelled captains OF small craft
= seek a safer anchorage. The wires fro
y the three reporting stations down n
S river were in n bad condition, and n
t service was anything but satisfactor
s Observations were taken from the fro
= pier at Lewes. as telegraphis service b
e tween that point and the Rocks was Ct
d of.