Evening journal., 1905-01-26
Not Since the Great
Storm of March 1888
Have Such Conditions
Prevailed
Railroads and Trolley
Lines Tied Up-Many
Trains Stalled on the
Railroads

NOT since the great blizzard of March,
1888. has such a disastrous stonan VS.
tied this section as ragged all Of yes
teniay ard last night
Trains on the Pennsylvania, 3. q u
and Wilmington & Northern railroads
vyeoe tied up. the trolley lines in this
city were badly interrupted and the
suburban trolley roads were rendered
Conditions improved during the af-
termOon-
AS a result Of the widest storm OF
stormy winter, traffic in this city Is ser
iously interferred with. The Baltimore
and Ohio railroad was tied up hard ana
fast until this afternoon, and trains on
that road are now running far ana re"
between. Trains on the Philadelphia Bal
timore and Washington railroad were tied
up. as were also those on the Delaware
railroad.
The delay to traffic generally because OF
the huge snowdrifts was the greatest
, inee the memorable blizzard Of March,
1883. The residents of lower Delaware are
practically cut off.
p, B. & w. Road Open.
By running engines over the tracks all
night. the Pennsylvania railroad officials
managed to keep the main line open but
al ltrains were from to hours late this
morning. Some Of the trains got into big
snow drifts but fortunately they succeed
ed in pulling out without being stalled for
any length of time.
M. ar-narianrnn in the
nelghhorhood Of Iron Hill. One train got
stalled in the snow there during the night
and delayed a number of other trains for
several hours. The engine was said TO
have been dug out of the drift.
Some of the officials remained on duty
all night to try and keep the trains going.
The big snow plow was in service part
Of the night and all the morning between
this city and Baltimore. Early this morn
ing large gangs Of men with shovels were
also sent out to various points where the
snow had drifted most.
1t was reported that considerable
trouble was being experienced in getting
trains through on the New York division
and this caused a big delay to all trains
south bound from Jersey City. At Il
o'clock this morning the track between
wilmington and Philadelphia was in
fairly good condition, but trains could not
even then make their usual speed
On account of the storm several accom-
modations were not run yesterday after
noon. Some Of the men employed at Todd.
Cut had considerable trouble in Getting
to the shops today. It was after 10 o'clocl
when some Of them got away from French
street station.
A great deal Of credit is due to the Of
fcials of the road, as they did excellent
work in keeping the track even partly
open. 1t was one of the worst storms OF
railroads for years and 1t was only b!
good management in keeping engines OF
the tracks off and on all night that an!
trains at all are running today.
Little Damage to Wires.
The telephone and telegraph companies
got of lucky as they not only succeede,
in keeping their lines in operation, bu
also escaped with but little damage t,
the wires. There are practically no wire
out Of service and consequently a grea
deal Of business is being transacted b.
phone today.
A Milk Famine.
The storm has caused a milk famine fl
Wilmington today. 1t was almost impos
sible for the milk men to make thei
rounds and consequently many person
were compelled to drink their coffee with
out milk. There were but three milk mel
who succeeded in getting in the Concor
turnpike early this morning They wer
T. Atwood Weldin. Thomas T. Weldin an
a Mr.. Talley.
The Philadelphia pike is in such condi
tion that travel is at a standstill. TIL
drifts in many places are four feet hig
and packed solid. It is impossible 70
horses 10 get through these drifts. Abov
Shellpot the road is entirely blocked an
the farmers who have to go out ar
travelling through the fields All othe
roads leading to the city are also blocked