Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-01-22
second EDITION
1iPPIyG INTERRUPTED
|a the Heavy Fog Which Oyer
hung the HarbOT Last
Night and Today.
ALSO TROUBLE ON LAND
r,dnasrs and MOlOFm8n Confronted
by Difficulties.
rHF CARS RAN CAUTIOUSLY
r,e Greatest Care Had to be
Exercised.
mulBKABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS
.nSO TROUBLE ON LAND
r,drssg and MOtOTmsH Confronted
''' by Difficulties.
rgF CARS RAN CAUTIOUSLY
r,e Greatest Care Had to be
Exercised.
WEATHER CONDITIONS

ginning was almost at a standstill
a. as result OF the heavy fog
egsicb hung over the harbor, and on
S che conditions we're not much
lD,.e, IA it was impossible, for hours,
W half "a block away, in conse-
W. of which locomotive engineers
notormen on trolley cars, as we'll
ld,,,ers OF other vehicles had to use
pTbs ioq settled over this section
..ant dusk last night and continued
M undated density during much of
,oSsy. last night the brightest Of
,isoftic lights could not be seen, at
,'mss Tor a distance Of a square and
gs headlights Of trolley cars we're not
,isible that far. On single-track roads
s,t,aoriinary precaution had to be
,'tsp and the operation of the cars de-
rsnded almost entirely uron the sig
Tbe ioe was largely the result Of yes
tsrday's peculiar weather conditions.
Tbe sun shone brightly muohiof the
Ssg and ns a result the temperature
vas as high as GO degrees above zero,
Fbich vaporized a great deal OF the
moisture coming out Of the ground,
spd as soon as the sun sank below the
v,stern horizon the mist began to de-
reud aud during part of the night and
4 ,oisy 10 iesembled rain. Yesterday 3
i v,stber conditions we're remarkable
4 iof the time Of year-the 2lst Of Janu-
,r-and we're almost unprecedented.
4 peoue promenaded the streets, as 10
i mmmer, and thousands visited the
. mtks Many Of the trees show marked
ipalcation Of putting forth shoots N a
. sv days IL the weather does not soon
bcome colder. Frogs we're ia evi
dsncs yesterday and some OF the ponds
rfeared to be alive with them last
4 night
lie tugboat Emily, plying between
4 ibis city and Cerney's Point, n. j.,
4 lof the du ront Powder Co., made hei
. bip today q the usual time.
The Ulrica Of the Wilmington & New
Jersey Ferry Co. made the trip tc
Ftnn's Grove on good time, but on tbs
# niuin arrived about 10 minutes late,
The fog lifted, but settled more heav
A ily about s. 20 O'Clock and nothing wal
. visible beyond two boat lengths. NJ
A boats we're seen on the Delaware Rive
Oh tho round trip other than one naph
iba launch, going from the Christians
A River to New jersey.
Engineer Mason, who was running
the engine of the Norfolk express, dul
10 this city shortly after o'clock thi
morning, ran into the fog between
AIddletown and Townsend. lie sai'
be never saw a fog close down quicker
The steamboat Brandywine of tn
Wilmington Steamboat Co., which lef
Philadelphia yesterday afternoon, ar
rived in Chester shortly after o'clock
and hnding that the fog WIS groWinl
heavier, Capt. Wilson notified Presi
dent Horacs Wilson, here, and the boa
vas LAID up at the Chester pier Ihi
afternoon the boat left Chester 70
Philadelphia and is scheduled to leay
her wharf in Philadelphia at 4 o'cloc
iot this city ana will resume her regu
lar trips again tomorrow morning, leaI '
lng The Fourth street wharf at 7.3
o'clock
The fog lifted at noon and the su
ihone for a time.