The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-15
Washington Cut Off by
Phone and Tele-
graph.
THE STORM WAS GENERAL
Repairs Quickly Made, But
Great inconvenience EX-
perienCed.

The Storm Kings Inauguration began
=t midnight in New York city. Since
then the fun and frolic have grown SO
furious that the wires of the Postal ana
Western Union Telegraph Companies
and even the phone wires have been IN
equal TO the strain
Today many of the wires have been
put out of commission In other words
the elements have got together Tor
sort of winter fare-you-well, and are
Just pounding the telegraph wires 10
standstill.
This is the first time This year shat
New York has had n blizzard OF sumo
lent size 20 call for extra headlines. Top
Of column. and the newspapers OF the
country will not today receive the usuai
bunch OF live wire stuff from the nnan-
cial center of the country
When Wires Tumbled-
The continual fell of sIeet in the sec
lion Of country around New York ana
Baltimore. the gateways out OF wash
ineton. gave the wire a beautiful icy
coat. which grew heavier and heavier
each hour. until the weight simply be-
came undurabIe and the old live wire
couldn't stand It any longer. so IL yieloed'
with the result that to reach New YORK
or baltimore the local telegraph COM
NAMES had to 60 via Pittsburg-
rhe telegraph business is taken SUD
iact N DELAY. and IL the storm continues
with the severity as indicated this morn
ing il may develop into another shut-out
s.,ch as uas experienced four years ago,
when New York could Only reach Bos-
ION via London. There is no delay with
the wires South, but North and West
the storm king is on periodical spree
The local telegraph companies have
started out their wrecking crews. and
- fast as a down wire Is located II is
repaired as quickly as possible As
much damage was done to the wires by
broken boushs OF trees : was done by
the coating OF sleet-
Cut OFF From Baltimore.
Telegraph officials say it viii be several
days before anything like reliable es-
innate can be made OF the damage al
ready done, and there is no telling at
this hour how long the New York bllz-
zard will last. Early this morning,
when all the wires we're down between
here and Baltimore. one wire was caught
up and fixed, but il lasted for little
more than an hour, when ii again be-
came lost Toward noon, however, the
companies managed TO get another wire,
and Washington is again in communics
ton with the Oriole City
Notwithstanding that Washington
escaped the sting of the storm the local
pnone service knew that something had
been doing in the silence of the night.
for when morning broke the people who
live in Rockville. Kensington. Chevy
,~lr
by who use the toll phene for business
purposes with Washington, found them
selves cut off. Old Sleet Coating had
got in his work on the phone wires. and
the sound of a voice froze before 1t fair
~ got started on the wire. The tele-
phone company as soon as il learn ed
that the toll phones were out of bIsi-
ness. sent emergency workers TO the
scene of the trouble. and it is believed
the lines will be in operation this after
noon. Only 150 subscribers in the outly-
ing city district are affected by the
storm, and the phone officials say that
these storm sufferers will have their
instruments working by nightfall.
Started in Utah.
Speaking OF the storm Prof Garriott.
official forecaster of the Weather Bu-
reau, said this morning. THE storm
now raging in New York had it's origin
in the plateau region of Utah. il be
gan Monday and has gradually moved
East until now 1t is central over the
Carolinas. and will pass off the coast by
tomorrow. 1t has been a general storm.
and has embraced almost the whole of
the United States. In some places the
wind had reached a high velocity and
in the far Northwest the storm was ac-
companied by some of the coolest
weather OF the winter.
I'm North Dakota the temperature fell
20 thirty-two degrees below zero. The
rain will continue here most OF the daY
clearing off at night. Yes. YOU Nigh,
sav this storm ends the winter ano
presages good weather for spring
Prof Garriott said the storm did not
bring with it severe cold weather. ana
therefore there would be little or nc
damage TO the crops South.