Evening journal., 1907-02-05
SUNSHINE FOLLOWS
OLD-TIME STORM
lo0nIlnuea grom TIrst go,

NlunAANutu AANNn Nllah INAN.l
which left that place bound fos this
city last evening at $40, arriving here
this morning at i.45. the crew having |
to shovel of the tracks at many places
along the road.
Snow IS promised for to-day. and !;
now looks as II Wilmington was TO
be treated 10 an experience similar tu
that Of March. 1888.
Assistant superintendent Harry
Geiger and Dispatcher George Andcr-
son. Of the Wilmington city Railway
Company spent the entire day yester-
day. from 9 o'clock ln the morning ano
All last night upon the streets en-
deavoring to keep the cars moving as
we'll as possible
AS result Of their efforts. aided by
the crews OF the cars, the Delaware
avenue. West Fourth street. East and
West Eighth street and Maryland ave-
nue. branches OF the road were in
operation this morning. The East
Fourth and Shellpot cars stopped rum
ming last night but resumed their runs
this morning
The Pennsylvania Railroad, 20 pre-
clude any chance OF a tie-up. used two
engines on several OF the New York
Washington trains.
Throughout the night the snow
scooped into the fire pans OF the en-
gines and interfered with the draughts.
II was this which caused the COM
paratively somewhat slight delay On
arrival OF trains making long runs. AL
though Monday and Friday are cor-
sidered light days for passenger trat-
fic yesterday proved unusually heavy,
IN spite OF the storm.
Many Were sleishing
Many with sporting blood in their
veins braved the wind and snow last
night to take sleigh rides about the
city and suburbs. The sound Of tn.
sleigh bells resounded cheorlly through
the cold. crisp night air. and did much
to arouse the spirts of those who were
prone TO feel disoonsolate.
Navigation Tied Up
Between the ice and the unusually
severe weather conditions navigation
was completely tied up and not one
Of the companies attempted to run
boats out Of the creek. All schedules
were annulled. and it is doubtful If
the weather conditions do not Improve
whether any attempt viii be made 90
run the boats to-day.
out IN the suburbs the snow drifted
high. There the wind had full play
With the flakes. I'm some places 90
swept the roadway as clean as II "a
massive broom had done the work
while IN other places the snow was
heaped up as high as two fcct
Like water seeking it's lowest level
The snow swirled down into the loW
places on roads between high banks
and made It a brave task for a man
or a horse to get through. Through
some of these places traffic by any
means was slow. More Of q woull
cause tie-ups in many directions
Snowfall General
The reports received last night by
/ the weather bureau showed that the
snowfall was general throughout the
country and that Wilmington had not
gotten the worst Of II. In Portland
Maine there were 10 inches, I'm Duluth
30 inches Marquette, Mich, q and ~
Huron u inches.
The temperature in the far North
west was particularly severe, being IS
! degrees below al Willston.
I'm Mobile, Ala, and Jacksonville,
Fla. the force of the storm vented it,
self IN thunder and lightning.
The wind during most of the time
Of tho storm was from the Northeast.
although the course Of the storm was
from the Southwest. The wind blew
steadily toward the storm center and
increased IN intensity as the center OF
the storm came on.
Policemen Suffer
The police had hard time trying
to keep warm. while they are equip
ped with their winter apparel the wind
seemed to penetrate almost anything
and the drifting snow added consider
ably to the chill. The heavy overcoatS
r1hber boots. gum coats and every
thing they could put on were hauled
out last evening when they reported
for duty. for many OF the men have
become amateur weather prophets
While walking about their posts the
men managed to keep their blood in
circulation and Jared we'll enough, but
when they stopped on corners TO make
] a general survey Of conditions thes
J felt the icy breath of the wind. There
is no such thing as loafing with tn,
reporting system now IN vogue In IN,
department. Every man IS required
to call in every hour and a strict ac'
count IS kept on the tape Of the instru.
ment I'm the police station so that I
shows plainly II an officer fails to Ok
his duty Besides that. the parolmei
are required to meet their sergeanis
and the sergeant keeps his eye open fo
those who shirk So on the while
the "copper's" lot was not such hap
py one during the storm.
The weather man says the snow
storm viii abate this afternoon. Colt
windy weather VIII follow.
Emerson Bunting, track foreman
had one hundred men working an nigh
keeping switches open. The foreman
kept the men supplied with hot coffe
8.