The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-05

Washington was visited yesterday and
last night by one of the worst snow
storms of recent years. Snow began fall
ing early in the day and continued prac-
tically all night. While the street car
systems We're not tied up, the various
lines We're kept open with the greatest
difficulty. The indications as given out
at the Weather Bureau are for more
snow this morning and clear this after
noon and tomorrow.
Snow plows were kept at work all
evening on all the street car lines. Early
in the evening the trailers on all the
routes except the Connecticut avenue line
were abandoned. This was done to as
sist in keeping the cars moving despite
the heavy fall of snow. The traners
were taken of just when the theater
crowd started TO come downtown. and
naturally it caused a congestion, with the
result that the single cars were more
than crowded The same incidents were
repeated, only on a larger scale. when
the theaters closed about II o'clock
The fall of snow and the belated car
service was the result of a harvest for the
cab drivers. To a certain extent, even
these vehicles and automobiles We're in
terfered with, and the ''cabbies' did not
collect IS many fares as they had plan
ned because Of the fact that their horses
could not travel as rapidly as the drivers
themselves desired.
Pennsylvania avenue was a scene Of
much gayety, Early in the evening hun
dreds of sleighing parties began their
merry rides from one end of the thorough
II a
times the Avenue was converted into
race track, and there were many lively
contests between the different drivers
who thought they had the fastest horse.
Nearly Half Foot of snow
At ! o'clock this morning nearly half a
foot of snow covered the sidewalks and
streets of Washington. The snow began
falling heavier than during the early part
Of the evening, and it was only with
great difficulty and large forces of men
and machinery that the owl cars were
kept in operation. Shortly after II o'clock
the snow dry and heavy, began to drift,
and those out late reached their homes
with great difficulty.
The operation of the ferryboats along
the waterfront was somewhat delayed by
the storm. The Norfolk boat, however,
left Washington on its regular trip on
time.
Twenty-fOur snow plOWS and several
hundred men were employed by the street
railway companies on the Washington
and suburban lines. The operation Of
these cars VIII be continued as long as
the snow falls Several emergency snow
pl0Ws are being held i'm readiness at the
ear barns for use in case the snowfall
becomes heavier or should the plows at
work during the night be unable TO keep
the tracks clear.
Suburban Cars Delayed.
Cars running to Rockville. TennaIlytown.
and other suburbs were considerably
delayed, the most serious tie-up occurring
about 9.30 o'clock, when the Metropolitan
was blocked for over an hour. So badly
did the snow hinder the progress of the
cars that ii was found necessary TO cou-
pie the Rockville and Tennallytown cars
into one train and use the motive power
of both. This necessltated the running
of the suburban ears on the hour, and
many passengers have not yet found out
what hour that was.