New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-03-06
BALTIMORE ISOLATED
NILES OF WIRE DOWN.
Chaotic Conditions Continue-Hun-
dreds of Linennen BusY.

areas OF L1D6nren Busy.
Baltimore March 5-Isolated. except for flicker
ing wireless communication and belated trains.
Baltimore made every effort to-day 10 bring order
out Of chaos. The storm that brought havoc in its
wake gave place TO clear skies and cool, bracng
air Hundreds of telegraph and telephone wires.
not only in the city but for a long distance in
many directions lay the ground, trains ran IN
and OF the city without orders and city traffic
was generally impeded Gangs of workmen
throughout the storm worked all day in an
effort TO secure temporary service
From thirty 10 forty miles in all directions poles
and wires lay in a of tangled wreckage. Miles
OF poles and. wires however. will have TO be built
entirely on the Western Union route, be-
tween Baltimore and Havre de Grace. poles with
about one hundred and forty wires went down, and
approximately the same conditions existed between
Baltimore and Washington. The Postal Telegraph
and Gable Company IL in much the same condition.
It brought large gang OF linemen. gathered from
as far north as Albany TO work at various points
IN the affected territory. The long distance teie-
phone service brought llnemen from Vermont, and
the company expresses hope OF having some limited
service by tomorrow. Toward Washington the
telephone company IN the worst shape
Many through trains went forward without wait
ing for connecting trains. OF the latter being
sent on as specials from the regular connecting
points
The tull effect Of the storms fury was felt on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad line between the
susquehanna River and Martinsburg. W Va.
No confirmation received OF the report that
I'VE frozen 10 death while travelling afoot
on the Patuxent River 20 Annapolis.
l. is estimated that at least one hundred miles OF
electric wires lie PROSTATE within the limits OF
Baltimore as a result Of the storm. and more than
FIVE hundred poles are down rhe me notary Joss is
estimated at sZO.0o not including the loss Of re
ceipts 10 the telephone. telegraph. electric power
companies and railroads. the latter being placed
figures fully high those Of the former. The
bulk Of the loss falls upon the railroads
The town OF Annapolis is d OF tangled cleo
a,d ell u.ra ,t1rI~a
ton by rail from this point 10 Annapolis Is almost
normal to-day.
Philadelphia. March 5-Not since the blizzard or
March 1885. have the wires. both telephone and
telegraph. been completely Frustrated south of
Philadelphia,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Washing
ton and the Susquehanna River weeks will be re-
oured to restore the lines to their former cond-
ton A traveller who passed the Pennsyl-
vana line Immediately after the execution OF Pres
ident Cassatts famous order TO chop down the
poles OF the Western Union Telegraph Company
along the railroads right Of way says
ditions to-day just chaotic they were
then. On the other railroads and along the turn
pixies the conditions the same those along
the Pennsylvania Railroad
Marching clubs from this city which took part
in yesterdays Inauguration struggling into
city a: all hours during the early morning after
having been the trains from six to twelve hours
in their journey from the capital The West Point
cadets, who ie1t W aSnlnBtoI yesterday evening"
reached the Pennsylvania Railroad station here
this morning in time for breakfast They left
Philadelphia later for West Point.
The John K. Reiburn Club which left Washing
ton at : O'Clock last night. reached this city at .
o'clock this morning after an aH-night ride. The
members made rash for the nearest restaurant
having been without food for twelve hours.
special train with miles Of wire and scores Of
men left here early to-day over the Pennsylvania
Railroad for Havre de Grace, and the telegraph
u6iu tO w
through TO Baltimore.
Harrisburg. Penn. March 5.-Tran service be
tween Harrisburg and Washington restored
to a semblance OF its regular schedule to-day and
the special and regular trains are beginning 10 /
move close 10 their allotted times.
The difficulty is due to the prostration OF tie /.
wires between York, Penn, and Baltimore. and :
baltimore and Washington, making necessary the
running OF trains from tower 10 tower. Trains are
being sent out to the north and to Western states
from this city as fast they arrive there being
no trouble beyond Harrisburg. The first special
from Washington arrived about a. m 1t con I
tanned part of Troop A of Cleveland
rev,es. Del! March ; Cby wireess).-The United /
States revenue cutter Onondaga reports picking up
the schooner O. H Brown, from Savannah for 4
New York this afternoon, five miles northeast OF
Winterouarter Lightship IN disabled condition. /
The Onondaga is towing the schooner to the Della
ware Breakwater.
The distance by wire between New York and ]
Washington yesterday exceeded twenty-five nun
7rad miles The route from New York over the /
Western Union Buffalo Chicago. St Louis
Men phis Chattanooga and Washington. The com
many which usually has one hundred and hfty !
wires In operation out-of Washington, was sending
messages over eight wires out OF that city last
night. 49,, ri, /
Neither the Western Union no" the Postal TeIe- !
erauh Company had single wire into Baltimore.
The news associations sent dispatches out Of the
,,,, b1, train TO Washington whence they were /
sent nv wire TO New York the circutous route.
a WARD IN MONTREAL