The Washington herald., 1909-03-10
WIRES now REACH
IMPORTANT POINTS
Telegraph and TelephOneAre
Partially Restored.
EMERGENCY CIRCUITS FORMED
western Union Is at Work Getting
sixteen More Wires Through TO
New YOrE-POstaI Restores Service
TO BaltimOre-TeIephOn Company
RecOnnects Additional Subscribers.

Slowly but surely the work OF unravel-
ing the tangled wires Of the telegraph
and telephone companies progresses. By
1:So O'Clock last evening the Postal COM
pany had two wires through TO Baltimore
over the Sandy Spring route. and now
all the companies have at least few
wires TO all important points.
These emergency circuits. formed by
stretching the wires along in the quickest
possible manner. have been about COM
pleted. and now the work Of real recon
struction viii BEGIN.
The Western Union company yesterday
carried sixteen additional circuits from
Baltimore as FAR as HyattsvilIe. about
seven miles from the city. and they hope
70 get these wires into Washington early
this morning. A crew is az work north
OF Baltimore, carrying these sixteen wires
north to Philadelphia. in order that the
circuit may run through TO New York.
Although the eleven direct wires now
running to Baltimore are a great victory
for the Western Union. under the cir
cumstances they stin have 20 take the
place OF 40 wires which are IN use when
the line Is intact under normal condi-
tiOns. The .curtailed facilities. which
the company mentions mean in reality
that il has now about 10 per cent OF its
wires IN working order.
Five Wires TO New York.
The two wires TO Baltimore which the
Postal obtained last night have TO take
the place Of thirty wires that are In use
under normal conditions. The Postal has
also five wires from Baltimore TO New
York, via Philadelphia. The next work
OF this company VIII be on the Bankers
and Merchants Line. which Will prob
ably take several days TO reconstruct.
even temporarily.
The telephone company reported last
night that 900 additional subscribers were
recOnnected yesterday.
Trainmen and others connected with
the dispatching OF traffic along the Balu-
more and Washington divisions OF the
Pennsylvania Railroad have received
copies OF a telegram from W. w. After
bury. general manager Of the road, con-
graduating them on the able manner in
which they have performed their work
under the serious difficulties which have
CNAotcA since l4e nlSlt OF March :. 4he
telegram is addressed TO r. S. Brooks
| general superintendent Of the Philadel-
phia, Baltimore and washington divi-
siOns and SAYS:
With the very extraordinary conditions
existing over the Washington and Balti-
more divisions since the night OF March 3.
/ and in the absence OF any means OF com
munication 10 direct the very heavy pas
/ senger train movement IN connection with
( the inauguration, IL is very gratifying "a
me, as It must also be 10 you, to know
/ that the same was accomplished without
accident or loss Of life. and I wish Ia
extend 10 your trainmen and all others
concerned my appreciation OF the care
and good judgment exercised by them In
this emergency"
The trains OF the Pennsylvania line
between Washington and Baltimore are
still running with signals between Land
over. Nd. and Baltimore. This not onIv
makes them arrive from ten minutes "a
an hour late. but makes Il impossible "a
tell beforehand just what time they Will
arrive. The wires OF the Baltimore and
Ohio are working the block signals salts
! faCtOTily