Evening journal., 1909-12-27
DELAWARE AVENUE, SIXTH
AND SEVENTH ST. LINES OPEN
Both Trolley Companies and the Street and Sewer
Department Have An Army of Men Clear
ing Away the Huge Drifts

Cooperating with the street car COM
panies. the Street and Sewer Department
had eighteen gangs OF twenty totwenty-
nve men az work the first thing this
morning. opening street car lines and
street crossings along them. Sixteen ash
wagons are being used to haul snow and
this afternoon additional wagons, engaged
from private parties, will be put to work
clearing the streets.
Much OF the snow Is being hauled TO
shiplcy street wharf and dumped by tho
wagon load. into tho Christiana river.
Wagon loads are also finding their way
into tho sewer. being dumped into tho
manholes and flushed with water from
fire hydrants.
AT Ninth and shiploy streets wagon
load after wagon load Of snow was dump
ed into the sewer this morning and Il re-
ouired a half dozen strong armed men TO
conslgn the snow 70 the sewer. A section
OF fire hose was attached TO the plug at
the postofnce and as fast as the snow was
dumped into the hole the strong stream
Of water carried II down the sewer and
started 1t for the river.
While the work Is being done for the
railway companies. e Is supervised by the
street and Sewer Department officials
and every foreman and district street su-
pervisor was put 20 work directing a gang
Of men, Street Commissioner Frank w.
Pierson and Secretary Leslie v ciiristy,
OF the street and Sewer Department were
on the street directing the work
Avenue Line Opened.
The first line opened was that on Della
ware avenue. Cars had been running to
Eighth and Market streets at O'Clock
this morning, and by eleven o'clock IN,
lire from Front and French streets, &c
Delaware avenue and Union street. wa'
opened and ready for traffic.
Gangs OF men were working in Eight
street, at the same timo and this line VII
DO the next to be opened for traffic an
this wln probably be accompanied ~ flh
evening. Gangs OF men are also worlxin
IA and out on the Market street, on IA
Riverview line. Out Front street. nea
, Broome. where four cars were stalled n
/ H. Geiger. assistant superintendent OF th
? wilmington city Railway Company va
busy most OF the morning with a hi
gang OF men digging out the cars an'
clearing the tracks.
Aside from the men which tho Stree
, and Sewer Department engaged thl
morning, the railway companies have thei
J own employees and large number o
other men at work shovelng snow. II
many places the snow had formed so har
! by reason of wagons passing over It tha
/ picks had to be used as freely as shovela
r. W. Crook, superintendent Of the Peo
Pies Railway Company said to-day tha
/ the outlook for getting most Of the com
, pany's line into shape to-day was goo
providing the light snow which set d
shortly before II o'clock at noon woul
not turn into a more heavy snow.
| AT noon the Sixth and Seventh stree
z lines were running from the car barn, a
s Sixth and Hawley streets. to Popla
street. This afternoon an effort viii b
q made to clear the track to Brandywln
81 Springs and 10 Rising Sun, both Of whic
r lines It is hoped by the rairay officials
n viii be open by evening. No attempt wi
e be made 70 open either the Rockford q
e Eastlake lines until tomorrow. I'VE ar
e doing the best we cam said Mr.. Crook
p James y. Oberly, weli-Snown brick
1 maker, has invented a snow plow whic