The Washington herald., 1909-03-09
RUSH OF MESSAGES
MAKES WIRES HUM
Improved Service Cares for
Overdue kilograms.
FREIGHT WRECK BLOCKS ROAD
Both the western Union and the
Postal Companies Have Accumu-
lated Business That Keeps Every
Wire BuSy-COnnectiOn with Bal
timOre Is Partially Restored.

Substantial progress was made yester-
day by the telegraph and telephone com
panieS toward the re-eStablishment OF
their wires throughout the storm area.
At 80 O'Clock yesterday afternoon the
Western Union Telegraph Company had
completed a line OF twelve direct wires
through to Baltimore. and no sooner had
the telegraphers at each end entered into
communication than continual flow Of
messages started between Washington
and that city.
The rush OF messages caused some
slight congestion. but despite the cur
tailed facilities. the company was able to
handle ali business intrusted TO IL Ten
additional wires from Cumberland to the
West were established during the day.
and now the company is able 70 dispatch
messages 70 all important points without
serious delay.
The Postal company received a slight
setback in the afternoon. as one OF the
Birmingham trunk lines between Mem
phis and st. Louis was put out Of COM
mission for a reason that the company
here has not yet been able 10 ascertain.
The crippling OF the Birmingham facili-
ties hampered considerably the sending
by that route.
Postal Also Progressive.
Progress was reported last night on the
Postal company's direct line tc Balti-
more. Il has been carried 20 Ellicott
City. about fifteen miles from Baltimore.
This line has been connected with a
Western trunk line that leads 10 Pitts
burg through Cumberland. Three cir
cuitous wires have thus been established
with New York. and TWO with Chicago.
From New York IL is possible % get
into Philadelphia. and also to Baltimore.
Messages TO all points are received by
the Postal company, subject 20 unavoid-
able delays.
The telegraphers OF both companies are
rapidly emerging from their period OF en-
forced idleness. and 20 all appearances
the Offices are now as busy as ever. A
great pile Of accumulated messages are
on hand to keep busy every wire that Is
intact
Telephone Service Improved.
Three hundred additional subscribers
were re-connected yesterday by the Chesa-
peake and Potomac Telephone Company.
The direct line to Baltimore has been
carried from this end as Ear as An
| napolis Junction. The Washington COM
pany Is now waiting for the Baltimore
company to join H. Two trunk lines 70
| Hyattsville. Nd. were also regained- Long
distance service TO Philadelphia and New
York Is now intact The line 20 Annapolis
| is not yet completed. as several miles OF
It run over the Postars poles, and they
are stin down along this line. The Bal
timOre Telephone Company got into com
/ munication with Annapolis yesterday.
The train service from the Union Sta
ton is very much improved. The wires
between here and Baltimore have been
| connected, and the usual block systems
have replaced the visual signals
For a short time yesterday morning all
I traffic on the Pennsylvania line was held
up by the derailment Of a Western Mary
land freight train ar the entrance TO the
Baltimore tunnel Although An engine
and eleven cars left the tracks. no one
was injured. and in a few hours the
wreckage was cleared away In the
meantime, the Pennsylvania trains were
forced to use the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks. BY 10 o'clock yesterday morning
the schedules at the Union Station which
/ had been interrupted by the wreck were
completely restored.