The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-12-02

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down three more poles. AS a
consequence a badly twisted mass
Of wires had to be untangled be-
fore any cars could be operated on
Pacific avenue this morning. At
$3.50 the debris had been suffi-
GENTLY cleared away to restore
the car service.
Service Badly Hampered.
Practically all T. r. & p. cars
reached the barn last night before
the severity of the storm became
apparent. They were manned as
usual by the crews this morning
for the first runs, but the buried
tracks and broken feed wires
over the whole city delayed all
traffic. Power was restored soon
after a. m, but cars were run
ming until almost 8 o'clock, and
then only internationally. The
Traction line was not affected,
and the first car arrived down
town before Z a. m.
South Tacoma cars ran from
Twenty-fourth street, and the
corner of Twenty-fourth and Pa
cific avenue became a temporary
station, where Spanaway, South
Tacoma, Mckinley park and In
terurban passengers were congre-
gated. The first Interurban
train for Seattle left at Z o'clock
instead of 6 the usual hour, and
reached Seattle an hour and a half
late. Passengers who gathered at
the depot at Seventh and A streets
were notified that they must
"hoof it" to the improvised sta
tion to get their car.
Train Dispatchers Move.
Owing to the broken wires at
Eighteenth and Pacific avenue,
all train dispatchers were moved
from the depot to the Puyallup
avenue freight station. The Seat
tie milk train was tied up at Kent
until this morning, when it'll
proceeded to Seattle.
Superintendent Boutell of the
Tacoma Railway G. Power com
pany was busy man this morn
Ing. 1--WE are pushing work on
hll enlis and ought to have every
thing in good shape this AFTER
noon, he said.
Telegraph Service Cut Off.
Telegraph service with ALL
Northwestern cities was cut off by
the storm. The Western Union
managed to keep in communica-
tion with either Seattle or Port
land most of the night. No COM
munication could be had with any
outside town by the Postal Tele-
graph company from 1880 last
night to 8 O'Clock today. Falling
wires, caused by the extra weight
OF snow wrought the principal
damage. Neither telegraph COM
pany was able to communicate
with Vancouver, Victoria, Belling-
ham, Everett and other cities of
the Northwest until after o'clock
this morning, and after that time
the service was only intermittent.
Local service in both the Home
and Sunset phones remained in
fair condition, in spite of the
damage to the wires. Both COM
panies had all available men out
on trouble" calls this morning.
The Home phone, through cleo
trio light wires falling across its
long distance lines, was shut off
from all long distance connec-
tons, with the exception of one
wire to Seattle. The damage was
located at 10 o'clock, and at noon
the local office was again in COM
munication with the outside
world. Two cable lines in the
city were dragged down, but other
local damage was of minor
nature.
Long distance connections of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company were shut off at the
height of the storm last night,
but was restored soon after day
light this morning.
Lights Shut Off.
The city light service was COM
pletely demoralized this morning
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