Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-06
WIRES STILL CRIPPLED
Train Service North Of Richmond
Also Is Rampered.
MAILS ALL ARRIVE BEHIND TINE
Railroads, on Account Of Lack Of
Wires, Have to Operate With eau
ton-communieation only by Very
circuitous Routes.

| NICf MOND, "a, Mar. 1--Hh WIZ"
north OF Washington. between that
city. baltimore, Wilmington. Philadei'
pbia and New York Al" still down
cutting on communication by either
telegraph Or telephone. This means
that no trains are being run rrgn'
larry into Washington This also
means that the usual reports OF the
stock exchange. received here daily
is not being received and the tickersi
In the brokers officers are silent ana
will BE- so all day.
Lack of wires over which 10 dis
patch and operate trains Is causing
delays in mail and passengers Tor
Richmond and the South.
Passengers from this city to the in
auguration in Washington are still
coming home and have been com
ing HON" all night.
Trains with Inauguration crowds
Logan arriving here frCm the capital
this morning at ; o'clock and arrived
then and at $40. I ana Al" ana
with still more to come. On account
Of the lack Of wires trains between
here and Washington. especially north
OF Quantico and Alexandria. have TO
be run very cautiously. This takes
extra time because it means running
very slow. Those that come in on
the early morning trains were all
night in the Washington station. on
the cars Or going home. Most OF
them returned cold and hungry and
many of them very much broken uo"n
from their exposure aud trip.
The morning mail from Baltimore.
Philadelphia and New York. as we'll
as other Northern cites, due here
daily. Sun laws excepted. at 80. haa
not left Washington at II o'clock. as
far as could be learned here at that
hour This means thai this mail can
not possibly reach here before I
o'clock or after banking and business
hours again this afternoon.
One wire Only.
One wire working very poorly be-
tween Alexandria and Washington Is
all that the Richmond Fredericksburg
and Potomac has today. The repair
gangs sent to restore the circuits have
found the wires so tangled that IT
seems Ike an endless job trying to
get them up and working again.
Western Union.
At noon today the Western Union
reports that out of a total OF ninety
wires between Richmond and Wash
ington thirty are working and sixty
are down. but being repaired as fast
as twelve gangs. Of SIX men each. can
possibly make the repairs and restore
the circuits.
Only important messages can be sent
over this number of wires. but the
local officials expect to have twice
this number working by this even
ing, and the total number in operation
BY tomorrow night.
All about the roal between AleXan'
dria and Washington the telegraph
and telephone poles were broken like
80 many pipe stems. and despite the
fact that thew mad from twenty 10 ieo
wires attached to them. were in many
instances thrown some distance from
their original position.
The Postal Telegraph Company
had not been able to restore direc!
communication between Richmond
and Washington. superintendent G
Iw. Rib,e. of this division, IL on the
scene Of trouble and rushing the wors
as fast as possible. This compah!
keeps twenty-five direct wires between
here and the capital.
REPORTS frcm both companies sho"
that the storm was centered between
Alexandria and Washington iOT oht
, place and between Washington Bal
timore and Wilmington for the secont
sweep. In these places the snow tina
foil was soft and cl!nginx. After Il
had fallen heavily and encountered 'h'
1 wires heavily. the colo WINDS cams
and frozc the snow. and as the vsloc
ity Of the winds increased. wires anf
poles were snapped under the pres
srr. Of snow. ice and high wind.
I The Bell telephone. the lOagdis
,ance line. reports At noon today no di
| rec, wire to Washington and nothin:
! north OF washington and trtw"en tina
| -, u,l,;n,oVc phiIadelphja and New