The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-06
NEWS Of WORLD
SLOW IN COMING
Ten Days Required to Re-
! pair Damage Caused BY
the Blizzard.
EVEN BALTIMORE
STILL SHUT OFF
Monumental City Harder Hit Than
Washington, Due to Over
head Wires.

j will ne fully ten days before wire
service ~ and from Washington, laid
,prostrate by the great storm which
sUe pt over The city ana outlying Ccun-
try Inauguration day. IS again working
normally. This as the opinion expressed
by local telegraph and telephone man
ayers.
Rut little time has been lost in TAX
ing stock OF the damage, and unless
mild weather prevails progress in re-
building the lines Will be greatly ham
pered.
Today hundreds Of Iiuemen were hur-
ried into This city from Southern and
Western cities. principally Richmond.
Atlanta. Pittsburc and Jacksonville, 10
he distributed along the lines between
this city and Baltimore, where the de
vastation was greatest Almost before
sunrise the Western Union and Abe
Postal Telegraph companies had gangs
of extra linemen equipped and started
out or these the former company
brought in more than 30 from Atlanta,
Richmond, and as far South as Jack
sonville while the Postal drew about
$50 men from Birmingham and other
cities or Tic South. The Chesapeake
ana Potomac Telephone Complain
hroosht in 100 extra mer 80 repair the
local and suburban damage. This con-
Germ now has two circuits working be
tween washington and Baltimore. but
no public business IS being transacted
over them.
Roundabout Route.
After laboring INCREASINGLY for twenty
four hours the Western Union Unemen
have restored communication with New
York via Atlanta, where everything is
being relayed. and the Postal via Bir-
minEham, it's southern relay point
Early reports showed that 1900 West
ern Union wires are PROSTATE between
here and Baltimore and most Of the
poles are either broken down or leaning
badly. The same condition prevails
along the other concerns route.
According TO the managers, Baltimore
has been an even worse sufferer than
Washington. The Monumental CITY is
still isolated from all directions, al
though II lS expected communication
from the soJHh viii nc restored within
one or TWO DAYS. That city has fewer
underground circuits both telegraph
and telephone. than this city. couSc-
uUently the damage there was much
greater
one effect here Will he that tho West.
ern Union VIII abandon the overhead
poles and wires on New York svenu'
from Sixth street northwest. cast {,
Florida avenue northeast Work vii
DC immediately started 90 replace thes-
wires with an underground system
Worst in Years.
Wire Manage Thompson. or TN
Postal, said today that no had no
known the equal Of this storm in TN
last twenty wears
the havoc played by this storm was no
even parelicled by the great blizza I'd
or 1855 ard 1891. In making the t,ip owe
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad fror
this city 70 Baltimore. Mr.. Thompso
counted 200 poles flat on the ground
with their CTcSsaTnS torn from thei
grooves. and the wires broken. twiSte
and scattered alonG TIC ground. Great
strong. cresfnuJ poles. planted close
the ground 10 CUa bio them 10 WirhSta n
heavy winds were found 20 have bee
broken off near their buses as thong
they had been pipestcms.
From BerWNn to College Park static
and Tor several miles 10 the west ever
pole was blown TO the ground The biz
Yard had clean sweep. and came dow
the slope with such fury that trees wer
upTooted. biz field signs blown q nun
dred feet from their original sizes an
roofs lifted bodily from barns and d
posted in nearby fields.
Nearer Washington. I'M the Bright
wood and TakOma districts the ds
structive force Of the wind was a
great. According 10 Division Manage
Burton. Of the ChesaDes Ike and Potona
company, II viii take weeks TO -epa
the damage. About 300 telephone sui
scribers IN these and the northwest Sc,
stons are without service
Fire Alarms Out.
The damage done 10 The Gro-aIa-l
and police patrol system was create
than At any time since the blizzard ,
SIX wears ago. says W Z. Allen. Dr
trict Electrical Engineer. At one tin
hair OF the lines were affected and q
81 the suburban nre-alaru boxes We,
ont Of commission.
COMMISSIONS Macfa RAND said to1a
that the excellent work OF tie EIectr
cal Department has done much tovat
restoring the service, and compliment.
Mr. Allen upou the prOmDtness Of p