The Washington times., 1910-01-06
Many Undignihed Tumbles
Result From Slippery
Sidewalks.
ALL WIRE SERVICE
BADLY CRIPPLED
Same Conditions Exist As Far AS
Boston, With Traffic
Interrupted.

Widespread discomfort, commercial
+ disaster in a few places. the loss Of
f some property. and woe 10 man and
/ beast alike have followed in the wake
. of the winter storm which is today still
I affecting not only the District OF CoIum-
ria, but also the Middle West, certain
of the Gulf and Great Lake States. and
part OF the Atlantic seaboard-
Originating on the Pacific coast. it has
moved eastward 70 the Great Lakes.
splitting in two sections. one Of which
Is today playing havoc with the traffic
and business Of large cities Of the At
lantlc Coast States as far north as
Boston Tne other section Of the storm
has gone southwark 20 several Of the
Southern States abut;iug the Gulf Of
Mexico, there 90 bring torrents Of rain
and cold
Snow Is Predicted.
No relief from today's conditions may
be looked Tor tonight or tomorrow, u
. the prediction Of the United States
/ Weather Bureau is TO be accepted Ac-
cording 10 today's forecast, tonight and
tomorrow wfu be much colder and the
sleet which Is falling, and which has
brought discomfort to thousands Of peo-
pie and animals, broken limbs Of not
few. and caused costly delays 10 traf-
Ec and telegraph and telephone wire
service. win -urn into snow. The force
Al
SATURDAY.. w rising temperature is
exSected TO paJ to rout ths- ice and
snow. 4
WHue@reDorrs from other cities. par
ticularIy Philadelphia and New York,
say their weather conditions today are
similar To those that prevail In Wash
inE-on- the disturbance IS not unusual
for This season Of the year. nor IS Il by
any means as severe as the storm
which hit this section Of the country
last March and gave the Capital a real
desire 10 see its QuadrennieI Presidential
show deferred a month or so.
Other Cities Affected
Like the citizens Of Washington. those
OF she Metropolis and the Quaker City
are today slipping and sliding on a halt
inch crust Of ice. traffic Is being C.
Iaved and interrupted 10 an annoying
deEree. but nevertheless business is
going forward enC0uraEinEIy. II slowly.
The most serious damage wrought by
the storm perhaps has fallen 20 the lot
of the telegraph and telephone COM
uauieS. This faruaEe- however. Is re-
ported all outside of Washington and
i= almost entirely the result OF crippled
wires and fallen poles Within the
CITY limits tie telephone wires are pro-
-ecred by their underground COnduita.
and for this reason there has been no
delay to the local telephone business
Both the western Union and the Pos
tai Telegraph companies this morning
accepted messages subject 20 storm de-
lays Their wires are working IN all di-
raCriouS- with frequent Interruptions be-
tween this city, Philadelphia and New
York The prospect IS that conditions
viii improve tonight unless the wires
become heavily laden with freezing
sIaeI
Wire Service Crippled
Colder weather and freezing will
mean more serious damage TO u.s. said
Chief Operator 7. W. Collins. OF the
western Union. mis- morning. Our ser
vice now is considerably curtailed and
We. are accepting business for all points
north and east Of Philadelphia subject
to delay.
The same situation COnfrOuts the Pos
tai Telegraph Company. according 10
Chief Operator Thompson, who said that
while his company was working under
delays. no reports Of serious damage
had so far come in
There was a near-tragic side 10 the
=torm sequence in Washington In the
great discomfort TO thousands Of per
sons treadiuE their slippery, uncertain
way to office. counting room, and work
shop this morning
Many person, starting out debo
nairlv from home to tread a pavement
that seemed protected by scattered saw
dust. ashes, or salt, suffered the hu-
initiating experience Of a sidewalk Jolt
OF course. there was q comic side To II
except TO the jolted, and they were
legion But the populace accepted II ali
in excellent good humoT, and all seemed
satisfied to get off without any broken
bones.
Blessings On Law Breakers.
out Of the maze of d iscomfort and
evaporation incident to the sleety sT-e-
walks the face Of the householder who
had defed the police regulation pro
hibiting the spTinkIing OF ashes or
sawdvst shone with a laiO. The winter
air was laden with blessings for him
just as it was filled with something thar
sounded like curses for the small bov
who insisted on making a skating rink
Of the sidewalk that he might slide or
skate thereon
Major Richard Sylvester and his no.
lice were active in trying TO deny he
young idea this winter enjoyment. blIr
small boys are elusive and the police
soon found themselves pOwerIeSs 10
stop coaStiuE and skating down the var
iOUS steep HIiis-
Although there was some delay to the i
street car n-affic this morning due to /
slippery rails. IL did not cause much /
complaint. the patrons generally CON
ccdinC that the railway companies had I
their hands fulI in keeping the cars
moving with anything like a regular /
6Couunued OF Pase Fourteena