The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-14
TRAFFIC BEARING
Up UNDER STRAIN
Severe Storm Has Not Seriously
Handicapped Railroads or
Telegraph Companies.
SUFFERING AMONG POOR
Charitable Institutions Ask Pub
lie to Aid Them in Caring
for Destitute People.
SUFFERING AMONG POOR

No serious interruption to business is
anticipated by reason of the belated
touch OF winter which struck this sec
ton early yesterday morning. The city
is buried beneath a four-inch blanket
OF snow, and tho state at large expe-
rienced still heavier fall but all
transportation companies report that
| traffic is holding up well under the
handicap, and that no serious delays
are expected
Friday. the 18th. landed with both
feet on this city yesterday. 1t brought
with II the worst weather experienced
here this winter. Early risers found
the streets covered by a thin white
blanket, while the thermometer at Z
o'clock had a toehold on the 13 above
mark. Snow had begun falling shortly
after ; o'clock. and for thirteen hours
1t came down in swirling sheets. Tho
mercury, however, began an upward
climb. until at s O'Clock last night Ii
registered 90 degrees above. and the
snow had been replaced. first. by a
smarting downpour of hall, later by
cold nasty sleet. and then rain.
Fair and Cold Promised.
Weather predictions for to-day arc
that the snow will probably continue
in Southeastern Virginia. If tho fore
cast Is correct, telephone and telegraph
companies expect many Interruptions to
! their service Tho Western Union Tel
egraph and Postal Telegraph Compa-
MES last night reported that their wires
arc holding up well. but that the heavy
sleet In South Carolina may impair the
service In that direction. Fair and
colder Is the local forecast.
All railroads report that there has
been no interruption to traffic by tho
snow, and that connections are being
made on schedule time. Train crews
report that the snowfall along the lines
is heavy. but that little or no drifts arc
i hafn trt Tt,s
however. may be changed by rising
| wind
Institutions Filled Up.
Suffering among the poor OF Rich
mond, while not alarmingly high, Is
sufficient to cause n call for assistance
from the Associated Charities. the SAL
walton Army and tho Colored City Mis-
sion. COZ East Leigh Street. and other
charitable organizations. The winter
has been unusually mild, but there are
more men without work than usual, and
all OF the institutions are taxed to their
utmost to alleviate conditions among
the needy
| The sharp change In the weather has
thrown hundreds of men. women and
children upon the mercy OF charity. and
a continuance or the cold spell will
overtaX the local institutions. The
Associated Charities needs more cash
to carry on It's work. while the Saliva
ton Army is embarrassed for lack of
clothing and fuel for it's hundreds Of
applicants. The headquarters of the
| former Is III the old Ballard House,
Fourteenth and Franklin Streets and
the latter Mt 91S East Broad street.
Street car service In various parts
OF the city was badly dlsarranged last
night on account of the very slippery
| condition of the tracks. Many of tho
cars were unable to crawl the hills. \
break in the trolley wire near tho
bridge on the Highland Park line short
ly before midnight Interrupted service
people. caught this side OF the break
were forced to spend the night in the
city.