The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-04-06

since LhAI tarae Raleigh has been
without power.
Raleigh in Clutches.
When Raleigh walked up Saturday
morning, it was to see the city in the
clutches Of the seNerest blizzard Of its
history. The snow melting under
foot and falling heavily from above,
made walking difficult and disagree
able. Telegraph poles stretched across
almost every street and sometimes at
intervals Of every thirty yards OBJ
structed traffic. The work Of repair
ing the damage done vas begun i'm
mediateiy. But it was slow, slow toll,
Every available nan on the systems
of the Bell Telephone Company. the
Western Union, the Postal, the Raj
eigh Telephone Company was put to
NOrk on the streets.
Power Company Ready.
At eleven o'clock. according to MIR.
Paul A. Tillery, assistant general
manager of the Carolina Power and
Light Company everything was in
readiness to turn on power. But to
Mayor Johnson, there appeared great
danger in this. He directed the fol-
lowing to the Carolina Power and
Mayor Johnson's Letter.
"As mayor Of the city Of Raleigh,
recognizing the fact that there may
De danger in having the electric cur
| rent turned on tonight. after careful
thought and consideration, notwith-
standing the fact that @ state that
you are ready to turn on the same. as
a matter Of the greatest precautlOn
and protection to life and property,
| respectfully request h a you do not
turn on any current tonight"
Residence Lights Monday.
That accounts for darkness last
night. Telephone wires and other
cables will be cleared from the power
lines by this afternoon, it is thought
to be turned on this evening. Resi-
Dental lights, however, will not &C
on until Monday. Car service VIII o.
resumed today.
According to further statements O
Mr.. Tillery there are hardly NOR
than twenty poles Of the power com
pany which are now down. But ev
cry transmission line out Of Method
is put. There is no connection iron
Method with either Durham, Colds
boro, Blewitt, or Roxboro.
Roads All Blocked.
Attempts by representatives OF tn
Carolina Power and Light Compan.
to reach Method through the coun
try yesterday revealed the fact tina
the roads were entirely obstructe'
by fallen poles, making passage in
4 COIlN ~ dII1G
Fifty poles Of h Southern Bel
Telephone Company are down in Raj
eigh, and about half a hundred tele
? phones are. out of connection. All Q
: the long distance wires likewise hav
! been lost, and communication Wit
: other towns cut off.
Mr.. w. A.. Jennings, district man
lager for the company, described TN
: difficulties OF his company IN the cit
as mostly in the matter Of cut in
and where other poles Or wires hav
! fallen across the Bell cables. Mo;
of the system in the uptown SEE
3 ton OF the city is under ground. TIL
has not been affected. The resider
tial telephones will be put back j
e order as soon as a force u alno'
e half q hundred men can get to then
i'll The Raleigh Telephone Compar
suffered most severely. Practical
every pole out Hargett street W.
tsnapped and others in various Sc
d tons Of the city suffered at the san
rate. Very few telephones were
commission during the day. M
v VIII Wynne, himself. was out on Il
lines during the day directing Il
work of repair.
Telegraph Lines Off.
Neither III Western Union nor Il
j. Postal could get into communicate
with other stations. Batches Of tel
re grams were exchanged. however, b
ID Tween Raleigh and GreenSbo
tx through the special messenger rout
n Patrons OF the wires, hopeless b
ID persistent, besieged the Offices yeste
day, but all OF them were turn
es away with the same explanatio
ID Neither liz nor out OF Raleigh cOu
i a wire be worked. Complete silen
We reigned where there has been q CO
slant ticking OF the code signals.
r Fire Watch Out.
IF. Great care and precautions we