The Washington times., 1918-01-29

SNOW HASL|NGERED
ON CAPITAL STREETS

Washington today Is convalescing
from one OF the heaviest snowstorms
in years. With traffic resumed and
running on near schedule, the
Weather Bureau forecasts" fair and
cold" with no falling weather in
sight.
Today marks the sixty-second day
out Of the last sixty-four days that
snow has covered the streets OF
Washington. With the exception OF
December % and %, Washington has
had a trace OF snow for more than
two calendar months. according to
the Weather Bureau.
Cold to Continue.
The Weather Bureau forecast today
follows:
Fair, continued cold tonight and
Wednesday. Lowest temperature
about Is degrees tonight"
From midnight until 8 o'clock this
morning the temperature remained
at the 81 degree mark. After o'clock
the mercury began to climb a little.
The temperature by hours follows:
From midnight until o'clock 81
degrees: 8 o'clock, %; Z o'clock, %:
o'clock, %; o'clock, 20. and 10
o'clock, %.
Trafne Nears Normal.
Street car traffic on both lines was
nearer normal today. The slice which
followed the heavy snow storm yes
terday caused some trouble last night
with the conductor rails.
All day yesterday an army of track
workers and battery of snow plows
fought to make transit possible. Al
though the snow and sleet was par.
TALLY conquered in the city, the sub
urban lines ran far behind their SEIZED
ules yesterday and last night.
A. ". Buck, transit expert of the
Seeler corps OF engineers, investigat-
ing the District traffic problems, said
that both companies did Just about
all they could under such conditions
He said the Capital Traction Company
had made extraordinary efforts.
The storm which hit Washington
also bound up other nearby cities.
Alexandria, like Washington, was re-
covering today from its second white
Monday" The electric trains, which
leave Twelfth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue., ran on an uncertain schedule
during the night. but had resumed
their regular schedule today Several
hundred men from Washington and
{ Their points employed in building the
big cantonment at Be'voir returned
to work today after failure to reach
the camp m motor trucks yesterday.
Word received Fere from Cumber-
land today, is that the town is recov-
ering from one OF the heaviest snow
falls in recent years. Due to drifting,
snow reached { depth of four feet in
many places.
Await Garbage Collectors.
One of the Districts biggest prob
lens is made more difficult to solve
from the effects of the storm. Much
of the city's garbage and ashes have
not been removed from alleys and
homes for the last week.
Much OF the garbage Is solidly
frozen in the containers. making re-
moval practically impossible without
breaking the cans" said Mr.. Paxton.
Ashes present a similar problem"
The army OF '"white wings" was
again at work this morning, and II is
expected by nightfall that all snow
at downtown crossings will have been
removed.
Full service OF mail throughout the
city was resumed today by the City
Postoffice. Yesterday only one deliv-
cry was made in the residential Sec
tion and only two in the business dis
trict.
AT lne OHioh olAhIOu u NdS dnhOuhSeo
today that the trains were gradually
picking up their schedules" Trains
from the Far and Middle West continued
to run from two to FIVE hours behind
their time Trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio were running about two and a half
and three hours late. The Pennsylvania
was running on almost schedule time
today. Trains on the Southern were ar
irving only a few minutes late. and de-
parting on time. Trains from New
York were arriving on time TODAY