Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-15
STREETS AND TROLLEY
LINES ARE BLOCKED
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LINES ARE BLOCKED
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ing their way into the city. The
heaviness of the snow and its depth
made it impossible for traction conf
panies to get their lines open.
Schedules Broken
There were no such things as
trolley schedules in the city this
morning. Workmen going to their
usual corners to take street cars for
their factories or mills, found them
selves spectators of great tides OF
other workmen who swept down the
deserted street car tracks, having
gotten there" first and realized the
uselessness of waiting for a car. The
snow made workmen late and con-
sequently factory whistles played
mournful solos to lifeless factories.
Hours later, men and women going
to their offices, either waited un-
heard of lengths for their ears or
struggled down the half formed
paths made by the workmen who
had carried out the same program
early in the morning. Snow falling
steadily until 8 o'clock covered up
the pavements that had been clean
GU ny early bc-
fore o'clock, so that between tied
up street traffic facilities and the
deep snow, more than one workman,
man and woman, spent a disagree
able day at the office, factory or
store.
Numerous Offices this morning
were sadly lacking its usual force
of employees owing to the difficulty
of travel. Quito of-town workers were
most often among the missing, and
some of them did not show up all
day. The upper end of the town was
also disconnected with the business
portion for hours this morning ow-
ing to the tieup in service.
SuburbanS Hurt
At a late hour this morning,
Linglestown and ObeElin were un-
connected with the city. Oberlin
cars managed to get as far as En-
haut and Oberlin was practically
cut off. Crews worked on this line
until an early hour this morning, but
hnding their attempts fruitless gave
up the attempt until noon. A sweep
er worked on the Linglestown line
all morning, but at a late hour had
not reached the end of the line. Cars
were not running on the Linglestown
line all morning.
Communication with Rockville
was cut oft after z o'clock this morn
ing. A crew in a car there was un-
able to make any headway against
the weight of the snow, and had to
await assistance from Harrisburg,
Ihere was communication with
Steelton and Middletown this morn
ing, but cars were not running on
anything like schedule. An effort
was was made to run cars through to
Steelton on twenty-minute sched-
ule, half the normal rate, but this
schedule could not be followed bv
the crews. Cars ran in pairs for the
most part, and some times punched
up IKE railway train. Middletown
had a little communication with the
CITY TINS morning, railway officials
saying that they tried to get a car
started off to that town every hour
Stuck in Snow
capital street cars were not rum
ning in the city early this morning.
reservoir cars were running after
a fashion, sometimes in pairs. All
UPTOWN @ cars We're running on a Is
minute schedule, the railway Off
cials said, but they could not ad-
mere to the schedule. The Third
street line was tied up for hours af-
Ter O'Clock, the cars getting around
the corner at Seneca street, and not
Settlng any farther. Officials of the
railways company said that the
Third street line always gives the
most trouble, owing to the fact that
IL is single track, and the great
banks of snow thrown up on either
SIDE make traffic on the car track
by wagons and trucks on this street
necessary, thus causing delay, and
with a continuation of the snowfall
complete tieup. Fourth and Sec
ono street cars were running fairly
well, the railways officials said, and
trying to keep to a 15-minute sched-
ule. After $50 there was car SER
vice after fashion in Third street.
A plow and four sweepers were
used by the railways company to
clear the tracks, and furnish service
to patrons of the company. One OF
the sweepers was used on suburban
lines, and the others in the city
There was traffic on the city lines as
early as . o'clock, Mr.. Davis said.
Owing to the rush between 6 and
1870 O'Clock, caused by transporting
workmen, the few cars in service
depleted the power, thus causing the
ueups later in the morning.
Resuming Schedules
At 1890 the railways company
said the cars in the city were run
ming on fairly good schedule, and the
service could be counted on to i'm
provo through the day. Heavy
wagon and motor traffic on the car
tracks, the officials, pointed out
would hinder the service to-day,
even after the tracks were cleared.
At an early hour, great throngs of
workmen pressed into service were
cleaning the streets in the business
section, and huge trucks carried the
covering of snow from the corners
where the hustling workmen heap
cd it in great piles. Market Square
was the first point attacked by the
city workmen, and was cleared at a
fairly early hour this morning. Traf-
fic on the streets was difficult all day.
Gumboots were the order with all
who were fortunate enough to have
them, and found it necessary to be
on the streets.
Valley Cars Tied Up
All lines of the Valley Railways
Company operating on the West Shore
were tied up until late in the morn
ing. Cars were running on the New
Cumberland. Shiremanstown and West
Fairview lines about 0 o'clock
Shortly before noon it was announced
that cars were forced through the
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