Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
TROLLEY SERVICE
HELD BACK BY
BIGSNOWDRIFTS
Linglestown, Rockville, Car
Isle and Marysville Still
Cut Off by Storm

Three sweepers. one plow. and
all laborers that could be secured,
were being used by the Harrisburg
Railways Company to-day in an eff
fort to get transportation in the city
ana to surrounding points back to
normal
The Capital street line has not
been opened, it was announced this
morning. Rockville has not been
reached, Linglestown remains with
out any trolley car service as yet,
ana no estimate could be formed as
to when they will be opened.
street car company officials said
that the service in the city this
morning has been fairly good. They
nave the usual amount of cars in
service, with the exception of those
that run on the Capital street line,
winch means that they are trying to
Keep to regular schedule. In spite
OF this, there has been much delay
IN reaching business portions of the
city from uptown, owing to the fact
than on many of the lines, cars are
running in pairs, or at times even
In punches" The Capitol Hill pat
rons are taken care of by the Fourth
and Sixth street, and the Third
street lines, Felix M. Davis, superin-
tendent, said this morning.
Steelton Service Fair
care are running to Steelton as
Well as can be expected, it was an.
nounced. On this line the cars have
habit of pairing, Mr.. Davis said,
and there has been a great deal of
waiting reported. Middletown has
had communication with the city
since yesterday, and cars are run to
the end of the line without trouble.
llummelStOwn rnDHhn1 la Cf
night, 1T is reported and is receiving
service to-day. The Riverside line
was opened up at o'clock this
morning, and it was announced that
cars are trying to keep to schedule
on that line. AT 5 o'clock this morn
ing service was begun on the Ober-
lin line, which had not been cleared
all day yesterday.
On tho line to Linglestown the
street car company's force of men
and sweeper are battling with drifts
That at places reach a depth of eight
or ten feet. The company is handi-
capped with a shortage of men, but
are working at the drifts on this and
the Rockville line in an effort to
open them during the day. The
clearing squads have cleared the
tracks on the Linglestown line as
far as Charleston, and cars are
running to that point. A sweeper
and crew with shovels are working
on. the Rockville line, where some
heavy drifts were encountered dur
ing the night That line has not
been opened since the storm, and
the cars can run only as far as Bo-
gar's lumber yard. The snow plow
is working on the Capitol street line
and it is hoped it will be opened to-
night.
Teams at Fault
1t was announced by officials of
the company that the greatest trou-
BILE in the city causing the numerous
temporary tieupS is occaSioned by
the many teams and trucks that
block the tracks and can not move
off to the side because of the great
heaps of snow. In many cases this
is the cause of pairing of cars in
the city. The Third street line is
affected most by this prevalent cause
of delay.
The power of the Harrisburg
Railways Company has been fairly
good since the storm, they report.
Through the arrival of twelve cars
OF soft coal to use with the river
ccal, the company now has a supply
for two weeks. Other coal is on
the way, Mr.. Davis reported.
Announcement was made at the
office of the Valley Railways Com
pany in Lemoyne that regular sched-
ules had been resumed on all the
lines except Marysville and Carlisle
The Carlisle line was opened as far
as Trindle Springs late last night
while it was impossible to get
through on the Marysville line as
far as Overview until shortly before
noon. Large forces of men were
detailed to open the tracks on these
two lines and officials hope to have
cars running to Marysville and Car
Isle by tonight.