Evening star., 1920-02-06

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SUN REAPPEAR|NG
Traffic Greatly Delayed by
Six-Inch Fall of Win
ter'S Mantle.
The heaviest snow. hail and sleet
storm of the season has virtually come
to an end for Washington, according
to officials of the weather bureau.
While the forecaster declares another
twenty-four hours of snow and high
winds will sweep along the Atlantic
coast from northern Maryland to
Maine, it was said that by tonight the
storm will have completely retreated
Shortly after 10 o'clock today the
sun peeped out from behind the dull
gray clouds. but the snow continued
to fall despite the promise of clearing
gwen py tne appearance of the sun
until about noon.
Snow Fall of Six Inches.
Approximately six inches of snow
tie. causing no end of trouble to rail-
road, street car and vehicle traffic. In
some places in New England twenty
inches OF snow was reported.
The storm, it was said, is moving
slowly in a northeasterly direction.
|
mitted today that the weather bureau
yesterday was trife in the dark as
to the location of the center of the
storm. Today. however. he definitely
stated that the center of the disturbance
was in the vicinity OF Nantucket.
The high wind last night hurled
blasts OF hall In the faces of pedes.
trfans. and against the window panes.
A thaw is expected late today or to-
morrow, and pedestrians will be COM
PEELED to wade through several inches
of slush.
Rail Traffic Hard Hit.
Railroad traffic was hard hit by the
heavy snowfall. Trains from New
York. Boston and other northern
points 'limped' into Union station % IL ST 4
night and this morning four and five
hours late.
western trains were practically on
time. Union station officials said. al
though considerable delay was expe-
rienced by the trains from the south.
All trains are reported to be leaving
Union station on time today.
Street car traffic was crippled in
| many sections of the city today De-
spite the fact that hundreds Of work
ers started for their places of en-
ployment earlier than their accus-
toned time, they were either com
PEELED to wait long for cars or walk to
work,
Telegraph and telephone poles were
blown down in the outlying sections
by the high winds. which at times at
tanned velocity of more than thirty
miles an hour. Repair gangs. how
ever. soon cleared the wreckage and
lines of communication have been
completely resumed today.
Cold Not Very Severe.
There has been no marked cold at
any point in the storm area, it was
SAID at the weather bureau, tempera-
lures being only little below the
freezing point.
The storm did not prevent the boats
! running between this city and Norfolk
| from operating. despite the fact that
the lower Potomac is ice-filled. Off
cials OF the Norfolk and Washington
steamboat Company said their boat
/ will start as usual for Norfolk tonight
The District has it's entire street
cleaning force out. making paths at
street intersections and clearing the
cutters. Engineer Commissioner Kutz
sa1d that arrangements are being made
to have the fire department assist in
cleaning the streets in the congested
sections by flushing them as soon as il
becomes warm enough to warrant such
action.
Must Keep Cutters Clear.
!. Commissioner Brownlow suggested
!hat persons who hire men to clean
thelr pavements should ask the
! snoW-cleaners not to pile the snow
and slush from the sidewalk in the
! gutter.
: Attention was called to the possi
| bility of water running into the eel
| lars on some streets il the n,eIfino
snow cannot find it's way to the
sewers through the cutters This can
| be avoided, it was said, if the GUT
| ters are ekpt clean
Commissioner kutz said that he
ieit sure the great majority Of Wash
| ingtonianS Will see the wisdom O,
| keeping the cutters in front of their
| homes open without a reminder.
! Forty Phone Poles Blown Dow,
More than forty telephone poles ir
the vicinity of Washington wer.
; blown down yesterday and last nigh
! oy the high wind. Five poles on the
Marlboro pike and twenty-five poles
IN Charles county. Nd. were laid low
Ofcials of the Chesapeake and Poto.
! mac Telephone Company said today
| that all repairs to the telephone serv.
ice had been completed and that serv.
| ice was now normal
Several poles of the rostal Tele.
| graph Company were blown down
| but the Western Union had no troubI.
of this kind, nor did the street ca,
| companies.
Snow piows were used all night te
! clear the city, but stalled moto,
| trucks and horse drawn vehicles eayt
the street car employees no end OF
! trouble.
Navy Workers Walk.
Hundreds of persons employed in
the navy yard formed a pedestrian
club, due to the lack Of street ca,
facilities on Sth street leading to thu
government workshops.
! 1t was good-natured crowd thai
plodded all the way from Florida ave.
nue. to the navy yard. and many re-
called the trouble experienced dur.
ing the blizzard of 1898, when thert
/ was no cross-town railway line in
/ East Washington.
! They were fully able to recall hav-
ing to shovel their way from theil
homes on that occasion. and many oi
them were unable to reach their place
of employment. Some returned home
TO nurse frost-bitten ears or feet
| while others returned simply because
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