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
from Washington.
Shortly after 10 o'clock today the
sun peeped out from behind the dull
gray clouds. but the snow continued
10 fall despite the promise of clearing
until about noon.
Snow Fall OF Six Inches.
Approximately six inches of snow
enveloped Washington in a white man
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
Ihe storm. it was said. is moving
slowly in northeasterly direction.
Prof. Henry, weather forecaster, ad-
mitted today that the weather bureau
yesterday was trifie 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 hail in the faces OF pedes.
trtans. 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 TraAlc Hard Hit.
Railroad traffic was hard hit by the
heavy snowfall. Trains from New
fork. Boston and other northern
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.
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 a velocity of more than thirty
miles an hour. Repair gangs how
ever. soon cleared the wreckage and
lines of communication have beer
completely resumed today
Cold Not Very Severe,
There has been no marked cold at
any point in the storm area, ii was
said at the weather bureau, tempera-
lures being only a 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
VIII start as usual for Norfolk tonight
The District has it's entire street
cleaning force out. making paths at
street intersections and clea the
cutters. Engineer Commissioner Kutz
SAID 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 it
becomes warm enough to warrant such
action.
Must Keep Cutters Clear.
: Commissioner Brownlow suggested
that persons who hire men to clean
thelr pavements should ask the
snow cleaners not to pile the snow
ana siush from the sidewalk in the
gutter.
Attention was called to the possi-
bility of water running into the eel
lars on some streets if the rueItin "
snow cannot find it's way to the
sewers through the cutters. This can
oe avoided; IT was said, if the gut
terS are ekpt clean.
Commissioner KutZ said that he
1eit sure the great majority of WASH
lngtonians will see the wisdom of
keeping the cutters in front of their
homes open without a reminder.
Forty Phone Poles Blown Down.
More than forty telephone poles in
blown down yesterday and last nieht
by the high wind. Five poles on the
Marlboro pike and twenty-five poles
In Charles county. Md, were laid low
oucidIS Ol tne chesapeake and POtO-
mac Telephone Company said TODAY
that all repairs to the telephone sery-
ice had been completed and that serv
ice was now normal.
Several poles of the Postal Tele.
graph Company were blown down
but the Western Union had no trouble
of this kind, nor did the street car
companies.
SNOW piows were used all night IN
clear the city. but stalled motor
trucks and horse drawn vehicles gave
the street car employees no end of
trouble.
Navy Workers Walk.
Hundreds of persons employed IN
the navy yard formed pedestrian
club due to the lack of street car
facilities on Sth street leading to tho
government workshops.
II was "A good-natured crowd that
ploddcd all the way from Florida ave
nue. TO the navy yard. and many re-
called the trouble experienced dur
ins tn. blizzard Of 1888. when there
Was no cross town railway line in
East MaHhihEton
They were fully able 10 recall hay.
tng 10 shovel their WAY from thei,
homes on thst occasion. and many Of
thsp NsT' unable ia reach Their place
~ employment some rotufnsd home
~ uurss fTosi .biitSp carr 90 feet
shtis others returned sitnpif hsrsas.
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