Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-21
STREET CARS TIED
/ UP FORTY MINUTES
AS MACHINE QUITS
Lack of Power Halts Industries
Dependent Upon V. r.
& p. Supply.
ACCIDENT is UNAVOIDABLE,
COMPANY OFFICIALS SAY
Elevator Boy, Suspended in
Times-Dispatch Building,
Has Trying Ordeal
THEATER CROWDS SIT TT OtrT
Stage AmnscIncn,s of Their Own
"h"n IA" Regular Perform
anccs Ar" StoIyrd.
ACCIDENT is UNAVOIDABLE,
COMPANY OFFICIALS SAY
rHEArEH CROWDS SIT TT our
Stage Amuscrncnis Of Their Own
"h'n Ia" Regular Perform
anccs Ar" StoIyrd

f"r NOR" than forty minutes last
h'sht richmond was plunged in semi
'"f hh"NS, ana " soin" scc,iorg :,
shade or rs" darker. because az m.
Ia 'lnr" of a ls7.0OO kiIowat, dy,in,pn
az IN" main power house OF The X'ir
GINA Railway and Power ,omnnny
Twelfth and Perry Streets. During
the period mentioned. practicalIy all
lights In the business districts w.,a
out, the electric cars sore a. -
standst'li and might workers dc
pending upor electricity for tho
operation Of their machinery cujovcd
brief vacation.
The dynamo failed ahOu, S.ac
o'clock and It MS n little NOR. than
forty minutes later that N. lights
came on and the ruachim.ry began to
whiri once more Th" post -oi.lce
which was hard hit beca use OF the
hour at which the dynamo went on
strike, was in scmidarkness and its
machinery used for sorting and other
purposes was stili.
Eirvntnr 10. Has -Trying ORDEAL"
The Times Dispatch plant was aiso
shut down during the period, but the
only on" IN the hUildinr 10 suffer
any personal inconvenience was the
elevator operator. who's. cage went
dead" when he was ascending. leuy-
ing him between Two floors, with no
chance OF finding AN exit He was
found none the worse for what n.
teru,v,i i,;s trying ordeal" when the
'juicc" again began To rum but
further than 10 compare his thrill
ing" experience with thar OF soldier
on listening post duty ou, In 40
Mans Land he refused TO he in
tcrvicwcd. lie modcS;ly declined to
pose for Il hashiiEht photograph.
All the thcatcrs In Ia. CITY. most
Of them packed with the usual after
dinner crowds. were In darkness, as
were all tn" restaurants along Ma IN
ana Broad streets and other places
Of business. including drug and to-
bacco stores, during the trouble at
III" power house. Some Of the places
affected were equipped with gas con-
nect!ons ana they rssoItcd to that
method of illumination for the first
time in many a night. while others,
depending solely on electricity, wen,
back to the ancient Eryptian man
ner OF making things bright and
scurricd around for supply of can
dies.
Thentrr Crowds Rcmnin.
The thcater crowds. good ui.turc,llv
impatient for the most part. remained
in their seats waiting Cor the lights
10 some on. only Il few. compara-
lively, h2vinE sufficient curiosity TO
20 out on the street To Inquire what
il was all about Conversation took
the place left vacant By the film per-
formers or the vaudeville artists and.
while il was at times of the ohstrcn-
erous variety. il was consistently in
good humor. The small boy. Of
course. could not restrain his nat
urai propensity To indulge his taste
for whiStling, and while many Il
shrill blast from his larnygcal de-
partmcnt was disturbing To persons
OF temperate turn, no cases of
nervous prOstraiion We're reported \
In ii..l d..