The Washington times., 1922-01-30
.STORM-B[OCKED
CITY IS OPENING.
TRAFFIC LINES
Buses Carry On When All Rail
Routes ouit-Suburbs
Still Cut OFF.


ington Is today slowly restoring its
storm blocked traffic and business IA
cilities. y.
Warned by the collapse of the
snow-laden roof Of the Kn cker.
booker Theater. Superintendent
Frank w. Ballou ordered all wash
ington public schools closed today
until the roofs can be cleaned.
This morning street car traffic on
most Of the downtown lines had been
reopened, and work q being pushed
on the clearing Of lines to the resi-
dence sections. The first uptown
line cleared was the Fourteenth
street branch of the Capital Traction
Company, on which traffic was re.
sumed last night, and which was this
morning the only transportation
artery open for the sect on between
Sixteenth street and Soldiers Home
north Of Florida avenue.
Suburbs Stnl Cut OFF.
The Mt. Pleasant line of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Com
pany was opened this morning south
OF Florida avenue and one track WAS
opened to the Eighteenth street sec.
ton. The Lincoln Park Georgetown
line Is open and the Ninth street line
to y street Is operating. The line
from Fifteenth street and New YORK
avenue northwest to Fifteenth and II
streets northeast In being rapidly
cleared today and the Eleventh street
line will be next in order for clear
ing. No suburban lines are open.
The Capital Traction Company this
morning had the following lines In
operation: Georgetown to the Navy
Yard, Union Station, and Fourteenth
street and Park road northwest;
Navy Yard to Fourteenth and Park,
Nineteenth and F. Union Station wa
Eighth street, and Eighth and +
,treets northeast: Fourteenth street
rom Colorado avenue south to the
/ Navy Yard. Union Station. GEORGE
town, and Nineteenth and streets;
Seventh street line from the barns TO
Fourteenth and Y streets northwest
via Seventh and U streets; and the
Eighth and F streets line from Union
Station to Eighth and F streets
| northeast.
The Chevy Chase, Florida ave-
nue.. New Jersey avenue, and
Eighth and Pennsylvania avenue to
Seventeenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast lines have not yet
been opened.
Buses Keep Going.
Continuing the operation Of It's
big motor buses day and night
| throughout the storm the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Company has
proved the necessity for more OF
this sort of city transportation.
While all local rail lines were out
Of commission due to the unusual
81 h,.o ~
ment continued TO serve Washing
tonians and with an almost normal
| schedule.
In order &c do this officials and
employs worked through the worst
of the storm period practically
without rest.
Concentrations Of the company's
service to the city have been EN-.
pl,atic and without qualification.
With prospects Of a gradual thaw
in sight today and tomorrow there
will be no danger of a flood in the
Potomac. the Weather Bureau an.
nounced today. The highest temper.
allure today will be about 40 degrees.
dropping again to "a tonight. Today
and tomorrow will be fair, with prob.
ably cloudy weather Wednesday.
There Ia no more snow in sight.
Railroad traffic out of Washing.
ton is expected TO he operating nor.
mally after noon today. The Balti.
more and Ohio through trains to the
North were operating on schedule
this morning. though locals were de-
layed-
Open To Alexandra.
Traffic on the Washington-Vir.
ginia Railway was resumed this
morning. The bus line between
Washington and Alexandria is push.
ing the buses through as rapidly as
possible. disregarding schedule.
As soon as the magnitude Of the
blizzard could be foreseen, Manager
Robbins of B. r. Keith's Theater
began preparations for the comfort
Of his patrons and employees. For
the matrons and young women Of the
ushers' corps. Robbins provided
rooms in an adjacent hotel. their
meals being supplied at the expense
| of the theater.
The cleaning of the auditorium
roof was begun as early as s o'clock
as reported by the police yesterday,
so that the Commissioners order
preventing theater openings until
| snow-covered roofs were cleaned, had
no force against Keith's.
The interest OF several taxicab
companies was enlisted and the
promise given that the Keith crowds
would be given preference in the
reception Of calls for service.