Evening star., 1925-01-03

of the railway companies, pushing
the snow toward the curb as the
sweeper brushes 1t from the tracks.
The purpose sought is to open
lane for vehicles so that they will
stay off the car tracks. Despite this
operation, however, street car lines
were tied up yesterday morning and
some OF them were not opened up un-
til late in the day.
The plows used by the city cost
approximately $500 piece and are
mounted on regular automobile TRUCKS
In a snow storm.
Most of the Maryland and District
suburbs which were partially Isolated
Yesterday by interrupted street car
traffic were being served today with
ADEQUATE car schedules, although
passenger congestion made commut-
ing a strap hanging scramble VIZ
ginia lines ran on schedule. the storm
having affected them but little, even
yesterday.
Forecaster Weightman sees only
mild weather ahead for Washington
during the coming week, so the
white blanket that Is draped over
the landscape should be entire
ly removed before many days
elapse. Tonight the temperature may
drop a few degrees below the freezing
I.
of highways and byways. but rising
temperature tomorrow, with probably
light showers, will accelerate the
melting process. There Is a posi-
bility that heavier rains will result
tomorrow also from a gulf disturb
ance which is working it's way north
ward.
street Cars Still Crippled.
Street car service on the Tenley-
town line of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company, from Macomb
street along Wisconsin avenue to
GEORGETOWN, was still tied UP today
Tenleytown and Rockville commuters
were being carried by busses down
woodley road to the Mount Pleasant
| line of the w. r. and E. Company.
| Shuttle car service over one track
| was being afforded Brookland and
| Congress Heights today by this COM
pany Only one track from North
Capitol street and Michigan avenue
to Brookland had been opened this
morning, and but one track was
available in Anacostia from the pit
| to Alabama avenue, the company an
nounced.
The Capital Traction Company Of
| ficials stated that complete service
on all of its lines was restored last
| nlEhG at CLOCK. mis- COiHpdliS
does not serve so many suburbs as
the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio Company, however. The storm
| caused a loss of revenue of s2,ou0
1 for the day on the Capital Traction
lines. ii was stated, in addition 10
large expenditures for snow removal
No estimate of losses was available
at offices of the w. r. and +. Com
| pany.
Demand for Coal.
| Nearby Maryland and Virginia
| towns lost no time in clearing their
| principal highways of snow, especial
; ly where street car service was in
| terrupted or altogether lacking.
| yesterday in southern Maryland, and
motorists reported the main high
ways leading into Washington a $ in
| good condition. Arlington County,
Va, authorities utilized wooden
| "drags," towed behind motor trucks,
to combat the snow, and in Clarendon
the youngsters had the time Of their
lives "holding down" the drag as 1t
| forged through the drifts
| Fuel companies reported a wave
Of urgent orders accompanying the
| storm, but deliveries were greatly
hampered because of the condition of
| the streets. Householders with
| partially filed bins had visions of a
| long cold spell without sufficient
{ oal to tide them over the period of
| isolation.
Senator's Son Hurt.
Few traffic or coasting accidents
| were reported yesterday. The most
| seriously injured victim of coasting
| accidents was Marion Stanley, 13, son
of Senator y. o. Stanley of Kentucky,
who sustained fracture Of his left
| wrist.
| Stanley and a number of other chill
dren were coasting on the hill at
| Thirtieth and Q streets about $50
| o'clock in the afternoon, when Stan
| ley's sled skidded to the side of the
| street and struck a tree. He was
| given surgical aid at Georgetown Uni
| versity Hospital
hit-and-run driver of an auto
mobile was in evidence at New York
And New Jersey avenues last night
| about 9:15 O'Clock. Harry e. Mitchell,
80, SIG Gresham place, in charge of
/ a one-man car. alighted from his car
to make an adjustment, and was
knocked down by an automobile, the
driver of which failed to stop, accord
ing to the police. The badly injured
man was taken to Garfield Hospital
Nettfe Wilson, 2S, employed at 1922