The Washington times., 1925-01-02
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Rapid Transit Company indicate
their lines are 100 per cent normal.
Leon Arnold, president, reported
90 the commission that every bus
was in service. Bus service during
the day is being doubled, the COM
pany handling many thousands OF
persons unable to get downtown on
street car lines.
Chevy Chase, Brookland, Rhode
Island avenue northeast, Glen
Echo, Roslyn, Va, are virtually isp-.
lated. Service on these lines was
for a time closed down entirely.
! Cars are being run at intervals.
A complete tie-up of Washing
: tons transportation system is fear
ed If the snowfall continues.
Cleaning off Tracks.
Three agencies, the District Gov.
ernment, Washington Railway and
Electric Company and Capital Trac-
ton Company, are working today to
clean the snow off street car tracks
and cross walks.
No effort to, clean off pavements
an being made.
Morris Hacker, superintendent Of
city refuse, handicapped by lack OF
funds, announced that no additional
men would be hired to clear the
snow laden streets. He has a
force Of It's, regular street cleaners,
ct work today.
Mr.. Hacker also has eight plows
out. They are following the street
car tracks. He has thirty carts
which are hauling away snow from
four feet high.
Tractors AT Work.
The Washington Railway and
Electric Company has twenty
sweeps and several tractors at
work. They were put on the job
about o'clock this morning. A
corps sof men are also working to
clear loading platforms and car
tracks.
The Capital Traction Company has
eleven sweepers and six tractors on
the street.
Eight pIows are working in the
suburban roads OF Washington. /
Thousands Walk to Work
Thousands OF Government en-
paoyes trudged through the drifts to
work = today. Thousands more,
mostly women. did not dare to ven
ture into the biting cold. Snow
lay heavy on street car tracks run
ming out to the neighboring Mary
land and Virginia communities.
snow packed hard by the auromo-
biIes that drove cautiously down
the white lanes.
The storm began between 2 and
3 o'clock in the morning, changing
from battering OF nail and sleet
to snow. Drivers OF milk and bread
trucks reported back TO their Of
fees with frozen faces and hands. =
Policemen sought the shelter Of the
stafionhouses. Taxicab drivers hur-
ried back to the downtown section
and some refused to take chance
On the dangerous drifts in thu out !
lying districts.
Cars of the City and Suburban
Railway Company, in the barns at
lexington, did not start at the
usual early hour today. Snow was !
i1eaped high on the tracks, and serv-
lee was stopped on the route to
.Branchvfle, Berwyn, Riverdale and /
Mount Rainier.
Two snowplows made feeble ef- .
forts to open up the road. but their
efforts were fruitless. They stalled. I,
From the snoWbound towns bor- |
darinR on the Rhode Island avenue /
route, and the communities inside !,
the District Line in that direction, |
one section Of the walking workers |
moved cityward.
Work To Clear Tracks.
Down the Georgia avenue hill, !
along Florida avenue, down Six
tenth street, Connecticut avenue, |
Massachusetts and Wisconsin ave-
nues, others fought their way
through the deep snow into the
city proper.
When the snow stopped. the
street car companies called together |
all the laborers they could muster
In the emergency and started them
to work on the tracks.
Even the weather man was late, |
due to his own prediction. The /
forecast was an hour late in COM |
pilation, although measurement OF
the snow was the first thing done !
by the bureau employees when they |
arrived at the observatory. ]
A car Of the Washington and |
Virginia Railway Company was de- |
rallied at Arlington Junction. de- |
laying traffic for several hours. |
No one was hurt. Some buses |
came over the Highway bridge.
Through the morning, police sta |
tons along the main routes were |
Ravens for men and women who |
had become exhausted in the long
and firing walk.
Trains on Time
incoming trains were keeping
within few minutes of their
schedule, Union Station officials re.
ported at 10 o'clock this morning.
Heavy snow on the tracks was
reported by every incoming en-
ginear. but none reported tracks
blocked.
I'VE hope to maintain the sched-
ule throughout the day." the sta
tionmaster declared. but IT is only
hope on our part. Trains are now
running within a few minutes of
schedule, but there is no telling
whom they will begin to lag he
hind" i
Maryland Is Sn0wb0und.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, Jan. q
This section of Maryland is under a
blanket Of. ten inches ut snow this
morning, the deepest fall in recent
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