Evening star., 1950-11-27
Hundreds Continue
To Be Stranded Here
By Delayed Transport
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travel problem.
Roads around the Washington
area were in good shape, but
many of the routes to the West
were still impossible where snow
has piled up on mountain roads
Railroads, which experienced
almost unprecedented cancella.
tions of entire trains, were slowly
getting back on schedule. Some
trains arrived from the West as
much as 20 hours late this morn
ing and continued to come in two
Or three hours late during the day
Railroads put on extra sections
last night in an attempt to handle
the logjam but Union Station
still was crowded this morning
Airlines also added more equip
ment yesterday. They were getting
through to the East, shut off
Saturday and part of yesterday,
but still could not operate to
some points in Ohio and Penn
Sylvania.
Auto Association Deluged.
Buses also experienced a heavy
rush. The lines still were un-
able to operate to Pittsburgh and
st. Louis this morning, and were
running late to and from most
other points.
The American Automobile ASso-
citation reported a deluge of 10000
telephone inquiries day,
mostly from motorists seeking road
information for trip back home
from holiday visits.
About 800 of the calls were for
service, many for minor, weather.
induced accidents, and others for
frozen radiators and locks.
The AAA informed inquirers
that the roads around Washing
ton are clear, and travel is posi-
BILE north through New Jersey and
to any place South. Motorists were
warned not to try the Western
mountain routes, which shut off
the heavily snowed-in areas of
Pennsylvania and Ohio.
During the night at Union Sta
ton, the Pennsylvania Railroad
plaStered the station with posters
reading: "On account of storm
conditions, Pennsylvania Railroad
service to Erie. Cancindaicua,
Rochester and Buffalo is an
nulled." Officials said the $40
am. run to the bound Penn
syivania and New York regions
was restored this morning and
that no others have been can
:eled.
Some of those hoping for space
on trains not yet in the station
had been forced to cancel air
and bus reservations. Examples
were Miss Janet Hall, 10, of 3619
Fordham road NV, and Dwight
Webb, 20, of 1547 orty-fourth
street NV. students returning toI
Miami University at Oxford. Ohio,
after the Thanksgiving holiday at
home.
Philip S. Sampson, dining car.
steward of a Baltimore g. Ohio
section from Chicago, kept his
wife waiting at the station for six
hours as heavy snow and road
conditions slowed down the train.
The Simpsons live at SOB High
street, Alexandria.
Dining Car Demands Doubled
Mr.. Sampson said his dining
car fed "about double our normal
number" typical of the jammed
conditions on all roads. Several
times we got 15-mile-an-hour
slow orders and had to creep along
for miles and miles" he said.
"Most of the passengers were
good-humored, but the boys COM
ing back from military furloughs
did a good bit of worrying"
Hundreds of servicemen, as
soon as they pulled into the sta
ton, reported to it's Military Po-
lice Office to get slips explaining
their lateness.
AS the night wore on, extra
sections were added continuously
to trains heading for New York
and farther north. Even in these,
however, there were delays of
from one to two hours, caused, Of
ficials said, by equipment Short
ages on earlier runs. Among those
waiting patiently for northbound
trains were former Navy Secretary
John L. Sullivan and Rear Admiral
S. w. Salisbury, Navy chief of
chaplains.
Cleveland Train Hours Late.
Eastbound train delays includ-
ed the Dominican Express, bound
from Buffalo. due at 1925 am.
yesterday, which rolled in at sos
am. today. AS late as midnight,
there was no estimate of arrival
times or trains due from the
Southwest early yesterday.
The noW-encruSted Washing
tonian, due at GAS pm, rolled in
seven hours late from Cleveland
one of the hardest-hit centers of
the vicious storm.
While National Airport re-
mained open, airlines reported
flights to such points as Charles
ton, w. Va, Cleveland and Erie
were cancelled because weather
conditions did not permit land
ingS.
Extra Flights Scheduled.
All airlines reported that extra
flights have been pressed into
service, but an American Airlines
spokesman said some reservation
requests still had to be turned
down because of. the heavy load.
Capitol Airlines reported it han
died 500 passengers above normal
yesterday.
S. A. Wampler, manager of the
railways bus terminal here, said
the systems trips to such Western
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