Evening star., 1954-10-18
$1,000 Homes,
Businesses Still.
Without Power
Some Ports of Area
Moy Lack Service
Until Wednesday

beCWeen l5,UOO ana 10000
area homes and businesses -
mostly in Maryland-were still
without power today as Hurri-
cane Hazels ''booby traps"
slowed linemen.
Unable to open today because
OF continued power shortages
were six schools in Montgomery
County. They are Western jun
ior High School and the Bethes-
da, Rollingwood, Clara Barton,
Fairland and Pleasant View Ele-
mentary Schools.
POWER.
BY afternoon the Virginia
Electric & Power Co. said it had
restored service to all Northern
Virginia except where electric
conduits leading into homes
were torn loose. In these cases
the householder must have a
private electrician repair dam
age.
Pepco Vice President Robert
w. Wilson said repair work was
progressing more rapidly now
that most main lines are back
and tree damage cleaned UP.
However, many homes still are
without power in scattered areas
of the District and Maryland
and, barring other storms, it will
be sometime Wednesday before
all service is restored.
WEATHER.
Anacostia drive was inundated
last night by upstream runoff,
but was open again this morn
ing. Hams point, with water
over the seawall, kept its road
way above water. No damage
was reported along the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal towpath.
Today's weather forecast was
for some cloudiness by this aft
ernoon, with a high Of 81 de-
grees. Tonight is expected to be
fair and continued cool. with q
low of 40 in the city and 34-
with scattered frost-in the
suburbs. Tomorrow will be fair.
Last nights low was 43 at 5:45
am.
THE CLEANUP.
The District, facing a weeks
work to clean up the hurricanes
debris, did not collect ashes to-
day, and probably won't until
Wednesday.
William A. Xanten, District
sanitation superintendent. esti-
mated today the storm added
| $4,000 to Washington's cleaning
costs.
Some 5000 truckloads of storm
debris remains to be cleared In
the city.
Mr.. Xanten figured it would
be at least a week, and more
likely two, before the rest OF
the debris is carted away.
About 600 men working on
100 trucks were on the streets
from the Sanitation Division
today. The Trees and Land
scaping Division had SO men
and % trucks on the job and
the Streets Division of the
Highway Department 40 men
and Is trucks.
Seek to Keep Cost Low.
Now that the trees blocking
streets have been cleared. the
District is trying to complete
the job at the least expense to
taxpayers.
This plan calls for use Of
only men already employed by
the District, Mr.. Xanten said.
In addition to the Highway
Department, the Sanitation Di-
vision has shifted men from
other aSSignnentS-Such as ash
crews, sewer and catch basin
crews-to debris removal.
AS a consequence the ash coll
lection has been deferred. The
work of garbage collection crews
also will be slowed by hurricane
debris piled in the alleys by
householders.
Mr.. Xanten said one of the
hardest hit areas was Wesley
Heights, where the streets are
Uttered with tree debris, caus-
ing slow going. ..
Yesterday $40 workmen and
10 trucks kept plugging away at
| the work. About 600 loads Of
debris were hauled off over the
week el;d, but only one-sixth
of the job is completed.
A Pepco spokesman said re-
(See WEATHER, Page A-3J