Evening star., 1954-01-11
4 to8 Inch Snow
Clogs Traffic on
District Streets
Cold Weather Ices
Roods; Additional
Flurries Predicted
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Church and Fairfax County also
were Cancelled.
There were no serious traffic
accidents reported here or in
nearby areas.
Capital Transit Co. said its
buses and streetcars all were
running. but were behind sched-
ule. The company had % sand
ing crews and 26 track sweepers
operating during the night. One
tieup was reported. That
came at Fourteenth and F streets
NV. because OF failure Of an
automatic switch. and lasted-for
20 minutes.
The AAA said it had about
1000 calls between midnight and
g am. About half asked for
weather information and reports
on road conditions and the other
half called for service
The AAA had IS service cars
on the streets. but were telling
motorists that there would be
delay of an hour or more on each
call.
Maryland State police at Wa
terloo said Baltimore boulevard
was open. but that it was not as
heavily travelled as usual. North
bound trailer trucks caused tenn
porary tieups on the boulevard
throughout the night. they said.
Fairfax County police said
some secondary roads were
blocked in that area. Virginia
State Police reported some traffic
tieups on Route / between Alex
andria and Triangle. Va.
Montgomery County police said
VierS Mill road winding. mar
row. heavily travelled route-was
treacherous in spots, between
Wheaton and Rockville. Md.
Prince Georges County police
said EdmondSon road was virtu-
ally blocked between Calvert and
Greenbelt roads. Some cars were
stuck there all night. They said
Cattail Hill on Route / near Col
lege Park was impossible without
chains.
Police and the AAA were adj
vlSing against all motor travel
except where was necessary.
Removal lie Slow.
Mr.. Xanten said inexperienced
crews created a big problem dur
ing The city's first use Of con-
tract help In snow REMOVAL. He
said such storms are too infre-
auent to provide experience in
its removal.
The National Airport reported
air traffic slowed up a little"
because Of difficulty in other
areas. The airport was not
closed. but operations at Newark
and in the New York area were
shut down because runways were
not clear. This affected sched-
ules here.
Bus schedules were of. Grey
hound reported some of its
coaches are running a little late.
with local service mot too bad"
railways estimated its long-dis-
tance trips are running up to
four hours late, with local trips
about an hour behind. Other
vehicles stalled along roads were
responsible for the delays. they
said.
The w. v. & M. and the A. B.
& w. bus lines reported all buses
running. but of schedule.
Street Ban Invoked.
The emergency snow ban went
into effect in the District at
S:45 pm. yesterday, and there
was no immediate indication of
when it would be lifted.
Some traffic tickets were is
sued for violations of the snow
ban, but an exact count of the
number was not Immediately
available.
The storm was general be-
tween here and Boston, with
lighter snow reported over Vir-
glnia. The heaviest snowfall re-
ported was nine inches at Phil
adelphia. and the lowest tenn
perature was 80 degrees below
zero at Caribou. Maine.
A low Of 10 degrees was pre-
dlcted for tonight in the Dis
trict area. and below freezing
temperatures with clear skies
and wind throughout tomorrow