Identifier: streetrailwayrev08amer (find matches)
Title: The street railway review
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: American Street Railway Association Street Railway Accountants' Association of America American Railway, Mechanical, and Electrical Association
Subjects: Street-railroads
Publisher: Chicago : Street Railway Review Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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possibly stand outin the storm, and the cross street known as Maple avenue,at the western end of the Upper Town route, had to be abandoned; at 9:30 p. m. Ann and DAuteuil streets, at theeastern end of the same route, were abandoned; at the sametime the Palais Hill route, and finally, at 10 p. m., all cars,sweepers and men were withdrawn, and it was with thegreatest difficulty the cars and sweepers were brought into(lie shed. On Tuesday, the 22d, the storm still continued un-aliated, and the tracks being completely snowed under, itwas decided not to attempt to run cars, but as far as possibleto open up the tracks; consequently four sweepers were runout at 6:30 a. m., but after two hours work, in which St.John street for a distance of about one mile, was success-fully opened, it was decided to discontinue the attempt, itbeing found that the track, and in some places the wholeStreet, was buried in snow from 6 ft. to 12 ft. deep. Atnoon, however, it was seen that to wait for the storm to
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SCENES IN QUEBEC. 154 ^1)TM&^cuhv^S\gvi^ abate was useless, and another attempt was made, a forceof 175 shovelers being employed to loosen and open up thetracks ahead of the sweepers. This time St. John street, St.Louis street and Grande Allee in the Upper Town, theCrown Street line, and the lower town lines were success-fully opened by I a. m., the 23d, and operations were contin-ued all night. On Wednesday, the 23d, the storm still con-tinuing, with the wind blowing 51 miles an hour, it was de-cided (although a good portion of the road had been opened)that it would not be advisable to run cars; in fact it wouldhave been barely possible for passengers either to alight orenter the cars, leaving out of consideration the fact that thestreets were deserted and all business practically suspended;it was, however, decided to continue the opening up of thesystem, and five sweepers were brought into requisition, fourto keep the lines open,and one to open up with the shovelinggang; in addi

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