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The repair shop, car barns and offices all sustained damage to doors and windows; the steel sashes in the machine shop and storeroom, which were glazed with wired glass, were blown out of the wall, sash and all.
The sprinkling system in the buildings was also damaged and discharged as a result of the concussion, but the water was turned off before any great amount of damage occurred from this source.
The tracks and gas mains in the streets did not suffer damage to any great extent. Some of the crown plates on the gas holder were sheared off, and about 200,000 ft. of gas were lost. Fortunately, it was possible to repair this damage, and after three days and nights of hard work, to resume a gas supply to the city; the mains entered the destroyed area having been cut off in the meantime.
When the accident occurred, a great number of the company's employees who lived in the destroyed area, immediately left their posts and hurried to aid their families, and as a result only about 40% of the employees were available for service. The morning following the disaster, snow began to fall, and a very severe blizzard raged during all the day and night. Owing to the damage to rolling stock, and the fact that many employees were not available for their regular duties, the car service was completely tied up. All efforts were directed toward improving this condition, but it was not until Sunday, Dec.9, that it was possible to resume any semblance of car service. Very valuable assistance was received on the Saturday night by a company of soldiers garrisoned in the city, and also by 150 seamen off a United States warship, which came into port the previous day. Owing to the scarcity of employes. it was found extremely difficult to keep the snow fighting equipment in operating condition and this too, was very seriously hampered by the company resuming service.
On Monday, Dec. 10, a second blizzard completely tied up the car service for the day. A partial service was resumed again on Dec. 11, and from that time on the service has been increased until the customary schedule is now being operated.
The destruction of a large area of the city has forced the residents into other districts, and as a consequence the trend of traffic has very markedly changed, necessitating a reconsideration of the service formerly given.
Owing to the number of men required for reconstruction work, the company found it very difficult to get its full complement of men back into the service.
A number of employees whos old homes were in the surrounding country, returned there when they found that their city houses had been irreparably damaged or burned. As a result, the management took into consideration the advisability of employing women conductors, and has finally adopted this principle. On Dec. 31 eight women conductors were in charge of cars, and a number of others were training. The experience, so far, is that the services of women conductors are practically as efficient as those of men, and it is the intention to utilize women's services for this purpose to the fullest extent possible.