CARS STOP AT BUSY TIME.
Accident to Converter Holds Crowd
Downtown in Cold.
An accident to one of the rotary converters in the reducing station of the Metropolitan Street Railway Company at Fifteenth and Walnut streets, tied up every street car in the down town district at 5 o'clock last night, when the homeward bound crowd was heaviest. In eight minutes one division started to move off gingerly, but it was half an hour before all divisions were back in service again.
The hour and the bitter cold did not contribute to put the disappointed throngs in a good humor. The Metropolitan had most of the crowd off the sidewalks by 6:30, however.
It will take two or three days to repair the damage, and in the meantime the stret car service will be impaired slightly.
