Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-15
THE BIG BLOCKADE.
ShoveIs are Flying in The
 Air.
TRAVEL ON THE NAUGATUCK
A Few Trains Running
 to Ansonia.
WORKING TOWARD TWISTED

WURklhG UPWARD TWISTED
 The sun rose this morning in clear sky
 and threw his dazzling rays on city bun dled up in thick mantle of white The
 thoroughfares had lost some of the en-
 chantment of yesterday morning. The
 rude hand of the laborer had buried his
 shovel into the beautiful curves and the
 renewal of business had left its ragged
 marks everywhere. Streets were divided
 into three sections, each separated iron,
 the other by huge piles of snow with an
 occasional path passing from one to the
 other. Indeed, Waterbury resembled a Canadian city after one of the great snow storms of that section of the country. The sidewalks were walled up with great snow banks and the street traffic was elevated in
 many places above the heads of those on foot. Aside from this the city had assum- ed her wonted activity and the local ave- nues of trade were once more open. The markets were we'll supplied with meats and 1 the storehouses and granaries contained an abundance of provisions. Communication l with the outside world, however, was cut off except by wire, and such communica- tion was limited. The early New York 1 southern and western mail was distributed at the posto flee yesterday morning, hay ing arrived by the usual routa over the l New England from Hartford, but nearly two days behind time. O. B. King of Wa tertown drove down from that place yes terday afternoon with six horses and took back with him the Morris, Bethlehem and Watertown pouches.
 Street Inspector James Medley renewed the work to-day of putting the streets in a passibel condition The only thing that can now be done is to level the snow off and this is being accomplished as fast as possible. The streets in the sub urbs and the outlying districts are in a dangerous condition for travelling and progress over them is made at ones peril Between this city and Nsugstuck the road was impossible yesterday. H. A. Nichols. Joseph Norwood and Elliott Nettleton with gang Of forty men left Naugatuck atS o'clock yesterday morning for this city. They had two big OK sleds, one drawn by six horses and the other by four horses. Above Union City MT Nettleton became exhausted and was left at farm house The party had hard time breaking a path, encountering drifts from 6 to 15 feet high. But Naugatuck and Union City were getting short of provisions and the men worked with energy, reaching thi. city at s o'clock. They immediately re- turned and this morning MT Nichols made the trip again, this time in two hours Other teams followed with provisions and meat.
 As yet there is no indication that travel on the railroads will be resumed with any | thing like regularity this week. Two en- zines and tool car with gang of men left on the Naugatuck shortly after 8 o'clock this morning southward and two | more engines and a passenger car followed soon after. Besides gang of workmen it took down two young women who came in on the New England road yesterday and ! were bound for Naugatuck. At Union City there was little delay but the trains | reached Derby about 10 o'clock. Locomo- tive 197 and 187 left for the north at 8 o'clock. A path had been dug as far as the Watertown junction last night and the work was resumed this morning and the engines with big gang of workmen are pushing for Thomaston. Telegraph com munication is so effectually cut off that it is impossible to learn any thing from either
 Winsted or Bridgeport but it is supposed that gangs of workmen at these points are working toward Waterbury. Superinten- dent Beach's office is only connected by wire from this city to Derby, but with every gang linemen are sent out to make repairs and telegraph communication will be acquired along the lines simultaneously with the renewal of railway traffic.
 The first passenger train from the south arrived at 10:30 this morning. It was composed of two passenger cars and was drawn by one locomotive and brought thirty-f five passengers and one mail pouch to this city.
 The first passenger train from this city south left at 12 o'clock. It was drawn by Locomotive 194, Henry Abel engineer, was composed of U. s. mail and one passen- ger car, and was in charge of Conductor Benedict There were about twenty pas sengers on board and seven pouches of let ters and three sacks of newspapers, the first mail that has left Waterbury since Monday morning. Postmaster Conner ford and Stamp Clerk McEllgott accomps- nied Mail Agent Sweet who had charge of the car Ut Is my intention to have this mail transferred from Ansonia to New York by way of the Naugstuck Valley Steam boat company's steamer" said Mr Com merford. "But may not succeed. Never theless win do my utmost to hsSs t dons."