The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-27
STREET CAR SERVICE OBSTRUCTED
And Travel Virtually Suspended I'm
This City During the Early Morning
Hours-Di Difficulties of Pedestrians
ism-Cablc Cars Fared the Best
Electric Snow Plows Not Equal To
the Tasl-Clcar Weather and Cold
Tomorrow.

The weather god, forecssting for New
England and incidentally Providence,
fair skies until s O'Clock tonight, got
badly twisted yesterday in his predictions,
for the barometer wasn't the
highest in this city by many
and divers degrees. There were
premonitory symptoms OF snow early in
the evening, and along about midnight
there was every prospect OF
an old fashioned blizzard. The
wind hoWled Justify and the storm
let itself out without restraint. The snow
piled up in huge banks around the corners
and electricity as motive power
in it. At an early hour
Inspector Tetlow ordered out the plows
but they had tough time holding fast TO
the tracks and when il came to turning
up burrows, the snow just laid down and
stayed there.
Fruitlcss Experiments.
Then the experiment was tried of
making up "A train of two or three
cars to obtain the right of way, but
in majority OF instances they We're
stalled after the tracks had been
showed wide open. Gangs of shoYolcrs
were brought into requisition, but as fast
as they made 4 respectable clearing, the
wind piled up huge drifts and the job had
TO be repeated. One of the
plows got as far as the Pomham's
club on the Riverside route and jumped
the track and as a result the passengers
sat still and awaited Developments. The
Pawtucket route was blockaded
for several hours and ON Constitu-
tion Hill everything came to "A standstill
The Mount Pleasant people were as effect
ually barred from communication with the
city as though they were confined
in the county jail, and the Pawtuxet
q ha 70 IN ha gtn L inn
The first route opened was the High
street, that is as far as Market square, for
Hope and Governor streets were practi
cally impossible.
Cable Cars Run All Right.
The cable car service Jared the best,
the cars from Olneyville being drawn
by four horses. The only contented
souls in the city were the school children
whose winter vacation sets in today. Bust
ness men didn't mind the delay SO much
but their employees had to report at the
usual hour and waded through The drifts
with the best grace imaginable. The
snow was moist and il blinded the way
farer and clung tenaciously to
his whiskers, Policemen and reporters
were exposed to the elements and they
battled manfully in the execution
OF their stern duty. The milk deal
ers reported tough time travelling
ltOln NUt SuDuIDH, anu IL II SuSpttlGu lfdi
some of them removed the covers from
their cans rather than stop at the water
trough. The housekcepers were repeatedly
rung up TO provide employment for the
able bodied poor at sidewalk cleaning.
Called 10 Mind 1855 Blizzard.
1t was the biggest storm since
the memorable blizzard in 1888, and the
oldest inhabitant so marked il down in
his diary.
All Trains We're Late.
Over i'm the Union depot on Exchange
place, there was a large congregation of
impatient grip carriers. The
train dispatcher was besieged
with conundrums but couldn't com
municate much glad tidings. The New
York, Boston and Worcester trains were
late, and rhes outlook was far
from encouraging. The New
York train scheduled to reach here
at 10 o'clock was more than an hour be-
hind time, and in fact il took an hour TO
run from Mansfield TO Pawtuckct.
field and PawtuXet Valley roads failed
TO materialize, and extra precautions
were taken TO prevent collision and other
mishaps. The storm ragged fiercely i'm the
soun6 and along the bay and some OF the
steamers arc overdue by several hours.
No Marine Disasters Reported.
There are no reports of marine disasters,
and there il no uneasiness at the agencies.
The absence of intensely cold weather
doubtless mitigates the peril
and distress which such power
ful storm invariably produces. Should
the weather materially moderate and rain
ensue, the conditions might prove
equally annoying and possibly attended
Wft IA garipnq ragultg