The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-16
ANOTHER
Storm To Fall On
Worcester.
ONE ISN'T ENOUGH,
And a Regular Corker Is
Brewing to the Southwark.

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Now that transportation facilities
and mail Communication have been
practically re1estabhshed between Wor-
eesSe1 and the outside world and peo-
pie have had normal weather conditions
restored to them, it would seem as
though there We're reasons for congrat-
ulations.,
But the weather prophet, he of de-
anoralizing influences, is abroad again
with his fearful predictions of storm
and disasters all along the line. The de-
velopment of a strong wind, accom-
panied with snow and sleet, in the Gulf
Of Mexico, is, he announces, the adj
vance agent of another storm that will
sweep over the New England states to-
day or tomorrow.
But The weather bureau officials, who
are keeping close track of it, express no
particular fears. They do not DENY that
1T may make itself felt in a not alto
gether pleasant way; but they consider
that the chances are that it will move
northWard, west of the New England
coast, VI It passes inland at all over the
Calf banks. Under ordinary conditions.
they say, a little brisk wind in the Gulf
region would attract no attention.
They say there will be warmer wea-
Their in this vicinity for several days to
come. although Predictions are seldom
prepared for more than "a hours.
one thing' is certain, that in and
ABOUT Worcester the temperature has
risen considerably since Yesterday
morning and everybody was hustling to
repair the damage wrought by Mon
days blizzard.
BY noon of yesterday the Boston and
Albany railroad company had it's local
service in fairly respectable condi-
tlon. All trains on the circuits We're
running nearly on schedule time. But
lew trains on the local schedule were
missed, and in the afternoon condi-
tons Were practically normal. with the
possible exception of the Webster
branch. On that SOUR the trains had
not run through. 1t suffered severely
from the storm. and in the very great
necessity of attending to the more gen
orally Travelled lines It had not been
cleared. But traVel on that branch will
be resumed today.
The snow in the passenger yard of
the Union station has all been cleared
up, but In the freight yard tons of 1t
SUN remain. And, even with the big
force at work II will be several DAYS
yet before 1t will have been all cleared
away. II occasioned a great deal of
difficulty to the train masters in shift
ing and getting the cars in and out of
the station.
The officials of the Fitchburg, the
Boston and Maine and the Norwich
division of the Providence road report
ed at a late hour yesterday that bust
hod an
lines, although they will not be able
TO return to anything like schedule
time till today.
Freight service has also been re-
sumed on the Boston and Maine
On the Boston and Albany the last
Of the very late trains to arrive yes
terday was the morning train from
New York city, which left there at
il o'clock last night. 1t was due here
at 5So'clock this morning, and came in
two hours and half behind time. The
Modoc express, due here at 9.S4 o'clock,
arrived an hour and a half late, and
the morning train from Pittsfield was
about 80 minutes late,
The trains between Worcester and
Boston were running pretty nearly on
schedule time all day yesterday.
On the Providence and Worcester
line Of the New York New Haven and
Hartford read, and on the Norwich
line, trains came in nearly on time and
raported that the tracks were in sairly
good condition.
The train from Chicago, due here at
80 yesterday afternoon, arrived two
hours late. The train due from Albany
at $50 came in IS minutes behind time
The Roston and Albany train from
Boet0n, due here at $40, came in over
a halt hour after schedule time.
The mail train from New York, due
here at Ell, came rolling in at $50
Unless tho threatened storm reaches
this section Of New England today, all
the roads should have their trains run
ming on schedule time.