The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-02-19
SATURDAY NIGHTS BLIZZARD.
The Severest Storm of the Season
Traffic Not Delayed Much.

The Severest Storm of the Season
Traffic Not Delayed Much.
The severest storm of the winter and
i'm fact the only severe storm of the
season thus far was that which ragged
Saturday afternoon and Saturday night
and which for a time threatened tC
block traffic and as effectually tie up
business as did the blizzard last winter.
The storm began about o'clock in the
afternoon and rapidly grew into a YER
liable blizzard, reaching the height of
its fury about midnight Saturday
night. The streets were drifted and in
many places the drifts were three or
four feet deep. In all about six inches
of snow fell, but the wind blew such a
gale that the snow drifted as fast as 1t
fell, barring the ground In many places
and piling up snow in drifts against the
slightest obstruction.
Despite the storm the streets were
filled with pedestrians during the even
ing many encased in storm protecting
garments enjoying the taste of real win
ter.
TIE street railway people were kept
busy looking after the tracks and every
thing possible was done to prevent a
repetition of the tie up of the lines
caused by last winters blizzard. In the
latter part of the afternoon snow plows
and sweepers were set running over
the various lines and they were kept
running back and forth until the last
of them were stopped at noon yester-
day.
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sweepers the tracks We're kept clear
without the need of putting forces Of
men to work shovelling. Although
many of the lines Of the Fair Haven
and Westville Railroad company ex-
tend out into the open country districts
not one of the lines was stopped run
ming, although some cars were consider
ably delayed during the evening. Had
it not been for the wind the snow
would not have bothered at all. But in
places the wind heaped up drifts and
it was in making holes through these
where they covered the track that the
plows and sweepers did their effective.
work. So rapidly did the drifts pile up
in some places that after the plows
went through to the ends of the lines
ever over the tracks on the return
trips.
On some of the lines of the Fair Ha-
ven and Westville road tine plows We're
kept running" until noon yesterday. One,
of the most drifteda sections was that
on the Dixwell avenue line between
Highwood and Blake's corner. A
sweeper was kept running back, and
forth there until well into the day yes
terday The first car from Mount Car
mel arrived at the green on time yes
terday morning and on none of the lines
were the morning cars delayed.
The owl car on the Winchester ave-
nue. line, the car which runs all night,
made all of its trips during the night
on time, the four plows and the sweeper
which were kept running keeping the
tracks clear. No shovelling was found
necessary. The worst place on this line
was the section near West river bridge,
near Allingtown. Some difficulty was
experienced there in keeping the road
open.
The storm left heavy drifts on the
tops of buildings and here and there a
drift lurched over the edge of the roof
and looked as if ready to topple over
and fall to the pavement at any mo-
ment. One such bank of snow which
from the roof of a Court
street building, between State and
Orange streets, did topple over and fall
and the heavy mass truck plump upon
L man who was passing by, smashing
lis hat and nearly knocking him down.
rhe man was slightly dazed for a mo-
nent at the unexpected avalanche
which struck him, but soon resumed his
walk apparently uninjured.