Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-17
SIT A BLIZZARD?
A Blinding Snow Storm Raging
 in Waterbury.
IT STARTED AT DAY BREAK

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 Delivery Teams and Hacks in Snow
 Up to the Hubs Work i'll Burned
 District Suspended-Nearly Fourteen
 Years Since Waterbury's Big Biz
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 The storm king must be laughing in his sleeve today at the feeble efforts of the weather prophets to keep trackof his movements. We didn't hear much about the beautiful snow the past week or so, but 1t got there just the same, and when people who imagined that the backbone of winter was broken and were expecting to hear the blue bird any of these days looked out thls mornlng they must nave feit Ike KICK ing themselves. Things look more ike Winter to-day than they did at any time since the hard weather set Ill, and if the snow keeps coming down and the wind blowing for another day Waterb lfry will be face to face with another blizzard. It was pretty hard to get around this morning and people who were out used the words excuse me- oftener than they have in years. It was impossible to face the storm and keep your head up, and on this ac- count collisions were of frequent oc- currence and in some instances parties who figured in them did not take them any too well, and the excuse me" of fered by people who were no more to blame than the ones that got mad, did not seem to help matters one jot. There is a certain set of people in the world who think that every foot of this earth belongs to them and naturally they look upon any man that comes in their way as an intruder. But this Is not true of any great number of peo- pie. As q rule everything goes in q driving storm and folks who stop to ind fault are few and far between.
 The wind piled the snow so high in some spots that pedestrians had to go to their knees in the piles, and in con- sequence walking was very difficult occupation, and driving in teams was not much better. Horses could not see where to go and the most drivers could do was peep up now and then and try to steer them.
 The trolley cars maintained fairly decent regard for the schedule during the greater portion of the forenoon, but finally the snow got the upper hand Of them and then they had to make such 1 time as the conditions permitted. Some of the shop hands went home to din- her, while others preferred to fast ratil- CT than wrest1e with the storm and contented themselves with what they could get in nearby stores. This is one of the days when people who carry their dinners are in big demand in the factories. The good natured boys and girls had chance to share with their less fortunate shopmates, while the greedy ones had hard time of 1t try ing to keep out of the way during the noon hour Ii is not uncommon for q fellows dinner pail to be stolen in the shops on day like this, and no doubt i more than one man found himself in a bad fix in the shops today, that is .un- less all kept their baskets or pails un- der their eyes. In some instances, mo- ticeably the New England watch fac tory, the management came to the res cue and supplied the hands with sand wiches and coffee.
 
 course they kept the, blinding sleet out of the eyes of people who carried them, but just think of all the trouble they got intoh At the corner of Grand and Bank %treets this morning a woman took . prominent citizen under the chin with the point of her umbrella and came very near killing him. The 1 man was angry, but what could he do q t1l<oxx of scorn that was even worse. than the thrust of the umbrella looked at the weapon" and after satisfying herself that it was not damaged walked off with naughty toss of her head, which seemed to indicate that it was good thing for the man that her umbrella came out of the mix-up all right.
 The storm Is a serious setback to the building boom, which had just started after the fire. Some of the merchants and owners of buildings were busy ad- l justing their losses last week and did not do much towards getting things in shape for rebuilding. but most of them calculated upon making a beginning this week. so that if the snow had not put in an appearance labor would be in big demand from now on. But like tA0 hiC, luC SlOiAu IS SOlu6lllu2 nODOQY can be held responsible for. and people might as we'll reconcile themselves to the situation, It will inconvenience many and will also cause some suffer- ing among families who had nothing ahead and were depending upon what looked like the promise of an early spring to tide them along without ask ing assistance from the board of char ities. After all. 1t is a question if such people as these are not in worse box and entitled to more sympathy
 than the merchants and owners Of brick blocks who have sufficient funds
 to supply all their needs and enough to build and establish themselves in business as soon as they can get to it.
 But the snow will do good In many ways The doctors. who are ever on l the lookout for the health of the ycom- munity, say that it should be well comed if for no reason otbar than in
 the interest of sanitation. Bv and l1v.
 when the wind stops tossing the white
 flakes this way and that, we'll hear l the merry tinkle of the sleigh-bells:
 the sun will be out. too: so will the
 small boy with his unerring aim; every Ibodv and everything will be happier ] and briRhter on account of this unex- pacfed fall If beauf1f111 snow that is,