The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-01-04
EAST PROVIDENCE
SnoxstoTm Played Havoc With
Street Car Service.
Tho Public Schools Opened
Winter Term Today.

East Providence branch OF The News In
at ] Taunton avenue. Telephone 1872.
East Providence.
The driving snow storm. which struck
this town. paralyEcd the street car SER
vice OF the town and practically hung
up the service on the Fab River line, al
though trains were kept running on the
latter lines. four or Ave. one after the
quent intervals, and keeping the tracks
from becoming blocked up altogether.
The large force OF men who were
struggling with the drifting snow on the
Taunton avenue line succeeded I'm keep
Ing the tracks clear enough for the pas
sage of cars at irregular intervals by
frequent trips OF the piow, which was
coupled to one OF the small cars the
combined force of the motors of the cars
and OF the plows being required TO force
them through the rapidly growing drifts.
The Rumford line got hung up for fair.
one OF the cars being out all night II
got stuck In drift and when the snow
plow coupled onto IL and attempted to
haul II out OF its predicament. the draw
was pulled out, making 1t impossible TO
couple on and render II any assistance.
This also precluded any possibility of
running the pillow on the track beyond
the stalled car, and the line was soon
completely blocked.
Snow plows were kept running nearly
all. night on the Riverside line but the
snow drifted too fast for them and they
were fnafy obliged 10 give up their eff
forts for a time. Ii was II o'clock yes
terday morning when the first snow plow
OF the day got through from Riverside,
and some time later when the first car
came along, After the first car had gone
through, cars were run at regular inter
walls. but nowhere near the schedule time.
1t was II o'clock when the first Taun-
tcn car came through and nearly
o'clock when the first Fall River car
passed through Watchemoket square on
It's way TO Providence. The suburbans
which run to Warren and Bristol were
also blocked, Il being late in the after
noon before the line was opened up so
that the cars could run as far as War
rem. The men on all OF the lines, which
run out into the country reported that
I'm places the snow was drifted to depth
OF four feet or more.
Sunday morning the new plows were
put at work making a passageway for
pedestrians on the sidewalks about town.
The work OF getting the streets into any
thing like a passable condition was
greatly impeded by the rapidly falling
temperature. the mercury dropping until
the zero point was reached and in some
places the Thermometer showed even
lower.
IL was late Sunday afternoon when the
snow plows got through opening up the
sidewalk and in the first part OF the day
the force OF men employed by the business
men I'm and about Watchemoket square to
clear the snow of the walks presented a
very busy appearance. The snow evident
ly thought the local office of The News
was good place 20 stop. for at one cor
,ner there was a drift over three feet, and
a number Of other business establishments
IN the vicinity were similarly favored.
All Of the milk men were very late, II
being 2 o'clock when tho first one got In
and the second was an hour behind him
Several did not get in at all and the others
supplied their customers until they had
disposed OF their stock OF the tactical fluid.
II was nearly o'clock before the New
York papers showed up and the Boston
papers did not arrive at all.
During the first part OF the storm
snow plow jumped the track and was
stalled for a time at the switch on
Watchemoket square, while the wind was
rapidly whirlIng the fastly falling fakes
into drifts
The big cars had some difficulty in
climbing the steep grades on the Warren
and Taunton avenue hills, the wheels
slipping badly on the snow covered rails.
KILLED DOGS.
Saturday afternoon Dog OFFICER Nc
Gwinn received word that two strange
dogs had made their appearance at Phil
lipsdae and had done considerable
amount of damage, raising havoc I'm the
.f,t. av,1 lrtll
number OF domestic rabbits as we'll as
several Belgian hsres
The officer went to Phillipsdale and
made inquiries but was unable 20 find
out who was the owner OF the CANNES,
which he killed
SUNDAY SERVICES.
At the Grace Phillips Memorial chapel
at Phllipsdale =. c. Hulse OF Brown uni
yersity preached at the service which
was held ~ II o'clock I'm the morning. A
special service was held at AIS by Rev.
Levi y Edwards. the DIOCESAN mission
airy, assisted by the boy choir from St
Mary's church.
PERSONAL
Truman Patterson, who was at his
home here for the holiday vacation has
returned TO the Harvard Law school.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blake. OF Man
ton were recently the guests OF Mr..
Bake's parents here.
SCHOOLS OPENED.
This morning the schools were opened.
after being closed two weeks for the
holiday vacation. There was about as
large an attendance as could he expected
I'm view OF the fact that many OF the
streets were filled with snow and n was
very difficult for many OF the children
to get 20 school. There Is no change I'm
the personnel OF the force OF teachers.
All OF the teachers who were employed