The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-12-19
PROVIDENCE
STORM BOUND.
Blizzard Of Considerable Mag
nItuds Visited tho City.
TRAFFIC SLIGHTLY HINDERED
Snowfall ind High WlAd Early Sunday
Morning Temperature Was Mild,
Thus Preventing Greater Disaster
TRAFFIC SLIGHTLY Numbered

AS thief In the night the snow came
upon the city early yesterday morning
Providence. people, after a long evening
spent among the Christmas shops and
holiday sights and sounds. went home
Saturday night little thinking TO nnd
themselves fairly snowbound in the morn
ing ~
Shortly after midnight. wind and cloud
conspired TO bring disa ster upon the city
The fakes fell merrily throughout the
balance OF the night and so fast as TO
heap up in the streets and on the house
tops 10 a considerable depth. The brisk
wind played havoc with the snow. driving
II fitfully here and there with such energy
that In the morning the city was well
spattered The effect was as though the
foot of more OF snow had been cast In
tact upon the city from the clouds and
had struck IL with such violence as 10
splash II freely on ali sides.
The snow was well drifted. banking
against house fronts. fences and tree
trunks with such density as bespoke the
ioughness OF the night winds.
The storm was aesthetically success
ana the world was good TO look upon
when the light brcke over II and the fury
OF the storm abatsd. on January OF this
year Providence was blizzard bound. but
tie snow fall was accompanied with
such fiercely cold weather that out OF
door existence was unpleasant In the ex-
tTeme.
MODERATE TEMPERATURE.
This latest storm was unusual I'm that
the Thermometer registered moderate
temperature before, during and after lts
passage Barring difficulties In walking, IL
was delightful out Of doors YESTERDAY
MOI ningBand at no time was IL disagreea-
bly cold Reliable readings indicate
maximum temperature OF 80 degrees at
mined Yesterday afternoon and mini
mum OF % degrees which was registered
during the early morning hours or the
same day. The wonder is that II amount
cd 10 40 much OF a storm.
The city was early astir and as indica-
Ions pointed 10 the dispersion OF the
clouds the work OF cleaning up the block
AIDED thoroughfares was at once put under
way. In the open districts the famiiaf
scrape OF the snow shovel and ice PICK
awoke many a Sunday morning siunper
er al an unhoiy hour and the pelaleu
milk vender discovered many neatly
cut path awaiting his pleasure.
The chief beauty OF the storm Py In
the slight inconvenience which II caused.
Pedestrians possibly found II hard IN
crossing the streets and many SIDEWALKS
were far from easy travelling. Inc car
service was practically unimpaired ana
early churchgoers felt little of the ag-
gravating hindrance usually attendant on
a blizzard. =,
THE mild temperature made 1T rather
.asier than usual for the men at work on
he Rhode Island company's Hpes the
snow blows meetlnc little difficulty IN
clearing the tracks The snow staSeu
where n was put beside the tracks In de-
c,ded contrast TO the order or thines en-
,o,ntered I'm colder storms. The STORM
time schedules were put INTO erect uui
I,s the early hours Sunday not so muci,
i.1so,,sa %, hard ,unnng as for lack or
traffic. , -
The suburban lines were freely oper-
a,ad the storm I'm the country pelhs
scarcely more severe than here IN fI9Nl.
dance TO Riverpoint, Buttonwoods, EAST
S.reenvich. Riverside Rumford. Attle-
boro. Centredale, Manton ana lhorhtoh
the cars. big and little made Trips on
schedule times Ironically enough the
most freouent delays were caused by the
snowplows themselves
The Taunton and the Danielson hnes'
running through long stretches of wind
svept country, felt most severely the Ell
feet of the storm. From Taunton the
earliest car arrived at noon, while from
Connecticut communication was IN order
at 1915. :,
The reports from the steam roads indi-
cate an increased severity OF the storm
TO the westward. New York state being !
apparently the centre OF the DISTURBED
area. The express trains from New York
were express In name only. The postal
express due here at a. IN!
pulled in at 7:ls. and subsequent
trains were Increasingly delinquent
The Boston and Worcester trains had
Iess difficulty. The New Bedfrrd sched-
ules we're Knocked all out OF shape
LITTLE DIFFICULTY WITH WIRES
The Providence Telephone company and
the Western Union Telegraph company
had little difficulty with their wires. No
are reported 10y either con-
cern.
The man with the snow shovel wasah
line yesterday and with the assistance OF
some 300 OF his kind ne made the snow
ay I'm Hvelier fashion than did the wind
in the night.
The city and Rhode Island company
tackled the streets with a commendable
promptness and made good heatway dur
ing the day Tons and tons OF snow were
thrown into the river from Crawford
street bridge TO hl up the harbor and
balance the summers shrinkage
BY the provisions OF it's franchise the
Rhode Island company lS supposed 10
clear the snow from the following high
ways AZ soon as possible after the cessa-
ton OF the storm: Westminster street
from Market square TO Olneyville Broad
street. from the lower end To Trinity
square. Cranston street. from Westmin-
ster street 10 the city line and North
and South Main streets. u being sun
day IL was a great deal more easy for
the teams to manage the snow on the
city's chief thoroughtares than IL would
have been on weekday
The recent gratifying agitation on the
matter of compulsory clearing OF
snowy. sloppy and icy sidewalks told
markedly yesterday. and many y citizen
preferred TO disturb his Sunday rest and
freedom from toll rather than 90 defy
the letter OF the law.
CLEARING OF SIDEWALKS
Police Commission Luther In speaking
- the removal OF snow from sidewalks.
: eferred TO visit he made TO Boston last
Wednesday and the surprise that awaited
him on arrival there. lie said that or that
morning he found the walks In that city
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