Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-01-26

| Ndteiuufy nlSHL DefOfe last continued
 all day yesterday and last evening, and
 seemed to grow more furious as the
 nlght came on. The wind was high and the drifting made many of tbe pubic ways practically impossible.
 me mercury was four degrees below zero last night and this with the blind ing snow and piercing wind kept near ly everybody in doors, so that the usual croWd~of shoppers that crowd into the center from all parts of town and fill 1 me stores on Wednesday night was not Ill evidence and the dealers didn't nave to inquire the reason why.
 i Most of, the factories closed early yesterday afternoon and this gave the hands an opportunity to reach their ! homes before darkness set in upon them and rendered tue wrestling match with the elements doubly difficult. The snow blow was used in some of the streets and the service was greatly ap- preciated. but as in the past it fell far short of meeting the demand for paths ll the different sections of the city. ! Ialk about accommodation but publis , parks are not in it with a few snow 1 blows when q storm like the present | one sweeps down upon a community 1 and shuts in thousands. thus hamper ! Ing business and causing loss in ] wages which hits not only the wage ! earller but the merchant and. in fact. everybody. Waterbury seems to be Dehlnd other towns in this respect The officials don't consider it any of their business whether people are stalled or not, especially if they do not live on streets equipped with side
 walks. but strange to say there is not word breathed about such things ill the aldermanic chamber when the an- nual budget is being made orl The | hoards are too busy making plans to give everybody a chance to enjoy the few summer days in the parks and | have no time to devote to smoothing the way for the great mass of people ! who toll day in and day out and are i much more concerned in how they will keep the wolf from the door in winter than in what disposition they shall ] make of their spare moments when the line weather sets in. The trouble bere as In other things is due to the head rather than the heart. Not one out of every hundred persons who is in DO. sition to shape public sentiment on these matters knows the real needs of the working people of this town and as a result many we'll meaning men are bending their energies in the wrong di- retcion and as q consequence fellow beings whose condition they would im- prove are being driven closer and closer To the wall.
 The trolley service is being kept Up. but people who want to take a car must not stand around expecting Co catch one on schedule time. and then again in some instances if a person has not lots of time it would be better to push ahead on foot provided the way is clear. The big sweepers are out aha while the storm is more than a match ! for them, they are performing good ser. wee and once it ceases drifting we may look for the regular service. Superin. tendent Wales and his men are not idle and are doing their best to keep ali the lines open and run cars on them as often as possible and at tbe best headway that can be made under the circumstances.
 The steam railroads are having their troubles, too. No cars came in from up the road at the Naugatuck station untll late this forenoon and the early trains that left there were made LID in the local yard. The Watertown train with two engines attached is making pretty good time, but all the others are behind, some of them being so tardy about showing up that passengers be come impatient waiting for them and give up the idea of getting out of town right away.
 This was what happened R. Vii. liam Hampson, W. $. Jones and la cob Kaiser, three of the local dele gates to the State Business Mems as- sociation at Meriden. They tarried about the Dublin street station until they were almost frozen to death and finally, seeing no signs of gettinp a ride to the Silver iCty, returned to their offices and thawed themselves out. The thermometer was ten above zero at noon to-day and the indIca- tions pointed to q hard freezing night
 While the storm is the worst in wears. still it is nothing more than q light sauall compared with the blizzard of 'sS. But that Is sn long ago now. many who were tots then and forgot all about it claim that the present storm is the >everest they remember. and perhaps thay are right. but Of course 1t dces not necessarily follow from that that the snowfall of yes teriay and the day he-rre was any thing like that of March II. I2. I:1 and II. 1SSs- except In color. The meas urem@-lts taken by Mir welton during the blizzard showed forry-two inches of snow fall during the storm. while 50 far during the present storm it measures hut eighteen rncheS-eonsid- erably less than half the record to the credit of the blizzard Tn. real old blizzard which many of LIS paSS.,,J through and everyhody has haarf of set rl st S o'clock on the afternoon of Narch n and rage,i until i o'ejSeS nn the afternoon If the 18th. If was aernmpaniosi hv high wind and great drifting Business was at a stsnistiII for time and many suffered for tine necessarisS- of life.
 Superintendent HOtchkiSS af fine street department has 2 big force nf men and teams ont today and a big effort iS heinz made tO oTan the rsrTn- cinai tll0-ouchfareS. Private 77ldFvTi- y"is orc har,i st work. tssn. and if ff1a drifting does not continue paths will lsa cleared far pedestrians in resrgr all rartS of the town Tn the orJtSsss districts ovHerS of teams gre Is-7siinz