The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-27

iViclnlty about To o'clock Saturday after 5 noon- The windstorm followed soon, , and by dusk there was no doubt but } that Christmas night was to witness , a real old New England snow storm. , About the only people who came out
 were those who went to the theatres Saturday night, and both the prin- . cipal playhouses were well filled.
 People had much difficulty getting
 home after the shows. for the drifts
 had begun to imeded the cars greatly. |, Sunday morning the city awoke to see complete tie-up of pretty nearly
 everything that moves. The snow
 was still falling and kept up inter
 mittently until late in the afternoon. All night the trolleymen had been lighting to keep tracks clear but it was battle against big odds, and the pest they could do was to give irregu-
 lar service on the city lines.
 Today the entire city trolley ser vice was running, although there was
 difficulty in maintaining a regular schedule This was due not to the
 snow on the tracks but the obstruc- ton by teams and other vehicles of the trolley tracks. Piled up on either side of the tracks, the drifts blocked
 traffic in all parts of many streets
 save where the trolley snow blows had passed
 Three cars were run through to
 shelton yesterday, one in the morn
 ing, one Tn the afternoon. and the
 third at night No cars ran to New
 Haven Today cars were run to Mill
 ford. and violent attacks were made
 on the drifts that obstructed cars be- tween Woodmont and Milford. Cars were run to Norwalk yester-
 day, but with no semblance of regu- | larity.
 old trolley men were assigned to the
 snoM blows. and the new men, near ly 5e Der cent. of the entire employees,
 were left to the easier task of rum
 mug the regular cars Sixteen blows
 apd four sweepers were kept busy continuously from Saturday afternoon saturday night and Sunday morning derailments were reported frequently but iL most cases the crews of the cars were able to replace them with the rails up East Main street
 One of those watch charm single | truck trolley cars attempted to wade l through an embankment of snow at | Park and South avenue just where | the change from the double to the | single track to Seaside Park is locat- | ed, and went into the curb. This was | one of the first cars put on the tracks | in the morning and tied up the sys- tenn on that line from South avenue | to the park for a considerable portion | of the morning. As a result those who | took in the storm from the sea wall. | and there were quite a number, had quite a little walk to gratffy their | curiosity. The wrecking crew which | was busy in other sections of the city | during the morning hove in sight of | the deariled car about II a. m- and | soon had the derelict on it's trucks. !. A snow blow derailed at Boards | Corner. Milford Saturday night caus- ed more trouble than all other derail- nents in this vicinity. No effort was made to get through to the two lost Y cars, one in Milford Center the oth- CT just east of Meadows end. Saturday night It would >have been a hope lses task.
 Yesterday morning, even before the city men were at work on the streets. i- the trolley men had a force of trucks Y and men at work cleaning away the snow from the most frequented stop ping places of the cars, and also keep ing the switches and special work clear
 The gale accompanying the storm blew down big tree and tore off about 25 telephone wires in Long Hill, yesterday morning These were giv- en immediate attention by an emer- gency. crew sent fioundering through the snowdrifts from this city About half hundred complaints were re- ceiyed of broken or crossed wires but , these were speedily attended to from I the local office Telegraph wires in the immediate vicinity fared we'll. but , a few miles away, to the east, hun , dreds of poles were blown down.
 Today Superintendent Colgan of , the street department started out to < clear away the snow with 34 teams . end so men, There was employment for all applicants. and strenuous ef- forts were made to secure more help. A dozen teams were working early yesterday and the number was in- - creased as fast as possible Single l horse carts were left in the center and double teams were used in the more remote parts of the city where1 the haul was longer and heavier.
 The biggest drift of all was at = Fairfield avenue and Water street, in T front the McMahon & Wren block twelve feet high This was gouged f-fer rf1f -ar-Ir-
 Superintendent Colgan had private T advices from the weather man for he hurried away from his Christmas din- ner in Bedding Saturday afternoon - cross country to Bridgeport, he reach ed here as the storm assumed formfd- able proportions and laid out his plan of campaign over night. =
 Mayor Buckingham was on his job I bright and early Sunday morning He came down town when most of the ~ citizens were enjoying their Sunday - morning slumber. He got into tele- F -endent Colgan at once, and remain ed down town a good part of the dayl keeping a line on the clearing of the thoroughfares. Today he - vas not wholly satisfied with the pro- V sress that had been made, and he Sept prodding the street department O greater effort
 One of the first things was to in- Iure the city's milk supply. Fl -er ". Dewhirst phoned the mayor that Madison Road was blocked by huge lrifts- So Superintendent Colgan i'm pressed MT. Dewhirst into service 1e made a conscription of the farm - ITS in his vicinity, and cleared the oads.
 Today the principal handicap to h he street cleaning was the lack of u dequate wharfage for the dumping O f snow. The carts discharge their D pads at the city dock. at the foot of Wall street A number of private oncerns clearing up snow are also