New Britain herald., 1915-12-15
SNOW STILL HOLDS
 CITY UNDER LEASH
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graphic communication to the south, however, is still cut off.
 The first freight trains out of AL bany since early yesterday were started late last night. It was said that many factories here would be compelled to shut down until normal freight service was resumed because they were unable to get raw materials needed.
 The death list as a result of storm was brought up to three With the death of Miss Nellie Teai1an, matron of the Albany County Penitentiary Her body was found in snow drift and physicians said she died from ex- haustion.
 Conditions Improving.
 New York, Dec. 15.--The demorali- zatiOn of transportation facilities on lines in and around New York caused by the storm of Monday night was not entirely overcome today, though conditions were fast improving.
 Incoming trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad this morning were from five to thirty-five minutes late but more normal sched- ules were expected during the day.
 New York Central officials said
 
 storing passenger train service to schedule. Suburban trains this morn ing were running nearly on time, but through trains were still subject to delay. This mornings Twentieth Gen. tury Limited was reported about an hour late.
 Cancel Express Trains. Operating officials of the New Ha- ven Railroad announced today that despite all efforts made to repair dam age caused by snow to power, tele- graph and telephone wires, it had been found necessary to cancel the departure from New York and Boston of a number of express trains.
 A number of girls who were ma rooned at New Haven while enroute from a private school at Pennington. Conn, to New York for the Christ mas holidays left New Haven in private car at 11:30 a. m. today.
 Rapidly Improving.
 Operating conditions between New York and New Haven, where the greatest damage to wires occurred, were reported by the road to be rap idly improving and it was hoped to resume normal schedules by o'clock this afternoon.
 Nearly all of the morning locals for New Haven and other points, left on time today, according to Edward G. Riggs, executive assistant.
 Hartford, Dec. 15.-More than 300 men and about seventy-five teams were engaged today on Hartford streets clearing them of snow. Trol- ley traffic is stil crippled although city lines are running fairly we'll without attempting regular schedule. The Middfetown- line<was opened just be- fore midnight last night. It is ex- pected that the New Britain line will be opened tomorrow. and the Farming ton line not until Saturday. four horse sleight broke the trail between here and Pennington, today, bringing a party of twenty-five.
 It was said at the railroad station that while train service was still somewhat irregular, things would probably be in better shape by night. The Hartford and New York steamers have been greatly delayed. There IS much ice, running in the Connect1cut river but the company will contlnue navigation as long as possible as freights are very heavy.
 Telephone and telegraph companies have hundreds of men out making re- pairs. Within the city there was It. tie damage, but lines to outlying twons are still down.