Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 14.-Condi- tons in New Haven and vicinity are slowly returning to normal tonight after yesterdays severe snowstorm. recuperate and on the city lines fair ly good time was made. Suburban lines, however, are still working under difficulties.
 Strengthening Out Railroad Traffic.
 4 gang of several hundred men is workiI'y night and day in an endeavor to straighten out railroad traffic on the various lines in the state. The worst delay is on the main line in the electric zone to New York. where the service was all but prostrated. owing to the many breaks in the feed wires; five miles of cable was shipped to- night from Boston to Stamford to re- pair the breaks. SiXty-four miles of signal wire was repaired between Springfield and New Haven during the day. The freight situation is causing worry, all lines being congested Three small freight derailments today added to the difficulties. These deraiI- walk and Stamford. At the general offices of the New Haven road tonight 1t was said that every effort was being made to restore normal conditions as soon as circumstances would permit. Trains are running irregularly.
 5000 Telephones Out of Commission.
 The general offices of the Southern New England Telephone company in this city reported that 5000 telephones were put out of commission in the state. Conditions were the worst in Bridgeport, where 1900 instruments were knocked out New Haven was next with 600.
 400 Poles Broken Of.
 About 400 poles were broken off completely in different parts of the state and many others knocked out Of alignment. Between New Haven and Derby sixty poles are down: forty between New Haven and Bridgeport and twenty on the meadows" north of the city.
 Six exchanges could not be reached by the New Haven office during the day-Stafford, Rockville, Manchester, Chatham, Colchester and Orange. To- night all the exchanges were reached occasionally. with the exception of Rockville and Orange.
 Storm Divided Into Three Sections.
 The storm was divided into three complete sections, the telephone com pany says. In the eastern part of the state there was a heavy rain and some snow; in the central section, sleet, ice and snow and in the northwestern part, dry snow, which practically did no udAudSe to lne SeTVlCG The -DelI Q of trouble near Stamford was about 50 miles wide and spread to Seymour and Wallingford. Hartford was skip ped and the next zone of trouble was in Rockville, Manchester and Stafford.
 A large force of men is now en- gagged in repairing the trouble but it will be some time before normal condi- tions are obtained. The wire chiefs and assistants worked from g o'clock last night until tonight without in- termission. In Danbury, where it was impossible to hire sleighs, the linemen rode out into the country on horse back
 Extra Girls at Switchboards.
 Owing to the big increase in the volume of business in New Haven, ex- tra girls are working at all the switch boards. The normal number of local calls in New Haven is 100,0O daily, but today it increased to 150,000. Toll calls were also increased greatly.
 The telegraph companies are still in difficulties, owing to the great num- Der of wires down. There are few through wires out of the city and others are working only spasmodically. A number of wires owned by the American Telephone and Telegraph company along the shore line are dokn