The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-01-10
Rail TRAFFIC IS RESUMED
Street Cars Operate on Schedule Time
After Rotary Plow is Kept Working
All Night Street Men Drag Sur
plus Snow Into the Manholes.

Kenosha was still busy today digging
herself out from the worst snow storm
IN the history of the city but working
night and day the men who handled the
snow ploWs, the quads and the street
scrapers had done a pretty good job and
things were getting down to pretty close
to normal on most of the streets this
afternoon. The street cars were in OPP
Grafton on all the lines of the company,
the trains on the Northwestern were
running closer to schedule and the in
terurbans were coming in pretty nearly
on time. Many of the streets of the
city were still buried under the blanket
of snow drifts but walks had been pro-
vided through most of the streets and
the children tramped off to school this
morning again making their way in
many places through big walls of snow
which were considerably higher than
their heads.
Every available man who wanted to
work was at work for the city aiding in
the work of getting the streets opened
for traffic. The delivery wagons
were put to work again this morning
and deliveries were being made. At the
fire houses the fire apparatus was still
mounted on bob sleds and it may be
several days before Acting Chief
Schwartz considers it safe/t to attempt
to use the big motor trucks for fire
runs.
The street committee of the council
had fifty men working today cleaning
the snow from the street The snow
was being taken out with scrapers and
thrown into the catch basins and man
holes in order that it might find it's
way into the. sewers and be carried on
to the lake. This was declared to be
the only way in which it was possible
to handle the surplus snow Main
street may be freed of its drifts before
the day is over.
The street railway company worked
most Of the night with big rotary
snow pillow sent down from Racine. The
lines of the company on milwaukee, Az
enue were opened at four o clock Mon
day afternoon but it was not until day
break this morning that the lines were
opened so that the cars could all be put
into operation. The clearing of the rail
way tracks was a great aid to general
traffic as the tracks offered q chance
for the automobiles to get from one
part of the city to the other. The lit
neys were among the first to take ad-
vantage Of the work done by the big
pillow of the railway company.
Cold crisp atmosphere this morning
proved an aid to the men in handling
the snow but the. officials expressed
grave concern over the possibility of
January thaw. It would be hard for
the sewers of the city to take care of,
the water if there should be a general
thaw now.
At the post office this morning the
mail carriers resumed their regular
schedule loaded down with a half hun
dred bags of mail which had been de-
layed on account of the tie-up Of the
railways. There are still many con-
gested districts and it will be a week
before the mails are moving on sched-
uled time again. The Northwestern re-
ported all of its lines open again and
the trains were running pretty close to
schedule. Every possible effort is be-
ing made to have the mail trains NOV
ing on time.
The streets of the city which are
piled deep in snow will be opened just
as rapidly as possible. The street men
are giving preference to the streets
leading to the factories and to the
schools and just as soon as these streets
are fully opened the others will be
tackled. In most parts of the city
paths have been broken through all the
streets in order to make possible the
movement of coal.
Tt is going to cost the city pretty
figure to get rid of the results of the
big storm and it is probable that thou
sand lollars will not pay the bill.
The condition of the country roads
still isolate Kenosha from the remain
der of the county and it will probably
be a week before these roads are open
for comfortable travel.