South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-14
JACK FROST STILL
HOLDS SWAY HERE
City Continues in Grip of Un-
preCedented Cold
Spell.

While the wind Of Saturday had
moderated in MishaWaka yesterday,
the cold nas still intense with the
t1ermcmeter registering one or two
oelrees below zero during the en-
tIe day The street railway COM
paut operated an occasional car ON
the south side route during the aft
euOou. bat 100 attempt was made 90
rIu cars on the north side lines.
River Paris has been completely iso-
Rated since Friday night, when the
cars iu This part OF South Bend stop
ped running Tn. snow along Mish-
awake avenue Is six feet deep in
some places and mo- effort has been
made to clean il Off while the side
walks are completely covered with
'tno beautiful"
While most of the churches open
cd their doors for service during the
forenoon and eNeniu- the attend
ance Of worsnippers was extremely
Hleagre excepting at the Catholic
houses OF Worship. whcih were well
attended. considering the weather
Few Venture out
Although the condition Of the
o.r5s streets was not quite so bad as
ON the previous day. they were bad
enough TO prevent many persons
from rcuturiug outside. and ir con-
sequence there were few 20 bc seen
around the city. Both picture houses
opened in che afternoon. and the few
who had the harIihOod 10 come
down toNu sought shelter from the
bitter cold Within the inviting walls
&C. these entertainment ula yes
a few farmers made the trip 90
the city Nirh their mills supplies. all
though the country roads were i'm am
almost impossible condition. One
uf these dairymen stated % The
NeWs-Times that ne had come
distance Of 10 miles i'm order that his
customers would nor have 20 go
without their usual supply Tn one
part of the road ne encountered a
drift fully 10 feet high. and IL took
him two hours 10 set through it,
East of Main ST. has been without
its car service since early Saturday
and i'm Consequence residents of Lin
colin way were compelled To- remain
indoors during the entire day il be-
ing impossible TO operate am auto
mobile ON this thoroughfare ON ac-
count OF the deep snow The rails
are frozen over. and 10 will appar-
emily take some time before they can
.e thawed out.
There were no interurhan cars iu
or out of ,he city during the day. and
many sdeuts OF Elkhart and Co
Sheu who were caught by Saturdays
storm lre still n the city. The lone
can which did service between south
, ,od and Nishawaka ran at such ir-
euIar intervals that its patronage
.yas exceedingly limited
Ncws-TimcS Service.
Tn" one busy spot n the city was
'1e NeVs-TWee office The Sunday
edition arrived shortly before noon
ll a sleigh drawn 10y two horses 4
small army of carriers had been
waiting FOR the papers from 3 O'Clock
aud everyone was ou hand ON their
arrival so time was lost n start
ing them on their routes and by
O'Clock there were very few sub
seribers throu-houf the cit. who
bad not received tE.lr sunday pa
rrr. even If it uae af-. com their re-
tlrn an tho boys reported safely %
the office none flc Wors. for their
experience River Park was the
only place where it was physical
.mpossi5ihy to deliver The papers.
but an extra supply was sent ont To-
IIoWie's, and subscribers who cared
Co venture out To- This goufI4r rem