Republican farmer., 1920-03-12

tracks thsy were covered again with snow and s1eet. We ran cars during the nigth but finally had to give it up. Our power was all right but the snow and sIeet were the worst we have en- countered in years"
 At the railroad station it was said that trains were coming in from New York about on time but from the East they were from three to four hours late. The service was badly interrupt ed during the night but was ap- preaching normal early this after ' noon- There were several trains, bound in different directions, stalled early this morning in the East End yards. A freight wreck late last night at Woodmont also helped to make things worse for railroad employees | Nobody was hurt in the wreck. Telephone service was interrupted to some extent also. In this city not mora than half the operators reported on time. The night girls remained on duty until 10 a. m-, although supposed i to quit at a. m. All clerks who could act as operators were sent to the switchboards to help out The Southern New England Tele- phone Co. reported that in Bridge port 50 lines were out of order; in Fairfield, IS; Trun1jbuIl, 20. The Bridge port-Danfbury toll line was out of commission. In Stratford the service was not impaired mainly because Chief Nichols of the police depart ment placed the police patrol at the | disposal of the company to bring op- lerators from the outlying districts to lwork.
 Washington, March 6-while the storm which swept out of the north l west two days was passing slowly out to sea today, high winds continued 1 along the Atlantic coast and severely 1 cold weather prevailed over the en- | tire country east of the Rocky Noun | tains.
 Weather bureau officials said the
 cold wave probably would continue for several days, diminishing gradu- ally after Monday.
 The full force of the storm is be-
 ing felt today in New England, a cold
 wave being forecast for tonight in
 Rhode Island, the mainland of east
 ern Massachusetts, eastern New
 Hampshire and Maine Snow also l was expected in northern New Eng
 land.
 Storm warnings still were display. ed along the cost from the Delaware | breakwater to EaStport, Maine, with
 northwest gales forecast for this af- i ternoon and tonight. The storm cen- ter was off the Massachusetts coast
 today and was expected to pass far
 enough to sea to cause diminishing | winds on the seaboard tomorrow | New York, March 6-The storm 1 king paid another unwelcone visit to
 New York today, just as the city was | commencing to recover from the ef- l fects of the $5,0OO.000 blizzard of a
 month ago, and within IF hours the
 metropolis struggled with a pe2tins rain. a driving sIeet storm and a bit ing snow squau. As the temperaturs
 dropped steadily during the night. the wind increased in velocity un<il, dsr-
 ing the early morning hours it had
 reached an unofficial velocity Of Sd
 miles an hour, which boded Ill for
 shipping off the coast
 The sIeet made successful attack
 on the transportation system. Ser
 vice on nearly all the trolley lines in Manhattan and on some of the ehe~at' ! ed lines was crippled. The drifting snow later added to the difficulty and , even with motor blows, it was d1A-
 cult to keep traffic moving. , The telephone and telegraph com y panies reported that wire communi' 7 cation out of the city was badly criP-
 pied.