The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-02-05
ALL TRAFFIC IS PARALYzED
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| emergencies are not working today. Even the snow blows made but little headway against the sleet in the streets and it was only by constant | effort that the rails were kept sufi- | ciently free to permit haphazard | traffic.
 "In the 5 years that I have been l in Bridgeport" said MT. Kibling, ''this 1 storm is the worst have experienced. | I would rather have one foot of snow 1 than one inch of this sleet. Even four
 years ago when all the trolley wires , were down conditions were not as bad | as they are today.
 "We have held all the men on their jobs and will continue to use every available man until normal traffic is restored. Snow blows have been working since 7:3O last night and from the looks of things today they are good for another 24 hours i to say the least.'
 1 No one-man cars have been used 1 in the city at all today it being thought that although having suffici- ent power they lack the weight to 1 blow through the accumulated sleet. A snow blow broke down on the Bar mum avenue line this morning com pletely tieing up traffic on that line. ] The New Haven railroad was also demoralized by the storm and noth- | ing at all had been heard of Boston l trains up to late hour this morning. The Naugatuck Valley branch and 1 the other branches are also reported either tied up or completely disrupted while main line trains are anywhere 1 from 10 to more than two hours be- | hind schedule.
 Reports from Devon state that i switches there are blocked, stopping 1 traffic completely. A freight train
 was also reported to be stalled on
 the Naugatuck branch with two pass
 enger trains tied up behind it. 1 Harbor traffic is at a standstil1
 completely and not a boat was mov- ing this morning. The New York l boat did not start on it's Bridgeport
 run last night.
 l Traffic policemen had their hands | full about the center of the city this ! morning keeping traffic as well regu- | lated as possible and lending a helr 1 ing hand to foundering and stalled l machines.
 The jitney buses bore up wonder | fully under the abnormal conditions 1 and even the Norwalk-Bridgepor | buses ran almost on schedule time
 this morning. Instead of holding the !
 morning the drivers were permitted
 to get g. load at any place where a I crowd had congregated and take it to 1 its destination, returning then to the center of the city to pick up another
 load. In this manner hundreds of l people were enabled to reach their
 destinations on time or nearly so. That the people appreciated the work of the jitney men is shown be-
 the fact that although the drivers
 asked but their usual five cents, many
 of the people handed out dimes, quar- ters, and even in some cases dollar
 bills for the service rendered. Sidewalks in the city were almost
 impossible in many cases, although l many people made attempts to clear l them. Where this has been done the l wind and constant traffic has soon rendered the clear space almost as bad as those which remained un- touched.
 Gangs of men, small in number,
 were out cleaning the crosswalks but the work is progressing slowly and in
 only one or two cases has 1t made
 any seeming difference in conditions. 1 One of the first stretches of sidewalk
 cleared this morning was that about City Hall where a gang of shovelers made an early appearance and soon had the way all clear for the poli~ rticians.
 Stores were for the most part de- 1 serted this morning, shoppers be-
 ing unable to get downtown to make
 purchases. The only places that
 seemed to benefit in any way by the storm were the lunch rooms where constant demands for "hot coffee were made throughout the morning. A forecast of "cIearer tonight, fair
 is
 Bureau, and while this will, In some
 measure, relieve conditions if it comes it does not help Bridgeport get rid