The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-02-21
JITNEYS SAVE DAY:
 TROLLEYS FALL DOWN
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(Continued from Page One) was out during the entire day and night, and was not resumed until early this morning. A heavy blow
 sent to the assistance of several stall | ed cars on these lines met with dis aster near Peck's Mill where it was derailed and rendered useless. The first blow and sweeper were sent out by the Connecticut Company at 4 o'clock yesterday morning when there was but an inch of snow on the
 ground. Until II o'clock the battle against the elements was about even, before noon, however. the snow be- gan freezing on the rails. making l blows and sweepers useless and de- 1 railing trolleys by the score. Two hundred men ware hastily
 gathered and supplanted 35 heavy
 trucks sent out shortly after noon to combat the heavy mounain high snow that in some places blocked the the first, for the bowling gales soon
 piled banks of snow on newly cleared
 tracks.
 Conditions were greatly improved this morning, when service was run
 ming smoothly on practically every line with the exception of short stretch
 on East Main street and Boston ave
 nue. These places were open by noon. however. and cars again running. It wa Simpossible to keep any sem | blance of schedules, and the trolley
 despatchers devoted their whole ef-
 forts to spacing the cars, and keep ing them running at regular intervals
 rather than on schedules.
 It was estimated this morning by
 officials of the traction company, that
 the loss incurred by the storm would
 reach close to s2o.O0O. The loss of
 the usual revenue, and the extra ex-
 pense of hiring 200 men, as we'll as
 35 heavy trucks, made heavy in-
 roads.
 The Bridgeport t-Norwalk line was
 early out of commission. One jumbo
 car left the tracks between Westport and Southport almost blocking traffic
 for all vehicles. Several other pas senger cars were stalled in this vicin- ity, as well as a sand car and a sweeper.
 Jitneys were getting through, one | big Packard bus leaving Norwalk at 2:15 in the afternoon making the trip in an hour and fifteen minutes. The
 ride was hair raising and only expert | manipulation of the steering wheel | kept the bus on the road. The ceme- tery hill in NorwaIll was hard to nego- tiate. One bus bound to Norwalk was temporarily stalled in a drift. Sev- era1 buses were passed going in the opposite direction and number of private cars and trucks kept going. The worst part of the road seemed to lie between Westport and Bridgeport, but two of the State Highway depart
 ment's motor snow ploughs were do- i ing good service keeping traffic open Buses on Connecticut avenue were fairly frequent Sunday afternoon but to Paradise Green they were few and far between. The trolleys were worse. In fact, the only reminder Stra tford folks had of trolley service was Derby car stalled in the center that had already been a landmark for more than 24 hours. Later in the day and
 this morning, the buses saved the sit
 nation and commendable service was
 maintained from Paradise Green, with an occasional bus through from Devon. The streets seemed easier of n navigation where the trolley company had not made any appreciable effort to clear away the snow. Traffic in Sratford has the main thoroughfares nicely packed down and the trolley company should be able to dig their tracks out now without making the rest of the street impossible as is fre- l quently the case.