New Britain herald., 1925-01-30
CARS NARROWED BY
 HEAVY ICE STORM
Service Badly DenOraized as
 Rain Freezes to Rails
WINTER AT ITS WORST
Elements Also Interfere With Light ing Circuits--Death of John T. Wolfe-Body of Dead Boxer to Be Taken to Fairfield for Burial.


 Trolley car schedules went to smash for the first time In years last night and this morning when the slashing seet storm coated wires and tracks, impeding the movement of the vehicles. Some of the trolley cars were marooned the whole night at various points along the line and up to a late hour this morning only sections of the lines were in opera ton. The Woodland street line did not operate this morning and the Terryville division was open only to the Waterbury bridge near Pequa- buck. The Plainville line was also ted up so that only partial service was given. One trolley crew remained all night near the Tcrryville foun- dry, when the car became frozen 10 the rails after 1t had been stopped for several minutes by the cessation of the electric current.
 When the power came on a few minutes later, the crew found that they were high and dry and until just before noon, the trolley car did | not move. Other cars were stalled at points along the lines until first aid with the snowplows was render- ed this morning.
 The local line has prded itself on it's fine schedules and has justly done so, in the opinion of the city at large, but last night the elements defied any opposition. The usual cus- tom of running the snowplows all night 10 keep the tracks clear was interfered with as the sleet made f 1 impossible to secure traction and the cars quickly froze to the rails, while the poles 10 connect with the wires to draw the power into the cars also 1 froze, making motion impossible.
 City Flows Out.
 The city snowplows got busy early this morning to make travelling eas- fer for workers hurrying to places of | employment. Both of the city trac- tors and even the motor scraper were put into service, The scraper showed it's superiority over the trac- tors in its case of operation and speed in cutting paths through the winters Instructions.
 Sidewalk cleaners also got busy at an early hour but found work diff cult as the sleet had frozen to the ! surface.
 Lights or.
 For a time last night, the lighting circuit of the city were interfered with by the storm as the lights would glow dimly for a while and l then come on bright. This continued until midngiht, when the service went out for few minutes, but later the power came back so that lights were available this morning as usual.
 John T. Wolfe, 65 years old, died at St. Francis hospital in Hartford on Wednesday night after a short ill., ness. He was born in Waterbury in 1874. but had lived the greater part of his life in this city. For many years he had been employed by the Sessions Clock Co.
 MT. Wolfe leaves son, Harold Wolfe. of Waterbury, and two sis ters, Mrs Mary Srahan of this city and Mrs. Sarah Quinn of New Ha- ven.
 Takes Perry Body. | George Perry of Fairfield arrives 1 yesterday afternoon to take charge of the body of his son, George Perry, Jr, who died on Wednesday night after a boxing bout at the Wooster | Athletic club on North Main street. The arrangements for sending the body to Fairfield were made by Un- dertaker Thomas P. O'Brien.
 High School Playing.
 The local high school quintet will play the TerryviIle High five tonight in that place. Many of the local fans will accompany the team on its trip. i The locals have had the best of the series with the Terryville quintets for the last few years, but the strong team this year from the neighboring city promises an upset in the list of victories.
 Criticize Milk Bills.
 That the school department milk bills are rather high was the topic of discussion last night among some of the city officials after the meet ing of the salary committee. Ii was pointed out that the domestic science department uses milk, which cost 20 cents a quart, while the city officials, themselves. were content to use milk, which cost only ] 16 nr 17 q nnnr,t M-hr thn ..xt,.n