New Britain herald., 1926-02-05
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SNOWDOUND TOWN
 EMERGING TODAY
SouthingtOn Road BlOCk.,StOrm
 Cost Town S2O0
LEGION BOWLS TONIGHT

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 With traffic still paralyzed by the soverest storm in several years, l Plainville today was tunnellng its way out through an 1S-inch snow- fall which in places had drifted 10 depths of tlvo and six feet. lmme- | liately upon the cessation Of the storm about o'clock last evening. i tho newly acquired blow owned by the town was put into action clear ing the roads, while a smaller blow was used to clear off the walks on town property and men with shov- els freed the fire hydrants from the | enclosing grip of the snow. The motor blow worked all night at its task hut at o'clock this morning 1t ran into drift on Cnionville 0ycnnc which proved too deep for 1 it and stuck fast. It was abandoned until daylight and late this morn- ing was still caught firmly.
 The New Britain road was open 1 ed by the state, as were the high. ways to Pennington and Bristol, The Southington road, however, was completely blocked today by great drifts which completely covered the maCadam and made the road exact i ly as useful as if 1t did not exist. Several large trucks and innumer- i able pleasure cars. attempting ill- iadvisedly 10 buck this barrier, were strcwn at various points along the route today
 All trolley lines were in operation 1 but off schedule. Regular running time, however was being resumed during thn day. The trains were lcss affected. and the mails came through almost on time.
 The blocking of the SoUthincton- { plainVille road forced the New HI- vcn- -Easthampton bus line to suspend operations, and rail service on the old "canal line" was temporarily resumed, 2 train being scheduled 10 leave hero at t:t5 o'clock this aft- ornoon. Rms service will again re- place the rail as soon as the roads are cleared.
 Physicians wcro greatly handicap ped but no emergency calls wer re- crivod.
 Factories and stores shut down early yesterday 10 allow their en- ployos 10 return home before the town became snowbound. The schools rcopcned this morning, al- though there was some criticism of this. Opinion was expressed that children in outlying districts would either bo unable to attend or would have 10 wade through deep snow at risk 10 their health, and that if school sessions were to be held the town should have cleared more streets than it did. The accident to the blow, however, cffectually pre- vented such a procedure.
 First Solcctman William J, John son estimated this morning that the removal of snow would cost the town of Plainville at least $@00 or .$S0O
 The Boy Scout troop assumed responsibility for the clearing away of snow from the fire hydrants in outlying districts. an announcement being made in the schools this afternoon that each scout was 10 at tend 10 the freeing of those on his street near his home.
 Legion BowlcrS To Be Busy Barnes post are facing busy week. end. Tonight they will meet the philosophers of Scich"proy post Of Bristol on the local Recreation all lcys and on Monday evening teams from the UnionNiIlo Legion will roll hero, The Bristol bowlors have twice been dckatod by Commander Edward BarrdNs and his mon, but they are game and don't know when they're licked As q ConSe- 1uonce, they will make q third as sault upon the unbcaten supremacy of the Brock-Barncs teams tonight, but the Plainville LcGionnaircs are .confdent of again asserting their superiority.
 Report Men Quitting
 Many employees of the Standard Stcol & Bearings, Inc, are reported to be leaving that concern, the rcas- on given by the men being that the wage scale in their departments has been reduced as high as go per cent. Although a large number are af- fected by the change, some arc stay ing on, but it Is said that six left one department carly in the week and 15 walked out Of another on Wednesday,, Efforts to verify this at the factory today failed.
 FOrestcrS' Whist
 Court General I.awton, Forcsters of America, will hold a public whist