New Britain herald., 1930-03-27
Chicago Practically Snow Bound
 Despite Fact Storm Has Ceased;
 Thousands Overflow Hotel Space
Drifts Keep Many Work
 CTS From Returning to Homes Only Short Dis tances Away - Street Cars and Busses Stalled.

ClliNdSOI -hdlA Ali W.T. iiV SllCN had ceased falling today, but the slush and drifts fingered on.
 The snow stopped last night as suddenly and as unexpectedly as it started Tuesday morning. leaving Chicago and it's suburbs shrouded in the heaviest continuous fall in the city's history-19.1 inches.
 Although the city no longer was faced with the necessity of fighting more snow, it had by no means coped with what it already had. Traffic still was delayed and in some cases paralyzed, schools re- mained dismissed and streets and sidewalks were clogged with snow. Drifts Piled High Along the lakefront and in other places where the wind was given chance at the snow, drifts were piled high and held hundreds of au- tomobiles fast. In the more congest- cd districts the snow had turned into a dark slush, ankle deep at most intersections.
 ! Street car lines, hardest hit of the transportation systems, were able to serve customers on most of the main routes, but were far from nor nal and were not even attempting to run on many of the branch lines. Twenty thousand men and 25O pieces of machinery worked all night attempting to clean the rails. Fifteen hundred street cars were reported stalled. most of them still manned by their crews who have been forced to keep a continuous watch for two days in order to be able to move on in case the way is cleared. On some of the side streets the crews were replaced by watch men.
 Others More Fortunate
 Other transportation lines were more fortunate with the elevated and suburban railways not only maintaining their usual service but carrying the added burden of per sons unable to get to work on sur face cars or by automobile Buses. unable to travel on many streets since the storm started, again began to pick up their customers. today.
 Motor clubs reported that al highways leading to Chicago were blocked and that intcr-city bus serv- ices were suspended The roads iii southern Illinois and in parts of In diana held hundreds of snow bound motorists.
 Cessation of the storm ended fears for the city's milk supply which was partially cut off yesterday. Heads or the larger dairies promised full de- ' lireries today, although they sad they might be late.
 Six More Deaths
 Six more deaths yesterday brought / the number attributed to the storm to ten. The cost in dollars was not estimated. Besides the thousands spent in clearing streets-S50, 900 in the Loop alone-there was a large amount of damage. Undermining Cf parts of the Lake Shore Drive by the waves, collapse of roofs over q half dozen buildings and hundreds Of automobile accidents all were charged up to the elements. Y Although the weather bureau promised little if any snow" today, 1t held out small hope of q thaw to those who had drifts to clear away The temperature was expected to .g flower, at least below freezing. ,s Loop Hotels Packed Loop hotels were packed again last night with thousands of work CTS staying downtown at the ex- pcnse of their employers. The Hi nois Bell Telephone Company male reservations for 1000 Of it's en- ploycs at one hotel. Another hotel converted private dining rooms anl offices in bedrooms. Actresses at one of the theaters stayed all night in their dressing rooms rather than attempt to reach their out-of-the- Loop hotels.
 The city's drinking water was so Tiled by the lake storm that ac- companied the snow that it carrie ! very noticeable sediment of mud through the pipes. The health com mission, in order to offset this, or dered the chlorine proportion raiY- ed from three and half to eight pounds to every million gallons of water.
 The effect on crime was unusual, Not a single case was placed on tho trial sheet in the morals court yes terday for the first time in a year The court usually has 50 cases |, day.
 Five Tree In Court
 Five men arraigncd in police court when free because the cont blaming witnesses were storm bound, and two deputy sheriff :, :, taking prisoners from Peoria, Ill, 10 the state penal farm at Nandalia had to borrow railroad fare from one of their prisoners when the Ttorm forced them to abandon their x car.
 Industry in the Calumet steel mill district south of Chicago was pra c- tlcally abandoned as most of the , employees could not reach the mills.
 Chicago police housed 500 va grants for the night and charitabio organizations reported greatly increased demand fer help, espa- : cally for baskets of coal At Evanston they put the inmates 0. the city jail to work shoveling the stroets