The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-20
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tation company, the Cooke street lines and the Bunker Hill Transpor. tation company.
 Inter-city buses coming into the city yesterday were about a half- hour behind schedule but were maintaining their regular schedules today, practically speaking.
 The increase in the toll line Serv- ice of the telephone company over the weekend was very noticeable. While much of 1t was caused by the storm, 1t is also believed that some percentage of the increase was due to the reduction in toll line rates which went into effecc yesterday. The telephone company, while the snow storm ragged, made emergency plans to keep It's force of operators intact. in the event that travel be- came too difficult to allow them to go home. The operators were able to navigate, however. Throughout yes- terday they were taxed to capacity as the use of the telephones jumped.
 The Connecticut Light and Power company had one minor Interruption in service in Woodbury which was quickly rectified.
 Schools Were Open
 Schools opened as usual today. Hundreds of pupils were late but they were not the only ones. The teachers had to stamp themselves tardy, also, in many instances. Hun drews, including teachers and stu. dents, were unable to get aboard some of the busses before 8 o'clock this morning, so heavy was the de- mand for service. As 6 result hun. dreds had to walk and hundreds of others had to wait and wait their turn as bus after pus, loaded to ca- pacity, passed by. Factory workers and store employees also found the task of getting transportation today very ardous.
 Banks, stores and public buildings were quiet places today. Traffic irl- creased towards noon as the blows and shovelers ate their way into the snow banks. Trolley service was de- layed this morning, just as 1t was throughout yesterday, due to motor car owners parking their vehicles in the middle of the streets. There was no way of parking them ct the curbs.
 Milk men battled the storm yes- terday morning in valiant fashion and maintained their schedules al- most perfectly. This morning the letter carriers were on the job plod- ding through deep snow but keeping their deliveries up to schedule.
 Several Minor Accidents
 Several minor auto accidents were reported Saturday night and throughout yesterday and last eve. ming. Hundreds of automobiles were inarooned and service stations were engaged today hauling them out of snow banks.
 Shovels flew fast today as prop erty owners cleared their sidewalks. Superintendent of Police Mclean stated that he will have his night platoon on duty checking on all de- linquent property owners who fail to comply with the ordinance requiring that sidewalks be cleared of snow and sanded for ice.
 The sleet and hail stones that be. gan falling yesterday afternoon froze on electric lines and aerial wires but was not of sufficient weight to tear them down, apparently.
 Temperature During Storm
 Yesterday afternoon at 6 o'clock the temperature was 2l degrees above zero. The mercury climbed to 9 above at 9 o'clock but then began e gradual decline. At midnight, last night, the temperature was l6 above and this figure remained until 2 o'clock this morning when Q slight rise was noted on The Democrat recarding thermometer. At 9 o'clock this morning the mercury had climbed to the l8 degree mark and at noon the reading was 22 degrees above, Fair weather for tomorrow, with Q slight rise in the temperature, was predicted by the weatherman this afternoon.
 WPA Men Can Work
 New Haven, Jan 20-(uP)--State administrator Matthew A. paly to- day said that WPA workers could be used on municipal snow removal projects.
 Re obtained permission from lla- tional administrator Harry L. Hop- kins by telephone, temporarily set ting aside an earlier order. sllxla ulasak fn .kAan ali WPA am.