The man who spread the report that spring was just aroond
the corner pulled in his horns today and admitted he spoke out
of his turn for spring was hurled back with great slaughter-just
as Bridgeporters were trying to snatch a few winks of sleep
early this morning. The business end of that blizzard which
folks have been reading about as it cavorted through the west
struck Bridgeport a cruel blow and the city was tied up in all
respects this morning.
The heavy fall of snow which was whirled about by the
high wind blocked all trolley traffic in the city and suburbs,
trains were from three to four hours late, jitneys were able to
make little progress and quite a few telephones were put out
of commission.
NORTHWESTERN
PART OF STATE
HIT HARD TODAY
Central New England Trains
Tied Up Tempera
ture Dropping
Wlnsted, Conn., March 6. All north
western Connecticut was under a
blanket of snow today. The wind
howled at 40 miles an hour and the
temperatures at mid-forenoon were
dropping to the zero mark. Not a
train had: been moved over any of the
lines of the Central New England rail-
1 road and the prespects were not good
for any rail communication today.
The New Haven road sent a train
with two locomotives from here
southbound over the Bridgeport-Win-
sted division and, it took two hours to
cover the ten miles to Torrmgton.
The Southern New England Tele
phone company had its service greatly
curtailed as the sleet storm which
followed last night's rain and was Just
ahead of the snow carried down poles
and prostrated cross country lines in
all directions. There was at one time
only two circuits working out of this
place.
