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Show CARS ARE STOPPED. Breaking of Transmission Wires Paralyzes Para-lyzes Traffic During Several Hours. Special lo The Tribune. OGDEX, April 30. The street car service serv-ice of the Ogden ltapld Transit company was completely paralyzed for several hours this evening as tho result of damage dam-age by the wind to the transmission wires or tho Utali Power & Light company. I After being out of commission slnco 1 o'clock this afternoon the service waa not resumed until 8 o'clock this evening. The local traction company obtains Its electricity elec-tricity from tho Utah Power & Light company's supply. According to Manager F M. Parry of tho supply company the wind broko the transmission wires at somo point between Ogden and Farmlngton at C:30 o'clock this morning, but the electrical supply for Ogden was maintained over another act of wires. While workmen were making mak-ing repairs this afternoon a break occurred oc-curred at another point, putting tho .transmission out of commission so fains fai-ns the street car service was concerned. The company's electrical supply for general gen-eral lighting purposes In Ogden was not interrupted. |