Show Spring Hopes Dashed Snow Catches S. S i L. L L Minus Minus' Street Plows Old Man Winter caught the Salt Lake City streets department with their plows down as streets department Tuesday hurrIedly hurriedly hurriedly hur hur- reinstalled snow removal equipment on their trucks Department officials said reason for tor or th the delay In getting U the e snow sno equipment on the streets was that thit man many of the plows had hac been taken taker fro from rom the tr trucks and the the depart department ni ment nt w was sr a ng for spring work Ik on and n nance r nce ce Only the Uie heavier equipment wast was still stUl fitted with sno snow plows I and rd al sanders es a and the these e alone were I unable to cope with 1 the miles mites of snow covered streets street Offic Officials a a at the weather bureau r reported e p o 0 r rt d a average precipitation n during March Is inches est eat March precipitation was in 1891 when inches inches' was deposited deposited de de- de- de posited on n the city while the lo low r P was in 1900 with 1 a inch in total otal L st March there was WM 7 73 inch Average snowfall for the windy winds r month is inches with ith a great greal variance reported from year to tc toye I ye year r. r In Iri 1944 tl the e city experienced a total snowfall of inches while white there have been several i years rears ean in which March produced I only a trace of snow Last year there here was waa a a. a melt total of snoW snow |