Show TRAFFIC SITUATION BAD AT CHICAGO CHIC CHICAGO GO Jan 14 Weather H.-Weather Weather conditions conditions conditions condi condi- have produced a condition in railroad rail- rail road load transportation business in in Chicago that hat is akin to a calamity The coal carr jn trade is paralyzed and traffic generally on the steam roads is so demoralized demoralized de moralized that pa passenger el schedules have b been icon en smashed and the movement of freight regarded as almost a minus quantity Chicago which for weeks has suffered from rom a scarcity of coal is is threatened with one of the worst fuel famines in itt years according to expert export observers ers To Tomake Tomake Tomake make worse the weather forecaster forecaster fore fore- caster declares that a cold spell is at atland hand land which means that thousands of freight laden ears cars Irs in the various railroad railroad rail rail- road yards which are arc now axle ale deep in snow now and slush lush will he become come icebound on the tracks Nothing but an unusual rise ise in iu temperature it if is- is asserted can then hen release them from their frozen anchorage |