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Show calicwK DELAYS With,, the fall of the heavy snow the troubles' of the street lines of the ULih-Idaho Central Railroad company commenced. Stiff bristled snow-sweepers and snow plows have been kept busy all day and all night during tho past few days, clearing the tracks of snow that the cars might operate. This is all very well but with the opening of tho town garages motorists plow through tho snow from their driveways drive-ways and on to the tracks and start for town. They get onto tho street car company's roadbed and go tearing into the city and out of .it with as much case, almost, as though they were on a paved street. This makes trouble for the street car company, howovor, and the company has a considerable grudge to unload against auto drivers in this respect. The automobiles, It seems, pack the snow down, knock down the banks onto the tracks and create a condition which causes delay, de-lay, congestion and general trouble all over the lines. The cars cannot run at normal speed over the rails thus packed and car service has been held up all over the city because of this. Officials of the company declare the practice Is entirely en-tirely unfair and unjust, because tho stopping of the car linos, or oven their delay for a few moments, causes untold un-told inconvenience and delay all over the city and consequent loss. Last year the same situation aroso. The heavy snows made Uie roads almost al-most impassable and automobilists ran their machines down the car tracks. As a result, tho tracks were obstructed nnd there was a great amount of Inconvenience and even distress dis-tress felt in tho city. This morning the Washington avenue ave-nue car, coming from the south, which is usually ridden by large numbers of working people, was so lato that those ordinarily riding on it had to start walking to the city. |