The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-21
THE CITY RAILROADS.

rNe cars On the city railroads were all running ycs'
terday at intervals tho usual tno trips being totally
ignored During oil this severe storm the companies
hcpl their cars running 70 oil practicable distances
Tue second avenue ran yesterday from Pearl
stree, 10 Forty second street, and effort will be made
70 open ,he rosd entirely through 10 day from Peck slip
10 Harlem.
The Third avenue road also kept running from Pearl
s,rcc, to sixty nrst street Last night iasorers we're
eus,,y engaged IN clearing Chatham street, aud day
che cars viii run from their ususi terminus o, the Park
The Fourth Avenue Company deserve great credit for
running all the way through when other oom
panes only partially performed their duty to the public
Yesterday their cars Ief regularly every eight minutes
the Tour,n Avenue Railroad Company that persons Nv
pg sors Centre street. Leonard shovelled the msw
from the sidewalk and threw pto the track sner ine
the sno~ away. The Mayor said the company could
ne'ther shovel The sno- from .he track and pe up 70
the street. the people Gil up he track Win sno~ 'er
The sixth and Eighth avenue roads ase ran yessefosy,
sshs minusesrom Chamber sweet The,o companies have
been very remiss In not cleaning III cir uacks all oe way
through. They are both we'll supported, and hsy are
sometnipg to tns public II 10 great moon venencs Tor
dscae females and invads 10 walk from the ferries 70
Chamber street. with the streets 10 their present condt
ton The all the tracks require SIX norses 70 DO
drawn With ease
CONDITION OF THE GREAT RAILWAYS.
or less obssruced and win take three days ., least
before they viii be IN perfccs running order
ERIE RAILROAD.
A, Tho storm commenced on Sunday, and telegraph
runs the entire length Of this line the superintendent,
wisely determined not TO run any trains during the con-
npuapce Of the storm. This prscsutlon saved much
sunerirs and only train was csugh, in the snow
aria Tbl. occurred a. Middleton, N. j., when tho pas
senser train due In this city sunday a 80 N, dd
no, arrive until late on Monday night BY heteeuapnc
accounts learn that the road out e far ~ OTeEo was
badly drned the track In some places being covered
with en- enbsnkmeni Of snew ten feet deep West OF
Oreso the track toeraby clear and the trains that
were run after the storm almost made their usual
time. Tho night express west arrived a.
forty m,nuics late aud only lost Tour minutes
more the run 10 Adrsn The msil train east arrived
q, o-ego forty minutes laio. The Clncinnsu expres.
ame, bs, the delay chiefly in waiting for other
trans. ON Monday when the road was In ih worst con
9crnssy,,,s ss,apc. Of lis miles, in only one hoar
and twenty minutes more than the regular time The
eastern branch Of the road however w 90 bad that no
Tuesday, Ii 80 A. NJ, arrived $50 P. SIX hoors be-
nind time. The Cincinnati express, due $50 P yes
rived ats ?. NJ Two Trans len the city yesterday, the
Chicago express started from Jersey City at noon, and
we - sspscssa pss ron o,Ser * train ven. ous
yesterday. To day n is announced tbs, All the trains
snTs noon WIN leave The city resulsrIy ,.,
and the Onc,nbsh express trails, which lei O~ega Al
,.o o'clocs, P NJ, on Monday, re,ched jersey Cy s'
~ O'Clock last night drawn by two locomotives,
and was proceeded far suferns by two locomotives
10 break the road
HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD.
This railroad suffered from the storm than pcr
ssv any other sccoun, Of s exposed situation 10 hs
drS wbch blew from the northwest Every sheltered
sro, 90 the whole track filed with OF sres
depth As no trains ont on Sunday 70,
N the storm, snd no sitompt was made 70 oiesr tn,