New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-14
THE STORM,

,ohes In some places II had been piled up by le "iuu
an banks from three six feet in depth All tne pas
an ger railway tracks invisible until the shO"p'"S
ad brooms had been freely used and but rev ZINES ME
beeokerst line not run during the qay nor Do1
SO yoa5s Large gangs OF men were busy throughout
Sbe day and far into the night clearing INC SHs %
DIFFERENT roads but with little success and TINS rs
80 NAV evDecf 10 find the still an impodlhen ~
ty travel At dusk yesterday no cars Were dg hell
Dry Dock line. and on Avenue only al oo'NSi'"
could be heard during the whole Day horsos vester.
Many Of the stages were drawn py Tour t lie massage
day fn some of the narrow business and GER
OF wagons and trucks utter mposs5ol TIE com
ssn kinds traffic were therefore al re same as that ex
mon opinion IN regard 10 TINS ol severity within
pressed Of every other storm OF o1 men sav that
lie memory Of the oldest nhamtnto 10, md middle aced
sbey remember nothing like il since 6.I, anu
1ne class t ut companion TO tns c al Cos ~
Nsse,,hcd NV the Etrick Shepherd Mllch an HOcS 70
% that our climate has lost none OF It's pristine vlgor
rigOr. and that we can get up "a sCoI sn hnFet
our hardy ancestors would care 70 punet.
n "a comparison Of this downfall OF snow ana outDurst
l9hg PEN s eSeemeptal demonstrations Of like charac
B. I'm the past will show that our storm was not so IeI
bls after ALL some which our toreiatners nave tahea
80 ~ no he sure il very cold on Wednesday, ana
ssgch colder on Thursday, and the wind blew great
o,s Of 17lOll l7665 179sO and ls2O-2l were to TINS
~ hurricanes TO zephyr In January, ISL SnoWm d
he 95th OF that month the thermometer fell TO seven ae
Ssf T below and ON the 4tR Of January 1885,
:. rcury at Albany and Troy Went down TO SO below
at Hartford $50, at Goshen S2' at Newark ~ and at
cadelphia 80. There have been many Other cOo VIII
Up to ii O'Clock yesterday morning mail matter had
peen received except what brought IN by the oE!
train Boston; but by in the AFTERNOON neay an
The belated mails had arrived dae long az sI 9S e
outhern mails, which left Washington az o;V d. m anu
~ M on Thursday reached the office at $50 p m yeSter
6ay The North mails via Hudson RallToad que mere
at 1000 p M Thursday and a. IN yeSeTuHy, alSu
arrived at $50 p m The Washington mail que mere al
SIS arrived at SIS N, m sp s ng No T mails H We're
received via the New Jersey Central from the West au
t mail which left there on Thursday at was at
London yesterday afternoon WIN no I'M .
speet of getting further. All the malls for the North
ast West and South left on regular time last evening
ET Knapp the superintendent OF Mas nSS DeTn
Sne with ceaseless energy ever since the
of the storm 10 overcome the difficulties so suu1eny
osted md last night both himself and his entire force
~ Ssstats remained all night the office IN readiness
FOR any emergency that might arise Inc H s
Last night arrived time, but the Southern man Io
Nv the NeW,Jersey Railroad and Transportation Com
Sany there arrival at o'clock SeSteLuSS morn
5ng OF the train from Washington when ie aL a. M On
Thursday. On reaching point lev b1 nv the
SInjnense snowdrfs The officers at this end were
Eom Ezabetl which took off the passengers ana LANDED
hem safely in Jersey City at the cary hour Caou
uaJs ~ men with locomotives removed the snow; and
, uninterrupted communication along the w f
noon The Camden and Amboy Road was put under a
psec embargo business being almost Ie ys
the through Western train OF the NewJersey CehtIat
O'clock on Thursday evening was brought 10 stand
% 10 miles from this city, and eXtTcated with great
nervilIs and Elizabeth two hours behind time. Locomo
tives dispatched yesterday moII1g; soUOuPyvo
BtwSrd bound last evening met with serious delays
Ga the Erie and Hudson River routes tne jr nsast
10 the CITY have been able TO communicate WltD US
arrived in New.Yok by the Harlem Road at
a O'Clock Yesterday morning Snow was first e1coun
tni more difficult to encounter the train proceeded
0ae cars came into Rawlings Station only 10 minutes De
lind %s but eT pTosTes o1S o be- made From Har
lem Bridge to Twenty-sixthSt. three engines were re-
TSs Dover express and the Morristown accommoda
~ i spa arrived at Chatham between and
O'Clock yesterday morning Three local trains that
Esest and OF Bergen Cut, and ct East Newark,
d NOT arrive at the Newark station until after o'clock
So their S Se On foot y private
ances, while Others crossed over TO the . New
Ts Eew-York. The through train which LETT
ison At M Yesterday The mall and EastOn
eTprcss which left yesterday morning did not get
During yesterday few trains were run between HOBO
ken aud Newark Two trains that att9npte3 70 Ky w
a. geS PAIN thar left HobOFen about 42o p m yester
sy for South Orange got stuck in a snOwbank az East
Xewsrk and was still there at p IN - =,
The last train the Hudson River Road on THURSDAY
iett the depot at ThTeth-st at 245 p M but became
sdded in the at Forty and eoud proceed
10 further The depot was crowded with people anhous
~ get out OF town. who remained hoping that somSthpg
e. the shape Of morning train would turn up Inc h9.Ss
end restaurants vicinity overrun, and the
7tcck in the larders disappeared rapidly ana az aiOst
exbRpnsted sought TO- get back % the original
parting point, found such a course extremely olI-
Iult. The street cars could not be depended upon
ID coach drivers acted If all ordinances for their
Vernment suspended and charged whatever prlce
ey pleased for conveying passengers SeVeral drivers
ere arrested for exorton but this had no enect upon
others who stood for their terms, confident
rosping plentiful harvest for the present and caring
thing for the future. At hve O'Clock in the afternoon
was announced that trains would be run on the Hud
ln River Road that day, and the outward bound men
gere compelled 20 seek shelter for the night wherever
they could. The last train on the Harlem Road
sS s tunnel stuck ana snG could ' move 10 e
The restaurants IN the vicinity ~ tne CsPOs
packed that $40 offered for bed, In yain-snd
any one can imagine that the packing complete when
we're eXtOrOnate at this depot as at the hudson Ve
end one man refused $50 carry gentleman to Morris
tngedi in suburban towns and villas ana greatly old tne
sound navigation was seriously retarded by the preva
Bloomington lines did leave at all on Thursday night
Yesterday morning propeller from Boston beloDglng
the outside line with great diihcuy reaehed ts P3r
and last evening other steamers arrived The boats LETT
Ghls city last evening on time . .,.
Business along the wharves yesterday was almost sus
pended Carmen riding for the different transportation
companies connecting st thus point Pe%Se9 t sSa w s
1srday did but little better The scarcity OF boxes ana
rchandise at usual points Of shipment and delivery
aarks unusual epoch Ia the every DAY history OF o
.SgumerCal emporium. Although the same guanuty OF
iow does not seem to have fallen as that wca o G
owYork has felt more seriously the delays ana
'rcOnvenences consequent upon such occurrence
Fbe most perplexing troubles beset Terry passengers
pilots had 70 exercise the utmost caution for the
t OF SHOW "as a. sue a. . 1Oss 1 % The
usual number CI boats we're run 10 t.o
vas on the DesbrOssesst line made regular tIps up 70
81 O'Clock the Of Thursday after which the
g1Ps were made at irregular intervals Inc Hoooke9
boats ON the Barcayst line were partially suspended
ScOm o'clock In the evening The ChflstOpherst line Was
pneely closed at that hour The PavOnia ferryb
ade trips every hour The Communipaw boats piled with