The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-21

Tse Appearance Of the Rivers -Dimcultles Of
Gle Ferryboa&s-Jcrsey Tramc-The IrreGM-
sarsey ef Making Trips-Precaatiens In Case
81 Accldcnt-AIenS the Docks. &c.
Dor some days past the North and East rivers
have been literally jammed with floating masses Of Ice
and frozen snow completely that oil ahc BY water,
unless the most indispensable, has bssn entirely
pended The ferryboats plying between both shores
perisace much difficulty In making their trips. Rsgu-
larny out Of the question, and sometimes passengers
are compelled TO wait one or two hours Tor the arrival
dspnesure OF boat In the North river especially
the quantity of floating 10 most dense. The appear
Of the river the boat while crossing strongly
suggestive OF the Arctic REGIONS limited scale.
Huge floating planes, covered with snow heAped up
irreguariy assumne In some cases the appearance OF
miniature ceberss not unfrequenty tend TO oosruct
Che passage, and wncn these difficulties are overcome
u ssoms like vending course to some destination
through the abyrnhne intricaclcs OF an archipelago
OF crystaliized ists nantled with snow. Numbers OF
guiis and black divers scream their Wild cry
IN the air. or seek their prey contentedy upon the edge
Of some p!assul q floating Ice mat Is borne on the
Tho dlculties and dangers OF the boats but still they
pursue their Flooding course 10 defiance Of tue present
attempts Of the winter king 10 stay their progress
rERRfEs-XoRrH RIVER
THE ferry companies on the North river did good
"a srsic exceedingly Crowds Of weary de-
volees despite the dangers Of the frozen deep. as
ssmbsd IN the ferry houses Yesterday, a' bent on
blows nobody good, AID jersey liquor dealers win
ork0OWI00R0
however. were not sufficiently large TO cali
for additional boaa After crossing tho river the land
ing = Barclay street was r.ihe, dncsi. under, Ter,
or low tide seemed TO thoss board Il they
pied the nrs floor. while those on the bridge looked
dcny besn somewhere jersey, hiccupped his way TO
the chains and was near going overheard while calling
,Ss do psssenssr especially ladies' found i very
d,nicut 70 gSt on board or on shore
STATEN YxRny.
al of -
in making their trips A rapid current and stn sea
brcese combined make the passage st more tedious
pos 10 rude the boats through the immense fields Of
that noaied on toward the Trips were made every
three or four hours yesterday and no accidents oc-
Cured.
Al near a possible the boats made their regular rips
A. the South ferry the following conversation '0oS
'w.ll ferry master, how do you and the '' '''''ao-
.sOh, not very serious, SIR"
ssAny OF the boats injuredf'
"Guess mot, SIR -,
hour or 80, II possible
what asvery hour or So II possible definitely mean,
II s impossible say; but there were some long waits
The boats on the other routes made their trips slowly
sncouhterns Of course, the icy obssrctoas na' oos
PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES
AT Of the slips there are reserve boats KEEP. VIZ.
steam IN ready In OF accident 20 render assistance
This Is very necessary precauon boat might easily
be injured from any Of those. large sheets o. ce WIN
which the river abounda
ALONG DOCKS
The water between the piers In macy instances
frozen sufficiently TO bear consIderaoe uegnI an y
Juvenile portion OF the community availed themselves
the circumstance, and az consequence groups .
srohns might be seen amusing themselves and laushnI
70 scorn the more cautious OF their companions who do
clined risk their precious selves In pursuit OF suci
dangerous amusement few days OF severe frost AM
both rivers In all probability, viii be frozen IRON snof
w shore