The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-28
THE FERRY CROSSINGS.


INTERRUPTIONS TO TRAVEL on THE RIVERS
YESTERDAY NOT OF A SERIOUS CHARACTER.
Broad cakes OF ice noated up the East River on
the food tide OF tuesday night and cnoked the
stream so thoroughly that navigation was closed
Tor a time below Roosevelt street SO thar there
were no crossings made !or several hours. Durin 9
the blockade two or three venture ONE men walked
over the temporary bridge. so it Is reported. and
arrived safely on the Brooklyn shore. When the
tice changed this compact field was carried down
toward the lower bay. and IN the hood tide OF
yesterday morning there were large quantities OF
the old ice brouEnt back. but so broken into traR.
ments as 10 do but little harm.
AS mas been the case every dav since the ice
made It's appearance, the tugs that early steam up
and down the rivers crushed many OF tue larger
pieces and maze the way or the lerryboats much
less ditfcult as when there are no sold fields TO
make their trips IN comparative regularity. 1t
has been demonstrated repeatedly that the pro-
pcler Is by all ODDS the better Kind OF craft con.
tend with the ice. winter after winter 1t has
been observed that they can crush through fields
OF this formidable obstruction without being In.
jured, and where a sidewheel boat would be
powerless 10 move. An instance OF this character
Is given where the little propeller Bay Rldge lay
or TWO since running 10 the pace OF that name on
Loag ISLAND, steamed through q aensc mass OF ice
Gown near Fort Haiailton that would have been
impassloe Tor the largest OF the sidewnee! boats
that ply on the se,era ferries.
Although the last Elver was filled with floating
humMOcas most OF 1t hau. borne the bunetnGs
OF tle tugs and other crui U.s. and was not IN SUI
uccbtly dense mass TO seriously interfere with
navigation on the several ferries At the Fulton
Terry they an the Jour regular boats on schedule
time, though occasional delays were experienced
on me Brooklyn snoie, where the nortnward aud
westerly wind have carried mucn OF the floating
mass. packing IL iutO the sllLs.
Az the wall street Terry they succeeded IN
making their trips from the early morning until
between ten and eleven O'Clock with commend
aoe promptness. But between Thea latter houis
there was serious embarrassment on the Brooklyn
sue, the Ice there being In such quantities as TO
preclude the possibility OF reaching the Montague
street ship. The pilots made desperate efforts to
crush through tue obstruction, but 1t was iully
iorty minutes before 1t yielded to the terrible AS
saults o: the boats somerset and Clinton. Once
separated and channel mace II was kept open
during the rest OF Tue day. and the patrons Of tn
Jerry We're not alterward delayed.
Mucn inc same state OF affairs existed at the
outh and Hamilton avenue lerries. The strong
mood iioe which runs through Buttermllk channel
Ike mil ace caught much OF the heavier ana
plete!v together IN the course OF these boats, cuus-
ing mucn detention. The obstruction was carried
bt STORM however, by the same methods which
cleared the Wall street route, and from eleven
O'Clock or shortly alter there was out little ouble
experienced on these extensively patrOnized Ier-
RES.
Both of the Staten Island companies ran tneir
boats With great regularity. Tue stormy winds
that have Cal RED the ice toward the Brooklyn
sEOre. have been great reiiel to these ierlIes
giving them comparatively clear channel
through which the pilots pick their way. For q
week or more here has been posted ut the Old
Staten Island Terry the following notice might
irNJs omitted on account OF The ice In the DAY.
Boats win leave as follows every hour-Staten
Island, from q A. NJ. to p. H.. ; New YORK, from
A. NJ. to 8. l.. NJ.
Ine men on DUTY at the Cortandt. Liberty and
Barclay street ferries cOmpIaned put little yester
day OF being troubled ny the ice. Delays we're
sliQht In the morning Dy the accumulation OF
cakes on the New YORK snOfe. but the eDD tide
removed much OF IL, and during the AFTERNOON the
only Inconvenience resulted rom the efforts occa-
Slunally required 10 lorce the boats into the sps
through the mass which found l0degment there.
The MOrrisaula ana Harlem boats MADE their
regular trips, but the floating ice encountered all
tile way uD the river neceSsltated slower rate or
speed than Is usual VITA these feet side wheels.
Great eXerti0ns are beng maize pv the Light.
house board or tue district 10 replace the can and
spar buOys carr ed TO sea by the heavy ice. In
snort time these import ant marks to the channel,
TO and from the Atlantic Will again be IN their old
positions
me system OF running the ferrybo from
Jersey CITY to Cortlandt street Tor the past few
weeks Is source o! great annoyance ald disap.
pOtntment to passengers. Previously, the buafs
made trips every ten or twelve minutes up 10 ten
O'Clock ut night, then every fifteen minutes up to
twelve, then every hallMour till Jour In the morn
ing. Now passengers have TO wait nom fifteen
minutes to elgnt until fifteen minutes past eight.
This has become standing rule, and Is not Que
to the Ice or lmpediments or any KIND.