The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-04
PRICE TWO CENTS
BLOCKED BY ICE AND SNOW.
FERRY AND RAILWAY TRAvEL VEBl
SERIO USLY IMPEDED.
Ten East River Boats Mt the Mercy Of nm Ice
f'oe-Tramc suspended for More than TIVE
Hours-Rstiway Trains showed In.

Ten East River Boats Mt the Mercy Of m Ios
Fioe-TraOc suspended for N ore than TIVE
Hours-Rsiiway Trains showed In.
Residents OF Brooklyn, who have bust.
ness In New York, were annoyed Yesterday
morning, on arriving at the ferries at Hnding ice
In the river that detained the passage Of ferry
boats. The blockade was unexpected. even to
the ferry men; but SO massed was the Ice that,
even though the ANNOYANCE had been foreseon,
nothing but an ironcsd ram could have leared
passage for the boats. Although the tide turned
to flood at six o'clock. the ice masses In the bay
did not receive motion till an hour afterward.
The most annoying enemy to navigation during
the day was broad cake of Ice stretching from
the New York nearly to the BROOKLYN shore. 1t
was backed up by the toppling pile of pack ice
with succession Of ice fields crowdine thick
ana fast together. The effect of the ice raft ns
II swept slowly and irreslstibly up the river was
that OF powerful and irreslstiblo ram. The
zee surprised captured, and drove before Il ten
were the Northneld OF the Staten Island line
and the Retublic Of South ferry. As they were
carried up stream they were Joined by the CO.
iumbia OF wall street ferry the Fulton Of Full
ton ferry; afterwards by the Montan Superior.
den city of Hunters Point ferry. and the Farra-
gut and Hamilton OF Fulton ferry. For more
than an hour the boats manmuvred and skir-
mshed and tried to turn the flank OF the ice field
put In vain In their twstings and turnlnes
passengers ON the Fulton. the Farragut and the
Montana tried to forget the cold and danger by
having a little fun at each others expense.
Comical tbunts passed back and forth. Invita-
tons 20 Join In trip to the North Pole with
Capt. Howeate were afectionately rendered.
~ was nearly 10 O'Clock before all the boats
had effected landing. Only few, however.
reached their desired piers. The Northampton
set down Its cargo at the foot OF Maiden lane.
The Fulton could not get past the New York
pier OF the great bridge. and was compelled TO
put 10 70 Roosevelt street ferry. where also.
gers. The Montana. aboutS o',lock, bound for
Roosevelt ferry slip, found the Alaska, which
had Just come down from South Seventh street,
Williamsburgh, caught In the ice. The Montana
started to help her sister boat, and herself be-
came helpless TO make the situation yet more
unpleasant tue Superior started out from the
New YORK side after the Montana, and In turn
succumbed to the ice foe, so that all three boats
drifted up the river. The Montana. however, se-
cured landing by following In the track Of
tue6oat that had forced passage with It's sharp
prov through the side OF the ice raft. The long
Imprisoned passengers on the Montana gave a
cheer and tiger as they leaped ashore.
In the North river the Ice could not clog be-
cause OF the distance from shore to shore.
From TO o'clock In the morning. however.
boats we're DELAYED by the gathering OF the Ice
as the tide slackened; the current Of the river
continued to add TO the stagnant mass, and
passage OF boats. The Pavonii ferry boats oc-
cupied half hour, Instead Of ten minutes, and
the hs jersey Guy ferry boats the same. Inc Ho.
running up alongside the thick streak Of ice ex-
tending up and down the river. and when well
up toward Hoboken crossing straight over to
jersey.
The steamer Sylvan Grove, from Harlem, had
nearly re .,hed her pier at O'Clock, but was
forced away and across to the Brooklyn side.
On the New YORK side was her rival, the Shady
Side. Both steamers made ridiculous attempts
to beat each other In arriving first at their re-
spective piers. Inc Shady side at length landed
her passengers at Grand street. while tue Grove
aferward reached her pier at Peck slip.
The snow blockade continued to bother the
horse and steam cars. Up to YESTERDAY after
noon. the arrival Of trains at the Grand Central
Depot was St irregular. the commuters trains
being the only on, on time. From up the ads,
the report was that the switches are working
very badly. On the Hudson River road, tha
North and South Shore Atlantic mail traius that
should have arrived yesterday morning at 645
and il5 respectively were nearly four hours
behind time. On the New Haven road, the
Eastern mail failed TO connect yesterday N orn-
Ing with the Owl train at New Haven, and did
not arrive here until o'clock. nearly four hours
late, The springfield special was one hour be-
hind time.
Yesterday morning the body Of John w War
ren, resident Of Hanover Neck, Morris county,
was found on Eagle Rock avenue, near Rose.
vile, lying IN the snow. Mr.. Warren had been
ON "a New Years visit to some friends at E,st
Orange. and II Is supposed that ON his return
home he became exhausted from the inolemen-
cy Of the either, and was forced to lie down.