The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-06
BLOCKED BY ICE AND SNOW.
RiTLROaD TRdTEL AND NdTIGA-
TION BADLY CRIPPLED.
Tcd,ou. II not Pcriious Trips in the Ferry
uos,--Trnin- showed In ON the Long
Island Railroads A Gale ON Long isinnd's
PIsius-Tbe Sudcrinps of the Passengers.

q Island Railroads a Gale ON Long Islands
plsip--Tbc Suncrinps of the Passengers.
Snow in the streets and ice in the bay
and rivers continue their embargo upon travel
Ferry men say that inhabitants OF brooklyn
who cross to New York at WALL Fulton, Cltha-
rne Roosevelt, and Grand street ferries have
l1r the past two days shown their faces fully au
hour earlier than In years before. Yet often
times they have only exchanged their comforta-
bic lcds Tor a long, tedious passage OF an hour
IN ferry boat and sometimes their neighbors
who started an hour later reached New York
nhoad Of them. The disarrangement OF busi-
ness consequent upon the delays In travel can
not be estimated.
On the North river navigation was not serious
Iy impeded Yesterday. The Hudson's current
bringing down sheets OF snow covered ice. and
the Hood tide running back with the ice In the
bay Just before noon formed broad fields oppo-
site the ferry sli.s but the strong boats cnurned
through II. jersey City ferry lost a irip. and SO
did Pavonii ferry In the forenoon. lIoooken
ferry boats were nearly on time, and the I'm.
meuss Communipaw ferry boats walked
through the Hoes.
stDtcn Island boats did not fare so well. The
NOf,hneld lost n trip at ~ o'clock, aud the Po-
mona WIS delayed half an hour 10y the same ice
mass that drove tack the Northneli. The even
lux trips OF the staten Island boats have been
abandoned, aud are not 10 oe resumed until the
hay Is clear.
The pilots OF the East river ferries dread the
food tile II bfings up new ice IN sheets. which
must be mulched by the boats In their passage
before ANYTHING ike regulation time can be
made. Yes erday the cloeging was begun soon
after IL o'clock A. NJ. The Clinton Of Wall
street Terry WAS Kept out AN hour. In tue early
morning ali the East river ferries were blocked
from before midnight until . o'clock, and up
ana down South street a multitude of would-be
passengers walked from ferry to ferry In the
hOue ol finding "A boat that could cross. The
tide packed the ice In iass at about 10 o'clock.
The Fulton tirted at llSO from Brooklyn, was
lux there at noon sne Ihen reformed TO Brook.
bn. and started for New York again, but uid
not reach her pier az Fult n ferry until 2:31.
The Fulton ferry boat Fafragut started from
the Bro klyn side shortly after IL In the morn
iug. Botn cabins were filed to their utmost,
and the hurricane roof was black with men aud
boys. Inc boat was load down nearly ~ her
guards aud seemed imbedded in ice. The
stream was filed with boats from the Fulton
Ciiharne Williams bureh, Hunters Point, and
other fcfries. and the ice extended IRON ahDre
to shore. he larrasut slowly moved from her
slg. ana TUNED her urOadside ON the great pier
Of tue Broohyn bridge; Then the pilot tried
another tIch, uut was defeated, aud tho UOat
WIS soon IN an aiircst bOueless tangle. Then
q" pass Myers gave vent 10 their feelings. By
Hud starts the boat pusned d ahead Il few feet,
anu then was backed. An hour alter her start
from tue pier she was in the miuulo OF the river,
t-trouuded by other equally helpless ferry
boats Al times the boats were eide by
siie ana then they formed IN line. Brook
bn property deprecated fifty Ter cent. Men
and boys who had had the forecast 10 take
luncheon with them niboled bread and meat
and sn4reG. The small boys on the hurricane
deck occ sionally gave vens to their wicket-
the Navy Yard" or All ashore. Blackwells
Island aud thus awakiug the slecpers. Ibe
boat drited with the Tee aud oftentimes ca
reeuei 40 inuch as to alarm the more timid Of
the passengers; tut after a VOYAGE Of nearly
thfee hours She made landing al The Catnafine
ferry.
Before night the tide turned to ebb. and the
mashed ice no longer seriously impeded the
boats ur.gress In Roosevelt ferry sin not one
& ; a
] O'Clock, except the Alaska. She was two
hours making tie tiip from South seventh
street. having put into the Catharine ferry sip
IN BROOKLYN when the ice and tide wero
strongest. \ little later. the Superior. having
ca4snt ON hof centre, hoated helpessly up
stream. jar If tne boat was necessary To
tlrlw the crank around 30 that the piston rod
cni act and out from the pier started the
Nnniiud TO bunt her, IL wac 10 gentle Dunt,
lIi iae crank was thrown on the centre. ana 50
were many ~ the Messengers II both noats.
Ihs Astoria boats stopped running, and the
Harlem boats were unable to make their land
- ~ lliI.em. Ihe sound hosts arrived six
Luuf- lite.
The Immense quantities Of noa'ineice passing
through liei. Gate hiNe neces-itated the stop
Tag ot WORK on Flood Rock. Ihe last gang OF
ucu went to work on Tuesday last at noon. and
IL was not untll o'clpch on Nednes lay evening
that me foreman Barney Boyie, was enabled to
teach the ice-hound rock to take the workmen
90. Work on the rocA Is NOS to be resumed
miil inc temperature noderates and the river
ls glsar
Tue snow IN the streets was sticky pepper
ana sA!t mixture at midday. Four horses for
every car and omnibus were able to drag the
Vehicle but the fOaming horses showed how
hafl they worked. Wheels hashel the semi.
La'hcd snow and made broadway slough
-Four hundred men worked AZ the cutters, but
Niilr visible progress was made. Tomorrow
the Bureau Of Street Cleaning will begin to cart
th- show from broadway.
A ie swept the Long Isllnd railroads on
Ihuf'u9y ming tue deep cuts with snow in
some places to the depth Of twenty feet The
mortlnf EXPRESS train from Port Jefferson was
bIoched lew miles out, and the PASSENGERS b ad
u loot u back TO their homes. The Northport
passenger ani milk train al o was blocked. A
litl- west u sOuthOld the GreenpOrt express
has been blocked since Tuesday morning. and IL
q sriii that no train can get through from Green
port to sax Haroor for week to come. The
passengers IN the train that Is blocked near
sDlihold have suffered badly III the cold, and
!id very lltlle sleep and food. The cut in when
tht udn Is blocked ls about twenty feet deep.
ma lhe gale has blown the snow into It faster
tHih lh- lJc,'~.-tfes could plough II out. The
,,!ln , uan' W 70 Yesterday AFTERNOON, made less
thli tx miles III three DAYS.
NE Hrlphlyn Eaus produces a vivid picture
o' r. accne oA Long Island, as follows;
,lDNNs dcl al eXperienfe as to its severity can
iorm n1 adequate estimate. |, howlcd across
n" Bile X uells II LOls Isl nd win "A moaning
t'iTtie To listen 10, ana was 50 colo that neither
aH l'.' least could long endure ". For the
tFraltl uart II the day the thernometcr regis
Nefr de-eit-l save boy a few foolhlrdy farmers,
NNp Nentlted a trip to market in the hope Of
i,lh|ns sold prices On account Of the Ice eni-
,"[ ~ tu.Y uI"Fe Ulo.g they croucncd IN
i|' itnNs oi tAtir vGguus, evidently suffer
- lI lli Tue exposure, NiiliO their teams re
.nlhe e. s'fihe "A sait faster than a walk.
:ahIal llb r. Was imlls-ltlr IN exposed 81 ices.
he wind fairly whisticd through cracks ana
titE'f7' uakins II none too comfortable within
llrs.
d" ON the railroad there was eren, rur ring
~ Tie employees. The -nON had dufted
- IipiN ll"t the tracks were covered TO a level
WIN IA" huJic a. count y, Ihe Port j -ifer,on
t&rtrs, tram !rit that ~ Dc 49, half ua. 0clock
~ the morning., ana soon ioauu It-tlf unuble I -
proceed very far Ihe first SNOW h4rk st-uc k
hy the J. lcumctiSc's pilot JTousnt tho train L. !,
Crad stand, and for hult an hour n plunged
n"ai IL. u, onl> 10 II II rem wing II In the rud
PIE ni me The snow kept driting IN all 'ad ana
i"hihd, hNd when an attCmut was made to get
i.rt 10 the Port to telegraph ~ assistance, the
900 ~ We was rs In Wrrless she haI b en- Ia
,ffc -rf Muy ahe Cd, aud all effort to get e!tneI
n hlu = be abandoned.
Ilf Nurhpurt passenger and mix train
.hl.i a riiiii4r double obstruction after m *.
- ilh" effort o. work her way through. Ilfi
.i iAH trains III IckDd on a single rack, on
.i tne l"Oplo from Port jefferson. along the
.' q ~ lualcl, were tNicctlug to take pass 49,
''i" 30 Fortunately, the blockade occurred
-' - lhe ,pf the people from the
~ i' tley wer" en- hled 10 r.turn to them
W. I.''s tNto-uro. When tie ncw- suro q
,l3Nt Inr route that the Trains could not ge.
I' -u uhrI4ie uouu,fl anY Of tUe proi |. thou. at
-, ~ lY remain Il their homes l9r the day.
'hr ID u'cln'k train fr m Long Island CIV
'ofi Jefferson found the ToaI PARTIALLY
'.-I'i h} iur trtch rep ircf- and alitile aftef
Mns .rousut lace To lare with the NOftn-
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