New-York tribune., 1879-01-04
SCENES on THE ELEVATED ROADS.

4 BLOCKADE pS TIE NEw-YoRK ROAD CAUSED By
WArrG FREEZING N THE PlPEs-CNFUCNDED
rRNioEsOT Az ACcfD:Nro - THE HENEw-YoRK ROAD
A GREAT SCRAMBLE LAST NIGHT ON 7 HE WEST
SIDE ROADS.
One OF the results of the bitter weather and
bol.,roa- winds la, been marked Increase IN tAc
travel on the elevated railroads. The ATTRACTIONS of
warm cars and rapid passage have proved
,rrc.l.fu'r 70 p r-Ou- wnO have been forced
70 flce the cold winds. TIE travel yesterday the
Metrouo Al Road wa- said be- the largest with one
or TWO exceptions. ever carried. Tie travel was very
hayy IN tie morning, the increase beng attributed o.
the delay IL tue OF trains on the Ninth Avenue
Line Tnc returning tidr set n about O'Clock aud TO
= o. III. tAe travel continued very great.
IT,. sever cod Of thursday night 'au'ei delay OF
an hour and AAf thr dispatch OF the first ran from
Fi.tyu rst ON the West side Branch of the New-IOrh
Elevated Railroad The train arrived at the Rector
street station AT 40 a Instead Of $40, when II was
due Tie trouble caused uy the freezE- OF thc
water IN the pipe which supplies the engines at the
corner OF -xiietA-st fire kiuded ~ Tie b-,e Of
tue PIPE. nut when wrapping had been burned away
y y1s found that there was frost al That point but
that the .tOppase IN The pipe Just under the
rails While this being remeded water was
bronrh- IN hose from the Manhattan Brewery ID
sixeth-sr After the rrst train 30 further delay oc-
cured one ofthe engines Of the Eaet eide Elevated
Road Wa. rendered temporarily usriess yesterday morn
ing bv the frcczng OF the drppg - from the e"ctor
The frouuc WAS discovered before the let one
hundred, iud-tyent tynu hist IN the forenoon r'tL-
a.e occurred in th pumping works at Ae @Outh feFry
.atn ch occasioned e-s irregu.arity N the
dispatch II trans from below FrauA!insqnlFe IntI
sft.r non when the break mruded. In tn mean
tine tue engines around To Tue "eSt SIDE l'I
water. tue delay in each case beng about eight
minutes Above Fraukllu-squarc there was I,i.e
delay The passengers on this line compliined
bitterly of the lack OF heating arransemeht III Inc
ears which were very cold The steam heaihs dppd'-
aus winch the company adopted has apparently po''I
failure the fault beng 10 tne eApo'eu Po-o VI 'Ne
pipes connecting the ears.
I,,,, IA u m II was rumored that train the
rt lc Elevated Railroad had If the track at
CaamDeIs-st. With amazing rapdity the news spIe'1
Throughout the city and usual grew Win each repei
o the accident included not only the wreck ~ the
train but the killing oi thirteen persons lie "ny
,,pUd,ti,. ,or the report which could ne learned
vas the blockade winch occurred IN the morning In
consequence Of breaking of the pumping WORKS al
south Ferry.
TIC an tne East side Road between and ?. N.
VA. lighter than usual, the employees ascfibng THIS 10
the fact that more people had gone home earlier IN
rbe day the cold weather interfering materially with
business The all through the day averaged about
Is usual the IN tie afternoon maklEg up Tor
the falling off At night There many complaints
asau.t the failure OF the company 10 provide some
means or heating the ears. which thToughou the day
were uis.rahiy cold The braEesmen suffered from
fn,ir exposure on the platforms. on being a-sed
tov. cdld Il was, Of them replied !:
., %'ra brou zero mere but II falls l59 II
,,u crv.. the Harlem Pats. or s'ep inside
-S ~ me ar" The stations generally comfort
all, uarued the wind swept across posed places
No. -t Fultan--t platform. with piercing bitterness.
A, order wa- gwen Ou The Scw York Road al p IN.
,.fr, Ia run trains through 10 Harlem All night at
iulrryata uf ten minutes, uDti fnrtarr notice.
rRAvRL on THE WEST SIDE ROADS.
Trans on the Metropolitan Read were through the
dy AT intervals OF abou, three although the
| time was reduced occasionally 10 two ard half min