The New York herald., 1879-01-04


panied the rocking of the boat with most uncarihly
music.' The only serious inconveniense expert
enced by the Fulton ferry boats in tine evening.
when the very low water made It dficui' to tAAs
animals aboard.
At the Wall street ferry the ice did not occasion
much serious inconvenience in the early part OF the
day. but the difficulties increased toward evening.
and finally the boats ceased running atogether
Both boats were laid up in their Brooklyn slips The
last boat to leave this side the Clinton, VIII Ia
went out at balfpast o'clock. Ii was ON ac-
count Of the difficulties of her passage that supern
tendent smith ordered the ferry to cease running.
The boats of the South and Hamilton ferries ran
very irregularly during the greater part OF the day.
being delayed by drift ice on the Brooklyn side. The
slips OF both ferries choked up with large cakes OF
ice which rendered the entrance OF the boats matter
of extreme difficulty At halfpast nine o'clock last
night only two boats were running-one to the
South and the other to Hamilton ferry. Both boats
used the South ferry slip in New York the
slip to prevent the ice and wind from in1uring her
As with the Fulton ferryboats considerable trouble
on the steeply inclined bridges.
THE NORTH RIVER.
The boats on the North River experienced even
greater difficulty than on the East river owing to
the greater quantities Of drift ice in the stream and
the slips. The ferryboats plying between Jersey
at irregular intervals. The Pavonia ferry,
more fortunate than the others in having
the Chambers street boats with only slight vari.
ance in the usual time, there being only one round
trip missed during the day. The Twenty-third street
boats about once an hour and at nine O'Clock
p. NJ. stopped for tho night Trains on the
Erie going westward were all delayed by
hour. The Hoboken boats regularly up
to noon, but after that time tho boats
han an hour half later in the day this delay
being greater. The Pennsylvania Railroad boats suf-
fered more than those on any other ferry. The
five minutes past ten A. NJ. became OBJ
structed in the slip at Cortlandt street
remained there for iiyc hours The john H. starin
shortly after stuck in the ice directly in front of the
Cortandt street slips and prevented the ferryboat
New Jersey from leaving for over an hour after her
time. The New Jersey aftcrward backed up against
the Newark and took Of her passengers at thres
O'Clock several tugs sent to the assistance OF the
Newark and .ceted in towing her through the ice
back to Jersey City, where the halt frozen horses were
taken off and the boat was laid up At three o'clock
the ferryboat New Brunswick lett Jersey City for
Cortandt street, but returned to Jersey City ut
half-past six without having been able to land her
City for Corandt street last night. The Desbrosses
street boats during the night ran pretty regularly
AL trains on the Pcnnsylvania road were delayed
FOR THE FIRST TIME TWENTY EIGHT YEARS
The pilot of the ferryboat Newark. one of the old
est the river, said last night that was the first
time in twenty years that he had failed to land
his passengers He said that the ice in the slips at
the foot OF Cortandt street packed fully fifteen
feet deep, that the tide would not be of any use
in driving it out while the strong gale then blowing
continued No accidents were reported at any of the
ferries.
boats ceased running were of an exceedingly lively
character The waiting rooms ana even the street III
.sThey were packed as close inside sardines in
box. said the ticket agent to HERALD reporter last
night, "and If had not received Instructions to
send all passengers to Desbrosses street believe
they would be waiting here still. IL Is estimated
that many six thousand were turned
away from the Cortlandt street ferry after
the boats ceased running At Barclay street the
principal interest centred in the long lines OF vehicles
which were awaiting transportation Il believe they
not going to take us over tonight, said one
driver to another, and while they looked wistully
into the slip where boat was receiving passengers
they saw her go out without them. The poor horses
were compelled to stand in the cold wind for hours
because few boats were running.
The east side Staten Island ferryboats were unable
TO land ut Tompkinsville and Staplcton during the
middle Of the day yesterday owing to the extremely
low tide
Owing 70 the severity of the snow storm In the in
terror Of the country many OF the mail trains were
much behind time, while few reached the city the
scheduled time. At the Post Office it was learned
that the Southern mail, due at 80 A. NJ. arrived at
Railroad due ut 80 A. NJ, arrived 1855; the mail
via the Erie line, due at &. many hours late, and
train the road due here ut 25 last even
ing, WIS four hours and thirty mine minutes late at
Port Jervis the mail by the pennsyvania road, due
IL rs A. NJ, about four hours late i'll arriving
Telegrans received by the Superintendent of the
train No. IL, due here at 10 80 A. NJ yesterday
was delayed at Batavia and train No. g. due at P.
NJ, snowbound at East Rochester. telegram
from Canton states that trains the Rome, Water
town and Ogdensburg Railroad have been hopelessly
abandoned some distance north of Rome This road
was showed up from the oath of last month till the
1st inst, aud now travel Is again impeded.
REFUGE IN STATION HOUSES.
At the various precincts last night an innumerable
caravan Of poor and distressed people applied for
temporary shelter from the storm. The motto was
"frst come first served;" but il impossible to
find accommodation for the number of applicants.
greater number were driven away than ar are repre-
tive precincts:-
Precinct. Males. Females Precinct. Males. Females