The sun., 1881-01-23
VOL. zLvlII.- NO, l45.
REPAIRING TIE HAVOC.
r,v ,r I'm rELEGRhPH WIRES
ubh h,,, ,tFIr MILES AROUND.


~. Coutiuor e' tho various A'"e"'
,,h NJ Friday's sleet and rain storm
Inv ,a,. ''a. y,sil,o tnroughou. the city Jestcr-
Y" pn,nu .ipns. shattored shutters. and
day. ,,,osa showed whero the wind had
tfacksH, - Tho weather was the calm nftcr
pnO Light summer clouds hoated In
s",m' ond tho temperature was agreeable.
roo ' s,roa,s we're still worry disa2reeaoie ior
.'.,l;nc INV Vehicles rlouehcd through crushed
". sir inches deep. and the crossinEs' OWING 10
ma seyer openings being frozen o'er' "eio
.o,s,ed with pools OF dirty water.
Tho most noticeable feature OF the navoo was
n. tslarraph. In many stree's 'he poies h"u
wy .uv.s In succession for blocks. They were
fallen ID ond dragged into the cutters to
chopped up anu A., 80 oorn.r
tVop arooned from the poles in inex-
wires uio' THO onds where they
hicabls confusion ino i., enu .ho,,, LAW
..ohsd the ground. were tWlsteu hpout lanp
teaVu "a noles to keep the wires out OF the
pos's anu pO'0e ond ,a,enbone oompanies
WAY The .ees,"p" osin, rensIr, As soon as
the poles and wires began to OFfIa s on couS aa BE-
they sent out gangs ol ,,lsn vn, wire as the storm
uo,0 ...so until darkness set in. In the
did no' o.ao' n,nsrIes advertised for men.
morning the eou,pSn'e m n%a onni,sd Tor work. The
sn. sa"aa dons vas confined to New York city
damage uo"e wac r,a,rs ~ tvs,vs mjles
around It. The Western Union. American
nivunu "a Atlantic and Pacific companies sent
Union. and Auah'ls anu AZ A.,nO "a S,a,r,bu,ad
outs out so''t as % Tarrytown White Plains Bridge
bnem aS ns 70, ,0 Connac,ions we're oman be-
port. and Railway Connectlons were open ts 70,
~. 81 .s,onnse. of their communications was o.
hes'oppaeo y, 'uea .h hnaaL;nn =, ,r;rss bn,
easoned not oy inc preaA'nk Vi "men' uu'
shon. Commanded across their lipes. thus break
puOuu ,s. o,rnn,. The line man y started out at
every nousep bn, irep fre tbosa ths, wsrs intont
Th. slamps q spllntSred poles were dug out.
snq how pos's ,na Wei ~ ,ha tai.or,nh commando
Up 10 no91 ecton nosG u, With tbe nmtside WorlS
TS The Western U9iSn % III sent out large force 81 q
despatches east and west IRON r1lrIh that point
ana Iorwaraen rom tnsre, IRE III tnG i a.or
nS snirs bnsinsss bence
was cleared up a. o'clock yesnterday n morning.
IheV have handled over 4OoVn messaaee sInee
e me- So'apss CnnSiop 81 asonS nS0 ,erso Wiiams
bridge. and Elizabeth. and the company can
jsc to about two hours, delay. At 10 o'clock
last night they succeeded in repairing one
OF the broken Washington wires. and two con-
necting with Elizabeth
,dan Az O'clock the Aantic as,l and Paol5e COMPANY
through a patched wire. This is believed TO be
the, first outside connection. The American
Union Company forwarded their dispatches
from Yonkers. White Plains, Bridgeport and
Railway, and sent many operators to those
points, In the evening all the companies sue:
they expected to be in fair working order to-
day Mr. George b. Scott. manager OF the Gold
and Stock Telegraph Company. said that. with
few exceptions their circuits were working
nicely. Communication with Brooklyn and
Newark was not perfect. and the cotton and
produce systems were, not right. He thought
OIL defects would be fully removed by Monday
:. The Law Telegraph Company said that
hree-onarters OF their 600 lines were useless.
py Monday. The American Rapid Telegraph
ComDany's wires will, be open Monday.
Ihe damage to potes was very serious near
Jersey City. AT Union Fl i'll over fifty poles were
broken, and along the line OF the Hackeusack
meadows nearly every pole was down. The
buperlntendent said that no damage was done
othe Brooklyn Bridge. At the ship news office
OF the Associated Press II was said that they did
NOT expect to comllete telegraphi0 communica-
non WIN sandy Hook and staten Island before
Tuesday. The Manhattan Beach Improvement
Company said that no damage had been done
on the beach; heavy storm and high sea had
ragged there. but the stone e,ies lately built out
from the beach had broken the surf and pre-
fenten any injury.
~, me signal service on the Equitable building
soS'N - 80 o,'i ~ III Nhc llOluluE ~
noon II received weather reports by mail from
MasningIon.o Ihere wore no reports from the
Souhh; lhs3 7. Nj. report was not made out
LII Gn,ii r. III NJ part OF me record came by
made out some time this forenoon. the tels-
ssapnIe eommuhlcation being cut on. The rs-
". "s int as competed SHOWS that in the
light snow is falling Ii will probably reach
tnis @ CITY Today. The wind is fresh, and it's di.
aofyioh varies from north 10 west. 1t will bring
soivet weather.
Iios n zen tne storm ended Friday night the Po'
Eipa i,h III Oice was Gohhected by telegraph
s,ros, MI VIII 70, D2t one station-that In Mulberry
onsnsd py ,, noon Sfs,etuay commpnication wa;
opssnsI ps win the fiith street. Delaney street
she Hhuu onion Market stations. In the course o
nnsnnd ne nsHt lev lew hpnrs communication was alsc
spS Shyu ~ WIth tne CnaIl.s street EldrdRs street
sinuad hdiau'soh y, street slatlops Ambuances con
siras 70, ,o 20 suhhonsu py messenger. as thu
Can,so pUSumoen Us tne ulHerent hospitals aud thu
0en,Iai M Onlce hau not been repaired.
III hthe fIre department began work yesterday
cn, am 80 ntatIy every wire DOWN. disconnected. oil
~, sS Vn ny wires OF the uinerent telegraph com
SSauies Stu out repairing was conducted SO expe
MS,iiopsly that IN the course OF the day two
aIds Virus OF the engine houses In the lower par
n the CITY were connected with Fire Hall IL
tffcer nsfcer street and communication was opene
WI. VIZ oi repair was Kept up, until after dark
srte heIe the llnemen OF the department had
snler houses to cut loose these wires. admis