New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-05
DELAYED BY ICE AND SNOW.

There was good deal of ice in the rivers yester
day. and all the terryboats were consequently de-
laycd In the morning. when the tlde was low, the
Brooklyn ferryboats made nearly their usual num-
Der of trips but when the tide rose and carried the
large foes of ice INTO the East RIVER navigation
was slow and tedious. The jersey City ferry boats
met with difficulty all day, the ice was almost rs
bad as on Thursday. The steamer Columbia, from
Charleston which met With an accident to her ma
chinery on her way here arrived IN front OF her
pier, No. 81. about noon yesterday, but
it was nearly s O'clock before she could be moored
The ice was so thick that the steamer was hardly
able to break It, and she could not get nearer than
SIX or seven feet frOll the pier. One of the White
Star steamers was driven by the ice the Chns
The condition Of the ice in the Sound was not i'm
proved yesterday. The boats of the Sonington aud
Norwich Lines reached their piers Yesterday about
noon Captain Mott of the NaTTagansett, said that
he met great fields of ice In his trip TO this city
Thursday night. but it not nearly SO bad as on
Tuesday night. he said passage had been made
through the ice, which was about two feet
thick and unless q severe storm came up
again he thought there would bo no
further trouble. the steamer brought about 100
Messengers and n heavy load Of freight The Nara
cansett sailed about o'clock last night. The City
of Boston, of the Norwich Line. and the Old Colony
of the Fail River Line did not start on tnelr usual
trips last night fearing TO encounter the ice IN the
Sound in the dark hours OF the night Inc captains
of each vessel intended TO start about lock TINS
morning in order to battle with the ice in daylight
Many passengers went on board the boats and re-
manned all night.
The o'clock train on the Staten Island Railway
snow drift near New -Dorp. Men set to work
10 dig out tue tram bnt before this done tho
o'clock tram from Iottenvle arrived at tho spot
Tho passengers returned TO Tottenvile the latter
train The o'clock train was finally released and
proceeded TO Vanderbilts Landing.
The ship Criterion. reported ashore at Sandy HOOK,
HoAted Thursday night and proceeded to sea.
Between 4 and Il. m. yesterday the wind blew a
gale from the northwest on Long Island again fill
mo with snow the cuts on the Long Island Rali-
ro1d which had been opened on eduesday and
Thursday and greatly impeding travel. HE $3.50
A. m train leaving Jamaica tor brooklyn was stuck
IN the snow at ClaiencevIlle Two engines and "A
gang of men were sent to the scene and 1t was hive
hours before the train was dug out aud 1t dld not
reach Brooklyn until 1890 D. III. The hrst train
from Brooklyn did not reach Jamaica until p M,
encounlering heavy drifts at Union Course and
WoOdhaven. All the morning trains were late III
reaching Hunters Poiut. meeting with heavy drifts
ON the MonIauk Road. between JamAlca and Gen-
dale The Port jefferson and NorthpOrt trains that
were bOckaded near Huntington were extrica cd
Yesterday morning by the aid OF snow-plough and
reached Hunters Point shortly after noOu The
road had not been opened to Port Jefferson last
evening. No tickets sold Yesterday for sta
fons ON the Long island Road beyond NJ nicola, and
the road stu remains closed between icksvle and
GreenpOrt and Hunters Point and jamaica There
is no obstruction on the MOnauk Road and trains
are running regularly. Milkmen along the line of
the road taking their milk TO the city III seighs