The sun., 1881-01-30
INSTRUCTIONS TO TRAVEL.
STREETS BLOCKADED AND FERRY SLIPS
CHOKED WITH ICE.
Long Lines Of Blanketed Horses - Ready
Handed Heipers-A Barse sunk - Sound
Boats Forcing u Way Through leo Fields.

Long Lines Of Blanketed Horses - Ready
Handed HeIpers-A Barge sunk - sound
Boats Forcing u Way Through leo Fields.
Watching the progress OF travel In West
street yesterday was somewhat like noting the
progress OF glacier In the Alps. The observer
was obliged to take position on the sidewalk.
watch In hand. At long intervals there would
be a stir. and the line OF drays in front Of him
would move n few feet. On the east side OF the
street the heads Of the blanketed horses were
toward the north. and on the west side the line
had southward tendency.
We're doing well to-day" said stout dray-
man. Il have come from Barclay street up to
Chambers In half an hour. That Amt bad"
The ferry companies were not 80 much
troubled yesterday as on Friday. when they
were obliged to carry back to the New Jersey
side OF the river teams that they could not dis
charge from the boats. on account OF the blocks
In the fsrryways. There are two causes OF the
blockade. In the first place. the hardened
snow shoveled from the sidewalk narrows the
roadway; and. second. the hummooks In the
street make the draught hard. and teams are
often unable to draw the heavy loads OF NOR
ohandise. with the yielding and uncertain foot
ing Afforded them. II one team 10 stopped the
whole line Is stopped
There were comparatively few blocks In the
side streets yesterday. The misfortunes OF the
road made tho drivers kin. In Canal street
tired pair OF grays struggled In vain to pull
load OF iron over an 10y hummock. Along came
another team. 1t had room to pass, and 1t did
off his load. unhitched his horses and got
stout rope from his wagon. with which he
to Wa me- b TO p9e ae
Into position. and tuggine at the whmetrees,
clerk from neighb9ripG store. who & had prob,
ably never harnessed horse In his life. busted
himself In assisting at the work.
You youldnt see % such a sight IN any other
York is the most hospiteble city was. ever in"
The loss to business by tho delays has been
I'VE have not been obliged to work nights"
said the shipping clerk OF s,wholesale firm In
Chambers street. because that would be i'm
But we have not been able to get through with our
business. Our horses are worn out, We have
bs oh our bs and @
wagons were two blocks away from our door.
to set any figure that will represent our loss.
but the loss to US and our neighbors is great.
extent in sim liar condition our loss would be
much greater than Ii 10.
In all OF the narrow s,uS business streets down
the merchants have combined not to clean the
snow iowa and i Ice but to break up % the hsmmocEs.
so that the wheels may find passage.
loaded with vi freight ior shipment over M the Hud.
son River Railroad had gathered In the vicini-
ty Of the company's depot at 81. Johns Park; At
o'clock all tho streets for blocks around had
become flled. 1t was only at long. intervals that
the lines would move forward only to be again
Sosfsa from s0 &es To
street 90 that travel on ne s most OF the street
soppsd .na ds
tances on each side OF the blockade. The pas
sengers had to take the elevated roads or walk.
.,ntn lat hNnr fhat frav lyu0
Crushed Ice COVERED. the North River yes
af lew hundrei % va Yards ss Of the New jersey n bank
The te,rybos,s piSaghsd Es their Tay through y y
ach wnts p.ss boass
| the wat.r's edge, The wind was blowing from
the northwest. and II piled the crushed Zoe into
snow drifts. The ice in the river did not seem
to move. except where strong e6b tide carried
A deck hand said that the ice was not so trou-
| blesome as on Friday. when the John s. Darcy
was % carried as lar sou9a as the sdttsry s before
| deep on the surface OF the water. and 1t only
needs a brief respite from agitation to enable 1t
In the East River at Fulton Ferry there was
| less ice; but the cakes were thicker than In the
North River. and the noise in the paddle boxes
was like the continuous e1plos lon Of small can
mons The ebo tide In the aitsrnoon wHs ,, eh, z
| ferry men thought that walking across on the
| ice would soon be possible. unless the tempera-
turs became much warmer.
| The channel near BIsckwells Island was
blocked. and the Harlem boats were long time
| in forcing through. Tho Sylvan Grove was
| two hours attempting to break her way east Of
| the island. and was then compeledto to go around
on the other side.
| The steamboat Draw WAS frozen In the Ice at
| her pier on the North River. She was to be
| taken to the sectional docks for repairs. and it
| required ak tugs to pull her away.
The barge 8. ". Johnson. owned by John II.
| Starin. and loaded with Hour and molasses
sunk at Pier East, River. in the morning. the
| Ice having cut hole in her side
| The Sound stoambOats Elm City and City OF
Hartford. on their outward trip Friday after
noon. forced their way through floating ice in
| the channel as far as Whitestone. There they
| found the narrow channel frozen over and per-
| sons crossing on the ice. The steamboats, put
on full steam and crushed their way through:
| They worked for three hours before they got
| into clear water. On her return yesterday
morning the Elm City found the channel frozen
more solidly than before. Teams were crossing
and persons walked UP near the steamboat on
| the ice and said 1t would be impossible to force
| passage. She got through. but arrived sew
eral hours late. It was feared that a passage
| could not be made last night.
- The Hudson River Is frozen sold above