The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-15
IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK.
Fair Progress in Clearing the PrincipaI
Streets and Resuming Business.


Streets and Resuming Business.
NEw YORK. March 1.-The sun is shining
brightly this morning. aud the weather is mod
Grating. Travel Ous the elevated roads is fully
resumed, but the surface roads are still mpass-
able. There is no Improvement in the condition
of telegraph wires The South and East are
still entirely cut off, and there is little, if any.
communication with the West. Meager reports
received show that people livingin New Jersey
towns who started for New York on Monday
had dreadful experiences Many trains were
showed in few miles from the city, and passen-
gers were compelled to sleep them or wade
through the snow to look for shelter in the viii
lagos. A number OF persons, it is reported, per-
ished from cold and exhaustion.
At Elizabethport a dozen employees of the
Singer sewing machine works started for their
homes. Several of them were badly frozen
One man, named Ellis, was picked up out of the
snow, stiff and breathless He was carried into
the railway station, where he soon died By
strenuous efforts the Pennsylvania road got a
single track clear to Newark. Trains were kept
running all night between here and Jersey City,
to keep the track open. None OF the other
roads have been able to move trains. Above
New York, on the roads of the New York Cen
trail system, the situation is unimproved.
The Chicago limited vestibule train on the
Pennsylvania railroad, which was stalled for
day Harrison, the New Jersey Meadows,
reached Newark last night. A relief car of sup
plies had been sent out in the reorniz1g, rit4as.
three locomotives pulling and three more push
ing.
At South Elizabeth a stock train is blocked on
a siding, and many sheep and cattle were frozen
to death. In the Pennsylvania freight yard a
car load Of sheep perished The milk famine is
becoming alarming It is almost impossible to
get anything but condensed milk. One yes
terday paid soc quart for the last fifty gallons
a dealer had. The fuel supply is getting short
and prices advancing, $l5 per ton being paid
for coal There is plenty OF it id the yards in
New York and Brooklyn, but the difficulty is to
deliver It. Two thousand business men from
Mott Haven have been showed in near Pelham
vile. a suburb of New York, since Monday
morning.
OF the twenty-nine pilot-boats that make up
the harbor fleet of New York. two are safe in
port. having outridden the storm; nine were
wrecked on Monday; eighteen, which we're out
heard of. The experience OF the
on the boats wrecked was something
terrible 1t seems almost miraculous that there
should have been loss OF life There was
positively no rest for the crews from the time
the gale began. Added to the ordinary dangers
of heavy wind were the difficulties caused by
rain and s1cet which froze the sails into solid
sheets THESE had to be constantly looked after
to prevent them from cracking to pieces. All
the wrecked crews landed yards near Sandy
Hook were given food and shelter in the house
of Mrs W. W. Stewart.
Several hundred passengers reached Long
island City this morning who We're forty eight
hours route from Rockaway. Long Island
City's streets are still blocked Twenty f1ner-
ais, en- route to Calvary Cemetery. are stuck in
snow-drifts Border avenue and the corpses
had to be taken into houses near by over night
Some of the mourners. drivers and horses had
to be dug out. nearly frozen to DEATH
The New Jersey Central got train through
from Bergen Point to jersey City this morning
They had several hundred coal-handlers from
Port Jefferson docks at work clearing the tracks
at so cents to rs cents an hour. The big Stand
ard oi-works and sugar-houses at Bereen Point
have been idle since Monday.
Mayor Hewitt has received the following from
Bismarck, d. T.:
Bismarck stands ready to give substantial aid to
the pilzzaF0 sufferers OF New York Let us know
your needs. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
Steady progress toward ultimate release from
the effects OF the great storm has been made to-
day. Large gangs of laborers were at work all |
day the main arteries of traffic and streefs
in which there tracks and with ncks |
and shovels removed vast quantities of ice and |
snow from the pavements. Two three lines
of surface cars began to run this afternoon ard |
others will follow rapidly It mrst he |
some days before all the side Streets especially /
in the poorer quarters, be opend and /
greatly needed supplies of provisions taken in
Fortunately the temperature has risen and |
suffering from lack of coal will be much |
lessened Fears OF extensive shutting down in
the large buildings in the lower part of the CITY
are about passed away, as the coal to keep them
going will probably be secured within day or |
two.
Provisions continue to be scarce in BROOKLYN
and very little has been done toward opening mn
the streets for travel, except along the car lines
one or two of which began running to-day. and |
others viii follow tomorrow. 1t will be some
days before full supplies of fuel and food can be
got. Snow fell fast for about hour, but the
amount which fell is scarcely noticeable on the
already large accumulation.
All the trunk lines of railroad running from
his city renewed their battle against the drifts
with better measure of success than for the past
TWO days, as the drifting has ceased Managers
'ay they begin to see daylight and expect to
lave trains running with some approach to reg
llarity by tomorrow. A number of snow-bound
rains on the New York Central, the Erie the
and other roads came in with |
heir bela.ed passengers and mails Bergen
unnel. on the Erie, did not cave in as reported
IS only piece of rock fell, which was at once |
emoved.
The Fall river steamer line il the only route
'pen 10 Boston.