New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
FERRIES WAGE AN UNEQUAL STRIFE.
HAMPERKD By FIELDS or ICE-BROKEEs CAMP
our IN A BUFFET CAR.

| The ferries both rivers moro irregular
| yesterday than Monday. Large ice-fo"s blocfed
tho passage OF the boats during good portion OF the
day and. owing TO the railroad blockade Of tho
railroad ferry lines took OF all boats but such would
carry the small number Of passengers who presented
! themselves for transportation. The great Ice foes
down the North River with ebb-fide. swung around
the Battery and filed mp Tho Fast River, besides form
ing at times almost impossible barrier from Pier I
to Communipaw. During tho afternoon The channel
for the Pennsylvania. Hoboken and Erie ferries was
comparatively clear, but with food tide he Ice blocked
up again and made passage extremely difficult
Tho staten Island ferry steamer Wcsffcid
stuck In he Ice on CommunIpaw during the afternoon
with a largo cargo Of human freight. number Of
tugs worked until late In the evening before they
ceeded In getting her of 1t was impossible tben TO
reach the Battery and tho steamer returned to Staten
Island The Pennsylvania Ferry steamer Hudson CITY.
made remarkable trip carly yesterday morning lcav
ing jersey City soon after midnight with score Of
male passengers, and mahinG a landing in NcwYorh
five hours a,cr, after beating down nearly into tho
Bay and rounding the foe
RAILROAD TUGS TO THE RESCUE
Tho steamer Chicago, OF the same limo. mot with
accident much akin to that Of the West6od and was
stuck In the ice OF Barclay st. for number of hours.
II was gotten ont by railroad Tugs about The
Pennsy lvania ferries made trips throughout the day,
but only often they could get fair number Of
passengers. The CCnmunlpaw ferries followed tho
the CommuDIpaw was much Of the 60 as you please
nature In order to accommodate least Of the
New-Jersey Centraps commuters the steamer XIII Won
Ku made several trips during the day from Pier to
Bergen Point and Elzabe,hport. Its passengers
taken from tho latter point to Elizabeth by dummy
train.
number of Stock Exchange brokers from Rergon
Point, tayonne and Elizabeth did not. however take
the bufetcar Raritan on Monday afternoon. and
COmmunipaw yesterday morning laid a supply of
rafons and weigoods, and returned 10 their porary
Of cut throa' lent spice 10 their bIla,iis
The Brooklyn Annex boat No. made two brave
O'Clock In the morning, and another at half past In
the afternoon They were both unsuccessful the
ice fields encountered being too extensive TO be pcne-
trated.
EMBEDDED IN ICE FLOEs
In the same field which blocked the passage OF the
Annex boat lodged an unknown barhcnfine,
several sohooners and four railroad floats An army
Of powerful tugs pulled and snortcd around break ND
the surrounding ice. without encouraging results.
After hours Of work. the floats which carried number
of freight and had broken loose during the night
before. were landed In Brooklyn. 1t tho Dyckmanst.
pier. whence they were taken back last night by a
Pennsylvania tug. The Erie Railroad ran two ferries
during the day with no regularity TO speak Of Al
O'Clock the susQuehanna remained TO mako
two more trips and was taken on when they had been
completed. The Fourteenth ST. ferry disabled on
Monday by the wrecklng OF noat. and Hobokcn had
with ' ' The Twen s Gi ey eoSa
run only one boat during The dsy. on account Of a
scarcity of coal. The snowbanks prevented any de-
livery Of coal at the ferry depot and the ferry closed
down early 10 the evening On the East Rivor sbOvo
the Bridge serious trouble erienced by tho
boats. while those Of the Fulton-st Wallst. South
aud Hamiltonav lines encountered tho big leo field
mentioned above and which Is supposed TO have como
from the North Rivor
WIRES PROSTATE AT THE CAPITAL
Washington, March l3-Tbo snowstorm which
struck this city sunday night spent ia fury before
daylight On Monday and left Washington practically
cut of from Geographic communication with the
Of the world. Tho telegraph property suhered tho
greatest damage Long stretches Of telegraph poles
within tho city limits and the outslrts leading to
baltimore, Pttsburg and tho South wore found on
Monday broken on the wires lying In the streets and
On tho sidewalks Slow progress has been made toward
replacing the wires as ths weather has been bitterly
cold and the wind has blown gale since Sunday
night Last night out Of Than 200 wires leading
into the onots Of tbs telegraph companies. only four
were In working orior This aitcrnsUn tbs stusfion
has improved soncw hat ana tsegs aphic
with Chicago, Cincinnati Baltimore aud few Southern
uOllts Is restored.