Morning journal and courier., 1888-03-14

of the Consolidated since MT. Reeds connec- ton with it. In all his many years of rail roadipg experience he had never before wit messed the like. We have had heavy snow storms in years gone by, he eaid, where travel had been delayed somewhat, but this had effectually and quickly shut off every thing. Mr. Reed said that everything possi- ble was being done by the railroad to allay the inconvenience which their patrons were 1 suffering in some of the stalled trains along l the Iine He was of the opinion that none of the passengers in these trains would suffer l any from hunger, although the more delicate | might not be benefited by sleeping in rail l road car.
 Superintendent Shepard spent fifteen years l on western railroads before he came here. l He has seen blizzards with big "B's" which | cut off all communication, but this one in his l opinion fully equals if it does not surpass any he had ever witnessed. He was busily engaged all of yesterday sending out orders to the various officials of the Shore Line, Air Line, Hartford, New York and the other di visions under the supervision of the Consol- dated He issued orders to the section bosses
  shoveling brigades and as soon as the storm
 ceased to begin work. He was of the opinion
 that trains could not be got to run before to-
 morrow night. Although he thought it barely
 possible that by prodigious efforts trains now stalled could be got through to their destinations. Everything that can be done will be done, said the genial superintendent as he retired for an hours rest.
 Assistant Superintendent Wallace has been very busy man for the thirty-six hours ending yesterday noon He was here, there and everywhere about the crowded depot. Not wheel is moving on the Consolidated road, said he, reporter greeted him. An attempt was made this morning, he said, to ! clear up the yard. Large gangs of shovelers l numbering two hundred and fifty men were ! sent to work early, but they absolutely re- fused to do anything after an hours labor. The snow sifted down their necks and froze there. Not few of the men suffered from | frost bites. He said there was practically | nothing new in regard to the stalled trains ! They all remained just where they got stuck | on Monday. There are trains scattered on | the New York division of the Consolidated which had not been located up to midnight. Not wire along the line could be worked. The linemen or repairers cannot make the repairs until the trains get to running of course to transfer the repairers from point to point. He said that there would be no dan- ger of anyone suffering from lack of food,
 as the towns were near together along the ] division. Every man that can be procured | l. ceased falling. At o'clock gang of men l were sent to work again about the freight yards. MT: Wallace thought travel could be resumed by this evening between New York aud New Haven on one track and possibly between Hartford and New Haven and New London and New Haven.
 | The COURIER of yesterday morning gave
 list as full as could be obtained of the trains
 stalled on most of the railroads. The follow \ ing is full and corrected list as obtained from officials at the depot yesterday:
 1 ON THE NEW YORK D1v1sloN.-A passen- | ger train at the Bridgeport depot, the New Milford special near the Bridgeport depot, 1 two other trains between Bridgeport and l Westport, two at East Bridgeport, one near Stamford and-thr at New Rochelle. ON THE HARTFORD D1v1s1oN.-An express
 train near the Union depot, one at the bridge | junction, passenger train near South Colo ! ny street, Meriden, another at Holt's Hill ! near Meriden, two other accommodation
 trains are stalled between Meriden and Hart l ford.
 ON THE SHORE LINE DIvIsIoN.-Two trains
 facing each other near the Fair Haven de- pot, an express and an accommodation at Say brook junction, an accommodation at l East Lyme and an express train at Groton. ON THE NORTHAMPTON DIvIsIoN.-A freight train at Cheshire with five cars derailed and ! passenger train near Plainville.
 ON THE NAUGATUcK DIv1sIoN.-Two trains
 stalled between Bridgeport and Winsted. l ON THE BERLIN AND MIDDLETowN DIvI-
 sIoN.-One accommodation train stalled near East Berlin and a freight further along the line.
 | ON THE AIR LINE D1v1s1oN.-Two accom-
 nnodation trains at or near Portland. On the New England road there are sever al trains headed east and west showed in, 1 and freight trains are stalled at all points on l this road. Superintendents of this road nev-
 CT before experienced the like.
 In the vicinity of the Union depot in this I city scene the like of which has never be- fore been presented in this city. A dozen or | more iron horses all sheathed in ice and ! hardened snow were on the rails near the
 north end of the depot puffng and fuming,
 but not moving an inch. large gang of men spent all of yesterday in getting the en- zines moved up nearer the depot, where | water could be obtained to fill their boilers. 1 During Monday night snow was utilized to | keep up steam. The engineers stuck to | their posts and kept their pets from freezing up. The big Mogul engine Mo- 59, which was derailed Monday afternoon near the State street crossing, was hauled on to the | track by three other locomotives. She had become disconnected from her tender and presented sorry appearance, as did all of | those that were out in the storm. Two pow erful engines endeavored on Monday to pull three cars on to the Northampton track ! at the north end of the depot They were ! almost covered from sight by 8 huge drift yesterday, and will lay there until shoveled
 out to day. The numerous cars in the yards 1 were almost entirely hidden from sight by the great snow drifts eight and ten feet high.
 Scenes at Union Depot. "No trains are being sent out and none will move until the storm ceases. No tickets for sale"
 This was what was displayed on bulletin board in front of the ticket office at the depot yesterday. Ticket Agent Ayers and his ef- fcient assistant F. F. States were on duty constantly up to last night. Not ticket has
 been sold in forty-eight hours, said Mir. Ayers, something which never before oc-
 cured to my remembrance.
 The capacity of the restaurant at the depot
 was taxed to the utmost yesterday, but MT.
 Moseley is never unprepared and all were fed with great suf6eiency. The depot has
 been crowded with travellers and railroad men. Not seat but what was occupied. The tired out employees of the railroad com- pany were cared for at the restaurant at the expense of Superintendent Shepard. On one