New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-27

NO EXPRESS TRAINS FOR ALBANY LAST
NIGHT FROM THE BIG DrPOE

PLY TO CROTON-TICKE1 AND SLEEPING
CAR OFFICES CLOsED-HOTELs CROWDED
WITH DELAYED TRAvELLi Rs-sOME-
THING THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED
BEFORE II MANY YEARS.
business was susl ended on the NcwYorl< Central
side of the Grand Central Station last evening
with no prospect Of immediate resumption. NO
express train went out came III after p m.
The railroad ticket Office and the Wagner Ialacc
Car nicc were closed and Police Captain McLlwaln
and his force Of officers were busy informing
travellers who wanted to bay tickets north ol
Croton that they could not be accommodated and
that they need not come back again untll to-day
The consequence was that the Murray lllll, the
Grand Union, the Vanderbilt, DeNOnshlre,. Hart
and all the Othcr hotels, great ana elh"li'
in the ncI ghDOrnOOd were oNerh0wlh6 WIN Su'HtS
who wanted to get out Of New-l Or< but couldn
Accommodations gave out carly III the evening ana
scores ,>crc turhrd away.
The last train that arrived was IRON 1ouShhcelol'
at 30 p. m., and IL was one hour anu my
minutes late The last train sent out was li1
o'clock train for Albany, but no one c9ull m , yen
when II would arrive ltallroad men ,'''r h -
To meet friends tnut they need not expect theIh
last night but they were assured that lhe III, -
wherever they were would be KEPT warm anu '"''o
nobody would sutcr with cold
TnE vFsUBULH TrAIN ~ THE snow.
The bulletin announced in chalk that the ~.
Louis Express, due at 80 p. m, was showed up
five miles west of Albany, and that the Chlcaso
Nestibuc Limited due at 2 30 p. m, was IN INC
snow drift behind the 1880 tram. Many ho'Il
men and women. seemed unable 10 fcallIc th'l
no trains could arrive and they clustered "pou1
the closed gates or paced up ana uoNn tHF s'uV-
walk in the driving wind and bitter cold St"pIIlE
frequently to t"kc another look at the puIttll
in the hope that they might bc able to ma thdU
there VAS change in the situation. ne Iols
wal mg- ROOM too. contained - nUmb'r oi weary
watchers. but by midnight the majority had given
IT, up and gone
C;cnriai Superintendent j. W. Touccy stood over
the telegraph instrument in his Oni'e all thc even
ing. direct ng by wire the Efforts of several hug'
engines with suOw-r lOughS a"d gangs o lahorcrS
10 break through the drifts But at late hour
he h Il received no in'mation that success ha'
crowned his efforts Nevertheless h" p'r~i'tei
in declaring that be- would get the snow oouhd
trains through before morning.
rur rI.,r TIM ~ rHrurY-oNr WARS.
This +, the first time in th'rty-on' years.
said Mr. Touc,N "that this read has had TO
nights experience. Nv information is that thr
snow has driltcd until il is seven and eight feet
deep a the point five m'lcs west Of Albany where
The trains are stuck 7 shall not give ii MP,
however. ard shall stay here all night If ne'eN-
sary or until Tie r'al is orcnod. II there Is lo"'r
enough in the NcN-Norll Central (" do i. il VIII
bc ofcn.d lcforc morning. and I feel cortain that
v.c ,b,lI have everything in cool working order
for to-morrows business. 1h' Vc>t hul" t''n
will - ont rs usual tomorrow morning ln"
onlv train fh"f went ont la~f u'"'f was Tie ITO
ton accommodation ~ 80. - o'clo X.
VIZ. NoNr r. CoNrtpr"Cr.
Gcnclal Passenger Agent IIorry Non'tt "aS
sure that thc snow bloclad' on the Hudson River
Division would br ~ sod when the high winds
snhsis.d The Clicnro limited would start. he
said rs usual ~ g.ib a. m. this morning. ana
the oil"r tr, ms would urdoubt"dly leave ON time
Tho trains on the No'v-I York, New-llnNcn and
Ilnltfo and ON the Harlem roads were runnins
ard wcrc r,Hcr'ly a. time" But on the P"na-
s,ltpuia. the Erie. the Delaware and Iaclla~anna
.iuI rrnrlv oil The other ronds last night they
ys"rn from on. 10 four hours latc.
Nil1ar,l," said nr old cu.ir'or last = :.
Who WIS among the g. laycd. are rot The things
10 ml," steam I'm They dall no 'hr boiler and
Won cau't p,i any power for Your engine. ! bat :
Alat'S 'hr uu'f.r with the trains tonight
~" Wc~f Shorn friirS woro rn1". or l'~> DO
hred hv the snow vc-tcrlav but ~" rad Wa'
mot blocked a- in tha ease of the Central ard trains
,,,Ir sent oUi as ..1I.