New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-15
BREAKING OUT OF MT. VERNON.
PENT-UP TRAVELLERS GET AWAY AT LAsT-sCENRs
BY THE WAY


The New-York and New Haven Railroad held more
than 1000 Ncw-York business men prisoners thor
sno"-bound trains between Bridgeport and Fairfield
and between New-Rochce and the junction with the
Harlem Railroad from Monday morning until ycstcr-
day. Those snow blocked between Bridgeport and
fairneld upon five trains, released yesterday
morning. and Treasurer Squire of the railroad company
gave them the choice OF quarters at tho Atlantic Iote
! bridgeport until trains could be got through TO
come to Ncw-York the steamboat. Several hundred
accepted the latter proposition and arrived in the city
at p m yesterday. Orders given by Treasurer
Squire to give the remaining passengers the best of
everything and to send the bill to tho company Tho
five trains remained yesterday morning fast I'm the
snow drifts unable to get either way.
Mount Vernon has been tho forced residence Of
about thousand snow bound business men and others
who left their homes at Pclhamvillc Now Rochelle,
Mamaroneck. Rye, Portchesier, Grcenw ch Stanford
and Norwalk Monday morning for Now-Yorl.
Among these the Rev. Dr. ]. NJ Buckley Editor Of
The Christian ADV ocate' the Rev. Dr. Storms the
Rev. Dr Mcfarland, OF Greenwich George W. Qun-
tard, president Of the Charleston Steamship Line (;
Thomas G. Ritch, of the law firm of Arnoux, Rltch &
Woodford; James W. Quntard. N. f. Palmer, who IS
building the gunboats Remington and Concord for the
Navy; Andrew Ferris. NJ. Berram, George H. Simpson,
and A H. Gale, of Portchester John j. Post and - ID.
Benjamin, Of Rye; II. l. BARN and James Morrell,
of Ncw-Rochcle; NJ Joralemon, of Msmaronock, who
had started to New-York for his family
doctor to attend his vito who was sup
posed to DO fatally III, and Mr.. Hustled. Of
Brooks Brothers, who with an undertaken, was on
his way to New-York to mako the final arrangements
for his mothers burial at Portcheser that was to
have taken place on Tuesday
THOUSAND wAYFARERs DETAINED
These thousand passengers the eight trains
due in this city between 2s and 81 a. m. Tho
piled in drifts from five to fifteen feet deep
in the roadways, upon the fences, and against tho
houses, and upon portions Of the railroad track The
town cut of from railroad, telegraph and tclc-
phone commu mic alton with other parts of the world,
Sunday night. completely any hamlet in the
Rocky Mountai in mld-wlnter The condition
OF things prevailed at other towns tho NewHavcn
and Harlem roads. On Tuesday morning message
came from Superintendent Turner that large force
OF labOers clearing the Harlem River Branch and
would then clear the track from Now-Rocuolc to
Mount Vernon, when the trains would DO run into
New-York over tho branch. The Information soon
spread and bank cashiers, who alone knew Of the
combinations their safes lawyers, who had cases
DO called in courts: bankers, who had notes falling
due and brokers who had contracts TO mcct felt hopc-
full They had exhausted the shops Of their stocks Of
rubber boots wooleh socls stockings. and toboggan
hoods and presented interesting spectacle trudgng
thrugh the snow, walking upon It with rude snow
shoes made OF barrelstaves with network between
them. Forty Italians cleared the Snow from between
the trains that they were got close together, and
then word came, No trains through before tomorrow
morning.
Mount vcrnons two hotels, tho houses Of the
hospitable people. and tho public halls were again
filed
Promptly at a. m. yesterday, the passengers woro
back in their trains but moments grew Into hours and
still there who could tell when start
would DO made. Messrs- Palmer, Gale Simpson,
Hustled Berram and Ferris started to walk TO Port
chester. A lttlo later enterprsing newsman ar
rived with New-York papers.
SWAPPING UP NEM-YORK PAPERS.
Tho hungry passengers for NcwYork and the
worlds news pounced upon the papers like wolves,
and paid tho newsmans price Of 40 cents for each
OF his 800 newspapers without question. He con-
scontlousy confessed that he and another left New
York with LOO papers, including 200 Trlbunes, and
as he had not charged moro than 40 cents for any
OF them he would not scruple take adv antage Of
Then Dr. W. MOD. IIalsey and his arrived after
walking from Mott Haven This encouraged Inc
walk to New York Provided with nome made snow
shoes and projections for their lower lnOs against
the snow, lunch and some Apolllnaris water, the
2rctlcrlad travellers rcseInDed III tAeir uIcse tnd.
Objectionable class OF people known as tho tramp"
They followed the line Of the railroad until below
Fordham, and then struck of to the eastward over
one OF the almost untravellcd roadways until they
reached suburban rapid transit station and rodo
the rest of the way into w-York.
From Williams Bridge to Bedford Park the snow
was pied in solid drifts ranging from two to SIX
feet in deptb and which Will take at least twcnty |
four hours to cut through with the forco at work |
Yesterday. About forty Italians We're shovellihg
snow from both tracks above Williams Brldgc shu
at Bedford Park wero two medum-size locomotives |
with medlum-slze plough shares on their plots |
plunglng into the banked snO cvn the nptrack FROM
that point TO Mott Haven the uptrack was Gear OF
on this one track as far As Mount vernon TO-DAY |
Two engines from The Grand Cent? al station, with |
snow ploughs attached REACHED Mt. Vernon yestcr-
affar at z o'clock