New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
No LIFE Ar THE GRAND CENTRAL.
TRAINS RU> NEITHER OUT NOR IN.
vuLr EFFORTS To or.v THE THREE ROADS

rrfIIE EFFORTS To OP.N THE THREE ROADS
-BLocKApHD PASSENGERS AVE THE CARS,
The Grand Central station looked lonely yesterday.
Long lines Of passenger stretched Throughout
its length they looked dcscate and were abandoned
save In one line OF cars The had blown into the
great covered and gave chilling ana iofpiuains
air 70 place A man with u shovel mere anu 'nci'
was tho principal relief the cold monotony OF the
place The officials OF the New-York Central ana inc
New Haven lines Of roads besirred themselves early to
see what could done There were some forty trains
stalled the station and the "oodia"h 'u"0''o"
and spuylen Duyyii, or points Just oe!ohi D''"'o"
the northern mouth Of tunnel at Ninety ana
the Harlem junction. there were six trains. Inc ni9'
Il these was the Boston shore Line passenger tram,
due the day before If the forenoon 4 nus eon.iied
at hundred and.tentnst Most OF the pasSense,'
fne after passing a comfortable night IN the cars M
bulef. SUI. Iiitende"t loLeeH's tiS"Cna'd a. i''i
W. H"' ON ON Monaay at one-hundred- and tenth-s and
waSed down 70 the station a' 4s 81 Storm AMI walked
down. SAID The passengers made then70dtes co1ne
ana sandwiches eat supped by the railroad company
next beyond the Boston shore ,sp ae ovs
and then came three Hudson River locals all at or near
The railroad officials took good preeauii9n d that ne
PASSENGER on az tg en with cant OF hot
and laden With baskets Of sandwiches were sent out
to ali the
ABUNoH OF TRAINS AT sPUYTEN DUYvIL@
There was congregation OF trains AZ
and near spuyten Duyvn. Many Of the
passengers walked down from that remote
no,nt Yesterday starting carly in The morning. as soon
a. they had ascerained that the had abaed Two
Of the Passengers exchanged notes az the Grand Tehe
station after mutually lec1smans ef fSa me walk down
la Zen ong That they were ga 1uT TS we're ere
city, and that the pas'ehssr5 a cod bumor Of every
one was a non ceable feature. +, 49,, ,.,. sr,er,p
tendent Toucey aud Turner set all the gTseed
At the very threshold OF the station II nSd gov GUY "
round house the DAY before 70 20 was away the
BLIZZARD stole march on ,,s It ,b ana sw sgSps
9s sqsSs sect 50 a4 Sss three sd deep
engine could not get back to cover -,,,
ITALIANS AFRAID OF THE STORM.
The 400 Italians engaged Monday evening to 20 70
work although tempted by good supper In advance a'd
not ." pan OUT we'll only small percent Nen'u. 81
all the blizzard But in the course Oh inc . ~
Yesterday 500 shovellerS Italians m9suy NJ NJ the
cure AID WORK 10 clear the route nor'W, ,hc
Grand Central station BY pSTn .n'' Then nai they worked
heir way rapidly In some placed they found the snow
m. thew leachcd the northern end Of the tunnel al
there they struck heavy worn theI oIq rt andn wa.
an engine which hal been sent Qut .he aai hS,s TIen
,bev Went to work with determination to reach the Boston
shore Line trains ON which only le" passengers "'''
STRANDED IN THE BIG STATION
While the Italians playing second fiddle to the biz
gard in This fashion, motley groups Of passengers were
struggling xiii time in train In the Orand Ceh'fa S'a
ton They were ptful lot and the sole exception-h
such It cold gloom that pervade1 the station
They were the passengers Of what the NewHayen
c"nmodation This train is in the hab or leaving the
station az , 2. M. when no biYIarl II atonh- 1pui'
av morning They were various points mostly
S Sey 5d hi that G he storm might detan hsm they
derel they heard that the storm had deveiop1 mo
hoping against hope. some OF them had unehs Sin
Ihey conIIm e tole out to convenient restaurants
evening and there was no hope me S,e b
d,vvr
yoey @Ss .ne Of rhs he 51ai Nothing T g Do
Then they The pangeTs yere mostly keen
posed to utilize the cars as a hotel.
A COMMUTERs WOES
Some passengers who wanted to get away were not as
patlent as the New. England men, raw-boned lrshman
with lantern jaw look OF terrible determination on
his fact was path lie appeared at the once
of Superintendent TOueey NJ Toueey va, s out M
ton then ran in way. Irismsn beginning it.
9--IIss S Ms r TSISfy i've In * X-He is
9 1wv yG" vii RiH there be train A.-where TO-,
o-But 1 want to get home How can get there'
A-You can take the elevated walk over to Mott Haven
and then foot It.
Ola. hal But don't to walk. I'm a COM
muter l am and I'VE paid fur ticket l won't walk
I didn't pay to walk A.-Then you'll have to walt I'm
afraid
o.-wati Yiss, well said, young But who's
goin pay expenses A-Ihe railroad IS not respoh
sble for the storm
Ola ha! That's what you say. But young man,
look here I'm from Yonkers. I've horse and COW and
a pig and pair OF home and I've the key to the
barn in my pocket II don't get home, me horse me
cow me pig and I'll starye and choke up inoirely
Now who's gon' to pay fur that7 Now, why don't
you run your tralns7 A.-Theres snow on the tracks
Q.-Theres no snow now Why don't you get the snow
o1 BY this time Yer afraid Of expense suppose How
can git TO Yonkersl A.-You might hire a sleigh
Q.-I pay for riding the cars. don't hire no sleghs
WHAT'S your namel A.-Wby
o. have object propose to sue for damages
What's your name A.-Buter.
The man departed after lottlng down all the answers
in a little note. book. Then he sought the New-Hayen and
Hartford oice
CONDITION OF THE BLOCKED TRAINS
After the Yonkers had departed the following IN
formation obtained from Mr.. Butler:
There cattle trains or trains with perishable
freight among those blockaded The passenger trains
above Mott had all been held various stations
as 1t found that the road blocked beo"
Mott Haven Trains had been stopped at Albany and AT
various points OF there. Train No. T. famli-
arly the Chicago limited which was due here
Monday evening o'clock, held at Schenectady
East trains had also been stopped at Syracuse
indicated bad state Of affairs between Albany and
Syracuse The Of that had fallen between
Albany and Utica thirty three inches. 1t
was probable trains blocked between Peeksk
and Albany
The water supply Of trains at Mount Vernon gave out
Fire Department called in pump Into
the engines All Of the homecoming passengers reported
that the In the engines that the fires
had 10 be put out The stoves proved a salvation
Mr. Prescott. agent for the Consumers Coal Com
pany Of the biockaied trains at Mott Haven on
Monday evening with his wife and three gentlemen They
walked the Suburban road. aud arrived at y m at
the Grand Union Hotel Mr. Prescott said that when he
left the train the chopDng up their seats
for hrewood. The walking had been difficult TO the
suburban The passengers had not suffered or eX-
perienced special hardshDs besides their walk
Superintendent Toucey returned the Grand Central
Station between and and expressed himself well
pleased with the days At that time what Is
known rapid Central road had
been cleared a faf Mott Haven
FINDING DESERTED TRAINS.
An engine with dispatched TO take
OF passengers who might be found in the six trains
between the Grand Central station and Mott Haven o.
just It. The first train encountered he
Boston Line tain at One-hundrei and.tenthst
Not a passenger there. They had all taken 10
seighs or had walked the Second Avenue road