New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-30
A MILK FAMINE AVERTED.
RAILWAYS ALMOST THEMSELVES AGAIN.

YRRfGHr BEGINNTNS TO MovR-eoUND STEAMERS
LITTLE DELAYED
There was decided provement yesterday In regard
TO everything which has been seriously anscfed py
storm Of Last week The signals which stood for %
many hours the representatives, OF distress land
and sea were removed from the Equitable Building al
Gas a. yesterday. and people generally took csuraEs
One Of the dreaded results OF the lsngcontinusd
cold and wind the bsckadng Of the railways which
bring In New York's milk supply. There were many
we'll founded apprshsnsons that the branch railroads
inf those districts frsm which Of the milk
sumsd in the city is drawn somp!stely showed
M that many days might eapss before they could be
cleared.
Happily these fears have in the main proved ground
lena A portion Of the routes by which the milk Is
carried the snnsylvana, the New-York Central and
this New-Yerk Nsw-Haven and Hartford remained open
not long closed Yesterday all but one OF the
clio sed branches Of the Lake Erie and Western
Railroad sent In their supplies. Three hundred nen
ere shsvsls the Pine Island branch at
o'clock yesterday mornng, bat at late hour last night
had ret succeeded In opening the road
The milk train this road has been stuck
for fsur days between the Florida and Pine Island
stations Conductor Charles B. Wood and his tranmsn
have subsstsg the milk Of the train and quar-
ter OF beef they board Provisions sent
then the country seiEhs yesterday and IT is
thought that The train be brought to the city today
fbfECtLA1lNU oN n MOE IN
There was actual rise In the price Of milk In Now
York Brooklyn with tho regular dealers but speou
ators in expectation Of long blockade began buying
mp milk the freight added OF 81 rs which
they were able TO dispose Of at 81 and IS can
Tho Sound steamers from Fall River Providence,
stoningion, Nsw-Londsn and other points were from
three i've hours ate yesterday morning. The Prsvi-
dence, Of the Fall River Line arrived az 10 a. Her
officers report lee nnsyng from sraford Point but
from Captains Psint to New York heavy channel fer
has been cut through the Neck but no sailing
vessels can get through without a tow.
The railroads all improved their time yesterday and
none seriously DELAYED except the Erie The New
YORK Central trans were on tune, or nearly So yest'r-
day The line Buffalo is reported clear Mono OF the
express trains from the West hour late The
Penusyvauia locals aud Philadelphia trains were on
time The PttsDurg and Chicago express trains did not
make good showing the latter being two hours ana
thirty minutes late The Chicago and ST. Louis Limited
the Erie three hours late. and the ether assam
ger trains from he West behind about tho same
tae. The West Shore AMI the Delaware Lackawanna
and Western continued to improve and brought
their trains In yesterday less than hours late
The freight trains were Increased on the New-forx
Central and began also on the Erie aud
Neat snsre AND other roads
REPORTS OF HARD WEATHER AT SEA.
The masters Of the few vessels which arrived at this
pert yes erdy Tell stories OF weather at ss The
White steamship srmanie encountered head winds
and hsavy gales The American steamship faencia
from La Guayra had moderate 10 light winds from the
until The 26lh when the wind shifted TO the
west and blow terrine gass with trelne
hlgn seas 1hs North German Lloyd soenshlp eaae.
frsm passed through three hsavy stsrna lac
BRUSH steamer IasLsgate, rsn NsdteraeIs ports,
during days OF her voyage experienced a
vsg gala Of WIND from nor Invest with terrific seas
The vessel = compete iceserg IRON stem 10 stern
Tho North and East we're fuli OF hoatlHg ice
yesterday but the ferry boats pou he'd thetrway tnrsuh
without much difhc lily. There wsre large accum a-
In the Lower Bay In view OF tue threatened water
In Long Island City pcctsrs have been dstaed
frs houss stop the practice or allow
ing water to run csutinususly FROM tho faucets
The Pest once authorities report that tho mails arc
rapidly aVquir regular habits again. The transcont'
mental mails, winch over the Pennsylvania Kali
road laie saturday nIgst arrived
last night only hours behind lime. The Ptts0urs
mails came In TO tive hours atc but tho mails
fios the West the Erie road came into the Pest
ONCE yesterday nvs hours behind the regulation tlme
The Eastern mails nearly all on time and thoso
from the North (svsr the Nswiork CentrsD averaged
about one hour late.
Tine hurricane Of previsus days had dwi?dled Into
csmpar vely gsnts VI fifteen miles an heur
early tsray insralng. and although tile eager AIR
sharply ul after high before sunset IL
had becsms almost calm. ne temperature AID act
fall below ths freezing point however that the sKat-
ers and Prospect Parks lost nsno OF the fun
which they enjoying for several days in spite
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