Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-15
THAWING OUT,

New York Digs Herself Out of the Frozen
Snow Drifts.
New YORK, March l4.-The sun shone
brightly this morning and the weather is
moderating.
Travel on the elevated roads is fully re-
sumed, but the surface roads are still im-
passablo.
There is no improvement in the condi-
ton Of Telegraph wires. The South and
East is stall entirely cut off and there is
little if any communication with the West.
Meagre reports received show that peo
pie living in New jersey towns who
started for New York Monday had dread
ful experiences. Many trains were showed
10 few miles from the city and passen-
gers were compelled to sleep on them or
wade through the snow to look for shelter
in the village. number OF persons, it Is
reported, persisted from cod and exhaus
ton.
Fifty-eight people inquired at the Brook
lyn police headquarters last night for
missing friends. None Of the missing ones
could he found in the station houses, aud
it is feared that many of them have been
lost. Among those reported missing are
several school children.
The Signal officer in the Equitable Build
ing told a reporter this morning that the
indications for to-day were Fair, followed
by rain Oh snow
Snow began falling again at 10 a. m.
The wind is moderate, blowing thirteen
miles an honr north northwe't. The ther-
mometer registers 81, aud the barometer
| indicates 29.74 IL was impossible for the
officer to say whether the present storm is
lingering part OF the old one that failed
| to Pxpand itself, or whether it is q new
one which has been moving no the coast
| The wire communication with Washington
and the South is still cut of, and no word
can be gained from the East. 1t is eX-
peeted that snow will fall all day, it may
possibly turn into rain, but there are no
/ indications Of higher temperature.
|
sufficiently this morning to permit a
general resumption Of business, although
there are many business men living IN the
suburbs who have not yet succeeded IN get
ting into town. The stock and other ex-
change business was taken mp sgsln with
vigor at the regular hour. The gallery OF
the Stock Exchange was crowded with
spectators when the Presidents gsvel fell
at 10 O'Clock There was an almost i'm
mediate advance in the prices OF stocks,
said to be in sympathy with an advance 10
London.
At II O'Clock all was hustle and activity
in the various exchanges Similar activity
was visible in the banks and business
houses. The ferries leading 70 the city
from Brooklyn, Jersey City aud other
points are once more running regularly
and each arriving boat is crowded with
passengers.
Only one Of the surface roads, the
Fourth Avenue, has yet begun TO run cars
over theiT track. Wagons trucks aud We
hicles ofcvery kind are moving with dlfi'
Guilty, although teams have been doubled
on all OF them. The first train over the
Jersey Central since Monday reached Jer'
sey City st ten o'clock.
No through trains on the Pennsylvania
system have set left Jersey City. Ar
official of the Pennsylvania railroad eihcC
at Cortlandt street ferry this afternoon,
said: ave are doing the best we can tC
resume operations, bat mp to this time WI
can only run as far rs Newark. Beyond
there the road is blocked with snow drifts
the like Of which we baYe never before ex
perienced. A large number Of men an
engaged in digging through them, but
owing to tie lack of telegrsphic facilities
we are unable to state just what the pros
poets are for clearing the tracks" Th'
Jersey City station is crowded with bslatet
travellers who are anxiously awaiting al
opportunity to get through to Washington
and the South and West.
Scores Of undertakes beseiged tht
I Health department all day, waiting fol
an extension to allow tAemto keep bodies u
, charge above ground until the reads to tht
cemeteries are dug out. The superinten