New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-13
TED road SUCCUNB.
LAST RESORT OF CITY TRAVELLERS FAIL
eNF-CAH TRAINS FOR A PART or THE DAf--'EA-
A1IoUs DELAYS AND pLOCKADrs.

SNE-CAH TRAINS FOR A PART or THE DAf-'EA-
ATIoUs DELAYS AND pLOCKADrs.
The Elevated roads have heretofore been the great
resource for local travellers In case OF STORM inoo
aerial lines have invariably proven superior 10 SHOW
wind sec or rain. but yesterday they had to snc
cub with the old fas honed surface lines through the
managers mado a strong fight to keep trains running
on all lines. But It was impossible to 40 so. lho
west side lines had to give mp carly In the DAY Dnt Oh
the Third and Second branches superintendent
Hahn succesed In running at least onccar trains except
for a few hours during tho middle of the day. These
trains Of course could not rim on any regular SCI cne
Sometimes thcy started fcen minutes but oi'eh
they were ala hour apart.
All the trains were behind time from the earliest
hours Tho stations and platforms were CROWDED
with people anxious TO get ont of the cold ana bnh
Ing storm. When at last train would appear wiid
rush world be made to get aboard As rule half
the crowd coud not be accommodated Those re-
naming on the platform would then DO compelled
to wait for another half hour or more. Sometimes
indeed train did not come along for two hours
but a. there were hosecars running the people had
eitbsr To wait or walk The majority waited; that Is
al stations above Twentythird-st Below That
thoroughfsrs most Of them walked down Town
Tho heavily laden trains and the slippery tracks
made hard work for the locomotiyes Thcy t"e ont
away until their limited supply 81 witer gave on;
Then they had TO stop and roman, sometimes IN inc
other engine This led to blockadss early in the day
Especially this tho case on sixtifaNe., "hcre
litS
empoyos' train was run down in tho afternoon but
M Hector ST. Chambcrs-st and tho other stations
placaris up announcing the suspension OF ua'ci
account OF bloc kadc
THE worsrIv MR.. GALLowaY's EXPERIENCE.
Vice President Galloway, who was compelled to
ride dow MS Office In cab. sad that the compfny
would run long this could bc done In safe
ty. The storm surpassed anything that he had ever
witnessed all the fifty five years that he had lived in
New York
At Superintendent Hams Office It was stated that
he had not been there all day. He was travelling
over the road, however. and sending his orders from
various points along the line. No official account Of
the accident could DO obtained.
1t Is hardly necessary to say thai the storm made
more people think about the subwayS and under
ground railroads than any Oiher-t thing ever ala.
Tho employees the Ninth Avenue Elevated Road
aid little more yesterday than to tell would.be pas
songors that there no trains running. Tho last
train left south Forty at IL o'clock, and then gates
ticket agents occupied themselves in trying to keep
warm and waiting for orders.
PONY TRAINS on THIRD-AvE.
The traffic on the Third Avenue line was rendered
extremely difficult from early hour this morning,
owing TO the severity OF tho storm and the drifting
OF the into the tracks. which were entirely COW
cred This road carries greater number Of work York
business than any Of the Others. Very few trains
wsro run down town In the early yor hUaTs
s AND Harlem we're hronsed with people anxious to get
to their daily employment IN this city and Brooklyn
Seventy 'sixth-st. between seven and eight o'clock
the trac entirely suspended and the passengers
Afforded by the second limo. This not rapid,
but tedious INQUIRIES made at several stations , s, as to
After the wrechage had boon sidetracked at seventy
sixth ST. I'm the afternoon. however trains consisting
OF an engine and . single styled by the hapess
passengers pony trains" were run at intervals varying
IRON ss hSe fU@ TO the City Hall
b0nr and @
tho tracks however, so bad that the engine had
difficulty IN aSnE the saWns car to-
the passengers in the car that delightful ssnsnuen
much dsiikcd By amateur sailors
Tho Third Avenue began runnRs trains
between city Hal n,,n ans AZ 'ooek last sh The
second Avenue trains of two cars were running be
i,eSs Grand a sna Minutes The second
Avenue Li1e betwsoa Grind st. and South F":ry was
abandoned.
co As YOU PLEASE on syCoNDAvE.
Tho second Avenue az Road paid no
attention TO schedule time but ran in a go-as-you-
please fashion, taking from four to seven hours to
make a round trip and at times there were half hour
Intervals between tho trains They ran two-car
trains only far south as Grand ST. rs they
there Is no switch Cansst. Tho cars were terribly
crowded and It took half an hour in the afternoon
reach s psaon anS crowd nso
deep tn snow IN tho street waiting ,-. ,ns'f
tho Impatient mob from filing the cars. Tribune
reporter one Of tho nineteen passengers on the
rear platform Of evening train Good nature pre-
vailed every whore, however, and discomfort was f1r
gotten I'm smoking, singing and bandying OF Jokes
party Of young men during ono OF the tedious
waits between stations in tho morning lowered pail
with string from the and had II filed at neigh
torinC saloon This IL probably the first time " the
erowIer. has been rushed on an elevated train.
Late I'm the afternoon the trains were run with sono
egreo OF regularity and accommodated all passengers
who presented themsslys. Many prforred walking,
however 10 rlsng tho dangers OF elevated travel In