The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-03-22

lieve the distressed trains and bring i,
the belated passengers.
| Three thousand laborers were a
work at the drift yesterday. Five hun
drea of these were working in thu
Grand Central depot yards, the res,
being sent to the north end Of the tun
mel. BY their combined efforts ths
snow was cleared from the tracks up t.
tooth street, sufficiently TO permit o
trains passing. There still remains
however, the pile of snow lying be
tween that point and 175th street tc
be shoveled out, besides a number O
small drifts in cuts further North. A
great many passengers from the snow
bound trains got to town on the Gle
waited roads, and by means Of sleigh
and other conveyances during the day
but a number of women are still aboard
the trains.
The New York and Harlem and the
New York and New Haven roads are
blockaded likewise, they using the
same tracks to the Harlem River ths,
the New York Central do. A heavy
drift near fremont is a further bar.
rier against traffic on the New Haven
road. Superintendent Scofeld of that
line believes that trains can be run on
the single outgoing track this morning
and it is likely that the worst will then
be over.
SLEEPING IN THE DEPOT.
The big depot was ket open all
Monday night for the accommodation
of would-be passengers unable to get
transportation. Many women hud-
died together as best they could upon
the benches, and in some cases slept
upon the floor. The men passed the
night playing poker, and made the
best Of it that they could under the
circumstances. The railroad people
say that the situation would not be so
bad if the engines could get fuel and
water. They know that many were
stalled on this account, and passen-
gers are said to have shoveled snow
upon the engines that it might be
melted into water and used in the
boilers: Fence rails also are said to
have been torn down to keep UP the
fires.
NO TRAINS ON THE PENNSYLVANIA.
On the Pennsylvania road no at
tempt to run train was made yester-
day, but much work was done toward
getting the lines clear. The company
did not devote I'll its time to this
work, for at daybreak the officials be.
gan the arduous task of relieving the
passengers in the snowbound trains
The first train reached was the Newark
local, which had been stranded in the
cut since noon the previous day. The
half famished passengers, all of whom,
had suffered most intensely from the
cold, were provided with hot coffee
and sandwiches and were made com
Portable until it was possible to run the
cars back to the station at the foot o.
Montgomery street, Jersey City, wher
they showed willingness to take care
of Themselves,
The next task before the company
was to get relief to the passengers or
the Chicago Limited, which lett Jer
sey City at o:15 O'Clock Monday
morning, and four hours later was fast
in huge snowdrift in the meadows, q
few miles this side of Harrison. Thi:
feat was accomplished after a great
deal of perseverance, which served te
overcome the seemingly insurmount
ablt difficulties that cropped up every,
where in the path. A passenger car
drawn by three engines and pushed by
three others, left the station shortl,
after 8 o'clock and began the trip. i
took many hours to accomplish ths
journey, but finally the Chicago train
was reached and the passengers pro.
vided for. They had not suffered ver,
greatly, for the train, being first-class
was made up of vestibu!e cars and hae
plenty of provisions and fuel.
THE EXODUS TO FLORIDA CHECKED
The Pennsylvania station presented
an animated scene yesterday morning
1t was the time fixed for the departure
of the special Florida excursion train
and hundreds of people from all part
of the Eastern States and New Yorl
had gathered there only to find tha
no train could leave. Those who hat
come from a distance made themselve
at home in the station, and prepared
to pass a merry time until their trail
could 60.
There were no trains run on th'
Erie Railroad yesterdy, either in o
out, and all the eompany's employee
were at work clearing the tracks. I'h'
officers report that the passengers OF
all stalled trains are being taken car,
of, and it requires much labor to reaci
them.
| No trains were run on the Delaware
Lackawaiino and Western, the Wes
.here, New York, Susquehanna ane
Wes,ern, New York and New Jersey
New York and Greenwood Lake o.
the Northssp Railroad of New Jerse.
yesterday. All the lines were com
pletely showed under, and it is no
Il thought that any Of them will b