New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-14
SCENES IN THE SUBURBS.
THOUSANDS CUT OFF FROM BUSINESS,
HOUSES UNRooFED IN JERSEY CITY-sNowED UP
AssEMBLYMEN.

HOUSES UNRoOFED IN JERSEY CITY-SNOwhD VI
AssEMBLYMEN.
Horse-car travel IN jersey City. Hobokch, Omo"
Hill and West Hoboken remained suspended ycS'er-
day and will probably continue for another DAY AZ
least The jersey City and Bergen Railroad Coih-
pany had all tho laborcrs they could employ al WORK
removing the snow from the tracks, but their prog
gress was slow account Of the heavy drifts snow
ploughs not available There were more peopic
on tho streets ycstrday and busnss was partially re-
sumed but the shopkcepcrs and their CLERKS were far
from being busy. The liquor stores were the only
places which did thriving business. Probably the
people who suffered most from the blizzard wcro
those who ran short of coal, there no means
of obtaining fresh supply except by the bushel rom
the corner groceries. The streets were rendered
moro impossible when the snow was shovelled into
them tho Sidewalks and horses and trucks were
sights.
Mayor Cleveland and some members OF the Board
of Public Works held a conference and decided 10
employ large force of men and carts TO remove inc
from the main thoroughfarcs. The ch'ci dlih-
Guilty will be to procure the men. laboIeis Dchg ID
great demand by both steam and horse railroads
Several funerals were postponed, among them being
those of Mrs. Naomi c. Wright. widow OF General
f. V. X. Wright, and ex-Assembyman Michaei D.
O'Donncl A number Of people who were unable 10
reach their homes Monday night were reported MIS-
Sing yesterday, but in the majority OF cases thcy
turned up all right during the LAY. Charles II.
brakeman the Central Railroad. was blown from a
train at Communpaw and had his leg broken.
Speaker Dickinson, Sentor Edwards and the mem
bcrs OF the Assembly from Hudson were all gathered
In Taylor's Hotel yesterday afternoon waiting with
all the patience their command for train to start
for Trenton. If they get there to-day they VIII DO
fortunate. No business transacted In the county
courts. Presiding Judge Lppincott was on hand,
but his associates Judges Paxton and 6each were
not, and court adjourned until to-day.
AN EXTENSIVE HOT-HOUsE SMASHED.
Tho winds which whstlcd over Jersey City yester-
day morning justified its claim TO be cons dered a
Dakota blizzard by lifting the roofs OF three houses
Ocean and County ayes. The houses were The
property Of President George Il. Mckenzie, of the
Singer Sewing Machine Company, aud the roofs OF
all three were deposited bodily in the yard in tho
rear compelling the occupants of the upper floors to
however The extensive lighthouses Of Peter Hen
dcrson, the Courtlandt-st florist on bergen Hill,
were crushed in by the weight of snow lodged upon
them. and many of the plants were seriously daascd
by frost and by being broken down. The total dam
are TO plants and the hot houses will proabbly amount
Bayonno City. situated on an island surrounded 10y
Newark and New-Yorll bays the XIII Won knll and
Morris Canal, received tho full benefit OF cveTythinI
in the air All day Mondoy the streets were bloch
AIDED, schools closed and business generally was
suspended. Thee was no telegraph cOmmImcauoi;;
and the telephone only worked to Jersey city ana
Staten Island aside from dozen wires in The city
train heavily loaded was showed in near the Bergen
Point station. AMI ha> $40 been exiricatcd Tho
passengers, however, escaped to a hotel, and are
huddcd together there like Sheep unable to get cut
of the city , -
MAKING A PLUCKY FIGHT.
About 10 q. IN. yesterday three engines left Bergen
Point for New-York A dozen laborers, with supcrin
tcndcnt Of Telegraph Stewart and General Passenger
Agent Baldwin, were them, also few mon who sail
1t was OF vital importance that they should get to
New-York The engines numbered through The snow
until they struck big drift near The Grrenvo SttilOn
and were stalled Three of the passengers hal their
hands, cars and feet frozen showing snow, but
stuck at Il until all the engines were need. when
nearly exhausted the work was complete and All en-
eincs coupled together and pulled in TO Communpaw.
From there passengers walked to Jersey City and got
over the river about g 80.
The passenger steamer Magenta. which runs De-
tween New ark and New York, wrecked yesterday
al the 1hrtlcth-s dock in Bayonne Ciiy There
were no passengers board. Tie boat was on her
way to New York, and while in the middle OF Newark
Bay the ragged fUriousy that the captain de-
cided to put In for tho BayOnne shore. The plot
headed for the ThiIeth-st Dock but the storm pre-
vented him seeing than rod ahead, aud the
current running rapidly In shore. The boat be
camc unmanageablc and struck the dock with great
force, and badly smashed up. After much labor
the steamer was prevented from sinking and made
fast IN he