New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-29
BLocKApEs THROUGHOUT NEw-ENGLAND.

| six degrees below was the lowest point a'""oo
| by the mercury
| BLOCKADES THROUGHOUT NEW-ENGLAND.
| TRAVELLERS sNowBoUSD on MANY RoADs-UN-
PRrCEDESTgD DRIFTS
BOSTON, Jan % Especial. blockade On inc nut
land Road between ysrgebnss and Burlnstsn sun coa
tnues a.d no trains leaving Barngtoa since Thursday
night have yet succeeded In reaching VergsnneS ras
engers nsrthward bound leaving Boston over tho FITCH
burg and Rutland route Thursday msrnia1 NJ later
are snowbound IN that vicinity There has been no d.
rect rail communication bstwean Burlington dnd kut-
land fer nifty hours. the night express passing YER
gennes last evening at clock heing the train which
left Burlington at p. m. Thursday and when
WAS stalled south OF the point where the
present blockade exists The Montreal bound Nsw-York
and Boston express with about pssse
left Rutland $3.50 o'clock this morning aud proceeded
rs far as vergeune where 1t awaits the opening OF the
blockade before proceeding north
Aavees OF the blockade are net sncour-
aging further progress for hours Zero weather
prevails and the wind is blOwisg hard. Three "ked"
enginss aud q Snow plough are stuck in the drifts.
large force Is hard at work cutting through the
drifts opposite drccsns and the two dvseus ars
but 100 feet apart. Parties OF passengers have MADE
several unsuccessful efforts to reach Burlington rom
shsbnrne by the highway but the country reads are
inpassbls. Chief Justice Royce OF the Supreme Court
the state Board Of Agriculture are among the snow
bound passerg gers.
The block on the White Mountain division OF the Bos-
ton asd Lowell Read raised this morning, snow
plsw having come through to Concsri. ~ II. pa'sen
ger train was sent nsrh being tho first one up snce
Thursday afternoon The down mall due at Concord at
$40 p. IN. Thursday, arrived to-day about nson
The Bsstsn. Concord and Montreal Line Is epen'
The Canadian Pacific express, which left
Montreal Tuesday evening for Boston, VIA rnhou
reached Concord at noen to-day ane hat sn hour Aer
was dispatched ssuthward The mercury was nine 10
as 2 n IN
ductor Gmans train that left Dover for Portland At IL
H. Thursday did net get back to Dover until 10 o'clock
last night Tho train hands reported unprece dented
sne wdrfts.
There is considerable delay of trains the Northern
Division OF Boston and Maine. between North Coz
way and Rochester Trains to-day on tho western ana
Casters Division OF tho Bsstsn and Maine line are run
ming about on time No freight trains ara moving.
Pittsfeld Mass. Jan. 90 (Specal).-No New-fo
papers have been received In Pttsfed or North Wa'a
for two days account OF the great snow biockaae
The wind blew gale all day and the drifting Sho"
prevented trains from running regularly IN any drec
ton Tho mercury registered eighteen degrees DO
low zero In many places In Berkshire County, ana the
hundreds OF men shovcling ont The huge drifts had ears
feet and hands frozen. No train came In over inc
Boston and Albany Railroad from 10 O'Clock ms
morning till late TO night. Many of the hundreds OF
passengers snowbound at Psheld for tie last thirty
six hours got away to-day. The trains which have been
reached Pit tsied this morning. special train which
stael out Of PsGtld. over the Housatorlc road for
Bridgeport this afternoon OIL The track at iousaonc
small station Great harrington, and 1t Is not
likely that 1t will get through tonight The blockade
the Fltchburg road has been practically raised.
Tho sky clear tonight, lut the wind continued
to blow
Tho members OF tho Massachusetts Legislature who
live the southern part of Berkshire Cornty sue
ceeded In reaching Pttseld ght, but they cannot
got home till late Sunday 1t was Impossible ioi
them to get through bDteam, and 1t is uncertain about
Il cir getting over the HOu>atonic road
New port, II. L. Jan. 2s.-Ths Is the fourth morning
this week that the mercury has been below zero The
ice about In the harbor thick that the
steamers from half hour to an HON in making
their docks. The WEXFORD boat hour and haf
late In completing her first round trip to-day and re-
ports Ice from the north end OF connecticut
to WEXFORD, a dist of seven miles Up the river
the ice stretches from Providence nearly TO Roc Ky
Point fourteen miles, and Is In some places four Inches
thick