The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-07-19
LIKE THE BLIzzARD IN ITS EFFEC1S.
Trade, Spe euIntIon, News, Pleasure, All
Hnmpered for IA Time.

| Yesterday III lnlS CITY was mostly lHTOuRn
larger branch Offices, which were used tempo
rarily us distributing centros. These were ut
| the various Offices and railroad dcpots in lTo-
boken Jersey City. and WilliamsburRh, and at
| Twenty-thild street and Broadway Ii BROAD
street. Fifty. nth street and the North River.
! and l2jth street in the city. At tho office ut
Twenty-third street and broadway connection
was soon established directly with Buffalo, and
thus with tho West. Ton operators were sent
up at once to this office to take charge OF the
business In the afternoon. ut the Twenty
third street Office Boston and Now England
wires were put into operation, and thirty more
| operators we're sent UP there to rush matters.
Superintendent: Eurton, at the Twenty-third
| street office, said:
| "We are running along finely here now.
| though we are taking messages OF course,
subject 10 delay. Messages for Boston and
| Buffalo arc sent UP here by messengers from
| down town"
| At tho branch Office at Is Broad street tho
| few wires there running directly out OF the
city wero utilized to their full capacity, and
arrangements were making to do as large an
| outside business as was done ut Twentythir
street. Tho Broad street office did tremendous
| messenger business. Every messenger boy
| WHO could be pressed into the service was
there Eight through wires and the cable
wires were working last night. Almost no
! local business was taken at any Of the branch
| Offices.
Fifty operators wore sent TO tho company's
| Office in tho Pennsylvania Railroad building in
Jersey City at 10 o'clock. There was accom-
mediation there for only ten. Western and
| southern wires we're cut in at once. and mes
| sages that had accumulated in this city were
! sent to Jersey City by messenger boys and
! despatched as quickly M possible. The rail;
floor OF the building ana ten tenn more men we're
put to work there; lot Of rough boards weie
f nt0 I9e in the cable house at ths
soon at work there. The other twenty five
men were distributed about at the various
A small army OF messenger boys carried mes
saGes back and forth from this, city all day;
satisfactorily, but, Manager ,Berthod said he
| was doing better than he had expected. There
| on an average twenty to tho West and south
were ielt IN good condit0n all day.
the top floor of No. il5 Broadway not a mes
! sage had been sent UP to ~ o'clock last night.
tnion Office at Johnstown ut the time Of Tho
big food. At half dozen tabl es-dvided into
four pa.ts by imprinted pine boards crossing
ticking away testing the newly,arrunged In
struments; The only light in the room was
Jones was shouting orders, and a dozen car
penters were saving boards. Dust and dirt
mess ger boys 6uddei up aseep
~, very ,y large bgsn ness Of course vas done
lance Telephone Company" at IS Cortlandt
street. Most Of the long press reports of tho
fire and the damage to business in the city
we're set out OF the city by this lei eph"ne. Tho
one Of the officers told SuS man that. in u
slight way, tho day was n roietition Of tho
famous blizzard day" when the comnany,s
England out OF the city.
The Postal Telegraph Company had 100 ex;
ira photographers AT work In its city Offices, and
was doing lis regular business and about half
as much again IN addition.
BUSINESS AND THE EXCHANGES.
Itwould not be truo TO say that the damage
to the Western Union wires Sesterday amount
ad to q practical stopraGo OF business with
nass es So ey ohsF c thai M hs Das
greatly hamnered. and that thoro has been
nothing like it since the blizzard. Though
there are many wires running from tho city
that the Western Union Company does not
control. and thouglEthe Western Union people
got many OF their own wires quickly into op-
GRAFTON, still, during most OF the day the tele-
graphic service OF the city was at pretty low
wires were rendered useless ' This had "t the
effect OF cutting of orders from out of town
OF all because 1t didn't want anybodys quota
lions. The brokers always want orders. but
no Rle. Though the transmitting rooms OF tho |
Gold and Stock Telegraph Company were
e S News were Won tG and prTk
ers had no difficulty in obtaining stock quota |
tions.
The Produce Exchange, which does directly |
and indirectly almost the largest Geographic |
business Of any concern in the city: OF course |
was very little business Superintendent Howe |
told sun man that the telegraphic contracts |
Union Company, and that q sixty circuits In |
the ,c,9mpanys office In the Produce Exchange |
building not one was in operation. Tho Pro- |
duce EXCHANGE could get no cabegrams from |
HbTr2ps sWSr all SqGa messages coming
Exchange got Chcago uuotations over the |
Postal Telegraph wires. The loss OF quota |
ees wSs G hS e tire %a
done on the EXCHANGE was done between tho |
members themselves in snirIt of e Let's buy |
The monitors OF the consolidated Exchange
seemed to think hat he fire had injured thom
ceived from the West in mining and other
stocks had TO drphlo along over tho Postal
ness on tie Consodaf"d EXchange yesterday,
however. than on the day haiore.
change said that it was lucky that tho fire
came Just at the timo OF year It did for this /
was FULLEST As It was, tho Exchange had NJ |
most no communication with tho south. Tho |
Tho !sh @ms' ,s BY the
ci9l Gable Gomnany Hnd So arrived ali right.
ne Sa sS not G bH E r n ma
no teegraphic, COMMUNICATION between Quar-
antine aud tnlr city. shin news was sent M
ol mon aboard the Staten Island cry boats
md consequently reached tho city about IN
MAGIFoID LOSSES AND ANNoYANCEs.
The difficulty of transmitting teleGraphic
messages into and out OF tGo city mad, OF
course, q great eject on business outside OF
that transacted nj tho Exchanges and the full
Inconvenience and damage from II cannot DO
estimated. Sun reporter met one gentleman
TO whom tho clogging Of tcIcgrarhc business
mount a direct loss OF 81 900. Ho WAS about to
close an important business transact on by
which no was gainOr In the sum named Tho
transaction was to close IN u Western city ut
noon. yesterday and tho stoppage Of the wives
simply rendered 1t lmpOss be.
EFFECTS ON THE NEWS.
Tho Associated Press did all lis business in
the Western Mon building. The rilcd i'res-
ind tho Postal News ASSOCIATION did business
In n smaller degree with tho WO-toIu Union
Company, but did not hnro their Offices in TIE
building All the valuable library and records |
OF Tho Assocuoi !rcss and most ol their
papcrs were DESTROYED. I heir typewriterS and
tho various devices for mani old NJ deslnlches
TO the new papers wore ruined. Agent William
Her nv Smith lost "a lot Of personal PROPERTY in !
tho shape oi books and papers All the Gocu-
i eGtf 10 ne h nrE OF r." A ST ho
burned records cannot be replaced. Tho