New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-03

back up brakeman had 10 run TO
tell him what TO do. The delay occurred at a
most unfortunate time and place. In that hour
and twenty minutes we stopped five expresses and
five local trains, all bound TO Ncw-York. They
kept pinng up one after the other and then had to
feel their way down TO the city in close order. ]
rode down from Peckskill on of the engines
and gained some practical KNOWLEDGE of the fog
an obstacle to travel If there was train in
front of us we never knew It, We could not see
fifty yards to save our lives. All cautionary
signals were in use. and torpcdocs exploding
under the whec's at nearly every revolution, warn
ing us of possible danger ahead. We could not
see signal Of any kind Till we were r-ht on IT,
and of course were obliged TO go very slowly so
as to he ready TO stop AZ an inStantS notice. Our
troubles were increased by thc men in the signal
stations being unable to tell whether we had
reached a signal or not Whenever we did GET
there we had to send forward brakeman TO tell
them we were waiting for orders to 90 ahead
Then the block being opened we proceeded This
was repeatcd all the way to New-YOrk and soon
became very tedious
"Our norIh-bound trains have been dispatched
on time from this end, but all will he from twenty
minutes to an hour late in reaching their dCstina
tion, We are sacrificing everything TO safety. Tho
fog has played the mischief with our telegraph
service. making it almost impossible to get
message over the wires.
The delays on the Harlem road of little
consequence the fog being much lighter than on
the river
Trains on the Ncw-Jcrsey roads were also behind
time.
There was considerable delay TO mails from the
North and West. The Ncw-iork Central train due
here at 30, with mails from Northern New-Iork.
did not arrive until II 40 a. IN. The Buffalo
train was hindcred even more, getting here M
u 80 p m instead of at i o n. m, when II was
due The Chicago train. which ought 10 have
arrived AT - a. m. did not come in until ! :25
a. m. and the Pitt>burg train due al s:12
a m was two hours and twelve minutes late.
Tie two trains last mentioned carry heavy mails.
and business men here suffer much inconvenience
when they are delayed.
The fog also caused Postmaster Van Cott tronhc
by delaying ferry boats, and thus giving his men
much trouble for il required strenuous efforts ir"-
oucntlv 10 catch the trains which start from
Icrs,y City and IIoboicn.
The PRAYER Of richtcous' man availcth much.
hv SurcriuicnGrni Ecat'ir couldn't make II ram
herd enough Yesterday - wash the STREETS. lie
he'd l. 500 men ~ work and aS many carts q: he
could hire bu, they really accomplished 30 little
tla, tbc,. would not have l'cn missed if they he'd
Trains could NOT be- run faster than. ten miles
IN hour Iccausc Of H. and it is highly probable
tha, the strcct-clcluing force was unable 10 find
the snow heaps and garbage barrels for the same
reason II is certain that the department drd
not cot near enough 70 the filthy mounds Of mud
and slush in Fifth-ayc. 10 SEQ them. some Of The
filth was removed from Broadway. hHi the
ouautitv left was sufficient 20 h with anguish
every soul that got mixed up with it. The same
might ~ said of rcarly every prominent thorough
fare in the city. The metropolis, 10 go stralgh' 10
the point. was immersed in dirty mud bath,
disgusting 10 the nnstfils as we'll as 10 the eve
l. there no remedy for such condition
Ten I, one. Ncw.Nofk was the n1stlcst city IN
the entire fog area Of 900 square miles
General JOY prevailed in the Weather Bureau
over the exact frlhlmcu: of Sergeant IcsunpiskN :
fog prediction "Our forecast has been borne
ont t. the letter s'id thc Sergeant YESTERDAY, f,
with "A smile II quiet satisfaction. ana we nav"
timed the changes almost ~ The minute inns
unJophirdly j, not only the heaviest fog wc have
nyu.reuceI i'm % idcrablr time. bat IN rcspcci
81 longevity = is opsolu'elY phenomenal II has
now lasted 81 neorl, three DAYS and. 30 far -
know established ncw record Ih" centre oi
| ilc general storm has shifted 10 Bnnalo, ana Is
| making rapid progress toward the ~. Lawrence
VALLEY. The riin and fog hing al over inc At
! antir Coast Thc rain area extends from oS"rSo
| to Cleveland. thence down ~ EIcksb1rg. mud
from Vicksburg 10 MONTGOMERY. Aln from Honi-
gOmrrY - " llmlngt"n ana from W limln2i"n iIth'
! up tur coast 10 netpori, Ne Right hehind ti"
! f6g there j., cola wave. which viii bc with MS
! tomorrow morning. and force 'he temperature
/ down 10 - or 20 degrees. 49,.
There j. some hopc that the miSts Will llti
late tom. yht." CONTINUED Vie Sergeant, I'D "IN"
u> fine, clear day Tomorrow. In ,hr
, threatens 10 paw rs visit and give
| Ncv- York = fcw I.lt hurrics q snow. Durlng
thc lost thriy-sjV hours ilc t"Innera'ure he's
| steadily pursued an upward cour~c. This morrii,t
| at F, H. m II had mounted 10 - degrees. wlllr
the maximum up - now j. - degrees r'hrh'"' ~
| . D. m TIL, !. t,c hI4hcS temperature yet re
c1rilci since thc beginning Of the winter Has"n'
The Western Union tclcJmph wucS ag'in. Tor
1hc most part. worked badly ~ through the morn
! py and afternoon. The effects 81 ne l"dI.'-"
! capsed hv the fog were felt with crushing cilcrt
! ai all points in the Soith and Southwest. '"n
currently with tn" Increment OF ih" storm toward
tic coast the Western wires recovered Their a"-
| ,ivify and worked with 'ol"rnb'c sn"'ihnr,S,
! while the wire. directly Vast or NoTth nave as Nc
| been little affected hv t.c fog.