New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
ICE PILED ON THE TRACKS
rpIyEL STILL DISTRACTED on THE NEW
YORK CENTRAL.
,,rTLE PROGRESS IN REMOVING THE JAN IN
ruE HUDSON SOUTH OF ALBANY-THE
FREsHET ~sUB>IDING IL
THE MOHAWK.
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THE MOHAWK.
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pougbkeepse. Feb. 27.-To-day the New-loTk
Central and Hudson River Railroad Company h"N
nod an opportunity TO accommodate somewhat lHe
ioool travel on the HUDSON division, which ior
many hours had been necessarily ignored 10 "
certain extent. For the time being, OWING 10 "a
immense ice distractions between StuyveSaAt ana
cnhodack the northern terminal Of the HUDSON
piver road is at lIuds on, where through p&SSeh-
aors arc transferred to the berkshire Road ana
tokcn 70 Chatham ana thence by the Boston AZ"
A,hanv Road to Albany. Trains for the south are
100 nm al Hudson and sent to Ncw-lorH on t"e
80 of reoular southerly bound trains. SdpeIlH-
,ondort NcCev went up to the submerged us"''V
:, dav and endeavored to get through from S'"I
,osort 70 Schodack. lie got along fairy WIZ
.r obont three miles and was then comPeho"
. ,uu hack. One Of the t%racklnen says '""'
tho ice distractions Oh the down-tracN pct"'V"
Sobodack and Stuyves3Gt are SO great "'" 'W
loo is piled up there So high that II LOOKS 40 -
i wilI take several days to dlsiodge IT, i".O
;sone talk Of blasting t away. Never o'ioi0
tho history Of the road has an ice opSuUo"'"
sucb large dimensions occurred. OWlhH y,
STATE Of affairs there is a rush OF u">ei
,b. cast side of the river to the NesO ""'-0
Road. Gov nc
The situation is becoming serious, so l" "'
freight is concerned, as the running Vi an -
trains has been abandoned. and lIeI8"V ""' "I
side-tracked when the food occurred are ga
IDLE. There are hundreds of these cars n''
inr merchandise, liyC-StOck, etc Inc o"P""
Is doing all in its power to get OUT oil tHc I''"-
but il is a heavy task. General Koadli'S'i ~
and his assistants with large gangs u I anu
two work-trains are at the scene ana 'nc u
are working night and day on the water d" -
The current is swift and cakes Vi lcc "ro '0"H7
rn tho river all the time. the west winds
driving it on the railroad 'IacA o,c' "i.
While the mild weather lasted it was hoped that
,ho ico.oorco south of Stuyvesant would break
away. but another cold wave IS making IL more
solid all the time. A.
Albany Feb. q (SpeciaD.-The water in the
Hudson has subsidized two feet since last night,
INT still submcrges the streets in the eastern part
If the city. The Central-Iludson Railroad traln
service has not improved much, trains from lhe
west being hours BEHIND tine' "efel"I u"'"'
in each direction were abandoned to-day
Schenectady, y. y, Feb. 27.-Thc Hood IN tAIs
city abated as rapidly as it came and to-day
hinge cakes of ice lying in the streets are inc
only reminders of yesterdays inundation. Inc
fats below the city are, however, still Hooded
and the immense plant of the Edison General
Electric Company is surrounded by wafer. my
river above the city is ch0ked up WIN ice, "!u
it is feared that there VIII be nioIc ni5m "rdar
by the flood will not exceed So,OOO.
Canaioharie, y. Y. Feb. 27.-The flood IN the
Mohawk River has been checked by the cold
weather which set in last night, and the water
is falling rapidly. With the exception OF the ice
corces at Big Nose O.. Tribes Hi, tie river Is
nearly clear of ice below here. 1t was cola
last NIGHT and the mercury has been below ifeez-
ing point all day. If this continues there VIII
be no further danger. The water has i'Ieh
about two feet here, five feet at tonda anu Of
loot ot Fort Plain. The New-YOrk Central tracks
AFRO still covered with ice, some OIL Whlch IL thIcc
feet alick, and mixed with water III sonie Pi"ooI
A passenger train which m 10 come IND *
fr1m the east made but Httle progress, onu u
now stalled east of Palatin Bridge. Large ioICF3
Of men are out repairing the telegraph INES ana
railroad tracks. Many who aoandoneu nhen ""''i
ings Yesterday are moving Dack again
Utica. Feb. 27.-The water has fallen IN TIE
Mohawk and now does not spread over much
more territory than the natural channel LaIee
Quantities of ice are lodged on the Central l'alf
road track east of here and some small bridges
have heen washed out. The day mas pech CTlG
and the great banks of ice that nave neen Pr
upon the Central tracks are Iro|eH 1o q"
will be moved with difficulty; Inc Scnf"-o
trains are run over the West Shore TRACKS IIUAn
here TO Rotterdam Junction, ana thoSe l'om ''
east are all several hours la'e'
sf-Sohnsville, ". Y, Feb. 27.-Ihc water III 'me
Mohawk has gone down, and the Central l,'i-
road tracks between St. townsville and Fort ram
arc uncovered. Although the tracks are Gear ol
water. they are covered some twenty leeU "'P
with lar2e blocks of ice. Only one traIh was
passed over the road to-day, and tlat was tc
8 "a train from the East, leaving Albany at 1:i''
The train worked It's way through ice between
cnroLors and ST louisville. The trains gong
West. leaving New-York at 4:3O a. m, pasSeu
over the West Shore Road shortly after 3 O'Clock
This afternoon. The Ncw-NOrk mail was brought
on ,bis train late this afternoon the Central
had one track in shape for use between fori ram
and St. louisville. and trains will be running -,
night. 1t is expected that two tracks VIII Wv ~
No. AZ passed East tonight, and 1t IS me hr1'
train through from Syracuse on TIE Central Iali'
road since yesterday morning.