New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-27

had called IN saw that bis telephone connection
was out Of order, and the superintendent OF tle e
company was kept pretty BUSY III giving '"o
CoIoncl Davitf b. Parker, stoical and bland in
the midst Of disaster, sat in his once chalr ana
smiled annually under the endless string Oh IN
0uiries hurled at him by the reporters Up
to The present moment" he said, we have III
trouble about 1900 wires out OF possible o,uoo,
or 40 per cent Of the entire service: vi 'nDse
about 3.?l3 wires are entirely lost Oh thc
Eichtoenth-st exchange we have lost 800 wires :;
in Harlem 47G wires are down while the thirty
cghthst. exchange extending IRON iwenIy-tnir rd
ont Of n possible 500 Downtown in the most
important commercial exchange of Cortlandt-st.
have an estimated loss OF 5li wires, among
1000 subscribers. while the Splng-st' exchange
has probably lost 1900 wires.
THE work of the 300 men: whom we have
sent out over the city to-day. has been confined
10 the clearing Of the wreckage from the house
tons the elevated roads. the car tracks and the
dscntanelcment OF wires from those of the
electric light companies Cndonbtrdlv the hulk
Of the crash is to he found all the way from
1hirtv-ninth 10 Ffty-ninth SITS. and from Fifty
ninth TO Observation-Disclosures SITS. or the
main thoroughfareS Fourth and Park ayes. have
suffered chiefly. II is. however. worthy OF note
that the Wcst-st. wires and poles have success
fully weathcrcd the storm without sustaining the
slightest injury"
TEN DAYS WORK AT LEAST.
MANY persons have estimated that it would
take two months to bring the telephone system
back TO its old standard of pcrfectlon,-' said the
reporter.
Nonsense" replied Colonel Parker II have
every hope of rr-cstablishing our entire connec-
ton within a week. or ten days at the outside.
Tomorrow we shall begin 10 put up our wires.
We mean IN run temporary rubber cables over the
tops Of hOus' =. provided we can obtain permission
from the proprrty-owners. After that we shall
gradually rebuild lines
What will be done with the vast amount o.
WreCkagc gathered up to-day
II will find deserved grave in our dump
yard. at OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. and the East
River
Can you give any idea of tho probable loss 10
the company. including Of course. the expense Of
repair and rebuilding ~ was next asked.
We'll. no a moderate estimate We are ont ot
pocket about 100000" said Colonel Parker.
That means the loss Of several ycais' profit. In
future winters we hope 10 Csc p, repetition OF
this trouble, for all our wires VIII he put under
ground
The American Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany, which provides the lons-dlstance service
from this city, was entirely crippled all through
Sunday. but YESTERDAY. although Ncw-lork was
still isolated from the South as far rs flda elpha.
the officials OF the company were hopeiul th't Inc
full connection would be rc-cSabshcl today.
\. :. llibbard, general superintendent 81 The
company. said: We are Just on the eve of
communication with Boston and the East. AZ
The present moment the Ncv-Nork oricc has 20
men out NJ work on repairs. The bulk OF IN"
damage is 10 hc found in Ncw-Jcr>cY for distance
Of twenty miles. The Philadelphia station hell
all its wires in Washington. Baltimore and Wilkes
barre and TONIGHT we hope 10 have thirtN-one
wires running down South 10 Washington. Riaht
through the storm Boston succccdcl IN holding Us
wires all along the coast 10 Dailcn. FROM New
York 10 Boston: Albany ana Troy conIr' ,l:
with the East North and West We have ahout
eighteen wires ont Of a possible liN. sholil
not like 70 say what the precise loss to the com
pany would he. but il will certainly not reach
100000.
WHERE THE STORM CAME FROM
In \p1 Y
the Weather Bureau was able 90 publish n chart
ON Snnday riqh,. The sm; cling Of the Western
Union service FUSED huge delay in All reports.
but when the chart was 2: lccath printed 1t WIS
found that only thirty stations out % possible
ono hundred and hf;y were missing. These thirty
stations however included a majority of the most
imporaut points in the service. and the detection
could not be otherwise than serious
Ser. ant Dui visited the pihfc yesterday loI
The first ne N many weeks and his appearance
was sion of much rcipicln- amon% ms s'tI
Ills loug illness has worn hin down little. bur
otherwise he IS apparently restored t. perfect
health Next week hc will resi- nc hI> place IN the
Office, and Sergeant Jcsunofsky, who has per-
formed the duties o. chief with TO much ability
aud success, will go back 10 his old post Oh TIC
Screcant Jesurofs,y and his chief lieutenant.
Sergeant Bauer were able Yesterday T. ave an III
terrstiuc account OF Tie ris" ana progress OF inc
storm. " This WIS not Only thu most destructive
Storm within our experience SAID SefSeanl b ID,
ouickcst on record probably cchicrn hphT'
faster Than the generality Of 10 fellows
II made pretty quick time to Nc"-ioH rom
Alai anna where II was central or Friday. N
o'clock on SATURDAY morning n was central III TINS
CITY, Last night il had qu.t the country AMI gone
OIL the coast OF Nova scotia. having tTaNeHei luS'
GOO miles In twcnty-tour hours. It's speed was
scarcely ever less than scycnty 1--WE nlic~ m h"ur
or nearly double the ordinary rate o. PROGRESSION
which is not more than forty miles an hour' M
record Is all the more remarkable III we" OF Tue
IA that the wind never higher IMAM lpIlA
miles an hour.
CoMBtNATIoN or NORTH And SOUTH
al have no hesitation in saying that tins Is the
most destructive storm IN my c'pcrlrnce-or proc
nbly in the c>pcriencc of the Office, said Sergeant
Je,nuofsly who took mp the narrative at THIS
point This was another instance Of what a
combination Of North and South will accomplish
when it gets "a fall hand. The storm from Texas
travelled along the coast with heavy rains ana SIN
winds but doine no great harm untll IN '"Ithcrh
Pennsylvania il met enoW>ttrl1 rom tic NORM.
,,csi Our rcports from the rt1 arr SIN inc-e gre
twenty-five stations having i1ilcd rs Ills morning
From the general Appearances. h'Ne.eI' IlSo no
duu1t that the storm dctciJr"0 grci'tr SP,rd ahN
cors de,a l. more energy aucr l. IF Ne" YORK
I'm my opinion, continued tie Sergeant The
biz blizzard did not equal this storm III dcStruCt-
iveres, Where I'm the ll,2ar.. din Won near OF the
fire or police wires being destroyed? Although
the Western tnion were BADLY damaged. they were
not utterly crippled. As ,hcy nave Icch ~ luiS
Il I'm. The difference between the hlg biiI"ld
and This storm L. distinct and easily explained.
In fine blizzard we had DRY storm and the VIM
did all the mischief ll' for the wlnd. 1t Is GER
tain that no GREAT damage would nave p'eh
,,,r,cd Rut i'm the p.escn; We have
wires ana poles borne d,wn by the sheer
weight OF heavy, adhesive snow. that
tung tcnaciously - e'erytiIng IL t"nc.ed;
" Tho total snowfall in New York measured
6-i inches, which is equivalent TO LIB inches
of rainfall
SHIPS COME IN UNsIGHTED.
A few steamers and sailing "essels came III
by Sandy Hook yesterday. No sailing vessel
until Yesterday had come in since Saturday.
The wind being on shore, they had all made an
ofng. and will now cone IN in steady pro-
ccssion for the next few days. The wires 10
Sandy Hook and Quarantine were not working
Yesterday. and vessels were being sighted from