Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-27
News By TELEGRAPH.
From ALI Quarters.
THE WIRES STILL down.
Worst Damage in the His
tory Of TeIegraphy.
HOUSES BLOWN up BY DYNAMITE.
Miners Defense in the
Barrundia Case.
AID REFUSED A SINKING VESSEL.
Appropriation Bill Passed
By the House.
lid REFUSED A SINKING VESSEL.

| IVA 1NUUAoA A/AAA - ASSSSN4
By the House.
| EFFECTS OF THE STORM.
Description of the Condition of the
| Western Unions Telegraph Service
| Slowly Repairing Damages-only
Three Trunk Lines In Use to the
| West-NO Wire for the Associated
| Press-HOw the Telegraph Lines
| are Situated in Pennsylvania.
| New York, Jan. 26.-[Special by Train. ]
w. G. Humstone, general manager of the
Western Union telegraph, to-day described
the condition of the company's wires as
follows:
| "We have no wires south or east and
only few west and north. On the south
the trouble probably extends no further
than Trenton, on the east the worst is be-
tween here and New Haven, and north and
| west the principal difficulty is between
Croton Falls, Poughkeepsis and Haver-
| straw. In this city we are virtually intact
| on account of our wires being nearly all
under ground. Toward night I hope we
shall have some wires east and
south, but it will be several days at least
before the damage is entirely repaired"
D. B. Mitchell, acting wire chief, gave
more detailed information. He said:
"We are perfect wreck. We have one
| Trunk wire to Albany, one to Buffalo, one
to Chicago and that is all. Ordinarily we
800 wires in all are down. People COM
| ing in on the trains tell us that the wires
| are lying, poles and all, fiat in the mea-
dows. At Cos Cob, between Williams
bridge and Stamford, our men report that
| the wires are in the river. I can't tell how
| they got there. The wires are also
down for two miles near Pleasantville.
Near Albany we are in good shape. The
| trouble in that direction is south of Pough-
| keepsie. On our West Shore line the
| trouble is this side of Cornwall.
"We have recovered one little wire to
| Bay Draw on the New Jersey Central and
we are going to try to run a cable up the
| railway from that point west. Philadel-
phia was completely cut off from every
point last night and between that city
| Trenton and New Brunswick the wires
are down by the mile. In this city, as
our main lines are under ground, we are
all right.
EFFORTS TO REPAIR DAMAGE.
"We are making every effort to set
| things to rights. Gangs of men were
brought here from Buffalo, Utica, SYRIA
cuse and Rochester this morning and were
| at once sent into New Jersey. A gang
frem Albany is working down this way.
| All told, we have about 500 linemen at
| work. Before nightfall we expect to have
| a few more wires westward We shall
not be in as good shape as we were under
l two weeks. We are receiving business
subject to indefinite delay. 1t is impossi-
BILE to calculate the damage yet; but I
| think, so far as our wires are concerned,
this is the worst day in the history of the
Western Union.
"This storm brought the elimination of
difficulties we have been laboring under
since Saturday week, when the storm,
| which then prevailed in New England,
coated our wires with ice an inch and a
half thick across and two and quarter
inches up and down. We worked all the
following Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
putting up the poles and wires which the
ice or the fallen branches of trees had
broken down; and then came another
storm on Wednesday, using us up again.
Now this one comes and puts on the fin
ishing touch"
FIFTEEN WIRES TO THE WEST.
New YORK, Jan. 26.-At 10 o'clock to-
night Mr.. A. E. Sink, night manager of
the Western Union Telegraph company,
said: eve have now fifteen wires west, a
gain CT twelve wires since last night.
These wires leave New York through Har-
lem to Albany, Buffalo and SO on to
Chicago. At Albany and Buffalo matter is
sent east without difficulty, as there are
4 y. ~
We are also working over two direct wires
| to Boston and the east via New Haven.
| We have not wire direct south yet, but
we are reaching Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington and the south generally by
| way of the west If we have no failures
| in circuits already restored and now work
l ing we expect to clear up before morning
| the business now on hand.
NO WIRE FOR THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
At II a. m. Mr.. Tinker, the general su-
perintendent of the Western Union Tele-
graph company, reported that there was
then no prospect of furnishing the Associ-
ated Press with wire in any direction to-
day At that hour the company had three
| wires to Albany, which were subject to
frequent Interruptions by the gangs work
ing on that route. One of these wires is
assigned to Chicago for market service,
Chicago distributing for all points south,
east and west. The storm does not appear
to have extended far beyond the coast
lines. The company has information that
there are more than 200 poles down on the
line between Alexandria and Richmond
Va, and the highway and railroad lines
| between Baltimore and New ork are badly
Frustrated, most disastrously within a cir
| cult of forty miles south, west and NORTH
of New York. The Western Union has. nc
wires working beyond Jersey City soutf
and west except the one wire by way o.
| Albany, and there are no wires working
east Of Williamsbridge on that route.
| The gold and stock financial and genera
news circuits in New York city are in fair
1y good condition, 80 per cent. of thu
| whole being in operation.
The land lines in connection with tn
cables are entirely interrupted, but will
! the companys two submarine cables t.
Canso, it is able to provide fair faeilitie
for the cable business.
Fortunately for the Western Union tn
weather now is in it's favor, and with tn
large gangs of men working in all di rec
lions the restoration of the wires, at leas
for temporary use, will be expedited witt
| all energy.
THE SITUATION IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-At midnigh
Superintendent Gill of the Western Unto
! made the following statement of the con
= dition of the wires of that company: g
l. part of the line on the Pennsylvania raj
t road between Harrisburg and Pittsburg
= o. K, but the Pike line between thot
: points is Frustrated. Chestea, Pa, can g
4 Baltimore Baltimore and Washington al
working west. We expect to repair part {
l. our line between here and Chester, an
g thus establish communication with th
a south and west by way of Washington an
Il Baltimore. Between Baltimore and Harri
a burg there are many breaks and commun
'ee cation is cut off. On the New York divi
A. ion the situation is simply bewilderin
F. There are at least one thousand breal
IN between New York and Philadelph
on the Pennsylvania route alon
k. and the condition on the half dozen 9th
routes to New York is equally discoura
ing. The trouble is mainly caused by Il
n weight of the snow crushing down Il
a wires. There are, however, some pol
Nd down. Between Trenton and Princet'
he junction forty-fve poles are broken o
no Of the line which crosses Raritan bay
70 the Bound Brook route, one mile and
,ss quarter in length, every pole with the e
ception of one on either side of the dra
: bridge is broken off, My information
& to the condition of affairs in New York