Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-01-27
WIRES STILL DowN.

10 TeIegraphic Communication Yet
From the Metropolis to New IA
ven-The East Still Cut Of-mes-
sages and Press News by the Cars
An Army Of Linemen Hard ut it
The Wreck OF Poles Out State
Street-A Notable Rain Fall This
Month.
New York and the west and south are
still cut off from telegraph communication
with New England. except by a long
circuit to the north via Cana
da, Buffalo, and also via. Albany, and from
New York there was only wire to Buffalo,
Last night all the Now England press was,
of course, commenting yesterday upon
the anomalous state of affairs, which is
only paralelled by the cessation of tele-
graphic communication oceasioned by the
great blizzard of 1888. The Western
Union Telegraph company has an srmy of
men at work repairing it's broken connec-
tions. New Haven telegraph messages
were sent to New York all yesterday and
last night by the railroad.
The greatest damage was to the tele-
graph wires in this part of the country be-
tween this city and New York. Not
one wire of the immense number that are
stretched on the big poles each side of the
railroad tracks was in working order.
down at irregular intervals from Milford
to Mott Haven. twenty-five of them are
in the short distance from Mott Haven to
Portchester. A big force of men, line
men, were working like beavers yesterday
between here and New York, making re-
pairs. At noon yesterday telegraphic
Communication had been only partly re-es-
tabished from New Haven to Fairfield,
and last night dispatches could not be sent
to Bridgeport from here.
All of the trains on the Consolidated
road are arriving and departing from the
city on time, even though they are not
run by wire The trains are controlled by
the Hall block system, which, in spite of
the storm, is in perfect working order, the
wires operating the signals being buried
under ground.
In New York city over 100, 900 wires are
down, and there isn't telephone or an
electric light wire that can be worked. All
through New York state the same condi-
ton Of things exists.
The condition Of telegraph wires is
shown by the fact that news matter from
Philadelphia for the Associated Press pa
pers was first sent to New York by train,
then to New Haven by train, and from
here forwarded by Operator Weaver tc
Boston by wire. Eastern news was trans
mitted to New York again last night in q
similar manner. The New Haven Office Of
the Western Union was receiving dis
patches from Boston by wire and forward
ing them to New York by train, and vict
versa.
There are at least thousand breaks be
| tween New York and Philadelphia on tn
Pennsylvania route alone.
The precipitation so far this month ha
| been 6.15 inches, a record unsurpassed b,
| any other month except January of '73
when 7.55 inches fell, and January rs
| when the fall was $50. But there are fv
| days more of the month, and Sergeant Co;
| will not be surprised if the 7.55 number
has to take second place.
Superintendent Smith of the fire alarm
| telegraph has all the fire alarm telegraph
service of this city in perfect working or
der. The hardest work ever done in con
nection with this service was done las
week, owing TO the damage done by tn
storm of ten days ago.
A bad wreck of wires is that out Stat
street, this city, just beyond Neck bridge
where the tall long distance telephone pole
| dTo uOWu 1OI COuSluordDlc ulStAuC6. Il
wind early Sunday morning swept owe
this point like hurricane. This brea
occurred just beyond where the wreck G
poles and wires occurred the Sunday BIZ
fore, and probably the poles blown dow
last Sunday were weakened by the extr
strain thrown upon them by the upset t.
the adjoining poles Of the preceding Sur
day.
IN BRIDGEPORT.
BRIDGEPORT, Jan. 26.-Manager Belts {
the telephone exchange said this afternoo
that the company had lost many poles an
wires in this vicinity by the storm, b,
many places throughout the country wei
worse off. Twenty men are working
different parts of the city repairing tt
damage.
THE RIVER FALLING.
HARTFORD, Jan. 26.-Early this NOR
ing the Connecticut river began to fall an
the water which had reached up Sta
street nearly to Commerce was this afte
noon several feet below the Valley raj
road bridge. The frost got in its wor
last night and left an inch coating of i,
upon the sheet of water at the foot
State street. Above the toll bridge the il
remains unbroken.