New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-28
NOW TRAINS CINE THROUGH.
TAKING TIE LONG WAY ROUND.
But IT WAS TIE SHORTEST WAY HoME-EX-
HEN OF PASSENGERS.

To have icebcrSs ahead Is as new an experience
in land transportation as it i a startling one III
travel by sea-. Passengers by the Newly 0rk 'enual
trains during the lasi two day have travelled by
water as well a. by latG, and h1vo seen about rs
much fec as a New Bedford wlaler. Major James
H.. Jenkins, Of Farnsworth Post 40. 10, q. y. H.
arrived with some comrades from the state cncamp'
mcnt al Rochester, al > 80 O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing, instead Of Il O'Clock Of Thursday evening. lie
described his voyage thus: We started at G:3o
yesterday morning, We werc due at q last night,
and got in by the Harlem road at $3.50 this morn
iEc. We kept the main line TO Utica. Then wo
were slunted off on the West shore, to find thAt
eas, OF Utica the Central was entirely submerged.
At Little Fall, and Amsterdam the water was rushing
over The West shore tracks. and reached almost up
to the fire boxes. At Athens We heard it reported
that Immediately after We left Amsterdam about 500
feet Of the track was washed away. At Athens we
We're shanted back to the main line, and went into
Albany. At Albany we had - chang trains and
20 on the Boston and Albany road to Chatham,
where We took the Harlem road, where we ran on
the single track and suffered the delay due to II down
to White Plains, where the double track bcaIns.
Al Little Falls and Amsterdam there were immense
slabs Of ice on the track. and men with poles were busy
pushing them or. A. the river recedcd It left chunks
Of ice all along the track. As the train ran along the
wheels chuIued the water and threw out spray He a
paddle steamer. 1t reminded one Of the breaking Of The
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barns were entirely surrounded by water. When We
came through Little Fall, men were navigating the
streets in natboats, ana We could Sc families standing
at the upper windows Of flooded houses and looking out
on the icy sea-
All the people who came into the Grand Central
station yesterday by the delayed trains had stories
like that 10 tell. Gut the officers Of the road bent al
their energies u overcome difficulties and 90 the Mood
BEGAN 10 abatc a. suddenly as 1t arO,e, the reports thai
reached them became more encouraging hour by hour
In the afternoon Superintendent VOORHEES, said :
"This is the situation a. l find IL now: In the Mohawk
Valley al 3 p. III. the water was rcceding, but the
tracks between SPEAKERS and Fort Plain are covered
with large masses OF ice, and IN some places tho
tracks are out OF line. y considerable force II mon
is working. and we hope TO get the track clear about
q p. III. The West shore since > O'Clock last night had
their two tracks all right. and have been moving all
our trains without much detention.
Nv. d. Ous, general oadmaste has been
out along the line. and has sent me the
following dispatch a. 10 the situation between
stuyvesant and Scho1ach: We have been within
two end Onc-half miles Of %schodack. Water pat
fire ont, and we had 70 return; a!so ice at that point
is so tCm we could not move ii, and water twenty iouI
10 thirty inches on track. The men could not work to
break the ice. Water lallin9 very slowly fallen SIX
inches in eight hours
Nc damage has been reported, " added Mr.. voorhees,.
" We have heard nothing about the track being washed
away at Amsterdam. so bridge Of our, in the Mohawk
Valley has been washed away. ! think the bridge re-
fcrrcd TO in this mornings paper must be a highway
bridge. In fact, there has been 10 washing away At
all, and the only damage has been the displacement oi
I track and washing ont OF ballast. We are RAINING
trains today by way Of The Hudson Division TO Hudson,
thence By way Of the Boston and Albany lEauci T.
Chatham, and then by the Boston and Albany line -
Albany, by the Central t, Rotterdam. and b. the West
shore from there 10 Utica, and 20 west by our own line.
Trains %eastbOund are running over the same route
II NaIfap WnII third Niep rrc- idspt M "a a.
patch, from superintendent Bisscll. Of Albany, who
said: I've have all tracks 10 Fonda. From Fonda
to palatinc Bridge We have one freight and one pa
scnccr track. and We will have the second FREE sht track
about . O'Clock this evening. From Palatine Bridge
10 It. townsville We have three tracks and expect h.
get the fourth this evening. \ great deal II Ice on
tracks from Talatinc Bridge west. some part VI the
tracks still under water, from three inches TO a foot
deep. by to morrow will have passenger tracks all the
way
Chaunccy NJ. Dcpew said that he thought II was the
CcntraIs biggest food IN twenty two years, or even
since 1865.
1t has certainly Afforded the railroad another great
opportunity to show how it can Use superior to all
difficulties. 1t Is not safe to %prOphcsy, and none Of
the officials would commit themselves 10 "a prediction,
but it looks as if the service would be this evening or
tomorrow, at latest, fully restored.
How are YOU running ~ aid a Tribune reporter
TO General Manager John VI. TOuccy.
"On wheels, my boy was his CHEEKY reply. 1t
takes a good sized article ~ floods or anything else to
stop the wheels Of the Genital.
The following notice, which was issued By George
II. Daniels, general passenger agent. and posted al Tie
ticket Offices, shows how the outbound trains ran yes
tcrday:
To i. IL. Lahm, Ticket Agent. Grand Central Station.
Dear Sir: l beg to advise you that On account Of
the continued interruption Of train service by high water
trains will be run this afternoon aud evening a. follows:
Train No. 1O3. leaving at 3 80 p. III. train No. y,
leaving at 800 p. M, and train no. 90. leaving at
Is 2l y. H.. will be run only 10 Hudson.
Train No. 10, leaving 10 4 80 p m, and train No. II,
! leaving at 80 p m. win be run over main line TO
Hudson, thence 70 Albany. via Boston and Albany Rail
road. and Will take passengers 70 Albany and beyond.
on train No. - the slccping ears for Montreal and the
North Will be hauled.
Train 40. :, leaving at 915 p. m, and no. 81,
leaving at midnight, win be run through to Albany, VIA
Harlem Division.
Train NO. %, ieavng at 9 80 p m, will be run through
90 roughkeep,ic. carrying passengers and making stops Of
NO. Z north Of CrotCn.
Tram NO. 90. scheduled 70 leave at IL so p. M, VIII be
held until midnight.
Train No. -. leaving at : 80 p. M, will not be- run west
Of Albany. Passengers for points west OF Albany should
be- Instructed 10 take train No. Z.