The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-27
STORM IN JERSEY City
Wires Crossed, Trolley Cars
Blocked, Streets, Depots
and Wharves Flooded.


The old saying, tits an ill-wind that
blows nobody good" might be aptly ap-
Piled to the storm of last evening, at
least as far as Taylor's Hotel is con-
cerned. Newarkers and residents of
other Essex county towns who were
delayed in New York and who found
the Newark line of the Consolidated
Traction Company experiencing great
difficulty in running cars, postponed
their return trip home and put up at
the hotel for the night. Every room
was engaged, and a number of appli-
cants had to be turned away. The Penn
sylvania Railroad experienced great diff
fculty with it's ferryboats, all of them
arriving from ten to twenty minutes
late on each trip. The high wind and
the snow made it necessary for the
pilots to go slow. feeling their way
across the river.
These delays caused big jam of
humanity in the waiting rooms on the
New York side. and as a result each
boat, between the hours of six and eight
O'Clock, was crowded to suffocation.
There were no accidents, however, and
by midnight the boats began to run on
schedule time.
ERIE RAILROAD FLOODED.
The Erie Railroad suffered more than
any Of the other railroads on the Hud-
son River shore. The several docks
in the immediate vicinity of the depot
on Passaic avenue were flooded as early
as half past six o'clock, and shortly af-
ter the water began to break over the
Erie ferryhouse piers, rushing up and
finding resting places on the wharves
and on Pavonia avenue
At half past seven o'clock the water
began to flow in steady streams, and
the avenue for several hundred feet
was flooded to the depth of several
inches At eight o'clock the sidewalks
were flooded, making it impossible for
any one to navigate without rubber
boots. BY this time Pavonia avenue
was miniature lake. The new dining
room recently completed for the rail-
road was threatened. The water was
above the doorsills and found its way
through the crevices of the doors. The
porters and other employees at the depot
were called into service. and they were
kept busy swabbing up the water, as
| fast as it flowed in. Later the water
began to retreat, and the danger which
threatened the depot passed away. The
passengers who arrived OH the trains
were obliged to abandon the customary
outside route of reaching the ferrybo
and were obliged to take the passage
| leading through the middle OF the depot,
and even then they We're obliged to
suffer the discomforts of wet feet
During the flood the Pavonia avenue
cars of the Consolidated Traction Com
pany had to stop at the westerly end of
the train shed, it being impossible for
them to reach the depot.
BLOCKS ON THE TRACTION ROAD.
Mr. Brady, of the Consolidated Trac-
ton Company, reported this morning
that the company had but very few
blocks during the storm, and that no SER
ious delay occurred. All the cars going
up Grand street found it difficult to climb
the hill at the Junction. The Newark
cars seemed to give the most trouble,
and between the hours of eight and ten
o'clock they blocked the entire system
at frequent intervals at the Junction.
The heavy Bayonne cars also found it
hard work to ascend the Grand street
hill, and after eight O'Clock few cars
, made the trip to Bayonne.
The electric sweepers were put to
work early and they kept the tracks
quite clear of snow. The Brill shovels
on the cars also helped materially to
keep the tracks proper clear. Shortly
after nine O'Clock the trolley wire en-
York street became grounded, shutting
off the power from the entire downtown
section. Word was sent to the repair
shops and in a half hour the current
was restored
GREENyILLE SHOWED IN.
The Greenville section was practically