New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-09


trains were got into olerabie shape without serious
delay.
AT A STANDSTILL ON THE ONTARIO AND
WESTERN.
On the New-York Ontario and Western traffic
was for the most part at a standstll One train
got away from Weehawken at 1880 yesterday
morning instead OF $40, the regular hour' anu nau
still more trouble In getting beyond HaVersra"
where the storm appeared TO have done its worst
lip to a late hour yesterday afternoon no 'raiis
had arrived here. and no one knew when TO expect
them Milk trains that due Thursday night
came strarglng into Weehawken about ~ yester-
day morning.
SERIOUS EFFECT on THE ERIE.
Al the Jersey city terminus OF the New 10TH
Lake Erie and Western Railroad. II was Sais ..a
the storm of Thursday night had seriously '"
the train service OF the road anu 's VI 80,
Tho trains from the West were especially de'ayeu
a1 49, orioials wore not able to say when the
-oo,,lar Western train schedule would be res'oie''
The local train service was little beter s''u VIZ
! railroad men. but this argument was no' as .
| bv the commuters OF the Erie VINO "e'e 20
cling into their business in this city at an 49," 49,.
| as,ardav anywhere from one to three hou'' i
| o,vin, 70 the delay, most or the carry ',"'
! 80 dea and the commuters mad any INNS
,t Ioosant time. The trains were o' CIV"
| tho platforms, many passe"se,' les through
| -, hang on TO the steps. the Erie pa'' 49, o,.y
| Of
a -, ,,ode II especially difficult Tor 'ne ua."'
anu a,,o ANYTHING approaching schedule "lne
! roh raj, carried gang Of snow sno' 49,
| those were called upon frequently "
| track for the stalled engines ..,o,, r,orn
IN, tho service was badly crippled ohy 'ie -,.
four eas,bound trains had arrived a. 'e'Se' ~
-, 10, time ON the New-York ana New"
,, p,uroad the first through train arr''eu a'
. 20 o'clock being over three hours late -, ,
| consisted Of six coaches drawn py TWO VI '"e -,
r,,l locomotives on the road Both engines
wore covered with ice and snow ha''"s pa.s
through many snowdrlits' |''"'"9 "
were only "A few women ,,,,
Most Of the down trains were biocNeu al i"'
dale bv a big snowdrift. which formeu "ui'"e nv
night Few trains run at night anu ''e '''
ral, n run over the road after midnight IS star'eu
out shortly before o'clock in the morning IL was
during that interval that the u'''' 'o''''
dale. -, -
The first train which started out yesterday morn
ing got stalled there. couple OF engines W."
set 20 work buck.ng against the urli.' anu Se
Of men with shovels were set 10 worK a. H., mo
The trouble was added TO by the iact that .h'
switches we're badly locked By no" anu , ~ yere
/ ~ u,ssonrcrs the great majority or whonl WI VII
regular commuters and are In business III t .S
civ gathered at their different statcns ara ains
patiently. or rather impdieiity. loI NJ har Tor
rhcy soon began TO lose patience ana wn"n, h''r n
much stamping and s~ea,ins. ,n'y shIe mood.
30 atterrris wcrc made 20 run the ferry boats on
/ schedule
were crowded with passeIsers WHO i'au va, c %'
an, where from one to three hours 10 se' "''0'
the North River.
BEHIND TIME ON THE LACKAWANNA
Tn. storm greatly delayed MI traffic on the main
line and the various branches OF the Delaware
racktwanna and Western Railroad yesterday, es-
terially during tho early hours and every train was
boh.uI time To make matters worse for the com
! ruters large numbers OF whom travel daily over
ihe ,,d ~ the oranges and other suburban places.
' ffs
ferrv @ompiny M Barclav-s; has only one slip in
use and Tho four ferrybol's running throughout
the day were compelled to wait for one another
I'm the middle of tn" river The "bb toe III ths az
ernoon brought large hoes ~ Zee down me riter
damned together that some OF the ferrybolts were
q long time poushing through Ii; ana making thelr
Slip. Getting into the SIP was me haru,S' par ~
the battle. ard frequently the boats had 10 PACK
out when hall way IN 20 get more head"ay lot
Tho train dispatcher Of the peawaare Lac cka.
wanna and Western Railroad. last night said mat
the road had suffered greatly from th' s,ori ~
The officials had put all The companys men . 10
times during ;h, lay. only to have Il covered again
by tho drifts The COMPANY moved no c1aI trans
paid all possible attention TO its large PASSENGER
rarc. The officials said that the main line over
hra,ches were tho worst bockadcd The three
buffalo special trains. which should have arrived
at Hohokcn AT GO a. m, 20 M and $40 a. m
Yesterday did not get in until nearly p. They
other points we're several hours late. while on
some OF the local branches traffic was suspended
for hours All the milk trains were pulled through
Thursday night. but littlc over half ne VISUAL wsuai
farmers made no shipments whatever. The high
ways drIftcd they could not reach the rail-
Superintendent Reasoncr. OF the company. said
that passenger trains were an moving on Tune
boats Tho storm was one OF the worst the road
IN meny pmce9 through the orange Mountains
were ten feet high.
on THE LEHIGH VALLEY
The Lehigh Valley Railroad had as little cause
as any Of the other roads starting out through
Jersey yesterday to thank the blizzard ana It's de-
lays. Outgoing and incoming trains alike were
rcport,d behind time ut the station in jersey city
and among the officials Of the roads themselves
there no small amount OF unc'rtaIhhN as 10
pccted Arnong the most serious delays were those
on the bethlehem branch. where In IN. nii,y as
fricts the storm had wrought the greatest havoc.
The regular schedules were largely cHrtailed:
The landscape which unfoled Itself yesterday
morning to the gaze Of the New-Jersey SUBURBAN
lie living along the Central Railroad OF NEWER
sey ser, lnped hu IN no Nav resambIed that
warmhucd glowing picture with Queen Anne cot
ia5d compa Hi prospectus The green lawn
buried deep beneath mantle OF snow ana IN, me
4nced a snowfall on the tip Of her nose and looked
I i She wanted The knDwcse that he must
climb over, burrow through the big drlitss
T@' saon "iHG G not 'G ST"s hy p Joy
heart of the man who slceps in New-Jersey and
works I'm New-York The Somerville comnuter.
for example had more drifts TO hurdle and more
snow I'm his boots than man along the Central
Railroad o New-Jersey. The first train Is scchcd-
ulcl to leave Somervillc at about q a. m, ana the
little station was overlooking with cold citizens
of that village shortly before that hour.
ton stove when one hour had elapsed and no
train had appeared. the little station gowed with
the torrld things which said about the
weather and somerve and the man who would
live I'm the suburbs. At o'clock when the train
nnallv crept in the snow around the station was
beginning to melt. because Of the heated words;
madden than two hours before. All along the line
OF the Central Of New-Jersey the same Icy block
ade DELAYED the business men hurrying to New
York and ut Roselle Long l,ranch. lakewood.
the Atlantic Ughlards. Freehold and Pennington
n large and thoroughly chilled crowd awaited the
arrival of The first oea The In Ella lime trains
press due In Jersey city at o'clock did not reach
rInrn unc thorl