The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-08


and Newark, got stalled at the west end
Of the cut Several efforts We're made
to force train through on the slippery
tracks. All hope of moving the trans Tor
an hour at least were abandoned
The yard master was notified OF the
predicament, and about hundred yard
men We're sent to the cut 10 dig the
trains out and clear the tracks all
through the cut. Many of the passen-
gers who were ia a hurry to reach New
York deserted the trains anG walked TO
the ferry Some followed -he railroad
| tracks, while majority made their way
to Five Corners and walked DOWN New
| ton Company ha5 made far progress in
clearing its tracks.
NO PHILADELPHIA TRAINS.
from R z hHe ho ia None na Of os the early
morning express trains from the West
had been reported. SGbseqnently tly it was
Philadelphia, and that all express and
local trains would probably be three or
four or more hours late. With such q
condition of affairs prevailing the 1914
o'clock Chicago express was not sent oui
until after one O'Clock, when it was re-
ported that the lines were passable.
The Pennsylvania Railroad expects to
have all its trains arriving and depart
ing on time by rightfall. The ferryboats5
departed at irregular intervals, and the
boys, which were running, were under
taken to prevent the possibility OF q
collision. In the company's freight and
coal yards all business nuu 10 pt plftt
tically abandoned until yardmen had
cleared csNTRAI,s saS lsRhs SAf BAD Ffx
than ine the enfFa Pennfyl1ania. ! At hree ocloek
this morning travel over the Newark
and New Yorl. branch had to be aban-
tracks tracks clear. but to. no avail. Early
morning trains from Newark got stalled
west of the cut; -
ten O'Clock. and belated passengers de-
serted the trains ana some managed
TO catch trolley cars 10 the ferry. Others
trrdged through snow drifts to the ferry,
walking along the railroad tracks.
COMMUTERS KICKED.
Express trains from Plaimieid were
from forty minutes to an hour late. me
commuters kicked lard, loud and long,
@ere Dg To not hq at ali np to % lne
There IS said to be blockade west Of
Plainfeld. The Central ferryboats ran
on half time and at frfghtfully incon-
e--'e ERIE's USUAL LUCK.
The Erie Railroad d. commuters enJoyed ,.a
an hour late from Newark. and apparent
ly no effort had been Jnade to keep the
tracks clear The Nesserns trains 3 haye a,e
trainmaster says they will be from SIX
to eight hours late.
The ferryboats Were running at inter
walls of twenty minutes, causing passen-
gers to do an unusual amount OF Kick
ing. New York. Susquehanna and West
ern Railroad trains We're an hour and
scheduled time, the officials not caring
to submit their patroEs 10 the inconVenl-
ence of being stalled up on the line.
business Ii1gas in ~ New Ns1pY York filed the JACK
son avenue station of the. Newark branch
of the Central Railroad this morning
Women and men required. to their homes
after waiting for hours at the sratlon
The first train to appear was the pa9pssl G9i2sl
O'Clock. but, did not stop. 4o.,.,,.
BY nine o'clock the station was fairly
aed ardy be WEB opened sedopM Most Of S9r fSe woen
passengers gave up, all hopes, Of setting
to New York. and returned to Their
TYiie5l The $40 4 train ain from Newark .stoppe5i
at the station. There. were three cars
only, and they were well filled with New
to get aboard. There is a slight grade
tions, and the train was compelled te
back up for start to plunge through
TRACTION COMPANY'S TROUBLES
The trolley cars began to be practi-
cally useless at about nine o'clock last
night. At that hour three cars crowded
front of the Newark avenue Hill. For
an hour efforts were made to get up the
HILL These trials were given up. when
the motor boxes of two cars were burned
out. Laborers were sent for and the
Hill was cleared SO that cars were fin
ally run up the hill and around to the
car shed.
The big electric sweeper was kept on
the belt line all night but even with
this precaution it was found impossi-
BILE to keep the tracks in a condition 50
that cars could be run with anything
like regularity.
While passengers were cussiag their
Newark Avenue Hill, patrons of the
Montgomery street line were having a
similar experience. The cars wer crowd
ed upto eleven o'clock, but it was ut
49, MORE TROUBLE ARISES.
AT midnight the Hill tracks We're SHOW
elled off and the tracks sanded It was
be experienced. No further attention
was paid to that line until early this
morning nc Then trouble frd, tb began Il was
the foot of the Hill, but there the cars
stopped. At eight o'clock five cars were
stalled at the foot Of the Hill Traekanen Ira
the cars managed to reach the ferry
Blockades caused by trucks getting
stuck IN the snow caused no end Of
trouble. Passengers became disguised
anq PxssENGGRs xssasS = rs HAD TO WALK.
At nine oclock, after At Least f3Sr fs hun NJ n
and walked, travel had begun to fan Off,
and cars were run on about ten minutes
hesdway Had the cars EAR been stno1 run regu u
the road would not have kicked much,
but the trolley men seemed careless.
and the result was that four and iive
son snd went eoTn up IN the M same order
CARS LIKE ICE BOXES.
eArhe cars were like ice boxes, and no
effort apparently was made to keep the
cars comfortable.
The Henderson street line had to be
abandoned until after eleven O'Clock to-
day. The scrapers and sweepers We're
unable to remove, the .srow. It was in
most part removed by laborers. At noon
the first car was run with considerable
ERIE STREET LINE BLocKET.
The erie street line was also prac-
tically abandoned, one car being run ev-
cry hour, apparently to let patrons know
that an efr.rt Was being made 10 open
the line. The principal reason for aban-
lower end of Payonia avenue was food
ed by the high tide.
Before the tide went down the lower
end of the avenue presented the appear
was dangerous and many horses whose
shoes Were rot properly sharpened We're
injured by. falling.
The first Newark car to arrive reached
the ferry at 9:40 o'clock The moto-xaan
and cenGtetor reported that they had to
shovel their way across the meadows.
over the ine Communication with New
ark was opened up ait noon, bni the Off
cials made no effort to run cars on
schedule time. Outside of the fact that
require the officials said several sweep
iags before the cars could run with any
STALLED on NEWARK AVENUE.
ark avenue by trucks breathing down,
more cars getting lined UP.