The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-08
EFFECTS IN NEW JERSEY.
Special to the Jesseu Citu Ncars.


NEWARK, Feb. g. 1S95.-Newarll's sur
face railway service is utterly paraIyzed
by the snow blockade. Thousands of
business men depending upon trolley con
necticns with New York trains remained
in their suburban homes: many other
thousands were unable to reach their
employment in this city. The snow
drifted four and sig feet deep. Snow
ploughs and sweeps were powerless to
clear the rails. The Orange Belleville
Irvington and Harrison lines ceased run
ming at midnight Forty cars were STALL
ed on Broad street at daylight, ali heav-
lily banked with snow. Trolley connection
with Jersey City was abandoned at two
o'clock this morning. The telephone
wires are down in many sections.
TRENTON, Feb. s, 1S95.-The snow
storm that set in yesterday afternoon
brought much to the discomfort Of T'ren-
TOMS pedestrians and the visiting Grand
Army veterans. The streets We're almost
entirely deserted, and only those com
PEELED faced the bitter wind and drift
ing snow. The storm had much the ma
ture of a blizzard, and was the worst
experienced for a long time.
Late in the afternoon the snow-sweep-'
eTS were sent over UilS SASctric Id1iWdy
and succeeded in keeping the tracks
clear. Pedestrians preferred walking in
the road between the tracks, to plo3ding
through the snow on the sidewalks.
under which were patches of treacher-
Gus Ice. Many involuntary turnbles re-
suited.
The car tracks were very slippery and
the car wheels revolved at the rate of a
-
scarcely moving. They ran SO irregularly
that many preferred walking to waiting
and the cabmen were kept busy.
The heavy electric sweeper broke the
band wires at the junction OF State and
Broad streets. An extra amount OF pow
er being sent over the line, an arc was
formed at each joined rail in the grid
iron, making a binding display Of blue
fire. The falling snow, dropping on the
thoroughly heated rails, turned to vapor
and a smell similar to that in a ''ssnitay''
filed the air. Horses were badly fright
ened and numbers of pedestrians stopped
to watch the fun. The trouble was re-
NEEDED later in the evening.
From eight O'Clock until half past nine
a group waited in tae City Hall cor
ridor for car to pass. At Warren
street four cars and an oid-time sweeper
lay blocked for over an hour, and one
car burned wire out. Ex-Mayor Bech-
tel telephoned the company and the
break was repaired. Drifts formed
everywhere, and on South Clinton ave
nue. several cars were unable to pro
ceed until drift was removed.
Telegraph and telephone line1nen were
taxing extra precautions, and the Fire
Department received orders to be doubly
alert, in case of an alarm CT fire. Indi-
cations point to colder weather and more
snow today
RED BANK, Feb. 8. 1ss5.-The fiercest
storm since the blizzard of 1885 visited
this section yesterday and last night.
The thermometer at eight O'Clock this
morning registered four degrees below
zero. The snow drifted during the night
the depth of FIVE feet. The wind did
morning is practically suspended, not
over two or three stores being opened.
Only one train has passed through this
place this morning, that being the north
bound train for New York. The naail and
morning had not arrived up to $50 o'clock
FLEMINGTON, N. j., Feb. 8, 1S95.-This
Is Inc worst storm since the great biz
zard of 1883 Up to noon today no trains
had passed over the Pennington branch
of the Lehigh Valley The milk train
which leaves Jersey City at SOS, is
showed in the deep cut east Of Flag
neer lost their lives in the great blizzard
of SO. Passenger train no. 42. bound
east Is stuck Just north Of the cut.
way but it viii be impossible to pass.
Nearly all OTHER trains are sfde-trached'
at various 3laces.
sion 81 the Pennsylvania Railroad is