The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-10
STUCK IN DRIFTS OF SNOW.
RAuRoAD TRAFFIC BADLY TIED
Up IN THE NORTH.


yew York Ferry Slips SIN
blocked With Ice-The BIockaded
pennsylvania Road rs Bad as Ever
New York. Feb. 9.-The storm has left
~sw York and gone sailing up in the
4i-sctloa OF Nova Scotia and Newfound-
lana. The temperature has risen 10 de-
g-sss or Is degrees. The speed of the
esle has gone down thirty or forty miles
an hour. and matters in general are set
ding back TO normal conditions. The
shipping in the harbor suffered more dam
age ana delay to-day, however than at
any time since the blizzard of 1855 Several
steamers were sent adrift by the ice foes.
while others were stalled for several
hours in mld-stream. The ferry boat
business was hazardous and desultory. The
Wall and Fulton street lines have tenn
r5rarily suspended operations. The
Roosevelt street line only began running
~ the afternoon. The North river lines
did the best they could. but there was
only from a half to a sixth of the usual
number Of trips. The Staten Island boats
seated up and down the river in ice foes
tn the most delightful uncertainty as to
was.s they were going to bring up. The
water had almost completely disappeared
beneath a solid mass of grinding, crunch
ing ice and only occasional narrow lines
Of water showed that 1t was a river and
not a glacier that lay between the two
cities.
The delay Of getting meats and provis-
Ions into the city over the railroads has
caused a sufiening in prices and many
dealers in meats, fruits and flsh availed
themselves Of the temporary stOppage Of
freight traffic and to-day reaped har-
vest.
A coal famine IS also reported. The sit
ua-ion will become grave if the ice en-
barge Is not broken.
Trains are much behind time on the
New York Central. The Empire State ex-
press due at Forty-second street last
night al 10 o'clock, got in this morning
al o'clock. The Niagara express, in two
sections, got in this morning many hours
lare. No other through trains had reached
the station up to IL o'clock. 1t took nine
teen hours to run from Albany to New
York
Trains are going out on schedule time.
AL long distance trains are from three to
twenty hours late. The same is true of
the West Shore road.
The Pennsylvania railroad has a clear
tIAlWdg hrLWGtl Jersey lily dAQ 1Lfd-
Qelpal2, but further west and south the
blockade has delayed traffic to such an
extent that no tickets are being sold
south Of Washington. This condition of
affairs cannot last longer than tonight or
early tomorrow unless there should be
another snowfall.
No mails from south Of Washington and
vest OF Pittsburg have reached New York
since the night of Feb. Z,
Uit--hvvg % O .rrba g~-t 4E,co,,~.t,
tain from the east in more than twenty
lolr hours arrived at 8 O'Clock this morn
ing This tells the condition Of traffic as
caused 10y the severe weather. Orders
nave been received in Pittsburg not TO
sell tickets to any points north of Phil
adeiphia, either on the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western, or Philadelphia and
northern, thus shutting out traffic to a
number of points in Northern and Central
pennsylvania. Trains from off the Penn
4 sy!Fana company's lines west of Pitts
Il u0Is are arriving from two to five hours
ia,e. General Manager Wood has ordered
temporary suspension Of freight move
meat.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Traflc with the
& s9u,n Is still impeded, almost suspended.
IAs morning the Southern railway man
as7- 10 get through two mail trains from
alexandria TO this city, a distance of
ss'eA miles, and each trip took four
ao1Fs, although four engines were at
acned 70 each train. Seven trains are
u'ocAe1 between Washington and st.
1Sapa, just north of Alexandria. The
Foomac IS frozen solid for forty miles
psow Washington. and the steel passenger
.vamers between Norfolk and this city
nave suspended operation.
rs as result of the storm and intense
uI4 Washington is threatened with fam
ms OF various kinds.
Fl -As water supply has run low and this
nss caused the Illuminating gas to be shut
vi IL one section Of the town because the
~ company is dependent on water for
"s power
ian oyster famine, so-called, is also
,iineaIened through the freezing of the
sI ana the consequent suspension of
-, ,.'tsauoh by the oyster boats. The oys-
ts;1 11oS are frozen over, and the ice is SO
- mat the dredgers cannot work or
81 ,5o sH5-seks, and steamers operate against
ley, 0l1s' There are few barrels of oys-
81 H. stored on the wharves of the city.
49, l-ey are SO badly frozen that they
81 olaIly useless for consumption.
e go people had to do without milk
E ~. because no milk trains could reach
81 sb.-t -'s- Meat supplies are also growing
no5s- -9s weather here remains cold. but is
pes 1lerperC to-day granted the
ny ot The naval tug Triton to clear
& he 9Iomac of ice in the hope of avert
ps mail trains left Washington
rsea5...5l corning, = according to advices
II sr1 at the postoffice department,
So mas arrived from New York.
81 Nas-A1 Assistant Postmaster General
esrs Noes not expect to have the postal
'""nhg regularly before Monday.
49,. a-eiphia. Feb. s.-lThis city has fully
r. cred from the effects of the blizzard.
~. '-a,n railroads however. are still
a rsi- -hs great difficulty in moving
81 TIM N J., Feb s.--The blizzard con-
81 ys..-a, "t-a a stronger west wind than
al S Thes highways and railroads
81 tca-'.-- blocked. and business IS prac-
-y aoandoned.
-s',Alort N. Y, Feb. 9.-The record
TIE olzzard is slowly abatinS here
b.,o-, -1aometer registered 8 degrees
s. Vss.s zero early this morning, but the
M W. Is steadily moderatlng.
Ns,. town, N. y, Feb. s.-All Northern
# ogr ioFA Is snow bound. Rome. Water
hays IN, T.I Cgdensburg railroad officials
ts,s .9SJ succumbed 10 the storm, and
81 s., -'-,e expectation of running any