The Washington times., 1895-02-11
TRAINS Begin TO move
Congested Traffic in the East
Gradually Being Relieved.
NEW YORK NAILS REGULAR
Philadelphia Suffering on Account of Scarcity
of Meat and Milk-Trains Still DELAYED
and Anything but Milk in Bufalo-Trains
Regular in the Interior of Pennsylvania

New YORK, Feb. 10.-The weather in this
city has moderated considerably during last
night and to-day The lowest temperature
here for the past twerty-four hours was four
teen degrees above zero and the highest was
twenty-three degrees at u O'Clock to-day.
The highest wind velocity was forty miles
from the northwest At Sandy Hook the
highest wind velocity was for;y-two miles.
The weather promises to continue fair here
now, with stationary temperature during
the next few days The storm which is now
forming OF the west gulf coast viii probably
not strike this city at ALL
At midnight the ferries were running on
nearly their normal schedule.
At the post-office il was said that the mails
are arriving regularly. The Erie and New
York Central lines are the least punctual.
ana the Pennsylvania system is the most
regular.
IL PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. 10.-In this city
the weather has greatly moderated, the low
est temperature during the twenty our hours
ending at o'clock tonight having been four
teen degrees. The Delaware in front OF the
city is badly obstructed with ice. some parts
so thick as to allow persons to walk across to
Jersey.
Much discomfort is still being felt from the
scarcity OF milk and meat Some relief Is ex-
pected by tomorrow, when it is thought
milk trains from the country will be running.
but it may be several days before the Western
cattle trains can reach town. It was next to
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day.
There are enough cattle at the abattoir to
prevent any serious distress from the scarcity
of meat. though prices have slightly ad-
/ yanced.
The railroads entering the city are still
/ suffering from the blockade, although some
1 improvement has lately been manifested. On
/ the Pennsylvania road trains from New York,
! Washington. and Baltimore are several hours
/ late as is also the case with the Reading, and
/ the Baltimore and Ohio, but local trains are
/ running with little difficulty.
! II READING.
! READING, Pa. Feb. TO- Most OF the rail-
/ roads centering here are again in good shape
/ for public travel. The Philadelphia and
/ Reading main line trains, passengers, coal,
i and freight, are running.
The Pennsylvania il open between Potts
vile and Philadelphia as are also the Leila
non Valley and Reading and Columbia. but
/ some work remains to be done in the way Of
( clearing away drifts.
The East Penn was opened this afternoon
i between Reading and Allentown, and the
+ Z lated passengers detained along the road
were brought here. The Schuylkill aud
Lehigh Rivers are still frozen solid.
/ Owing TO all the country roads being i'm
passable and the railroads blockaded, not a
l quart of milk was brought into the city,
4 4 lx- GaI Iri.,
! thing else.
IN ROCHESTER.
/ ROCHESTER, n. y, Feb. 1e.-Aithough the
! fury Of the blizzard is apparently broken. the
| railroads running into Rochester have expert
/ euced no relief to-day, even the main line OF
the Central being blocked for the West, not a
! train having gone from here since o'clock
( this morning on the main line up to mid
night.
/ There are now in the station eleven trains,
nine OF which are west bound, aud have been
! lying here from one 10 fourteen hours.
The Falls and Auburn and Peanut"
/ branches are tied up. On the Southern roa Is
snow has drifted faster all day than they
could clear it away.
In the city the coal merchants have in
some instances been obliged to keep their
yards open all day to supply the wants OF
! people out OF fuel.
] The New York newspaper train which left
New York about 2 O'Clock this morning. got
as far as North avenue tonight at 10o'clock.
A.! where it lies stuck in a snow bank.
! IN BUFFALO.
BUFFALO, NY, Feb. 10.-The great blizzard
is passed. but even in death it has succeeded
in making Buffalonians miserable, for if
caused milk famine in the city to-day.
/ The blockade on the railroads is being
! raised as fast as possible. Tie great snow
plow of the New York Central, which was ex-
hibited at the Worlds Fair last year. has been
scurrying over the tracks OF that company 8
lines aud this evening left here for Rochester
/ where il is expected to arrive about midnight
The Central's passenger tracks are now
open all along except at Bergen, fifty-one
| miles east of here. where two trains are
| stalled in about fifteen feet Of snow:
The first trains from New York since Fri.
day arrived here tonight. Tho Empire State
Express, due yesterday, reached here at 81;
| .. IN, twenty hours late The mai
train arrived five minutes later, twenty-eighi
hours late.
DOVER, DEL. Feb. 10.-Four engines. fore
ing their way through the snow drifts
reached point one and half miles south o
Dover this morning. when the first engine
| WIS tBrOWu twenty IoSI ifOln ti6 tIdcN unu
wrecked, ss were the two Immediately fol
lowing.
Benjamin Connor, of Wilmington, an en-
gineer, was badly hurt, and Michael Grilfiths
fireman. was seriously scaided. Drs. Wilson
and Anderson and Father McAIanus left here
at noon for the scene OF tho wreck.
George Y. Massey, who started 10 wall
from Townsend to Dover tais morning, is ex
pecte,i to reach here before O'Clock tonight
A number of sailors who arrived here to-day
walked from Cambridge, Md, and wer
nearly frozen. They were provided for il
Jail.