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

When the sun went down last night a
breeze from the northwest swept over the
city and freshened rapidly into young
gale, roaring along at thirty miles an
hour. and bringing with it clouds OF fine
1y powdered particles of snow. which N
turn developed into singing little pieces
of ice as the Arctic wind scattered them
hitheri and thither. Denser and denser
became the shower. until about ten
O'Clock the sidewalks were three inches
deep with this strange fall. AS the icy
blasts of Arctic wind swept through the
streets it piled the snow in heaps in the
most unexpected places, leaving others
entirely bare. Towards midnight the
snow fell rapidly, and in many places
it had drifted to the depth of two and
three feet. It covered up the tracks of
the Traction Company and stalled the
cs<z---rcame of the grounding of the eIec-
tric current and the inability of theSwheels
to grip the slippery rails. Notwithstand-
ing, the motormen had their handles to
last notch. the car couldn't travel beyond
a slow crawl.
Towards morning the storm abated
and the temperature rapidly rose from
4 degrees above ero to ten, within a few
hours.
How the city appeared this morning
and what effects the storm created is
told below
CELERYVILLE SNOWBOUND.
The Gresnville section presented a
strange appearance this morning. The
busy suburb was as quiet as though the
entire population had, left mysteriously
during the night The streets were de-
serted and there were no signs of life
in the stores. The section was snowbound
and the residents wisely remained in
doors looking after the fires, for the
wind whistled through the streets, bang
ed shutters and ratified windows in a
way that made the residents worry lest
the frame dwellings be shaken from their
foundations.
CENTRAL TIED UP.
During the early hours of the morning
a number of residents could be seen
hurrying toward the station of the Cent
raj Railroad, where they hoped to secure
a train bound for New York Their hopes
were wrecked. however, when they dis
covered upon arriving at the station that
the road was tied I'D. The snow was
piled high in the cut. and although a
number of trains plowed their way
through early in the morning, the snow
piled up again and blocked the business
traffic so that few of the New York
business men residing in the towns along
the railroad reached their business places.
TROLLEY LINES BLOCKED.
The Greenyille residents finding the
railroad blocked looked to the trolley
line; but here they found the conditions
nearly as bad The Greenville line which
is the most exposed line of the Consoii-
dated Traction Company in this city,
was blocked with huge snow drifts At
seven O'Clock a sweeper was sent along
the line and two or three cars succeeded
in reaching the city At a quarter past
nine O'Clock another car forced it's way
to the city. The road was then effectual-.
1y tied up until eleven o'clock when the
next car No. Isl. came on from Bay
onne When it reached Danforth ave-
nue. there was about a dozen passengers
aboard, and this number was increased
to fifty before Clarenont avenue was
reached. There was a fire in the stove,
but the car was as cold as a refrigera-
tor. The passengers were stamping their
feet in a vain endeavor to keep them
warm. 1t was jolly crowd and there
were few complaints.
TAPPED THE DEMIJOHN.
AT Woodlawn avenue young man car
rying two gallon demijohn of whiskey,
got aboard, and his appearance was the
signal for a joyous shout from the pas
ssengers. The young man was good
natured and made no effort to stay the
continued assault made on the demijohn.
He had the laugh on the passengers
when he explained later that 'de stuff
wuz wurt only dollar de gallon
At Claremont avenue the car was stall
led for sSver half hour. This is the
most exposed spot on the Bayonne line
and the uptown track was buried un-
der five feet of snow The company's.
.'scrapers" in front cleared the track.
ney. During the entire morning but one
car reached Greeny-lle frcm the city.
The huge drift at Clarenont avenue
blocked the cars and at eleven o'clock
six cars were stalled at this point. Up
to noon no accidents had been reported
at the Fifth precinct s.attop house.
p r. r. TRAINS DELAYED.
Trains over the Pennsylvania Railroad
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