The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-11
EFFECT or THE Blizzard
Railroads Succeed in Resuming Reg
ular Traffic at Midnight.
TRACTION COMPANY CRIPPLED
Only Few of Its Lines Arc opened and
the Number Of Cars Greatly Re.
duccd-Rairoads Had
Big job.

parent even SO late as yesterday and
it will take the Traction company until
tonight at least to bring about anything
like regularity in the running of cars.
In the case of the railroads, usually
quick to recover from storm blockades,
the tracks Were not completely opened
until last evening. The first Delaware,
Lackawanan and Western train to
reach Scranton within even a few
minutes of schedule time was this
mornings 1910 train for the west.
The only lines Of the Traction com
pany entirely opened are the Green
Ridge Peoples and Suburban and the
Laurel Hill lines. The latter was
opened during Saturday night. During
all of yesterday the company made no
effort to clear the tracks yet blockaded.
The Peckville line is opened only to
Parker street, the South Side line to
the old car stables, the West Side lines
on South Main avenue to Eynon street,
the Dunmore Suburban line to the
Catholic church in Dunmore. The North
Main avenue line is entirely closed.
Few Cars Running.
On the Laurel Hill line yesterday
only two cars were run, on the Green
Ridge Suburban one car, and on the
West Side lines three cars. On the
other lines the number of cars was
correspondingly small. The company
offers two explanations of the poor
service. 1t claims that a large per-
centage Of its men worked Saturday
day and night, and had TO be given a
rest yesterday, and that the demand for
traffic was reduced by the blockade ON
its outlying lines.
The bursting and overlooking of
water pipes on several streets offers u
new phase Of street car blockade, to
overcome which the Traction company
had to run cars on some lines all night
last night Pools of water have gath
cred and frozen on the Laurel Hill line
near the Dunmore trestle, on the South
Side line near Breck street, and on the
Washburn and Luzerne street lines.
The passage of cars over the flood
ed localities kept a groove for the
wheels; if the cars had not been kept
running the points affected would have
been impossible today.
In the North End.
1t was 4.9O o'clock Saturday after
noon when one Of the sweepers succeed
ed in reaching the square in the North
End, and about an hour afterward be-
fore the first car reached there. At 4
O'Clock the road was opened as far as
Dean street. Between Providence and
Peckville five cars are stalled.
The light quality of the snow and
the wind prevented the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western company
from completely lifting the blockade
Saturday. All that could be accom-
plished was to clear away the big drifts
and this was performed only half sue
cessfully. The drifting was extensive
both north and south of the city.
Within the city limits the greatest
trouble was experienced near the sharl
curve at the Cayuga mine. At this
point train No. 4, from Buffalo, had a
peculiar and rather disastrous expert
cnce Saturday afternoon.
The train, coming down the grade
with steam ON, plunged into the biz
drift at the Cayuga. The stop was 50
sudden and the consequent strain on
the cars SO great that all the windows
on one side of the train We're demol-
ished The train was firmly imbedded
in the snow and could not be moved un'
til Il large force of shovellers came to
the rescue.
Bad for Freight and Coal Trains.
Saturdays No. Il train, due here al
5.15 o'clock, was nearly seven hours
late: the 3i5 afternoon train for the
west reached here at 6 o'clock. Yester-
days milk train, due here from New
York at 1890 o'clock, did not arrive
until ll.i5. The arrival of trains since
Saturday morning, however, indicates
a gradual Improvement, and, unless
snow falls. regular time will be re-
sumed today. The traffic will be Grip
pied for several days until switches
and sidetraks can be cleaned.
Reports received by the Delaware ant
! Hudson company in this city yesterday
/ indicate that regular travel north oi
| CarboHdale and south of Wilkes-BarrC
will be resumed this morning. This
will probably be pleasing news to siN
| Honesdale gentlemen who came her,
| for Friday nights Krmess and hav,
| been waiting at the Wyoming for til,
| blockade to be raised.