The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
BosTox e n Es FROM DRIFTS
Comnunicntion Established with the Oater
Worid AEaln-The DamnGe.

Counmuniontion Established with the Otter
worid AEain-Ths Damage.
BosroN. Feb. 2.--This city is RAPIDLY recover
ing from the effects Of the fierce snowstorm
which swoopod down upon It on Monday after
noon. Through the herculean efforts of the
transportation companies and Street Cleaning
Department the principal avenues Of traffic
were reopened to public use. Great forces OF men
have been at work night and day upon the
streets, cleaning away tho fall OF snow. which
blew into huge drifts at some Of the most i'm.
portant places. Both the city authorities and
street railroad officials worked together to re-
store the streets to their normal condition as
rapidly as possible.
A large part Of tho city 10 in darkness again
tonight, as It 10 not deemed safe to turn on tho
electric current except in that district served by
underground wires. Late last night several Of
the main streets and avenues traversed by tho
electric cars were quito p~assable. although tho
cars had considerable difficulty in ploughing
through the packed snow frozen hard to the
rails.
The Boston Elevated Railway Company en-
ployed 1000 men. $50 ploughs, 400 snow sleds.
and 500 extra carts to cope with the storm. Be-
sides this large force there were hundreds OF
linemen to repair tho broken wires which lie
strewn upon every street through which the
cars run. All the shovellers have worked over
time. and many of the men are suffering from
exhaustion. Gen. Bancroft, manager OF the
company, announces tonight that his road 10
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croft that HE company alone will lose $3.50. 900
by the damage to It's property and the extra cost
pany's expenses during tie twenty four hours
ending at noon to-day were $4,000 an hour. 1t
The suburban resident who was showed In at
his home yesterday managed to get to town this
s9Sins. s &asss s Spssl sT IN tn, so1 Wires sG HsSa on th L
the snow had been fairly yell cleared during tho
blown down for 3 distance Of three and one;
eiGhty.six wires, none Of them loss than twenty
four: Passenger trains on tae Iaunton division
"1 All the roads began mn moving their freight cars
this morning. hundreds Of which had been
stalled on the tracks. A great amount Of per
Through passenger trains for New. York left
Boston on time. but were delayed from one 70
The telegraph and telephone companies have
been among the worst sufferers from the bliz-
Big gangs Of men were brought over from New
York on the early morning. trains to patch up
the tns,S d'%aEl ling. wires vr1,,, and s sSt ne% poles poles These These
borhood around Boston. but oven with their
assistance the companies are unable TO mako
the devastation wrought upon their lines.
The Postal Telegraph Company established o
operators were at once put to work upon the
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Long Dietanee Telephone Company places its
i' Re nc Si1 from neiehboripr cities indicate that
the storm visited tho surrounding country with
equal severity. Salem experienced q blizzard
. gale et and S" did great damage. So stsE great was ssi' the
danger from, live wires that the Mayor Of the
S Soys at . l S'' os. yTs SentT fr %lfEgni eaTs o Ws : ls al
standing in the streets. Fallen telegraph and
trolley poles made the streets e scene Of destruc-
ton.
Lynn was in total darkness after 10 o'clock on
Monday night and all of last night. The electric
Wires We're badly damaged. The storm also dealt
fercely with Lawrence. working much the
same same n SIsossarps sd. uR1iG the so SdtS as sb Il did IL aP 9pa
police station on Monday nikbt. So deep were
the drifts that not q few were unable to reach
pended operations early in the evening.
Four hundred passengers spent Monday night
m IN sTS f I. Il. Ono ons ssln4 Slo 5as g f IT, w apFt To-
within one mile Of the station. when tho engine
SGTe S eli; 5 Tss other T tssin ag FHSs Rg g thS ssyspf Isss
Portsmouth at. 10 o'clock on Monday night, two
hours and 2 half late. It ran slowly for tive
The train from Boston to st. John at Ports
mouth at 8 p. M. mot q similar fate two miles
from the station. It did not reach there until
$40 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The passen-
gers had been without food about eighteen
hours. Many Of them were womrn and children.
Throughout New Hampshire tho snow fell in.
c%essantly for thirty hours. a high wind and
While the blizzard was at its height the ther-
mometer at Manchester fell below the zero
mark. Reports from various parts of New
Hampshire and Vermont say that the fall Of
snow was flvo feet on o level In some places.