The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-03
WINTER WEATHER.
Jersey City People Take
Advantage Of the Snow
and Sunshine.
ICE INTERfEREs WITH TRAFFIC
Terrible Experiences of Incoming
vesseIs-Still Suffering From
the Cold in New
England.

morning which, though not Very great,
was welcomed. The thermometer rose to
eleven degrees in the early hours, but
when the sun began TO bathe the city in
it's splendid light no one thought of the
cold. The prospects of a glorious win
ter's day, which were realized before the
morning had far advanced, made every
one feel at peace with all mankind, es-
pecially the weather prophets. Had they
not predicted more snow, more slush,
more cold and more misery generally, and
had that not failed?
Every one who could took advantage of
the good sleighing and were soon glid-
ing over the crisp surface behind fleet
silver sleigh bells. The youthful devo-
tees of the keen skate scratched away
the snow from the ice and were soon do
ing 'rhe outer and inner roll. Spread,
ing the eagle, Making figure eignIs, .
and other fancy figures, to thelr hearts
content. Other youngsters never had a
better time catching on behind, WITH
their sleds, and taking belly woppers
and ''headers down the steep slopes of
the Heights. Up al Summit avenue, near
Grand street. the small boys threw all
the respectable old ladies into several
kinds of fits by the reckless manner in
which they tore down the hill up to
the very fender of Mr.. David Young $
new trolley car. The old ladies' peace OF
the day policeman was stationed at the
foot of the hill whose sole business was
to discourage reckless coastins.
The only ones who did not get some
kind of enjoyment out of the snow and
glorious weather were the poor belated
ones who were anxious TO get to their
work, but were hindered by the trucks
which insisted in keeping in front of the
trolley cars. The Traction Company had
considerable trouble with the drivers to-
day. The snow on the sides of the street
compelled the vehicles to take the tracks,
and all the fancy dances on the gong
known to the motormen could not bulge
them. Dispatches from other sections OF
the country indicate that they are not all
having as good time as we are in Jer-
sey City
The ice which packed the river and low
er bay gave the ferryboats but little
trouble. In the lower bay, however, it
was troublesome.
The observer at Sandy Hook reported
that the Luckenbach tug, L. Luckenbach,
with two barges in tow, which passed in
by the Hook at $3.50 this morning. was
having considerable difficulty with the ice,
which was drifting toward the Southwest
Spit. When the barges got into 1t they
dragged her back toward the F'oghorn, in
spite of her powerful engines. Later she
succeeded in making headway again, with
the bargeS.
At noon. it was reported that ice which
had obstrlfcted the lower bay in the early
part of the day had packed over to the
Hook, but leaving the channels free.
Early in the morning the ice displaced
several of the buoys marking the chan-
mel out to sea. The Lighthouse Depart
ment's steamer started out to pick up the
buoys and will soon have them in place
again.
The White Star Line steamer Teutonic,
from or i Liverpool and Queenstown after a
very stormy voyage. Her time of pas
sage was days, 13 hours and 5S minutes,
covering a distance of 1853 knots. For
three days after leaving Queenstown the
Teutonic experienced succession of fresh
southerly gales with heavy cross seas
on January 81 the gale increased until 1t
heavy turbulent sea and furious snow
showers After blowing with great force
for nearly twenty hours tn storm sub
sidd into frsh S. S. E. gale, then shifting
to a westerly gale and lasting up to ar
rival. The Teutonic reached the Sandy
Hook light vessel at 9:15 last evening, bur
the lights in Gedney's Channel being out
of order. This was in a great measure
caused by the drifting ice which fouled
the buoys as it drifted out the Hook on
the ebb tide.
The Atlas Line steamer Alps and the
Norwegian fruit steamer Douglas were
the only arrivals from West India ports
this morning. Both ships experienced
very heavy weather after passing Cape
Hatteras. The wind blew from the north
west with a high head sea, which caused
them to Ice up rapidly SO tHdt Their
decks rails and sides were covered with
ice. The weather grew intensely cold
and both steamers crews suffered great
ly from exposure to the wind and sea.
The Douglas brought Captain Terkelsen
and mate of the Norwegian bark Honor,
which was wrecked January l, at Ota-
cabezia, and became a total loss. The
men were forwarded via New York in
transit to their home in Norway The
Honor was built at Arendal Norway, in
1876, and was 351 tons burden.
I The cold wave which moved in the vi
cinity of Springfield Mass, yesterday
morning, reached climax this morning
with temperatures ranging from to II
degrees below zero, according to location.
1t is the coolest day of the season by
kseven degrees. Railway and electric car
traffic has entirely recovered from the
effects OF the blizzard, although trains
from distant points are late this morn
ing owing to the intense cold.
The main division of the Long Island
Railroad Company, which has been closed
ana nod hic mo- oit1p