The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-02
COLDEST DAY.
Trains on All the Local
Lines Delayed by the
Extreme Weather.
sCOWs ADRIFT IN THE HARBOR
Much Suffering Among the Poor
Traction Company Ready for
Tonight's Snow.

This is the coolest day of the season.
Jersey City escaped the blizzard. but ex-
treme cold came in its stead. The tenn
perature, which was gradually faiiins
yesterday afternoon and last night, regis
tered 5 degrees above zero at eight A M.
today, drop of % degrees since three
P. NJ yesterday. At ten O'Clock 1t hao
risen two points. The thermometers IN
the street. however, showed consider
ably lower record, many of them regis
tering only two degrees above zero. Ihe
East and North Rivers were full of ice
and the ferryboats were much delayed on
this account. The surface and elevated
railroads ran considerably behind time
and local traffic was considerably con-
gested.
The cars on the Traction Company
made good time and the inspectors at the
various points at very early hour TINS
morning, when more snow was expected,
had a force of men ready for the emer-
gency.
Trains from the north, northeast ana
west were all overdue. The New YORK
Central reported trains from Boston Two
hours late That city was still smut OH
from communication with the outer
world An occasional telephone message
was the only exception to this rule. Ihe
snow ploughs on the railroads were stlil
at work and their task was rendered
difficult by the hardness of the frozen
snow.
The ships and docks wer covered with
ice and every evidence of extreme VIM
ter was on hand AT the hospitals there
were many cases OF frozen feet, nngerS
and limbs, and the surgeons had some ex-
perienee in fixing up the bones prokeh
by falls on the slippery streets: Naturaly
the poor were the greatest sufferefs- Stor7
les of extreme destitution and unuSual
hardship Wefe-of- frequent occurrence our
ing the morning sessions OF the ponce
courts, Weather Forecaster Dunn says
that it will be warmer tonigHt, put pre-
diets that there viii be more snow.
The Harbor Inspectors steamboat NM
rod Captain ]. P. Grace, landed at GUAR
antine station at S45 this morning Two
men belonging to two mud scoWS Wnlch
broke adrift from the tug De Veaux Pow
ell off the mud buoy at IL o'clock last
night. The Powell was returning from
the dumping ground about mldnlghI WIN N
three empty scows in tow and had
reached Coney Island Buoy when her cap
tain found two scows had broken tnelf
hawsers and rifted away the HarooI
to be in the vicinity, fell in with the drift
ing scows about A. NJ, off the Sandy
Hook Lightship, and with much difficulty
took the men off the scows ana orougni1 gIiI
adrift.
TWO dump scows were reported by the
observer at Highlands about ten this lore
noon southeast of the lightship, apparent-
ly anchored. They are supposed to be the
two drifting scoWS, from which the har-
Dor inspectors steamboat Nimrod rescued
the two men at one o'clock this morning.
1t was learned later that tugs had been
sent to tow them to the city.
The Hudson River at Sing Sing was
frozen over and, if the cold continues an
nt bar
trians will be able to cross safely from
shore to shore.
Hartnett's thermometer in this city
registered 10 degrees at six A. M, Il at
nine A. NJ and is at noon.
The Weather Bureau has received no
report from Boston, but Mr.. Dunn said
that the storm has passed over there now
and has disappeared. ProVidence, X. l.,
is shut off from communication.
The Long Island Railroad Company has
experienced great trouble on account OF
the heavy snow drifts at the east end of
the island. The most serious blockades
occurred between Riverhead and Shinne-
cock. Two passenger trains, seven en-
gines and two big plowS are still in the
huge snow drifts near Peconic. There are
about 100 men at work endeaYoring TO get
the trains out, and the railroad officials
hope to have the road open this after
noon. Snow plows were worked all night
trying to keep the tracks cealer, but the
snow drifted back into the cuts behind
the plowS.
Last night was the toughest night of
the winter on the Sound. The Sound
steamers were late and coated with ice.
Ii the present weather continues it is
feared navigation will be seriously i'm
pede by an ice gorge, which lis already
forming off Fort Schuyler. Many small
boats are fast in the ice.
s Mr.. Dunn expects another storm to ar
rive shortly The removal of the snow
in the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx
has so far cost $50, 033