New-York tribune., 1898-11-28
BROOKLYN ROADS BLOChED
OUTLYING DISTRICTS CUT OFF FROM THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE BOROUGH
A FEW or THE TROLLEY LINES MADE sPAsMoDlC
EFFORTS TO rim. FIT FINALLY GAVE 1T
TP-TRAVEI. DELAYED ~ THE
BOROUCH-A MAN KILLED

NED YORK TT

UP-TRAvEL DELAYED ~ THE
BoRorcH-A MAN KILLED
BY FALLING on HIS
own DOORSTEP.
The greater pert OF Brooklyn snowbound
yesterday. None Of the outlying trolley or steai"
! lines were running. and only part OF the i"Siue
| lines were in anything Ike full operation Inc
elevated railroads alone pretended to keep up
a regular schedule. and they did not proht iidc"'
as no Broohlynite was foolish enough to POKE
| his nose out or the door unless imperative DUST
ness or strong religious convictions required It,
The trolley companies struggled all day Sa'ur-
day and until half through the night In an uh-
! equal contest between their snoWploughs and
| the blizzard Before daylight all If the outside
| roads retired from business. and yesterday the
long succession Of snow banks completely ma
| the tracks from view The Bonsonhurst branch
/ Of The brooklyn Heights. the Eighty -siAth-st
! and West End division Of the Nassau. the cross
/ town or Marcy-ave. line Of the latter, ana the
! Canarsie and Rogers-ave lines, the sea Beach
! trolley line the F'atbush-avc. division, beyond
/ Flatbush-ave. and the Flushing-ave line were
! among those which took their cars under shelter
until such time as the snow stops filling eXcaVa-
! tions faster than they can be opened by the
! swccIers
In the limits Of the old city Of Brooklyn the
only lines that worked with any regularity We're
the Flatbush. Fulton and TompN'"s-aVe' INES
~ the Heights system. and the Fifth-aye. and
the Bcrgcn-st lines Of the Nassau Inc fll'"-
ave ran as far as Thirty-ninth-st only. Most
OF these branches ran ears in most spash' o'c
manner on the crosstown line Of the Heights
the Gates Putnam and Seyenth-ave.. and others,
there was either no traffic at all or car was
nushed through two or three times a day behind
snoWploughs or sweepers.
The effort made by Brooklyn suburbanites to
get To their homes Saturday night brought
forth experiences that will not soon be forgotten
bv the unhappy victims. In some of the worse
stalled cars the unlucky passengers attempted
to doze as they sat in their seats in the painful
waits.
\ typical trip ~ this sort was made by man
who started at 10 p IN. from the Borough Han
To Lefferts Park After a walt Of one hour IN
the driving snow that swirled around the bor-
| ourh buildings he saw West End coming
along ana twenty alf-frozen men tried to board
It II was one If the slde-door cars, and the
/ doors were covered with snow and ice. ana
| frozen fast The conductor. nearly frozen and
! unable to wear his gloves because Of the soak
! ing they had received. stood helpless on the
roar rl,tfnrn, while the chilled victims went
!
it, Finally they got a rear door open. and
crawled over the seats to distribute themselves
! in the various compartments.
CLIMBING TIE HILL.
The trip to Thrty-nnth-st. was made with
fairly good speed and then began the climb up
the Thirty-ninth-st hill. It took just one hour
and nalf to get up hill about two blocks In
length. There n procession. headed by an
1l.- it,.al diam ttnf TO fD
the work it was expected to perform. After
this was q trolley car. then an exprcss-car, then
the car in which was the Leferts Park man
and before the hiu was climbed there We're six
or scycn cars in the rear The fuse Of thc
/ s,ycopcr was the first 10 give out; then one by
ono the cars that came up had accidents Of one
sort or another with their motor apparatus.
! The passengers would hear the shrill cry Of the
| forcrnan Move forward altogether"' and then
| there would be- a sound OF Whirlng wheels, but
! as the anxious suhurbanites peered into the
! darkness through the snowy panes they could
scr that the cars were making no progress
Then thorc would hc 4 snaii-like forward move
+ mcnt. which would last until shout of Stoi.
/ her" came from som" one. After wait or
| half an hour ihc explanation cam" back that
! the rear end of the sweeper had lecn crushed in
| hv the pushing trol' years. once in aWh' IL
/ trolloy-car would give a lurch 10 the rear that
! would cause nervous passengers who r'ne"-
| hered the celebrated smash on this NIL several
/ years ago 10 jump toward TN" door one man
/ was worked up 10 such high state OF excite
| nent that he Insisted that one Of the doors he
left open so that he might jump out on short
warming Finally he was vigorously sat upon by
+ the other half-froZcn passengers.
Occasionally adventurous spirits would wrap
+ themselves we'll and venture forth into the snow
. and night to walk to their destinations. Among
/ these was young woman and her escort. who
did not relish the thought ~ remaining all
night in the same car with party of young
! men who were Just returning from prize fight.
JOY TURNED TO SORROW.
When the top Of the hill was finally reached
there were many shouts Of JOY. and everybody
! thought home would be reached in short order.
But when the curve into New-Utrecht ave.
came there was another wait OF an hour and a
half in which the hillside performance was re-
pcated More people left the here. and
went ploughing through the snow Some engaged
rooms In a Raines law hotel at the corner. and
large numbers went in 70 get drinks, on the
recommendation Of a tall man. who said the
balls there are better than anything between
Ninth and Thirty ninth. SITS" and who proved
that he was an expert by saying modestly. Il
have drank some in my day.
II was - a. m. before the Lefferts Park man
got home and . or ! a. m. before Coney Island
was reached.
Those residents II the Thirtleth and Thirty
first wards who absolutely had to get down
town Yesterday. did # by walking across coun-
,rv - The station of the Fiith-aye line This
meant wading for long stretches through snow
that vas hin deep.
Snowploughs and s"espers were worked all
last night In an effort to get some of the more
tr1portant lines open for business to-day.
The wind swept with awful force through the
rigging Of the Bridge While the snow banked
mn 10 some extent in the roadway OF the Bridge.
If was hardly enough TO interfere with trolley
traffic There were one or TWO short and un-
.14al \ q ne
mn 10 work cleaning of the snow at midnight,
and they worked all day Yesterday The snow
of IN. span was dumped into the river. aud that
of the apron hes was cartcd down and away.
~ 81. .lllL.r.l .eNnreLY TheY